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Turn of the Tide on Netflix: the true story of Rabo de Peixe, Portugal's "cocaine island"

Rabo de Peixe is a small town located on the island of São Miguel in the Azores, Portugal. It is situated in the municipality of Ribeira Grande and is known for its fishing heritage and picturesque coastal setting. However, there's more to the story of this Portuguese town than meets the eye. This is the true story of Rabo de Peixe , Portugal's "cocaine island", that has recently been hitting the headlines thanks to the Netflix series "Turn of the Tide".

What happened in Rabo de Peixe?

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In 2001, a severe storm hit the Portuguese islands, causing a boat from Venezuela to sink off the coast of Rabo de Peixe. At the helm of the boat was Sicilian drug trafficker Antonio Quinzi, nicknamed O Italiano, who was carrying tons of cocaine and decided to hide it between a nearby cave and the seabed , anchoring it with nets and chains.

However, due to the powerful force of the ocean, the moorings securing the cargo were broken, causing the bundles to float and eventually reach the quay of the Portuguese town. Unaware of their true contents, the curious locals took possession of the packages and mistakenly used the cocaine as flour or sugar to fry food or sweeten desserts. The drug was even utilized to paint the lines on the football field. The dire consequences were not far behind.

Subsequently, the local healthcare services became overwhelmed with unforeseen cases of drug overdoses , prompting the activation of a red alert. This cocaine, initially intended for Palma de Mallorca and possessing a higher purity than typical on the black market, ultimately resulted in chaos within Rabo de Peixe.

This story is now picked up in Rabo de Peixe (Turn of the Tide), the new series created by Augusto Fraga for Netflix . 

Far from its unique past, Rabo de Peixe is now a quiet village with few inhabitants, ideal for those looking to escape the hustle and bustle of big cities and find a place to live by the sea. The landscapes are breathtaking as this village still preserves its 'wild' state. Moreover, thanks to the proximity of its people you can create strong community ties that are absent when living in big cities.

As one of the largest fishing communities in the Azores, Rabo de Peixe has traditionally relied on fishing as its primary industry . The town's economy revolves around fishing activities, including the capture and processing of fish and other seafood products. The local fish market is a hub of activity, where fresh catches are bought and sold.

Rabo de Peixe, which literally means "Fish Tail" in English , offers visitors a glimpse into the Azorean fishing culture and lifestyle. Its charming harbour is lined with colourful fishing boats, creating a postcard-worthy scene. Walking along the waterfront, you can observe fishermen at work, mending nets or preparing their boats for the next voyage.

In recent years, tourism has also started to play a role in Rabo de Peixe's economy. The town's natural beauty, with its rugged coastline, has attracted visitors looking for a more authentic Azorean experience . Travellers can explore the nearby beaches, hike along coastal trails, or sample local cuisine featuring freshly caught seafood.

If island life is up your street and you decide to buy a house in Rabo de Peixe, we're here to help with the best selection of property for sale . Living in Rabo de Peixe means having the island of São Miguel and its most beautiful spots, such as Furnas, Lagoa do Fogo or Lagoa das Sete Cidades just a stone's throw away.

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5 islands to discover in Portugal

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The 7 best beaches in Albufeira, the Algarve

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Portugal's top secret beaches

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Discover the Best Golf Resorts in Portugal

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The top 10 reasons why you should move to the Algarve

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Discover the Algarve's most beautiful fishing villages

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Which part of Portugal is coolest to visit in Summer?

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Cantieri di Pisa announces redesign of "iconic" Akhir yacht line

Italian yard Cantieri di Pisa has announced its redesigned Akhir line at this year's Cannes Yachting Festival . 

The shipyard "headhunted" Italian designer Antonio Luxardo for the redesign, with the task of balancing the brand's historical heritage with an eye for future technology and sustainability concerns. The first model to be introduced to the market will be a 44-metre, built in carbon fibre composite with a "wave-piercing" EHPH Power Fin hull.

A number of features from the preexisting Akhir line – at the height of its popularity in the 1990s – have been retained, including the narrow deckhouse lines, the strip windows featured on the hull sides, the "shark-like" decoration on the bow, the horizontal-grid air intakes and the black and white livery.

