This shipyard was born from an extreme love for the sea since I was a child. At the age of 8 I was already going fishing by handline alone, taking, without authorization, the boats of local people.

So after many complaints from the latter, my dad decided to give me a 3.60 meter wooden boat. Hence the passion for boats. I carried out all types of maintenance on that little boat by myself: engines, wood and paint. At the age of 16 I tried to build a launch entirely in wood, almost similar to my legendary first boat but now a bit old!! And so I got to work with a result that was also a huge surprise for me. I built a very beautiful and spacious boat with excellent navigability.

It was highly appreciated by the best shipwrights in the area. Then at the age of 18 I decided to start working on boats, so I mounted a tow hook on the back of my dad's old Ford and with a boat trailer that I had restored I started this activity.

After many years, in 2007 I began to realize my dream, a model of a gozzo with the bow and the hull like the lancetta made previously, but this time, with the help of an uncle of mine who was a master shipwright. After many messes and arguments I managed to produce the model of the boat that I called "VENERE" for the beauty of what we had produced, in fact my uncle told me amazed that it was the most beautiful model of a boat that he had ever made but not designed by him.

So since then I have never stopped, I have had huge successes and in a very short time I have created many boats that are increasingly beautiful and comfortable. The novelty of the shipyard is the new Venere 25 Flash, with large spaces in the cabin and outside, and with a beautiful bow sundeck. By moving the cabin all the way to starboard, a large and comfortable passage was obtained to access the bow sundeck and the bow technical area for mooring which is also very large and comfortable for maneuvers.

The Venere 25 was created for a more demanding owner, and for those who for various reasons such as mooring, which in many ports cannot exceed 7 meters, or for economic reasons cannot opt ​​for its bigger sister, the Venere 28. The Venere 25, however, maintains the charm, elegance, reliability and safety of the Venere 28.

For 2016 I will present the Venere 25 Flash, a 5.70 meter hand very beautiful and already appreciated in the local area; furthermore there will be the great exploit of the beautiful Venere 38. After the Yachting Festival in Cannes, I had serious contacts with French, Spanish and Croatian distributors. I have started a collaboration with a distributor from the north-east of Italy, who has contacts in Croatia, Turkey and Sweden. We hope to make serious numbers but without losing the quality of the large and legendary “VENERE”.

VINCENZO MANGIAPIA

Cantieri Venere