Itama New Web Site

Itama from Italy presents its new web site. Itama was founded in 1969 by Mario Amati, with the name of the brand coming from the surname of the founder as reflected in the sea, in opposite reading. Itama first location was in Lungotevere Dante, changed in 1977 to a new bigger location on the left side of the Tiber river. This will be the Itama home for over two decades up until the change of ownership to Ferretti Group in December 2004.  Currently Itama are being build in Forli. Itama model history starts up by building semi-custom wooden flybridge motor cruisers and yachts typical of of the Italian production of the period; the 115, 145, 165, and 185 models, but it will be the year 1978 which brings the big change.  Inspired by a famous US sport cruiser, Mario Amati decides to compete and creates a timeless gem to the Italian motor boating history, the Itama 38 an offshore style sport cruiser with a deep 22 degrees Vee shape hull.  Its a turn around for Itama, with the 38 production also making the switch to fiberglass production, and also for innovating.  Sold in over 170 units in a production run lasting over 22 years the Itama 38 was also the first inboard powered motor boat to feature an underwater exhaust system, presented in 1980.  Other Itama models with the same style will follow the 38 in the eighties, from the 52 in 1983 upadated and renamed as 54 in 85, and the 45 launched in 1985. Mario Amati will sell most of his shares of Itama in 2001, with the company being controlled for the majority stake by Bulgari, with a total buyout coming by Ferretti Group at the end of 2004.  The Ferretti Group era starts a new generation of models designed by Marco Casali and an internalization of the brand; Forty is launched in Genoa on October 2005, the Fifty Five follows a year later in 2006.  These are the first new models and are followed by the Seventy Five, Fifty and Sixty.  The most successful of the Ferretti Group era models has been the Forty which will sell 109 units in a production run lasting only six years, making it also the second most sold Itama of all time.  Currently Itama builds three models; 45RS, 62RS, and Seventy Five. Itama new web-site takes you around with the following buttons; Home, About Itama, Yachts Collection, Itama Open News, and Contacts. Itama new web site also features links to the Ferretti Group Social media pages; Youtube, and Instagram located at the bottom of the entrance page.

www.itama-yacht.com 

Production History;

- 115 1970-75

- 145 1974-78

- 160/165 1972-80

- 180 1976

- 38 1978-2001 (176) *prototype made in wood

- 52 1982-1984 (7) *prototype in wood *project 51

- 54 1985-2001 (19) *one made with enclosed HT 1989

- 45 1985-1995 (36) *one ordered in wood *project 44

- 46 1994-2002 (32)

- 56 1997-2002 (13)

- 42 2000-03 (9) 

- 76 2001-02 (2) *70 project  Bulgari-Amati ownership

- 50 (2003-5) (9) *last three units with rounded windshield

- 60 2003-5 (11) *two with steel radar arch/two with HT

- 40 2003-5 (12) 

- 48 2004-5 (9) *project 44

- 55 2004-05 (5)

- Forty 2005-11 (109)  Ferretti Group ownership/Marco Casali design

- Itama FiftyFive 2006-12 (56) 

- SeventyFive 2008- (30

- Sixty 2009-10 (2)

- Fifty 2009-11 (4)

- 45/45S/45RS 2011/2017/2023 (40

- 62/62S/62RS 2012/2020/2022 (35