Riva Yachts for Sale
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About Riva yachts
Riva was founded in 1842 by Pietro Riva at Sarnico, on Lake Iseo, where he had earned his place repairing fishing boats damaged in a storm. Later generations of the family ran the yard in turn, and Carlo Riva, who worked with the designer Giorgio Barilani from 1956, launched the Aquarama in 1962; the first fibreglass Rivas followed in 1969. Riva has been part of the Ferretti Group since 2000 and builds today at Sarnico, at La Spezia and, for its superyachts, at Ancona.
The modern range is built in composite and grouped by style. The open boats run from the small Iseo and Aquariva runabouts through the Rivamare and Dolceriva to the 68' Diable. The Sportfly models, such as the 76' Perseo Super and the 88' Folgore, add a sports bridge to the open-boat look. The flybridge yachts include the 90' Argo, the 100' Corsaro, the 110' Dolcevita and the 130' Bellissima, the first planing Riva with three full decks on a wide-body layout, and the Argo and Dolcevita have since been developed into the 96' Argo Super and the 112' Dolcevita Super. Above them the superyacht division, set up after Weichai became the group's main shareholder in 2012, builds in aluminium at Ancona: its 54METRI was designed by Officina Italiana Design with Mauro Micheli and Sergio Beretta.
Six of these yachts are also in our charter fleet, so a viewing can be a week aboard. Read about Riva on the charter side
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Questions buyers ask
What am I buying in a modern Riva?
A composite yacht from around eight metres to about forty, or the fifty-metre flagship in steel and aluminium. The smaller models are built at Sarnico on Lake Iseo, where the yard has been since 1842, the larger composite ones at La Spezia and the fifty-metre flagship at Ancona. The cues from the mahogany runabouts survive in all of them: a low, taut profile, chrome that is polished steel, and joinery finished to a standard other yards quote against.
Can I see the yacht before making an offer?
Yes, and you should. Viewings are arranged where the yacht is lying, which for much of the fleet means the Mediterranean in summer and the Caribbean or Florida in winter, and they have to be fitted around her own movements and any charters she is running. Tell the Boatcrowd team which yachts you want to see and we will put the itinerary together.
What does the VAT status on a listing mean?
VAT paid means European Union value added tax has been settled on the yacht and she can be used privately in EU waters without a further liability arising from that. VAT unpaid means it has not been settled, which suits a buyer who will keep the yacht outside the EU or import her under an arrangement of their own. The difference is a significant part of the asking price, so it is worth establishing before an offer is made. Where the seller has given us the status, it is printed on the listing.
How does buying a yacht through Boatcrowd work?
You tell us which yacht interests you through the enquiry form on her listing. We confirm she is still available at the price shown, collect the documents the seller holds, and arrange a viewing wherever she is lying. From there the usual sequence is an offer subject to survey and sea trial, a deposit held in a client account, the survey and trial themselves, and then closing and registration. The Boatcrowd team coordinates each step and stays with you through it.
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