Sciallino - History - The foundation

The foundation
The art of working wood is as old as the relationship between Man and the Sea. The skills of the "Maestri d’Ascia" - the Shipwrights of Liguria - were already very well known many, many centuries ago. Strict statutes ruled that before he could be called a "Magister Axie Maris", a man had to apprentice for twelve years. This mind-set, which is typical of every seafaring culture, has fathered the many building techniques and the many types of boats that through the centuries have characterized the different areas of the Mediterranean. The Ligurian ‘gozzo’ [gòzzo], famous all over the world for its strength, an undisputed leader in safety and stability even in rough waters, has its roots in this solid historical background. The rigor and solemnity of the austere work environment of centuries past, has continued up to the present thanks to the few Shipwrights who are still active today. The Maestro, a charismatic, creative, committed and hard-working craftsman, was the most important figure in the lives of those who spent all their working hours him. In the ‘50s, when education to life was synonymous with work, Mario Sciallino, who was then 12 years old, started on his path to professional and personal unfolding along these lines. He considered his Maestro to be such in every aspect of his life: the rules and work rhythm set by the Shipwright were then the gateway to social life and allowed the apprentice to become a part of it. In 1961, after he became Maestro, Mario Sciallino founded his own shipyards.

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