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At the 65th Salone Nautico di Genova, Maurizio boards the Stem 50 — Italy's first aluminum-hulled production sailboat in over a decade — to examine a Marine Cork cork deck installed on the boat.0:09 Francesco Enrico, representing Marine Cork, explains the product's latest generation, first shown in Amsterdam roughly 18 months prior.1:00 The new version uses a finer, more uniform cork grain than earlier iterations, giving it a cleaner appearance that can pass for synthetic at a glance.1:20 Enrico lists the technical advantages over teak or synthetic decking: cork weighs one-third as much as synthetic alternatives, a meaningful saving on a sailboat; it insulates thermally and acoustically, dampens vibration, resists staining, and absorbs impacts elastically without denting — Maurizio notes he has damaged teak decks by dropping an anchor on them.2:35 On the sustainability side, cork trees are not felled during harvest; stripping the bark triples the tree's CO2 absorption, and the material is fully recyclable.3:33 The deck is applied directly to the Stem 50's aluminum hull, making it a visible real-world installation rather than a trade-show display sample.0:38

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