Pedrazzini is a Swiss based company founded over a hundred years ago by an Italian man specializing in manufacturing wooden runabout motor yachts. Their Vivale runabout is made entirely of wood with a specially designed hull to make it stable in rough water and to prevent spray. The Vivale is powered by two eight liter engines which allow it to attain a speed of up to eighty five kilometers an hour (forty five knots). Pedrazzini make only a hand full of boats every year and each can be customized fully by the boat yard located in Bäch on the shores of lake Zurich.