Apreamare Luxury Yachts

Apreamare shipyards boast an ancient marine tradition.

The origins of the gozzo get lost faraway in the past.

Its main characteristic, namely the double pointed hull with a very similar shape both in the bow and in the stern, is even the same of the boat that was found a few years ago under the ashes of the ancient Roman town of Ercolano.

This first model of gozzo has remained basically unchanged, till a few years before the Second World War.

The Lateen sail and oars ensured the propulsion of this boat. The pointed stern had a specific function. The fishing spot was reached by sailing. Once there, the boat was then pushed by stern-rowing, so that the stern became the workplace, as its particular structure guaranteed a better stability when the boat was still.
Gozzo's were therefore workboats.

Nonetheless, the passion and the mastery of shipwrights, blacksmiths and carpenters have always succeeded in giving gozzo's that unusual graciousness which has contributed to make them so successful.

It was only in the 30s that the gozzo of Sorrento underwent its first major evolution: motor propulsion.

The first to be mounted were land engines taken from Fiat Balilla cars and American Jeeps. The stern volumes were increased and the gozzo found a new trim that confirmed it as the ideal and most favourite boat for seamen.

That is how the interest of the first pleasure boaters for this kind of boat was born.