76 Riva Motoryacht [Boat Review + Video]

Take an extensive tour of the 76 Riva Motoryacht [2QUICK] in Miami Beach, Florida with Sidney Ambroise.

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Hey everyone, it’s Sidney with Denison yachting, and I am beyond excited today to take you on a walkthrough of one of our firm’s newest listings. She’s a 2018, 76 Riva, and she goes by the name of 2QUICK. The boat holds a tremendous amount of sentimental value to me personally, because she was the last yacht that I ran full-time for the current owner prior to my transition to yacht brokerage. We just had to spend two days on this boat.

I did come yesterday in my suit, pen, and pad ready to go, thinking I was going to want and do this yacht, but there were just so many details that I felt like I’d forget. So I wanted to break it down in two days for you guys to really go through the spaces and all the technical areas. Certain details that I wanna highlight about the boat that people should really know about because it’s not always about the major details. It’s also about the minor details that make and separate a good builder from a great builder. And that’s what’s special about Riva. They go that far into those types of details to make the aesthetics of the exterior just look incomparable. I want to say to pretty much any other boat.

Now that we have 2QUICK back in the slip, tied off, secured, it’s a great place to start our walkthrough on the transom here. I have our hydraulic swim platform underfoot. Just in front, tender garage stores a 325 William jet tender. You can get the tender in and out. No problem at all. Just under 10 minutes. Under this cover here, we have our 325 Williams jet tender.

Super cool thing to have on a boat, owner can deploy it easily, drop the swim platform, let this thing roll out, and next thing you know your 40, 50 miles an hour on the black helm seas to an island doing a picnic or something glider right in and you’re good to go. Under the hydraulic rams, we have storage racks for the dye tanks.

It’s a convenient place to put them. You can easily sit on the swim platform, mount the gear up without scuffing anything on the main deck or moving stuff around. So now that we have the swim platform down, it’s gonna expose how the tender rollout system works. But also when the swim platform’s closer up to these steps, this fiberglass molded stairs, are how you access the main deck here.

On the starboard side here, we open this hatch and you’ll find freshwater hookups and your transom shower, hot cold control there. Step lights just in case it’s nighttime and you wanna have some better visibility to where the steps are. And here we have our Glendenning along with the retractables that are used for the swim platform remote.

And the tender winch remote. This last object here is the photocell receptor for the bosun zoning remote. That way, if you’re at the dock, you can deploy the passerelle remotely. She’s of course equipped with a bosun zoning passerelle and it’s just one of the three ways you can board this boat. If you’re conveniently located at a marina where there’s cement floating docks in place, you can board from the port and starboard on the swim platform.

The third option would be using the UMTS step ladder, which in those situations when you’re making that last-minute of reservation to the Bahamas, they don’t have any slips available. They gotta put you on the end of the T-head. You have a UMT step ladder to access on a fixed dock. The next area we’re gonna be covering is this aft portion of the main deck.

Certainly a hotspot and I don’t mean that literally because it’s 9,000 degrees out. I mean that because when it comes to congregating with guests and owners, this spot can easily hold 10 to 12 people. For starboard, you can have maybe four or five and this asymmetrical theme you see here continues forward and beyond into the cockpit.

Now I’ve walked up and down these steps thousands of times. And as a crew member, you really start to appreciate. The deck’s hardware is just tucked away. Sometimes you’re gonna rush to grab a stern line or you’re walking casually with a plate of hors d’oeuvres. What I love about the Marine hardware tucked away in this kind of space is that it’s not something that you’re gonna trip over in a high-traffic area.

When it comes to accessing the machinery spaces, we have two options, the deck hatch underfoot here, and also the primary access, which is through the crew quarters. So just came down the primary access to the crew accommodation here. A lot of people have a lot to say about how Italian crew quarters are sometimes compromised in design.

It’s safe to say me being six one, I got plenty of room in here. I don’t mind it at all. Behind me on the sweet shower head. So just beyond this hanging locker is the access to the machinery space through the water-tight door. This forward bulkhead has the fuel tank hidden behind it. She holds about 1,479 gallons.

Here’s the manual side cage that you can view from this space, this pocket door will close and that would bring us into the crew accommodation itself. We have our distribution panel here. One side has direct current systems. The other side has your alternating current systems. And I think it’s pretty cool that captain boat had left these stickers that I did put here a few years ago.

This was our old 63 Newport shipyard Martha’s Vineyard, Black Dog, very nostalgic. Here are the bunk configurations, not all too bad. You know, I used to sleep on the bottom bunk for other matters too. Pretty much, your own radio station, reading light.