"It is emotional to be back at Cannes after 14 years to present Cantieri di Pisa once more," shipyard CEO Marco Massabò told BOAT International . "Our recent financials, including a €30 million order book, are a metaphor for the shipyard's direction. Now, with Antonio Luxardo, we are looking forward to the future."

The model will be equipped with waterjets for a maximum speed of 35 knots.

Two yachts are currently under construction at the shipyard's facilities in Pisa, Italy: the 80 Veloce and a 37.5-metre custom build . Cantieri di Pisa recently shared its new Saturno range with BOAT International , designed in collaboration with Antonio Luxardo and m2atelier .

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Ranieri Quinzii ha iniziato la sua attività professionale come comandante di yachts a vela ed a motore, navigando nel Mediterraneo, Oceano Atlantico e Mar dei Caraibi dal 1984 al 1998 occupandosi anche della gestione tecnica ed amministrativa. Ha svolto attività di perito per conto di assicurazioni e coordinato attività di charter. Ranieri ha seguito in qualità di rappresentante armatore alcune nuove costruzioni.

Dal 1999 al 2019 ha ricoperto diversi ruoli manageriali come direzione cantiere, responsabile commerciale, responsabile refit e dopo vendita lavorando per aziende che hanno rappresentato l’eccellenza del made in Italy e della qualità come Riva, Perini Navi , Cantieri di Pisa. Con l’esperienza acquisita durante questo periodo ha svolto insieme attività come comandante collaudatore di alcuni nuovi progetti coordinando le fasi di test e consegna.

Nel 2019 ha iniziato a svolgere attività di consulenza tecnica e gestionale mettendo a disposizione di Armatori ed Aziende l’esperienza acquisita in 35 anni di professione nello Yachting.

Ranieri concepisce lo yacht come un oggetto tecnologico con un anima che può consentire di vivere in maniera funzionale e sicura l’esperienza avventurosa e misteriosa del mare. Ranieri ha svolto attività sportiva agonistica nel campo del nuoto, salvamento, nuoto di lunga distanza, vela. Naviga ancora nel tempo libero con il suo ketch di Sparkman & Stephens.

Ranieri Quinzii has started his professional career as a captain on board motor yachts and sailing yachts in the Mediterranean, Atlantic Ocean, and the Caribbean Sea from 1984 to 1998 where his tasks included both the technical and administrative management. He has provided third party expertise to insurance companies and coordinated yacht charters. Ranieri has also been engaged as owner’s representative for a number of new constructions.

From 1999 to 2019 Ranieri has gained managerial competence in companies which exemplify quality and excellence and the “made in Italy” heritage (Riva, Perini Navi, Cantieri di Pisa) where he has covered roles such as yard manager, commercial manager, refit and post-delivery service manager. Thanks to his seafaring experience during this period he has also served as captain and coordinated tests and trials for some new projects.

With 35 years of professional experience in the yachting sector in 2019 he started to provide technical and management consultancy to Yacht Owners and Companies.

Ranieri considers the yacht ‘’a technological tool with a soul which has to allow you to experience the adventures and mysteries of the sea in a way that is functional and safe”. Ranieri has been an agonistic sportsman. His experience ranges from swimming, life-saving , long-distance swimming and sailing. In his free time he still sails on his Sparkman & Stephens ketch.

Video shows moments before superyacht went down in storm off Sicily

Newly released video captures a luxury superyacht being battered by a violent storm before it suddenly sank off Sicily with 22 people aboard Monday.

The grainy images obtained by NBC News and other outlets were recorded on closed-circuit television not far from where the Bayesian was anchored, about a half-mile from the port of Porticello, on Sicily’s northern coast .

The yacht's 250-foot mast, illuminated with lights and lashed by the storm, appears to bend to one side before it finally disappears and is replaced by darkness.

The speed with which a yacht built to handle the roughest seas capsized stunned maritime experts.  

“I can’t remember the last time I read about a vessel going down quickly like that, you know, completely capsizing and going down that quickly, a vessel of that nature, a yacht of that size,” said Stephen Richter of SAR Marine Consulting.

British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and five of the 22 other people who were aboard the 184-foot vessel remain unaccounted for and are believed to be trapped in the Bayesian’s hull, nearly 170 feet underwater.

Officials confirmed Monday that at least one person, the ship’s cook, had died.  

