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Master Craftsman
However, this remained a traditional artisanal shipyard until Patrizio Bertelli’s 1996 decision to have his tired wooden 12 Metre Nyala restored by his friend Federico Nardi, one of the yard’s co-owners, triggering the start of an explosion in classic restorations. In the years since then Argentario craftsmen have kept busy superbly restoring many of the sport’s most important yachts…