Navicelli

Navicelli in Uliveto Terme.

Navicelli are small sized (15-meter[1]) Tuscan boats that transported goods. The boats are flat with rounded sizes and a load capacity of 25 tonnes.[2]

The boatmen who rode the navicelli were called "navicellai".[2]

Every 25th June until the year 1250, navicellai competed in a regatta starting from San Jacopo sopr'Arno.[3]

The Italian boat manufacturer Picchittio started out as a navicelli builder back in 1575.[4] Benetti is another yacht manufacturer that started out in the second half of the 19th century by building navicelli boats among other things.[5]

  1. ^ "Canale dei Navicelli | Comune di Pisa - Turismo". www.turismo.pisa.it. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  2. ^ a b "Calcinaia - The land of ancient crafts". www.toscanaovunquebella.it. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  3. ^ Arteleonardo. "ArteLeonardo School - Florence, Italy - -". arteleonardo.com. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  4. ^ Wooton, Kenny (7 November 2022). "Looking to the Future with Giovanni Costantino, Founder and CEO of The Italian Sea Group". Yachts International. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Benetti: The Tradition of Italian Yacht Building". OnboardOnline. Retrieved 2023-04-16.