{{short description|Italian luxury super yacht building firm}} {{coord|43.8634276|10.2369666|display=title}} {{Infobox company | name = Codecasa | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | logo_padding = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = <!-- Use ISO 639-1 code, e.g. "fr" for French. For multiple names in different languages, use {{lang|[code]|[name]}}. --> | former_name = | type = | industry = Shipbuilding | founded = {{Start date and age|1825}} in Viareggio, Italy | founder = Giovanni Battista Codecasa | hq_location = | hq_location_city = Viareggio | hq_location_country = Italy | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = | products = Yachts | brands = | services = | owner = <!-- or: | owners = --> | website = {{URL|codecasayachts.com}} }} '''Codecasa''' is an Italian luxury super yacht building firm, founded in Viareggio by Giovanni Battista Codecasa in 1825.
==History== The shipyard Codecasa was created by Giovanni Battista Codecasa in 1825.
Today, under the direction of the sixth generation Codecasa, the company works with a custom policy, which aims to build the yacht according to the owner's needs. In January 2020 the Shipyards will launch a new project: the construction of jets 2020. It will be a 70-meter yacht, with a unique design of its kind because it borrows the aviation lines with the result of looking like an airplane resting on the sea. This project should be completed within the year and is destined to become the new flagship of the Codecasa Shipyards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-27 |title=L'evoluzione, ecco Codecasa Jet 2020 - Nautica, Top news Versiliatoday.it |url=https://www.versiliatoday.it/2020/01/27/levoluzione-codecasa-jet-2020/ |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=Versiliatoday.it |language=it-IT}}</ref>
Even today the company is led at its top by members of the Codecasa family, maintaining a family business identity exactly as it was when it all started. For 40 years now at the helm of the company there has been Fulvio Codecasa (son of Ugo Codecasa), always present in the company, flanked by his daughters Fulvia and Elena Codecasa, and by their respective husbands Ennio Buonomo and Fabio Lofrese.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-21 |title=Cantieri Navali Codecasa, protagonisti dell'evoluzione nel mondo nautico |url=https://www.mondobarcamarket.it/cantieri-navali-codecasa-protagonisti-dellevoluzione-nel-mondo-nautico/ |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=Mondo Barca Market |language=it-IT}}</ref>
In 2010, Codecasa launched the superyacht Lady Lau.<ref>[http://www.designcurial.com/news/codecasa-launches-65m-lady-lau-superyacht Codecasa launches the 65m Lady Lau Superyacht], ''Designcurial.com'', 21 June 2010</ref>
==Activities== thumbnail|The superyacht M/Y ''Lady Lau'' built in 2010 at Codecasa shipyard in Viareggio The company possesses a shipyard which allows them to build steel/aluminium or entirely aluminium vessels between {{cvt|30 and 90|m}} in length. The shipyard is situated in one of the port of Viareggio's oldest docks, covering an area in excess of 6500 square meters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.codecasayachts.com/en/codecasa/our-history/|title=Our history|publisher=Codecasa|accessdate=22 June 2017}}</ref> The shipyard is also equipped with repairing and refitting of motor and sailing yachts.
The company is responsible for many luxury yachts around the Mediterranean Sea. Former clients include billionaires such as Mohammed Al-Fayed who bought his yacht the ''Sokar'', originally built in 1990 as the Jonikal, in the spring of 1997.<ref name="st">[http://www.superyachttimes.com/yachts/details/342/ Superyacht Times]</ref> It has a length of {{convert|63.5|m|order=flip}} making it the 89th largest yacht in the world in 2007.<ref>[http://yachts.monacoeye.com/yachtsbysize/pages/sokar01.html Monaco Eye]</ref>
Codecasa Yachts was awarded “Best Design” in the large motor yacht category by Yachts Magazine for their 164-foot range of yachts.<ref>[http://www.boatworld.com/?sub=Codecasa Codecasa Yachts], ''Boatworld.com''</ref>
==Famous yachts== *The ''Invader'', 163.7-foot, owned by media mogul Jim Gabbert<ref>Patti Payne, [http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2017/06/21/yachts-georgia-and-invader-visit-seattle.html Two world-class yachts – Georgia and Invader – settle into Seattle waters for a stay (Photos)], ''Bizjournals.com'', 21 June 2017</ref> *The ''Apogee'', 205-foot, owned by Darwin Deason<ref>Luisa Kroll, [https://www.forbes.com/sites/luisakroll/2012/05/07/billionaire-spends-absolutely-foolish-money-on-his-205-foot-mega-yacht-and-loves-every-moment/ Billionaire Darwin Deason Spends "Absolutely Foolish Money" On His 205-Foot Mega-Yacht And Loves Every Moment], ''Forbes.com'', 7 May 2012</ref> *The ''Main'', 213-foot, owned by Giorgio Armani<ref>{{in lang|it}} [http://www.newsliguria.com/mega-yacht/megayacht-main-giorgio-armani/37430/ Giorgio Armani sbarca in Sardegna con il megayacht Main], ''Newsliguria.com'', 12 August 2015</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Italy|Companies|Transport}} * Azimut Yachts * Baglietto * Benetti * Fincantieri * Rossinavi * Sanlorenzo * List of Italian companies
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Cantieri Navali Codecasa}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081217192908/http://www.codecasayachts.com/english/history.html Official site] *[http://yachts.monacoeye.com/files/category-codecasa.php List of Codecasa yachts and pictures]
{{Shipbuilding companies of Italy}}
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