Riva Aquarama
A classic wooden motorboat still treated as the measure of its class long after production ended.
Overview
The Aquarama is a motorboat with a mahogany-clad wooden hull. Production began in the 1960s and ended in the 1990s, yet it continues to be cited as the aesthetic reference of its class.
A wooden hull demands far more maintenance than composite: moisture balance, revarnishing and winter storage conditions directly determine the boat's life. Ownership in this class is as much preservation as use.
That a vehicle gains value after production ends is a cultural phenomenon more than an engineering one. The Aquarama is an example of how a formal decision beyond function can become permanent.
Details
- Brand
- Riva
- Category
- Motor Yacht
- Body
- Wooden motorboat
- Propulsion
- benzin
- Produced
- 1962–1996