Superyachts like the Bayesian, which had been available for charters at a rate of $215,000 a week, are designed to stay afloat even as they are taking on water to give the people aboard a chance to escape, Richter said. 

“Boats of this size, they’re taking passengers on an excursion or a holiday,” Richter said. “They are not going to put them in situations where it may be dangerous or it may be uncomfortable, so this storm that popped up was obviously an anomaly. These vessels that carry passengers, they’re typically very well-maintained, very well-appointed.”

Built by Italian shipbuilder Perini Navi in 2008, the U.K.-registered Bayesian could carry 12 guests and a crew of up to 10, according to online specialist yacht sites. Its nearly 250-foot mast is the tallest aluminum sailing mast in the world, according to CharterWorld Luxury Yacht Charters. 

On Tuesday, Italian rescue workers resumed the search for Lynch and the five other passengers still missing: Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter, Hannah; Morgan Stanley International Chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife; and Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife.

“The fear is that the bodies got trapped inside the vessel,” Salvatore Cocina, the head of civil protection in Sicily, told Reuters .

The Bayesian is owned by a firm linked to Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares, who was one of the 15 people rescued Monday after it capsized.

“It’s extremely rare for a boat of this size to sink,” Richter said.

What’s not rare is the kind of storm that sank it , said Simon Boxall, senior lecturer in oceanography at Britain’s University of Southampton.

“People assume the Mediterranean is this rather calm and passive place that never gets storms and always blue skies,” Boxall said. “In fact, you get some quite horrendous storms that are not uncommon at this time of year.”

The president of Italy’s meteorological society has said Monday’s violent storm may have involved a waterspout, essentially a tornado over water, or a downburst, which occurs more frequently but doesn’t involve the rotation of the air.

Luca Mercalli, president of the Italian Meteorology Society, also said recent temperatures may have been a factor. 

“The sea surface temperature around Sicily was around 30 degrees Celsius [86 Fahrenheit], which is almost 3 degrees more than normal,” Mercalli told Reuters. “This creates an enormous source of energy that contributes to these storms.”

The Mediterranean sailing vacation was designed to be a celebration for Lynch, who two months ago was acquitted by a San Francisco jury of fraud charges stemming from the 2011 sale of his software company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion.

Prosecutors alleged that Lynch, dubbed “Britain’s Bill Gates,” and Autonomy’s vice president for finance, Stephen Chamberlain, had padded the firm’s finances ahead of the sale. Lynch’s lawyers argued that HP was so eager to acquire Autonomy that it failed to adequately check the books .

Lynch had taken Morvill, who was one of his defense attorneys, on the luxury trip. 

Chamberlain was not on the Bayesian.

In what appears to be a tragic coincidence, a car struck and killed Chamberlain on Saturday as he was jogging in a village about 68 miles north of London, local police said.

“Steve fought successfully to clear his good name at trial earlier this year, and his good name now lives on through his wonderful family,” Chamberlain’s lawyer, Gary Lincenberg, said in a statement .

Henry Austin reported from London and Corky Siemaszko from New York City.

Henry Austin is a senior editor for NBC News Digital based in London.

Corky Siemaszko is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital.

Superyacht sinks latest: Investigators reveal where bodies were found as probe looks at 'crew's responsibility'

Italian officials revealed at a news conference there could be "a question of manslaughter" as they opened a shipwreck investigation and said the probe is also looking at the "crew's responsibility".

Saturday 24 August 2024 18:33, UK

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• Prosecutor: There 'could be a question of manslaughter'
• Probe 'concentrating' on crew's responsibility
• Seven bodies recovered after five-day search of superyacht wreckage off Sicily
• Saturday's papers pay tribute to youngest victim Hannah Lynch
• Hannah's sister pays tribute to 'my little angel'
• Explained: Inside the superyacht | What challenges have faced divers?
• Eyewitness: Sombre scenes greet rescue teams as final body is brought ashore
• Live reporting by Niamh Lynch

We're ending our live coverage for this evening but here is a recap of what we know:

• Prosecutors have opened a manslaughter investigation into the Bayesian sinking;
• Officials have revealed more details on their investigation and the difficult five-day rescue mission;
• The six bodies found during the search in recent days were all in cabins on the left-hand - and highest - side of the ship. Five were found in the first cabin and the sixth was found in the third;
• Prosecutors said the six passengers were most likely asleep when the boat sank;
• The probe is now focusing on the crew and their responsibilities, with the captain set to undergo more questioning.

