Boat International US Edition – May 2019

backonit,buttheexperienceleftitsmark.
“Ihadabitofpost-traumaticstressand
Ialwaysworriedabouttippingover,”she
says.Thismeantthatwhenitcameto
choosinganewyacht,safetywasthefirst
priorityandthecouplelookedforareally
solidboatwithasteelhull.Nicksawan
explorerforsalebutMaxinewasnot
convinced.“Linesareveryimportantto
me.IfI’mhonest,Ihadn’timaginedthe
nextboatlookinglikethat,”sherecalls.
“Butwhenwewentoutonitwewere
impressedwithherchunkinessandfeeling
ofsolidityandstability.Itfeltsosafeat
sea,andithadsomuchspaceinside–it
reallyfeltlikeahouse,witheveryone

havingenoughroomtodotheirownthing.

Wedidn’tbuyherastherewassomuch

workneededtobringheruptostandard,

butshedid,eventually,leadustoCantiere

delleMarcheforthenextboat.”

CantieredelleMarchehascarveda

nameforitselfintheexploreryachtmarket

sinceitwasfoundedin2010.Itsboatsare

morethanwhiteyachtswithachunky

look;theyboasttrulyruggedsteel-hulled

constructionandexceptional range,

togetherwithseaworthinessandstability

beyond reproach: items that were

identifiedasessentialsofthebreedbythe

yard’sfounders,VascoBuonpensiereand

EnnioCecchini.“Twoyearsafterahuge

recessionwasnotthemostopportuneyear

inwhichtostartashipyard,”admits

Cecchini,theCEOofthecompany,“but

wefoundaclientwhobelievedinus,and

now,nineyearson,wehavedelivered 20

yachts–andwonawardsforthem.”The

seaworthiness of these vessels is

epitomizedbyoneoftheirearlyyachts,

aDarwin 96 classthatwascaughtin

HurricaneSandyassheapproachedFort

Lauderdalewhereshewastotakepartin

theboatshow.“Shewastaking20ftwaves

onthestern,”Cecchinisays,“butsherode

themoutsafelyandarrivedjust 12 hours

beforetheshowstarted–andshewasstill

readyintimefortheopening!”Theyard