Giovanni Castagnola 1937 - 2017

Giovanni Castagnola left for the better World on Sunday twelfth March 2017 at the age of 79 years old.  Born in 1937 Giovanni "Gianni" Castagnola, was a master shipwright since 1959, who dedicated himself to the production of wooden boats and yachts for over fifty years.  Gianni will open Costruzioni Navali Tigullio shipyard in 1974, entering yacht building with his name twenty years later with the first fully custom 25 meter yacht.  With this Castagnola becomes famous over the years and around the World for his exclusive wooden build motor and super yachts.  Giovanni Castagnola passion for boats and yachts was inherited from his father, a builder of steel boats and is today passed on to his nephew, Gabriele Maestri, who takes over the activity of the Castagnola shipyard in Lavagna.  Castagnola leaves behind his wife Antonietta, his daughter Paola with her husband Enrico, his sister Chiaretta with their daughter Daniela.