So we’re now in the underbelly of 2QUICK. And you see these huge 12-cylinder MAN,1800 horsepower engines. You might be asking how fast does a boat like this go? What does she burn? At 32 knots, she’s burning 150 gallons an hour. You can tone that down to 24, 26 knots and you’ll probably hit 100, 120 gallons an hour at that rate. Behind these engines here on the tip port and starboard, you have 21.5 kW, Cummins, on-in generators.

Underneath this fiberglass structure, you will find the Seakeeper gyrostabilizer. To starboard of that, we have our steering pumps and also our electrohydraulic pumps, which control the trim tabs, stabilization system, passerelle, the swim ladder for example, and also the garage.

We’ll switch over to the port side. We got some batteries over here, house batteries, generated batteries as well. The chiller system was powered by the medic right after that. Now this AC chiller system controls and regulates all the air handlers throughout the yacht staterooms and, accommodations and main salon, et cetera, and also in the cockpit area.

So on this port bulkhead here, you have your MAN, LOPs, which are very important in an emergency situation, say you’re experiencing a mechanical failure with the engines. You can start and stop them from here. These set buttons allow you to control different functionalities that these offer if you were to be in an emergency situation. Someone locally can actually start and stop the engines from this space right here, but only to be used for emergencies, typically starting up from the main home area.

Last thing, I wanna point out the battery chargers and inverters that control the alternating current and direct current systems throughout the boat. And next to the battery chargers and inverters, you have your fixed firefighting system, which is an HFC 227. And this is actually Heptafluoropropane. Say that three times, but it is a gas that extinguishes through the engine room if there were to be a fire throughout.

I guess the epitome of a feeling you’d get running a yacht like this, putting it into a slip, going on long crossings or up and down the east coast inside harbor in the summers. And it’s safe to say that I do miss this, but I love my job now, even more, you know, I get to be on yachts like this, have a mobile office. Some of the things that can transition over from the captain world is the fact that you’re meticulous and pay close attention to detail. Whether it’s things that need to be improved on the yacht, or things that need to be maintained.

From an operational standpoint for me, visibility is everything. And I notice underway while I was seated, I wasn’t able to see over the bow perfectly. So what I had done was custom-made carbon fiber bases, which elevated the eye level. That way, when you’re seated during a long crossing and the autopilots in gear, you can comfortably see everything without having to stand up every two seconds.

And these are the kind of improvements that go a long way, especially on a newly designed yacht that was just built. These types of things you gotta figure out on your own as it happens. Instead of navigating up and down the east coast or all through the Bahamas, I get to help owners navigate their way through the transactional process of owning a yacht.

In addition to how neatly the Marine hardware is tucked away on the up portion of the yacht, you’ll also notice midship. The hardware is tucked away as well here. That’s where the other cleat is. And just forward to that towards the foredeck, you have another cleat, that aesthetically blends really well with the stainless steel extensions. Continuing on the foredeck, teak underfoot, and we have these non-skid step plates to get into these recessed entertainment spaces.

We have JL audio speakers on both sides of volume control. Now you can visualize the space in one or two ways. How you see it now, or when the carbon fiber C-top closes this area off, opening up the cockpit to the elements. And just forward of that seating area, we have a nice sun pad for three. But you can squeeze five to six on here for sure.

Acrylic cup holders to compliment, and also just more stainless steel, and step lights throughout so you can see where you’re going. There’s a blue LED step light that goes all the way up walkways here on the side decks and it illuminates this boat pretty well and matches with the underwater lights, giving it a whole Mediterranean yacht effect.

I want to shift our attention really quick off the carbon fiber C-top and talk a little bit about the carbon fiber radar yacht that conjoins the two. In a symmetrical fashion, you have your KBH antennas on the port and starboard side, GPS, antennas, and the Wi-Fi extenders. Centerline Furuno radar behind that is your FLIR pan/tilt/zoom.

Most importantly, you’ll notice that there’s hinges on this stainless steel mask, custom fabricated to fold. That way it can clear the bridge at Sag Harbor Yacht Cove where we would take this boat up in the summertime. Returning from the foredeck back aft, we’re in the cockpit. One thing I didn’t mention when we were talking about the hotspot in this entertainment area, is that this could also be shaded. There are carbon fiber poles, as you see to port and starboard, and there’s an insert for those poles just aft towards the transom where you can shade that entire aft sun pad back there.

Up a step to the other part of the cockpit towards the helm area. We have that asymmetrical theme continuing on through here with more seating on the starboard side, seating on the port side as well, a chase lounge facing aft, and also a helm seat behind me, facing forward for owners or guests who want to catch that vantage point, sit next to a cap, ask them some questions and stuff that happens all the time.

This seating area, formal dining could be used here, but typically down below deck is where a formal dining area should be. This area can seat probably 10 to 12 guests. Over here on the port side, we have our wet bar area and also storage.

