Our history

Boat builders since 1890

Cantieri Aprea are heirs to a seafaring art born in Sorrento and jealously handed down from generation to generation. A deep and indissoluble bond with the sea and their land that has led them to be custodians of a unique and exclusive know-how.

A company created by a family that works in the name of tradition and quality, constantly seeking renewal and improvement.

2023

Guardian of a century-old tradition, the new generation of Cantieri Aprea has undertaken an ambitious challenge that projects the family business into the future.

The iconic “lancia Sorrentina”, a VIP boat that was popular among movie stars in the 1950s, is reinterpreted in a modern key, giving life to Lancia Aprea. A yacht designed to be a New Classic right from the start, capable of bringing back into fashion a symbol of the Italian golden age, an ideal bridge between the shipbuilding art of Sorrento master shipwrights and the most modern technologies at the service of pleasure boating.

The design of the Lancia Aprea takes up the lines of a sea cult, the “Lancia Sorrentina”, the vessel that symbolised the Italian rebirth and which crowded the routes between Capri and Sorrento during the mid-twentieth century.

Sorrento, the famous “Land of the Sirens”, is a world-famous destination with a rich history in the art of shipbuilding. For centuries, the city has been the beating heart of the creation of extraordinary fishing, cargo and pleasure boats. Among these, the refined Sorrentina launch has always occupied a prominent position, a work of nautical art characterized by the wide and load-bearing transom, which stands out for its superior load capacity and greater sailing speed, together with the majestic and slender bow, designed to challenge the rough waters with elegance and audacity.

The art of building a perfect boat passes through hands like these. Hands that for decades have performed movements made perfect by repetition. Hands that shape unmistakable forms, that leave something unique in every detail they caress.