Matteo Polli YD

matteo polli was born in gorizia in 1980. living by the gulf of trieste, developing an interest in the sea from an early age. as a child he developed a fascination for sailing and strong, early results elevated him to the national youth team in the laser class. a fascination for sailing soon became an intellectual passion, leading to studies in naval architecture at the nautical institute of trieste. studies lead on to the southampton solent university, where matteo deepens his understanding, graduating with honors in yacht and powercraft design and receiving an important award for the best dissertation on the design and tank towing experimentation of a novel hull concept. matteo began putting theory into practice with the starkel design studio, then in 2005 matteo joined the 2emmemarine shipyard as yacht designer and supervisor of production processes. in this period, working with maurizio cossutti, matteo optimizes the performance of numerous boats for handicap racing under orc