Monday 19 August

The Bayesian yacht, flying a British flag, sinks at around 5am local time when the area was hit by a tornado.

Fifteen people are rescued from the 56 metre vessel - including a mother and baby - but another seven remain missing.

One body, later confirmed to be the yacht's chef Recaldo Thomas, is found near the wreck.

It emerges that British technology tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah are among six people that remain missing.

Tuesday 20 August

The search continues for the six tourists missing.

It is reported that among those missing are Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer; his wife, Judy Bloomer; Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo; and his wife, Neda Morvillo.

Police divers try to reach the hull of the ship, resting at a depth of 50 metres.

Italy's fire brigade Vigili del Fuoco say early inspections of the wreck were "unsuccessful" because of limited access to the bridge and furniture obstructing passages.

The operation is later described as "complex", with divers limited to 12-minute underwater shifts.

Tributes pour in for Mr Thomas, with his friend Gareth Williams saying: "I can talk for everyone that knew him when I say he was a well-loved, kind human being with a calm spirit."

Wednesday 21 August

The search for the six people unaccounted for enters a third day, with crews carrying out inspections of the yacht's internal hull.

A team of four British inspectors from the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) arrive in Porticello to look at the site of the sinking.

A helicopter is drafted in to help with the search effort and remotely controlled underwater vehicles are being used, with naval units and cave divers also taking part in the search.

Five bodies are found inside the yacht on Wednesday afternoon. Only four of them are brought to shore.

Body bags are seen being taken to Porticello in the afternoon where dozens of emergency services staff wait.

Searches finish for the day just before 7.30pm.

Thursday 22 August

The search resumes for the remaining missing person.

The body of the fifth missing person, found but not recovered the previous day, is brought to shore.

A fire service boat with flashing blue lights returns with a blue body bag to the port of Porticello just after 8.45am local time on Thursday.

Tributes pour in for Mr Lynch and Mr and Mrs Bloomer after they are identified as having died.

The search is called off at around 8pm in Sicily, with divers expected to begin again at 6.30am on Friday.

Friday 23  August

The search continues for the final person missing from the wreck of the Bayesian, Hannah Lynch.

Vincenzo Zagarola, of the Italian Coastguard, says the search for Hannah has not been "easy or quick", comparing the sunken yacht to an "18-storey building full of water".

The coastguard confirms in the late morning that her body has been found.

A green body bag is brought to the port of Porticello from the site of the sinking.

A spokesperson announces on behalf of the Lynch family that they are "devastated" and "in shock" after the deaths of Mike and Hannah.

Hannah's sister Esme pays tribute to her "little angel".

Saturday 24 August

A press conference is held in the court of an Italian town, Termini Imerese.

Public prosecutor Ambrogio Cartosio tells reporters that his office has opened an initial investigation against unknown persons into manslaughter and negligent shipwreck.

As the focus now turns to the manslaughter investigation, here's another reminder of the seven victims of the sinking and the 15 people who survived. 

A close friend of the Lynch family has added to the chorus of tributes for British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, who died in Monday's superyacht sinking.

Susannah Gurdun, who lives in Suffolk, recalled being "daunted" when she first met Mr Lynch at a dinner party, before discovering he was "so much more than the corporate cliche".

"He was riveting.  He was funny, and kind, and endlessly interesting; capable of talking about anything and everything," she said.

Ms Gardun said the businessman also had a "thrilling ability" to make complicated subjects "accessible to those of us less blessed with a science acumen".

"In particular, he was wonderful with children.  I will never forget hearing him explain to a group of them - including our ten year old son - the physics of why the sky went pink at sunset," she said.

She went on describe Mr Lynch as a "true genius" and "phenomenal creative".

Ms Gardun said his daughter Hannah was also showing "serious literary promise", and added that it was "beyond tragic that we will never know where her own particular brilliance might have led".

"I still feel blessed to have shared that time with them in Spain.  Not just because I witnessed Mike’s incredible storytelling; but because I was given a chance of understanding what that moment said about all four of them as a united vibrant loving family," she said.

"He was an extraordinary human being and it was - truly - a privilege to have known him."

A yacht crew member who survived the sinking has paid tribute to Hannah Lynch, calling her a "diamond in a sea of stars".

