LAKE COMO
The history of Cranchi Yachts is inextricably linked to Lake Como. In fact, it was on the shore of the lake that Giovanni Cranchi opened his first workshop in San Giovanni di Bellagio in 1866.
The official founding of his artisan business came a few years later in 1870, the year the company was registered to build wooden boats.
Cars were not yet on the road, but the first Cranchi boats were already taking to the water, beginning a journey that would continue across the world’s seas to this day.
THE EXPANSION
In 1932, another Giovanni Cranchi, the founder’s grandson, moved the business to Brienno, remaining on the shores of Lake Como and expanding the workshop into a shipyard in the process.
Aldo Cranchi shared his father’s passion for sailing and for the most refined construction techniques early on and applied his talents to designing new boats and modernising the shipyard.
In 1970, one hundred years after the first workshop was founded, Tullio Monzino entered a partnership with Aldo Cranchi, and the shipyard moved to nearby Valtellina to expand.
LEGACY
A long and fascinating journey takes us from the first wooden boats built in Giovanni Cranchi’s workshop at the end of the 19th century to the modern yachts built using composite materials and cutting-edge technology in the shipyard’s factories today. The baton has been passed down in the family for several generations.
Truly unique on the international scene, the shipyard has carried out its activities independently under the management of the Cranchi family since 1870, and they still own the company today, together with the Monzino family who joined in 1970.
THE PRESENT AND BEYOND
Today, with over 150 years of history, the Shipyard has adopted a management approach led by the two families, with the direct involvement of Paola, Elena and Guido Cranchi and Franco Monzino.