At first, Perini Navi primarily was a studio for designing
and engineering large luxury sailing yachts, but by 1988, the company began building its own designs.
Perini Navi is headquartered in Viareggio,
Italy, and also maintains shipyards in La Spezia, Italy and in Istanbul's Yildiz district, where the builder has a metalworking facility and constructs most of its hulls and superstructure.
Beginning with Fabio Perini's pioneering work in automation and furling systems that allowed large sailing
yachts to be handling by a small crew, Perini Navi has set a new standard
in terms of design and aesthetics as well as the function of sailing superyachts.