Eight different boats take the visitors through the chapters of the Museum: from the first boat to run 200 km/h, to the elegance of an English rowing boat from the beginning of the 1900s.

The reception hall welcomes visitors with eight marvellous boats, an introduction to the narrative chapters of the museum tour: historic boats, boats of the 19th century and the English ones, regattas on Lake Como, the class of powerful runabouts and the bolides of motorboat racing on Lake Como. 
Visitors are enthralled by the Serie Laghi no. 8, a marvellous sailboat from 1920 which belonged to the countess and explorer Carlangela Durini. There is also the eye-catching red hull of Laura I, designed by Guido Abbate – the first boat to break the 200 km/h barrier – and the elegance of the perfectly conserved Colombo 007.

Bookshop

In this room visitors will also find our bookshop, with books about Lake Como's nautical history, novels and tales of the lake and souvenirs inspired by Lake Como themed nautical items.

Porsche Type 729 Engine

One of the most interesting marine engines ever, it powered the Porsche model 356. It could also be used as an inboard V-Drive mode.