Cantiere delle Marche was established in 2010 in Ancona, on Italy’s Adriatic coast, by experienced managers and yacht builders.
We are always exploring courageously, loving what we do, making our mistakes, trying again, thinking out of the box, upgrading our vessels, mile after mile, believing in our team, inventing tools to improve what we are doing, listening to those who are with us or whom we encounter along our journey.
In just a few years, the company’s unwavering commitment and innovative approach to explorer yacht building earned it a reputation and prominent position in the league of the best shipyards worldwide.
Nowadays Cantiere delle Marche is the undisputed world leader in the construction of long-range, luxury explorer yachts from 26 to 49 metres in length.
We started by doing something worth telling. And we stay true to the project we’ve had from the very beginning.
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Vasco Buonpensiere
Co-Founder and CEO
Our strength is in the team, a team which has become a family, a family which has turned into a tribe.
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Ennio Cecchini
President of CDM
Since 2010, up until today we have always worked with the same approach.
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Gianluca Ciniero
Chief Operating Officer
Your navigation plans are no more limited by your yacht’s capabilities but shaped on your own decisions. Our mission is to build the best explorer yachts in the world to allow our Clientele, composed by expert and exacting yachtsmen, to navigate far and wide or to the farthest corners of Earth in utmost safety and comfort.
What makes a yacht an Explorer yacht?
Robust steel hull
Array of toys and equipment for diving, fishing, exploration
Seaworthiness
Ocean crossing range
Redundant equipment
Frugal fuel consumption
Large engine room
Eco-friendly approach to black/grey/bilge water treatment
Easy maintenance of all machineries
Maximum comfort
Large tenders
Our philosophy is that ‘good’ is not enough, especially where long-range, far-flung cruising is concerned. This is why we are committed to building the best explorer yachts in the world.
We were born in 2010 with the will to start navigating where others stopped.
And we continue to do so.
The Beginning
The first yacht of the Darwin Class series was launched
Launch of the Nauta Air series
First project exceeding 100 feet delivered
Flexplorer and RJ Line
Deep Blue
RAW series
Established semi-custom lines and bespoke offerings
2010
2011
2014
2015
2020
2022
2024
2025
In 2010 CdM was founded by Ennio Cecchini (now President) and Vasco Buonpensiere (now CEO)
In 2011, the first yacht of the Darwin Class series was launched: Vitadimare 3, a Darwin 86, designed by Hydro Tec represents the debut of the newly founded shipyard in the yachting arena.
The launch of the Nauta Air 86 YOLO (now Rosey) in June 2014 marked the beginning of the Nauta Air series designed by Mario Pedol and Massimo Gino of Nauta Design. This range embodied the shipyard's desire to widen its offer with a pure explorer yacht with the look of a light and clean lines of a navetta. The Nauta Air 86 set the foundation for the subsequent expansion of the line, including the 90-footer Noga (now Icon) and the benchmark 111-footer Hyhmä,
CdM's first project exceeding 100 feet in length was the Darwin Class 107 Storm, delivered in July 2015.
CdM introduces two groundbreaking series: the Flexplorer line and the RJ line: both ranges confirm that CdM once again hit the mark.
The first Flexplorer 146 is signed, the Maverick project starts marking a significant milestone for CdM.
Deep Blue, a new line of explorer yachts at 115, 130 and 141 feet, designed by Horacio Bozzo, debuted in 2022 with the multi-awarded 43m Acala leading the way.
In 2024, CdM also introduced the RAW series by Giorgio M. Cassetta, with the first hull now under construction — a bold new chapter in CdM’s design innovation.
In recent years, the shipyard's semi-custom lines have coalesced around the Darwin Class model platforms at 86, 102 and 115 feet, the Flexplorer line with models from 146 to 165 feet, the RJ series, penned by Francesco Paszkowski, based on platforms at 102, 115, 130 and 155 feet, the Deep Blue line by Horacio Bozzo, 115, 130 and 141 and the RAW series signed by Giorgio M. Cassetta. Alongside these established lines, CdM remains committed to crafting bespoke yachts that cater to their discerning clients' unique visions and desires.
Manifesto
We didn’t start by telling a story.
We started by doing something worth telling.
We didn’t follow the market.
We followed an idea.
That yachts could be something more -
built not just to impress, but to endure.
To explore.
We didn’t chase trends.
We chose steel, function, intention over clamor.
We chose precision over styling, purpose over fashion.
We built quietly.
And the sea became our voice.
Now we’re here.
Not to describe what we do,
but to prove who we are.
This is the result of fifteen years of staying the course.
Of building the right boats, for the right people, in the right way.
This isn’t just a brand.
It’s an idea. A fact. A principle.
Explorer’s Attitude
Out of the Box
TRAC - Tresoldi Academy
Workshop #2: Sea / Dialogue with the sea
Kiribati Floating Houses
Kiribati Floating Houses is a contest promoted by YAC and Cantiere delle Marche
Surfaces Vol. 1
Journey is, first of all, a state of mind, a condition of being that encourage us to look for revelation and move the most ancestral levers of ourself.
Discover the CDM’S Routes
Journey is that dimension able to express the pardigm of meeting and confrontation, dialogue and experience, that turns men into navigators and travellers into explorers.