About Baglietto
Pietro Baglietto began building boats in Varazze in 1854, and over the following century the yard earned a reputation for speed, from racing yachts to fast motor launches. Among its historic builds is Carostefal, delivered in 1964 to Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco, which gives the name a particular resonance on the Riviera.
Today Baglietto is owned by the Gavio Group, an Italian industrial company, and operates from La Spezia, with a second facility in Carrara. The modern yard builds semi-custom and custom motor yachts in aluminum and steel, and has been developing hybrid propulsion as part of its BZERO sustainability program.
Much of the brand's contemporary look comes from a long collaboration with designer Francesco Paszkowski, whose work defines many of the yachts on the water today. The result is a fleet that feels unmistakably Italian: light-filled interiors, wide terraces and a sense of proportion rather than bulk.
Baglietto yacht models
Baglietto organizes its current work into a few clear lines, with custom projects alongside.
- T-LineDisplacement motor yachts, including the T52 and T60, designed for comfortable, efficient cruising.
- DOM LineDisplacement offshore yachts from the mid-30-meter range upward, including the DOM133 and the larger DOM155.
- Fast LineHigh-performance aluminum yachts such as the Superfast 42, continuing the yard's long association with speed.
- CustomOne-off projects built to an individual owner's brief at the Ligurian yards.
Baglietto yachts for sale
Baglietto yachts change hands both publicly and privately. There may be no Baglietto in the current Reel Deal Yachts selection, but Daniel can search the wider market, including yachts that are not publicly listed.
Discuss a Baglietto yacht →Buying a Baglietto yacht
With Baglietto the hull type shapes the survey. Fast aluminum yachts need careful inspection of structure, engine rooms and propulsion, as their machinery works harder than on displacement designs. Displacement T-Line and DOM yachts, by contrast, call for close attention to systems, stabilization and the practicality of the layout for longer cruising.
Older Baglietto yachts often carry a valuable design pedigree, but refit history is decisive. Buyers should look for documented engine overhauls, paint work and class surveys. These yachts are most at home in the Mediterranean, though a number cruise Florida and the Bahamas. Daniel's buying guide explains how he structures inspections and sea trials.
Selling a Baglietto yacht
Baglietto buyers are often enthusiasts who appreciate the brand's history and its fast yachts in particular. Daniel uses that interest, presenting each yacht with its design lineage and refit record, and grounds the asking figure in sold comparables of similar Italian yachts through a private valuation.
For many Baglietto owners the Riviera is the natural market, and the Monaco Yacht Show and Cannes Yachting Festival bring the right audience together each September. Daniel also works with brokers in the United States when a yacht is based there, and can run a discreet sale when privacy matters more than exposure. His Monaco page covers his work on the Côte d'Azur.
Baglietto new builds
Baglietto offers both semi-custom lines and fully custom projects, which gives a new-build client flexibility in timing and scope. Daniel can help an owner choose between those routes, assemble the right advisers and coordinate with the yard and designers through contract and construction, so that the yacht reflects how the owner plans to use it.
Why work with Daniel Grant
Daniel's work is personal and discreet, and his time is divided between Miami, New York and the Mediterranean, where Baglietto yachts are most at home. As an independent broker supported by Reel Deal Yachts' established brokerage infrastructure, he brings sold data, cooperating brokers and closing support to every Baglietto transaction.
He understands that a Baglietto is often bought with the heart as well as the head. His role is to respect that, while making sure the survey, sea trial and paperwork give the decision a firm footing.