About this tender
The Rivamare 38 is the modern successor to the Aquariva idea: a 38-foot Riva built around guest-aware day cruising rather than long-distance passage. We tend to position it less as a working tender and more as a guest amenity. It is the boat that an owner of a 50-plus metre yacht would specify to ferry guests between marinas, anchor for an aperitivo, and act as the visual signature of a programme already running serious utility tenders elsewhere.
The hardware is honest: 11.88m on a 3.5m beam, twin Volvo Penta D6-400 DPH sterndrives, 40 knots top speed, 31 knots cruise, gyro stabilisation that reduces roll meaningfully at rest. Single cabin below for two, which makes the boat usable as a casual weekender at marina hops without pretending to be a real overnight cruiser. Fuel capacity in the order of 1,000 litres gives credible range at cruise.
What earns its place on a programme is the brand language. Riva woodwork, polished steel detail, and a hull profile that draws attention in any marina without trying. Owners use the boat as an experience for guests rather than a transit asset, which is the right way to value it.
Highlights
The four details we'd point out first to a captain who hasn't seen one on the water yet.
Twin Volvo Penta D6 400hp sterndrives at 3,500 rpm give the Rivamare 40 knots top speed and 31 at cruise. Sterndrive at this size is the right call for a day boat: better trim authority, simpler garage interface than a shaft installation and a transom kept clean for swim platform use.
Riva specify gyroscope stabilisation as standard, which reduces rolling at rest meaningfully. For a boat that spends real time at anchor while guests swim or dine, the stabilised feel converts the cockpit from a sea-state environment to a usable lounging deck and is one of the reasons charter feedback on the boat tends to be strong.
One cabin below for two guests, rather than the studio illusion of a smaller day boat. It makes the Rivamare a credible weekender at marina hops without forcing the brief to be more than a sport day cruiser. The bathroom and cabin volume are usable rather than token.
Mahogany interiors, polished steel, lacquer and the unmistakable Riva profile. On a yacht programme the Rivamare earns its keep partly as a guest experience, partly as the visual signature when the mothership is at anchor. Few day boats hold their value or their charter appeal as reliably.
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The full specification
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Riva · Sarnico, Italy
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