Passion, enthusiasm and aesthetics. That’s the recipe for success of Pasquale Natuzzi, founder of the world’s leading sofa company, who has mixed these ingredients aboard his 38-metre.
 

Few funds, rising sea levels, insufficient welfare and hurried tourists. Massimo Cacciari, the laguna’s Professor/Mayor for the last 15 years, discusses Venice’s ills. And dreams of returning to his university.
 

Ugo Brachetti Peretti, Executive Vice President of api/Ip, analyzes the current Italian port situation. He explains how, in his opinion, the old structures can be transformed into modern marinas that respond to the needs of a constantly growing pleasure sailing sector. Including the refueling plants, of course.

A man of the plains, a lover of literature, a writer in his free time and the General Manager of Aurora Assicurazioni, Giampiero Gelmi explains the philosophy behind the decision of one of Italy’s major insurance companies to sponsor the world of sailing.
 

Lifelong friends, they have built up their successful yachting business over the last three years with envious ease. The news is that Camuzzi Nautica is now named the Baglietto Group.

Awaiting the listing of his family’s jewelry company on the Stock Exchange, President and CEO Guido Damiani discusses Italy’s nautical industry. And he explains why a sailor is usually a good manager.

Mochi Craft, Ferretti Yachts and Custom Line are all in the hands of Fulvio Dodich, Director General of Ferretti SpA. Here he talks about the future.

Even in the frenetic life of entrepreneur Matteo Marzotto there is time in every season for exploring aboard his yacht. The only essentials? Calm, a leisurely pace and great respect for the sea.

Franco Polti, the king of small home appliances, invited us aboard his 45-metre tug with a green hull, a very symbolic colour. For it was hope that led him to leave his small town in Calabria and run a company that today boasts more than a thousand employees.

He’s Italy’s most famous pianist but he doesn’t have a piano at home. He composes in his head and practices while swimming. He dreams of the sea and once even pretended to be a yacht owner.