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PAST MELDS WITH HIGH-TECH FUTURE by Désirée Sormani
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ome boats are just endlessly fascinating. The Gozzo is one. Now, Aprea Mare has drawn on its own 170-year career
in building these beautiful Sorrento working boats to offer a
A renaissance is in store for one of the best-loved Mediterranean boats as it gets a contemporary yet future-forward makeover of its lines and materials. The new Gozzo has serious pedigree too as the brainchild of Cataldo Aprea and Brunello Acampora 144
modern take on the traditional concept that has produced an all-new craft in terms of hull, propulsion and technological solutions. The great Cataldo Aprea joined forces with Victory Design founder Brunello Acampora to craft the lines, while Cose Belle d’Italia, through its subsidiary Imbarcazioni d’Italia, turned their designs into glorious reality: Gozzo. The hull is, of course, central to the whole design. A deep, sleek
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Gozzo is the new brainchild of Cataldo Aprea and the product of his decadeplus working relationship with Victory Design’s Brunello Acampora. Built by Imbarcazioni d’Italia, a Cose Belle d’Italia Group company, it is available with either a single or double engine set-up
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bow and special stern forms produce a new kind of underbody
foldaway windshield also incorporates bimini although a hard
tested to the nth degree using special fluid-dynamic computations.
top can also be fitted. Wide walkways and roomy lockers are
The new Gozzo delivers superb sea-keeping, and fuel consumption
other pluses while there is plenty of seating, and there are many
is pleasingly low. Normally, Gozzos are leisurely craft that provide
modular sun pads. What is most astonishing, however, is just
tranquil speeds. But this is where Aprea Mare’s new offering
how spacious and high the interiors are. Below decks is a galley
really comes into its own: the design optimises navigation in pure
area alongside the companionway, a large bathroom with separate
displacement, fast displacement, pre-planing and full planing
shower box, and then forward a bright, generous cabin for the
modes. It does so fluidly and harmoniously too, guaranteeing
owner. There is even a second cabin that sleeps two guests in a
exceptional versatility of use and onboard comfort.
double bed. So, aside from being a great day boat, Gozzo also
The deck lines are modern despite referencing the Sorrento
makes a great weekender.
Gozzos of the 1960s and long-standing tradition. An unusual
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