Shipyard history

More than 40 years have elapsed since Giancarlo Dellapasqua started to build ships: a passion that very soon became a real job.
He started working as an apprentice in Lugaresi naval shipyard in Bellaria (Rimini) and in 1959, after only 3 years, he passed the exam and became shipwright. Thanks to this he has been able to register boats up to 150 tons (an activity allowed only to engineers, to shipbuilders and to shipwrights).
With this prestigious title he decides to build a small establishment for his modest shipyard in Savignano sul Rubicone; afterwards he transfers the head office of the shipyard to Marina di Ravenna.

In 1960 Giancarlo founded the brand DC; in that year they constructed together 17 boats and their hulls very soon crossed the limits of Romagna and were delivered all over Italy.
The first DC models were equipped with a flat bottom; the fact of becoming acquainted with the new deep-V-shaped bottom called Hunt represented for Dellapasqua a turning-point in the way he constructed his boats: afterwards in fact he chose to adopt this kind of bottom for all his new hulls.

In the same period, both for passion and to become famous, they began to take part in motorboat races, such as "6 ore di Milano"; "Maratona dell'Adriatico"; "Pavia-Venezia"; "Centomiglia del Lario", challenging the champions of the Lake of Como, who at that time were numerous and trained.
These experiences gave birth to the first DC 4 and DC 5 boats, tourism hulls able to stand comparison with the most titled racing models.

The number of DC boats sold is in steady growth: 26 hulls sold in 1962 up to 40 delivered in 1964.
In September 1965 the first DC 8 model has been launched, it is 8,70 metres long and it is motorized with two 150 Hp engines and a speed of 25 knots. The following year the first DC 7 and DC 10 models were launched.

In January 1970, the shipyard moved to the present head office still in Marina di Ravenna; it extends on a surface of 2.500 square metres under cover and a50-metre long dock on the canal for launchings and haulages of the boats built.
At the beginning of the Seventies the fibreglass appeared in the world of naval constructions; this new material is used for the production of the shipyard' boats, and in 1971 the first DC 6 model in fibreglass was built.

In 1990, owing to different opinions, the thirty-year association between Dellapasqua and Carnevali broke; the prestigious brand DC remains to Dellapasqua who, together with his son Mirko, is the manager and is at the head of the businness. Also his daughters Patrizia and Serenella share the management of the shipyard.

Dellapasqua shipyard has received, during the years, a series of certificates and appreciations, starting from 1962 when F.I.M. (Italian Motor-boating Federation) has awarded a certificate of merit for the contributions given to motor-boating sport; besides, in 1986 Giancarlo Dellapasqua is assigned an honorary degree in naval architecture and in 1996 the certificate of pioneer in navigation from the UCINA.

Nowadays the shipyard extends for 8.000 square metres, 4.000 of which are under cover; here, besides the garaging service, it is possible to haul and to launch boats up to 32 tons of weight.

Competitions

Italian endurance championship