The classic Gagliotta Lobster 35, from Naples shipyard Cantieri Gagliotta, is the first US spec example from the Italian builder. And to create a little buzz, it’s being offered with a highly competitive sticker price of $799,000. That compares to well over $1 million for most diesel-powered inboard rivals.

Seeing an Italian-built boat that mimics the most classic of American designs—the lobster boat—is unusual, but having it at America’s largest boat show is even more of a testament to the builder’s faith in its product.

This Down East-styled 37-footer was first introduced in Europe and Gagliotta tested the US waters at the 2018 Newport Boat Show in Rhode Island. But with the onset of Covid, the plan to take on US builders like Hinckley and Sabre from Europe was quietly dropped.