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    DRAGON FIRE

    Oct 10, 2019 4 minutes
    story Justin Ratcliffe
    ‘With yachts of this size and volume, you’re basically building a ship,’ says Gianpaolo Lapenna, Palumbo’s project and product manager. ‘Ships need to be built quickly and efficiently, which is where we were able to draw on our 50-plus years of experience in the commercial sector.’

    ack in 2008, a commercial shipyard in Naples, Italy, decided to diversify into yachting. It set up the Columbus brand and delivered its first 177-foot (54-meter) superyacht three years later. Today, the Palumbo Group operates a string of shipyards throughout the Mediterranean and four yacht brands: ISA, Columbus, Mondomarine and Extra. Its, is a 2,300-gross-ton reflection of how far the family-run business has come.

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