![]() They had won awards in the Monaco boat show and they paid all of their contractors on time and had a great reputation all the way back prior to Rossinavi’s inception to when they were metal fabricators and hull builders. I researched them, doing my due diligence, because they were a relatively new pedigree. My wife got on the phone with Claudia Rossi, the owner and CEO, Claudio’s daughter and they made the deal work somehow. On top of that she was pricey and over our number at the time. At first, I was skeptical and was sure that there was something wrong with it from what I knew about yacht marine architecture and engineering. We started doing a personal search and came across this revolutionary new concept. We looked for a year and no broker could find the match. ![]() We wanted more space, speed, shallow draft, metal hull, and the most modern technology. I was forward-looking and forward-thinking because we had reached a station in life where yachting had become a lifestyle that served us well both personally, socially, and business wise. ![]() However, we had scoured the market place to meet our requirements for a new yacht with more space for entertaining and our expanding family. I never built a yacht before and never really considered it as an option because I had heard too many shipyard nightmares. She was kind of a legend in her own time and impeccably cared for but nothing can equal the new Utopia IV – Rossinavi Vector. She was built in the hay day of Trinities and there are many incredible memories left aboard. Our last yacht, which we will regrettably have to part with because you cannot have two girl friends at once is a 160 ft. Hatteras Yacht extension followed by Utopia II 116 ft. Wilkerson express similar to Sea Ray, then Utopia I, a 105 ft. Lauderdale and Miami and look at the mega yachts and I told her: “some day we are going to own one.” A lot of water has gone over the dam since then and we climbed the boat ladder without necessarily really intending to do so. ‘dingy’ back when I was broke and just starting our business. I used to take my wife Loren (girl-friend at the time) out in an outboard 16ft. I was educated as a Marine Biologist and worked for Sandy Hook Marine Lab, NOAA for a year. In fact, for what it’s worth, astrologically I am a triple pisces. I have always been a water person or soul.
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