Sasha Murray, chief stewardess of the Bayesian, has released a statement after divers recovered the final missing body from the wreckage, which is believed to be 18-year-old Hannah.

"Those who knew her will know that Hannah was a diamond in a sea of stars," she said.

"Bright, beautiful and always shining. What most people may not have seen was the extraordinarily strong, deep and loving relationship she shared with her parents, whom she adored more than anything. 

"While swimming with them she often said, if anything ever happened she would save them. 

"I have no doubt that the Irish, Latina fire that burns in her soul kept that spirited determination alive."

Ms Murray's statement comes as a new image of Hannah Lynch and her father Mike Lynch is released:

Prosecutors announced in this morning's news conference that they have opened a manslaughter and negligent shipwreck investigation.

Officials were unable to answer several queries from the media, saying they needed time to establish the facts, but what are the key questions facing prosecutors? 

Why weren't passengers who remained on board the vessel warned about escaping from the yacht?

The prosecutor in charge of the case, Raffaele Cammarano, suggested that some passengers may have been asleep when others were awake.

Asked why they were not woken up or alerted, he said that is something investigators are trying to work out from the statements of the survivors.

He called it an "essential" part of the inquiry.

Why were several of the passengers in one cabin?

The press conference heard several bodies onboard the sunken yacht were found in a single cabin which was not theirs.

Mr Cammarano said investigators currently do not know the reason for them being discovered in the same cabin.

The chief of the Palermo fire service, Bentivoglio Fiandra, said the yacht pinned to the right and suggested people tried to go on the other side, taking refuge in cabins in the higher part of the wreck.

Why did the boat sink?

The vessel had been deemed "unsinkable" by its manufacturer - Italian shipyard Perini Navi.

The Bayesian was hit by a downburst, according to Mr Cammarano, which are powerful winds that descend from a thunderstorm and spread out quickly once they hit the ground.

Officials will look into the safety equipment on the sunken vessel.

Mr Cammarano was asked about whether there is a black box and if the hatches were left open.

He said investigators do not have exact information about the black box and that the first phase of the inquiry will look into it.

Why were nearby vessels not similarly affected?

Another yacht, the Sir Robert BP, was about 150 to 200 metres from the Bayesian when extreme weather hit.

Its crew helped to rescue 15 people from the stricken vessel.

Italian officials said they would be looking at how the downburst could affect one vehicle and not other nearby vessels.

What weather warnings was the Bayesian alerted to?

Maritime director of western Sicily, Rear Admiral Raffaele Macauda, said the weather at the time of the yacht's sinking was abnormal and there was nothing to suggest such an extreme situation would arise.

He said there were forecasts of winds and a storm alert, but there was no warning of a tornado.

"Given that the conditions were such, there wasn't anything to suggest there could be an extreme situation arising," he said.

"There are vessels that can monitor, after all, these events and one would have thought that the captain had taken precautions."

How long will it take to recover the sailing vessel?

Mr Macauda could not confirm how long it would take to retrieve the shipwreck of the sunken yacht.

"Everything depends on the availability of the owners and the timeframe of the retrieval of the wreck and of course all that has to be submitted to the port authorities and in parallel of course there will be the inquiry results and it's only really then that we will be able to authorise the operation," he said.

"I can't say, like some experts who have already spoken on the subject, [said] that it will be eight weeks."

He made clear that the owners will bear the full cost of retrieval, although he could not estimate the figure.

Italian authorities detailed the challenging and meticulous rescue operation to recover the six missing people from the Bayesian wreck (see 9.18am post).

But why was the five-day search so difficult? 

Read more below...

More on this morning's press conference. 

One of the main updates from prosecutors was that they have opened manslaughter and shipwreck investigations after the deaths of seven people in the Bayesian sinking. 

Watch the announcement below...

Prosecutors have given a lengthy news conference this morning on their investigation into the sinking of the Bayesian. 

Read the full report on the prosecutors' probe below...

Marine investigator James Wilkes has been speaking to Sky News after this morning's press conference.

"Naturally, there are more questions than there are substantive answers at the moment - that's the nature of investigative work.

"Something forced that yacht to roll beyond its nominal stability limits, such that it wasn't able to right itself with the ingress of a certain amount of seawater that was coming into the yacht. 

