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CRN - Company profile - Monaco Yacht Show Press Kit

1963-2014: historical milestones
The Shipyard was founded in Ancona in 1963 by entrepreneur Sanzio Nicolini, under the name ‘Costruzioni e Riparazioni Navali’, leading to the acronym CRN, the name under which the Shipyard has gradually established itself at a worldwide level all the way to the present day, and is now still considered as an icon of Italian excellence, style and elegance. CRN’s fifty-year history is a fascinating, and in many ways symbolic, story that alternates surprising ideas, great achievements, and, inevitably, difficult moments too, blending together human ingenuity, business skills, and passion for the products in a sector – that of luxury boating - that has written unforgettable pages in the history of Italian modern industry. Going through its milestones helps understand why using the term ‘legendary’ is absolutely appropriate.

1963 – 1970: The beginning
Technology, luxury, exclusiveness It all began in 1963, in Ancona, when Sanzio Nicolini started building crafts made of steel and aluminium, materials that were only rarely used at the time, when wood was far more popular. It was the first sign of the Shipyard’s ‘avant-garde’ inclination and a radical and definitive choice: from that moment all the way to 2004 all CRN boats were made only of these materials. From the very beginning, the Shipyard achieved immediate success and established itself at the high-end of the market, dealing with a very selected and demanding clientele. Already at the end of the Sixties the size of CRN’s yachts was ranging from 15 to 20 metres and their design was immediately recognisable. It was then that the Shipyard built its first series of 23-metre crafts, the SuperConero, which was later followed by increasingly large and prestigious vessels, built in cooperation with important designers, which contributed to establishing CRN’s international reputation...

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