1945: THE FIRST FRANCHINI SHIPYARD
Franchini and sailing: a story that began after the First World War, when the progenitor of the Franchini family, Michele said ‘Guido’, after years of experience in the most famous naval companies in the area, built in Riccione Harbour its first boatyard.
The production was initially set on workboats, but already in 1953 Michele Franchini devoted himself to the models ‘one-off’ of wooden pleasure boats.
This led to small masterpieces of mahogany and teak: dinghy, launches, snipe, that Michele Franchini realized with the skilled craftsmanship, learned in many years of work as a carpenter, passed on to succeeding generations.
THE 60’S: THE FIRST GREAT JOBS
In the sixties the Boatyard Franchini appeared to the world of the pleasure crafts thanks to important projects, such as, for example, the Black Hawk, a schooner in traditional planking, still sailing and still ranked among the most beautiful wooden boats produced by Italian boatyards. Among the particularities of Franchini Production: the beach “cutter”: big sail boats that still carry tourists along the beaches of Romagna and the “Marinelle” boats for the transport of passengers, in all the ports of the Riviera that have spread over the years, all along the Italian coast, from the Aeolian Islands to the port of Genoa.
THE 70’S: THE ADVENTURE OF MS10, the first “Italian motorsailer”
In 1972, Norberto Ferretti, the future offshore world champion, commissioned from master shipwright Guido the construction of a boat that would combine good performance at sea and a pleasant comfort on board.
MS 10 or also known as Mediterraneo, was born. it was the first “Italian motorsailer”: as opposed to Scandinavian models gave a Mediterranean idea of cruise sailing: large spaces to the outdoors and outstanding roominess for its size. Exhibited at the Genoa Boat Show in 1972, Mediterraneo met the favor of the public so as to give way to a joint venture between exceptional Franchini (design and construction) and Ferretti (marketing).
Mediterraneo met the favor of the public and thanks to that, started an exceptional a joint venture between Franchini (design and construction) and Ferretti (marketing).
THE 80’S: THE HELM GOES TO MASSIMO FRANCHINI
In 1977 the architect Massimo Franchini, who for two years flanked by his father in the conduct of the business, designed the Motorsailer “Form 37” more weight to the sail to the engine and a hull from the amazing sailing performance. In 1979 he finally takes the helm of the company and coined the brand Massimo Franchini-Franchini Yachts. With Massimo Franchini, together with the experience of his father on woodworking, joined the passion for research innovation and choice of materials, the wood was joined by fiberglass becoming the first in Europe to the introduction of vacuum infusion technology. and numerous functional and stylistic innovations such as the aft deck, side decks completely clear, the deck house, etc..
THE 90’S: THE NEW BOATS FRANCHINI
In the nineties, the site continues to focus on sailing with the launch of a new line of boats that, as designed by the Starkel of Trieste , Emphasized the sailing performances of the hulls without diminishing the traditional features of habitability of the old motorsailer. The head of the new line _ 45 L, a success built in more than 40 exemplars.
To satisfy the different needs of ship owners Franchini produces two distinct sets: L = light as a light for the large deckhouse with windows, but also as LIFE = Life / habitability and the range S as SPORT, for the deck lowered and more aggressive line, but also as SPACE for large open spaces both on deck and inside. At the end of the 90’s a further leap forward with the creation of Custom line, whose water lines were designed by Doug Peterson, one of the most brilliant and eclectic designers worldwide. First model of the Custom Yachts is the Franchini 75L, followed the next year by the Franchini 76 Nauta and in 2002 from the Franchini 75 Nauta.
2003: IS THE YEAR OF “EMOZIONE”
After more than half a century of sailing, Franchini Yachts launches the first model of the new motor line: “Emozione, a 55-foot by delicate and elegant lines, inspired to lobster boats which will be followed the year after from the Franchini 74 and a series of variations on a theme such as the fly version and lastly the open 55.
2018: THE HISTORY GOES ON WITH “MIA 6.3”
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