"So the investigators are going to ask themselves one initial question - what must the conditions have been for this to happen? 

"Then they are going to look at the contributing factors to the yacht, sinking, and, and the unfortunate loss of life." 

Prosecutors said this morning that the future of the investigation is reliant on recovering the wreck. 

Mr Wilkes said the yacht is a "major piece of physical evidence in and of itself." 

"It's lying at 50 metres, which is a recoverable depth. 

"If it was significantly deeper, then I'm not sure they'd be considering salvage at this stage or certainly, the salvage question would be a lot more complicated to answer. 

"But if there was the ability to raise that yacht in one piece safely, then it gives the investigators physically more to look at."

Mr Wilkes said he was unsure if the yacht would have a "black box" - called a voyage data recorder in shipping. 

"It would record things like GPS position, heading speed, engine telemetry, whether the radars were on, what they were recording, alarms, communications from the yacht itself, any audio on the bridge.

"But more often than not, these are on merchant ships. The yacht was a commercial yacht in the sense that it could be chartered out so it's quite possible it has a voyage data recorder on, but I'm not sure that it does. I don't know that as a matter of fact," he said.

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Antonini Navi: a new shipyard is born

Gruppo Antonini have raised their profile in the yacht industry by creating a new brand: Antonini Navi.

The new brand rests on three pillars: an enviable heritage of technical and commercial knowhow in the world of superyachts, the entrepreneurial flair of the Antonini family and the strategic location of the Cantiere Navale Marina di Pertusola shipyard in Muggiano on the Gulf of La Spezia, which is one of the world’s best-known yachting hubs. The shipyard will also be able to count on a team of top industry experts, all of them based in La Spezia.

The Antonini Navi brand will bring together the range of high-end marine services offered by Gruppo Antonini in order to provide the market with an all-round offering, from the construction of custom yachts (up to 70 meters in length) to services including refitting, after-sales and superyacht berthing, as well as continuing to build for third parties, as has been the case for years. The ambitious project will also embrace the creation of a line of yachts from 30 to 50 metres in length, designed by award-winning La Spezia architect and designer Fulvio De Simoni and named Crossover to signal its innovative nature and cross-market appeal.

Another strength of this new brand is its engagement with some of the most reliable experts in the sector , all of them, without exception, from La Spezia and bound together by high professional and personal esteem. Gruppo Antonini now has about 200 employees and 50 collaborators and several of them will be assigned to the new project, which focuses on four distinct areas of action, all based at Antonini Navi’s Marina di Pertusola headquarters.

Megayacht construction for third parties : shipyards or other sector operators contract out the construction of certain lines to Antonini Navi, which has an advanced production facility with systems and equipment for making steel hulls and superstructures.

Full Custom Yacht production : Antonini Navi can meet all requirements in terms of both size and category. The knowhow and expertise of its engineers, craftsmen and other professionals are backed up by advanced design systems, innovative technology and extensive production facilities, thus guaranteeing high standards of quality, safety and reliability, but also seaworthiness and focus on detail.

Refitting : operating out of its own shipyard, Antonini Navi will provide routine and extraordinary maintenance services for yachts of any size and level of wear, with the aim of prompt delivery while always ensuring the highest quality standards thanks to the installation of highly reliable, latest-generation technology. This is a field in which the group already operates, with major customers including the Italian Navy, for which it worked on the famous training vessel Vespucci, a splendid tall ship built in 1930.

Antonini Navi range : the yard will develop a full range of displacement and semi-displacement yachts (from 30 to 50 metres) designed by the brand’s internationally renowned Creative Director Fulvio de Simoni , whose work over the years has revolutionised aesthetic conventions in the yachting industry. The new line of yachts, Crossover , is a concept that embodies the excellence imprinted in the group’s DNA. The Crossover line’s common denominator is a voluminous but flowing design under the waterline and the contemporary lines. The first unit to be built will be the 130’ (40 m) Crossover, a yacht incapsulating all the features and potential of the line.

The new brand begins its journey in the world of yachting with a rich and concrete offer of services, which will allow it to stand out in the nautical panorama and conquer a large slice of the market thanks to its undoubted strengths.

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In 2019, we set a major milestone in the history of Spain with the election of the D46 Open as the Best European Motor Boat of the Year at the international boat show in Düsseldorf (Boot Düsseldorf).

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