Fratelli Aprea Sorrento 7.50

You may not be familiar with Fratelli Aprea and, in part, that’s by design.

The Sorrento, Italy-based builder is fully custom, and its models take time to construct. And while its boats are nearly omnipresent along some parts of the Amalfi Coast, the builder’s U.S. footprint is relatively small. That’s because it doesn’t really need to advertise — its Italian audience is built-in and loyal.

Enter Michael Sinacola, an Italian-American boat dealer based out of Michigan. Sinacola, who has lots of family still in Italy, fell in love with Fratelli Aprea nearly at first sight, and has become the domestic outlet for the brand. The builder’s latest model is its 7.50, and Sinacola’s enthusiasm for the 25-foot open boat is readily evident.

“The 7.50 is really an Italian fishing vessel gone luxe,” he says. “It’s got workboat DNA because it’s born from that world. She’s got twin Yanmars, a full keel and a super stable ride. That rounded gozzo-style transom is a traditional Italian fishing boat feature, but it’s got so much more to offer than that.”

Sinacola is particularly excited about the 7.50’s woodwork. “All the brightwork is hand-selected mahogany and teak. One of the uncles from the Aprea family goes out and buys the tree trunks. Then they import them into Italy and we break them down in our own mill. So every single piece of wood in the boat has been cut and milled in-house from those selected trunks,” he says. “The teak on the boat is extremely thick and all the decking is wood. You’re never touching fiberglass on a Fratelli Aprea.”

“We have six generations of boatbuilding in the family, and even within the boatyard there are other families that are generations deep,” Sinacola adds. “When you buy a Fratelli Aprea, you are buying a boat that was built by a man who may have used the same hammer that his grandfather used to build the same boats so many years ago.”

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