The passion for boats

During his period in Versilia, Giacomo Puccini adored  the sea and also the lake. His love for shores and waves along with a  great curiosity for innovation matured in himself a great  passion for boats.

He simply  loved  to navigate either on a small boat on the lake Massaciuccoli or cross the ocean on big transatlantic ships for his works abroad. Giacomo Puccini  owned  various motorboats (including a Ricochet model and others he called " dinghy ”or“ automobile boat ”), a speed boat and even a yacht.

Puccini managed to buy his own yacht thanks to the profits gained  from the opera Madama Butterfly and decided to call it Cio Cio San in honor of the protagonist.