BOATING
boats* sportfishing, motor yachts, trawlers and cruisers.
Design changes are generally subtle throughout the industry,
89
and the firm’s
chief designer,
8oined in $%%=.
Cogerio
Eovalski 8oined
in F00$ and is
the engine and
ventilation
specialist.
DeMatteo says
the firm’s clients
range in age
from 40 to =0-
plus, with 50 the
average. 5ome
are celebrities G
!illy Aoel came in for design concepts
G and many are extremely
wealthy, but all are very open and ready with Huestions.
“They look to us for expertise and advice. They pay us for
our knowledge and we give it to them.’’
DeMatteo said the firm designs for buyer types of four different
,VODQG 0DULQH 6HUYLFHV
RI WKH 7UHDVXUH &RDVW ,QF
0$5,1( (/(&7521,&6 $1' (/(&75,&$/ 6<67(06
-iÀÛVià «ÀÛ`i` LÞ ViÀÌwi` 9
>` ÌiV
V>ð
7i >i ÃÕÀi Ì Ã `i À}
Ì Ì
i wÀÃÌ Ìi° Õ>À>Ìii`t
-iÀÛ} Ì
i /Ài>ÃÕÀi
>ÃÌ vÀ ÛiÀ £x Þi>Àð
->ià U -iÀÛVi U ÃÌ>>Ì
VÃ`i >` ÕÃi -iÀÛVi
ÃÌ >À À>`Ã
É
E É
7À} -ÞÃÌià >` ,i«>ÀÃ
««ÀÛi` `i>iÀ v 6
ÇÇÓ® {ÈnÓΣ
exas died in December at the
age of &5 but his company
remains under the ownership
of his wife, Cegina, and the
engineers and naval architect
he brought on board over the
years remain. 5enior Yacht
Designer 6icholas DeMatteo has been
with the company since $%=5. Wyatt
Huggins, operations manager, 8oined up a
year later. David :lasco, a naval architect
6ÃÌ "ÕÀ -
ÜÀ >Ì\ £ääÎ -i>Ü>Þ À° U ÀÌ *iÀVi Î{{ U i>\ >ÀiJLiÃÕÌ
°iÌ U ÜÜÜ°Ã>`>ÀiÌiV
°V
00
F
S#& ! & N!# DM# @# ,- Y! D 179;.
T# ,- & (& 62
& #. ,-
&* % (& &
%& #+& #$
+$* R.