Italian sailing has very ancient roots, and so does diporto — recreational sailing, that is, navigation for leisure rather than for work or war. The millennia-long history of sailing in our country preserves an invaluable heritage of craftsmanship, engineering, and manufacturing skills that have been handed down, lost, rediscovered, and reinvented from father to son over the centuries. Even today, the production hubs for pleasure boats — located mostly in the same areas as a thousand years ago — bring together shipyards that combine master carpenters’ artisanal methods with cutting-edge technology. All these qualities, which represent an entire system of values, are what characterize the essence of “Made in Italy,” so beloved abroad yet sometimes not fully understood. The origins of this misunderstanding among foreign clients can be traced mainly to the difficulty Italian shipyards have in being aware of something that is an intrinsic part of their culture and daily life — something that must first be recognized and understood by those who live it in order to be communicated effectively. The analysis of the performance of the Italian pleasure boating industry — which leads the superyacht sector in both order books and revenue — combined with the productive and communicative experience of the best Italian shipyards, aims to outline the current situation in search of what defines “Made in Italy” within the shipyards themselves, which are at once custodians of naval craftsmanship and innovators working toward a sustainable future. At the same time, the goal is to outline how these values are communicated — how each shipyard promotes and spreads them using every available channel, from traditional print media to the most modern forms of communication driven by social networks. Subsequently, attention was turned to the communication methods of a historic Croatian shipyard, which — despite its geographical proximity to Italy — cannot rely on the same system of values inherent to “Made in Italy,” yet still achieves excellent commercial performance in terms of its order book. This look abroad thus confirmed the use of advanced communication methods and strategies that are not yet fully adopted in Italy, revealing great opportunities for Italian sailing boatyards to further strengthen their competitive advantage within the European and global markets.
La nautica a vela italiana ha radici antichissime, e così ha radici antichissime anche il diporto, ovvero la navigazione a scopo ricreativo, slegato da usi lavorativi o bellici. La storia millenaria della nautica a vela del nostro paese riserva un bagaglio inestimabile di abilità artigianali, ingegneristiche e produttive che sono state tramandate, perdute, riscoperte e inventate di padre in figlio nel corso dei secoli. Tutt’ora, i poli produttivi delle imbarcazioni da diporto, che sono localizzati principalmente negli stessi territori da un millennio, concentrano cantieri che uniscono i metodi artigianali da maestro d’ascia alla tecnologia più avanguardista. Tutte queste qualità, che rappresentano un intero sistema di valori, sono quello che caratterizza il senso del “made in Italy”, tanto amato all’estero ma a volte non totalmente compreso. Le origini dell’incomprensione da parte della clientela estera sono da ricondursi principalmente nella difficoltà dei cantieri italiani di essere consapevoli di qualcosa che è parte della propria cultura e quotidianità, ma che necessita di essere esteriorizzata e compresa in primo luogo da chi la vive, per poter essere comunicata correttamente. L’analisi dell’andamento del comparto nautico da diporto italiano, che primeggia nel settore superyacht come portafoglio ordini e fatturato, unita all’esperienza produttiva e comunicativa dei migliori cantieri italiani, vuole delineare un quadro della situazione attuale alla ricerca di ciò che definisce il made in Italy all’interno dei cantieri, che sono al contempo detentori del patrimonio artigianale navale e innovatori per un futuro sostenibile. Allo stesso tempo si vuole delineare un quadro della situazione incentrato sulla comunicazione di questi valori, di come ogni cantiere li promuova e li diffonda utilizzando tutti i canali a disposizione, dalla classica carta stampata alle più moderne forme di comunicazione favorite dai Social network. Successivamente si è voluto indagare il metodo comunicativo di uno storico cantiere croato, che nonostante la relativa vicinanza territoriale all’Italia, rispetto a questa non può beneficiare del sistema valoriale del Made in Italy, pur mantenendo un’ottima performance commerciale in termini di portafoglio ordini. Lo sguardo volto all’estero ha quindi confermato l’utilizzo di metodi e strategie comunicative all’avanguardia che in Italia non vengono ancora completamente messe in atto, rivelando grandi opportunità per i cantieri italiani della nautica da diporto a vela che possono ulteriormente consolidare il proprio vantaggio competitivo all’interno del mercato europeo e globale.
Il made in Italy nel mercato della nautica a vela italiana
DALLA FONTANA, ALESSIO
2024/2025
Abstract
Italian sailing has very ancient roots, and so does diporto — recreational sailing, that is, navigation for leisure rather than for work or war. The millennia-long history of sailing in our country preserves an invaluable heritage of craftsmanship, engineering, and manufacturing skills that have been handed down, lost, rediscovered, and reinvented from father to son over the centuries. Even today, the production hubs for pleasure boats — located mostly in the same areas as a thousand years ago — bring together shipyards that combine master carpenters’ artisanal methods with cutting-edge technology. All these qualities, which represent an entire system of values, are what characterize the essence of “Made in Italy,” so beloved abroad yet sometimes not fully understood. The origins of this misunderstanding among foreign clients can be traced mainly to the difficulty Italian shipyards have in being aware of something that is an intrinsic part of their culture and daily life — something that must first be recognized and understood by those who live it in order to be communicated effectively. The analysis of the performance of the Italian pleasure boating industry — which leads the superyacht sector in both order books and revenue — combined with the productive and communicative experience of the best Italian shipyards, aims to outline the current situation in search of what defines “Made in Italy” within the shipyards themselves, which are at once custodians of naval craftsmanship and innovators working toward a sustainable future. At the same time, the goal is to outline how these values are communicated — how each shipyard promotes and spreads them using every available channel, from traditional print media to the most modern forms of communication driven by social networks. Subsequently, attention was turned to the communication methods of a historic Croatian shipyard, which — despite its geographical proximity to Italy — cannot rely on the same system of values inherent to “Made in Italy,” yet still achieves excellent commercial performance in terms of its order book. This look abroad thus confirmed the use of advanced communication methods and strategies that are not yet fully adopted in Italy, revealing great opportunities for Italian sailing boatyards to further strengthen their competitive advantage within the European and global markets.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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