As Italy begins to contemplate life after COVID-19, Walcon Marine’s latest project in the country will be one of countless leisure facilities that can look forward to welcoming visitors.
The new marina is located in a stunning location at Castelletto Ticino on the southern end of Lake Maggiore, one of the largest and most beautiful of the famous Italian Lakes in the north of the country. It has been built as part of the development of a contemporary, stylish new lakeside headquarters complex designed by leading architects Piuarch for Techbau S.p.A., a major Italian construction and civil engineering company, and sits directly in front of the building.
Walcon’s Italian partner, Walcon Marine Italia (operating as the Sistema Walcon brand), was responsible for the supply of the marina and it has been engineered by Walcon to make full use of the lines of an existing, curving, breakwater that protects the location from swell and wash. The mooring facilities are comprised of a walkway 190 metres in length that runs along the inside of the breakwater and provides stern-to mooring for around 40 boats up to 12 metres in length and then, projecting out into the harbour, a second, straight, 68-metre walkway for stern-to mooring on both sides for a similar number and size of boats.
The marina has been built using Antares aluminium pontoons, a Walcon Marine Italia variant of Walcon’s System 2000 range. Two metres in width, they have polyethylene floats and feature Novowood WPC (Wood Plastic Composite) decking supplied in an attractive copper-brown colour. Access to each walkway is via two 10 by 2 metre access bridges with aluminium handrails.
The marina is managed by CM Nautica and is open to the general public.
“This is a project of the highest quality build to complement both a remarkable new building and the beautiful location looking across the lake to the mountains beyond,” says Sara Lanzoni of Walcon Marine Italia. “We are proud to have been selected to fulfil this project and are confident that our products will give many years of safe and dependable service.”