I will use this to show you and expose the cockpit grill and the sink used for this area. Underneath the grill is mounted isotherm ice maker and just forward to the Al Fresco dining area, we have an ice chest which is wedged between the helm seats. I do want to add that air conditioning is present in the cockpit.

This might not be an enclosed air-conditioned space, but it does help to have these vents behind you when you’re sitting in this L-shaped setting. You’re on a yacht, you’re out in the element and that’s what it’s all about. You have crosstrees and plus captain and crew, they do have their air conditioning blown right on them here at the helm station.

And as you can see, she is well equipped with an array of electronics here, we’ll start from the top to the analog displays which will show you your water, oil pressures, temperatures, et cetera. Just to the right of that, you have your boning display that will give you all the operational parameters that you need when operating this yacht.

So of course, we have our ignition start, emergency stops. You also have these LED indicators, which will alarm you for exhaust temperatures if they’re high or water in your fuel filters, you have your array of electronics. These multifunction displays basically are powered through this Navi Op system, which actually is the ship’s control system.

It’ll show you your fresh water, fuel gray, black water levels. Centerline, he has his chart data, AIIS, et cetera, and to starboard, he has his radar, which is on standby at the moment. You have your throttles by ZF here, side power balance and stern thrusters, controls for the intercepts or trim tabs if you will.

Your autopilot control, wiper controls, ships horn, lighting, battery parallel. Also the Furuno controller for the Navi Op screens. We are back now that we wrapped up here at the helm, we will use this sliding door and down a set of stairs to the lower deck. Stepping down into the salon can’t but help notice the staggering design that you’ll find on any Riva.

You can tell all the materials when it comes to the leather-wrapped, grab rails, high gloss finishes throughout, and also satin finishes. This is very reminiscent of their flagship models historically through time. And they keep repeating that on every new design and every new build and keeping that tradition going is what makes this boat so special and sets it apart from everything else.

Moving forward through the salon, the space can be used for many things. This table alone, whether you want to play cards, thread, or doves out here, fruit and stuff, or even catch up on some emails. This is a great space to do whatever that may be.

This book conveniently does have Wi-Fi throughout and it’s crazy because I used to sit here and do the same type of administrative work, catching up on emails, whether it’s contacting vendors or following up on yacht periods. But I would also do my expense report for the boat here, sit here for an hour or two, and knock out all the expenses, that I ran on the card for the month.

It’s pretty cool to sit here now, full circle as a yacht broker and being the listing agent of this boat, it all feels surreal. Just after the television is the entrance to the galley where you do have an option for a pocket door to close off this area. As you can see another example of how Riva makes the most of limited space, we have our Liebherr refrigeration and freezer combo behind me.

Miele cooktop, Miele convection oven. We have our GE microwave inside of this cabinet. And lastly, under the countertop, you have a Miele dishwasher, discreetly hidden here. In addition to the pantry story up above, there is storage underfoot for additional provisions.

Down inside the stairs into the landing area of the owner’s suite, we have additional storage here and a combo washer dryer. It’s not a secret that Riva as a brand is associated with success adventure and I truly feel this owner suite fully encapsulates all of those characteristics from the leather trims, stainless steel, and the obsidian varnish that’s repeated throughout this entire boat.

For storage, we have cabins underneath the TV, a hanging locker just to the starboard, and below these leather countertops, along the starboard side. Transitioning over to the port side, we have our en-suite, which is subdivided into three areas. Aft, you have behind the glass door, a toilet and bidet and the space that I’m standing, there’s a new construction material introduced here, which is calacatta marble, a personal favorite of mine. Emerald amber tones within the veins of the marble. And on the fore side beyond the glass is a shower stall.

Now we’ll pick up where we left off forward of the dinette through the companionway where the other guest accommodations were. So this cabin is not only for the children because the finishes and also amenities are more than adequate for adults as well.

Our third and final stateroom, the VIP cabin. What more can you ask for with how aggressive and sleek the whole design is on the bow area, especially this is still a substantial amount of space for your VIP guest. Another notable feature here, hanging lockers to the port and starboard and you also have storage above the windows.

Here is our en-suite head and shower overall top not luxurious materials. We could have easily made this video an hour long, going through this entire boat from bow to stern but unfortunately, we’re gonna end this video walk-through today on the aft deck, the covers are on, we’re closing aft shop, and getting ready to get outta here.

Having the opportunity to wear both hats today was an amazing experience, whether it was me showing you the boat as a yacht broker, or me grabbing an old uniform and throwing this on showing you the boat as a crew member. I really hope you guys enjoy this walkthrough just as much as I love creating it for a yacht.

And if you ever have any questions regarding the specifications or equipment onboard this yacht, please give me a call on 954- 696- 8163.

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