Riva 76' Bahamas Super
| LOA | 23.32 m |
|---|---|
| Beam | 5.68 m |
| Engines | 2 x MAN V12, 1550 or 1,800 hp |
| Top speed | approx 32 to 37 knots |
| Cruise | approx 28 to 32 knots |
| Cabins | up to 4, optional full beam owner's suite |
| Signature | rising carbon hood, open to coupe at a button |
| Design | Officina Italiana Design with Ferretti Group Engineering |
The flagship of the open line
The 76' Bahamas Super crowns Riva's open range at just over twenty three metres, the biggest boat in the fleet still classed as an open. It shares its hull platform with the coupe styled 76' Perseo Super, offering the same length in a more open, sun drenched form. The Super badge brings updated styling, fresh detailing and a strong choice of MAN power. This is the open Riva for owners who want scale without moving to a flybridge.
Officina Italiana Design shaped the boat with the Ferretti Group engineering department and the strategic product committee led by Piero Ferrari. First shown to the press in 2022, it carries the modern design language that now runs through the whole fleet. It gives the open line a genuine flagship, a yacht for serious entertaining on deck. For many owners it is the natural step up from a smaller open cruiser.
A hood that changes everything
The Bahamas Super's headline feature is a rising carbon hood that transforms the boat at the press of a button. Left down, the yacht is a pure open, all sky and sun from the bow to the transom. Raised, the hood covers the forward cockpit and shelters the helm from harsh sun or a passing squall, turning the boat into a coupe. Owners effectively choose their yacht to suit the day and the weather.
The profile stays low and muscular, with long hull windows and a taut bow that mark out the current fleet. A fold down beach area aft brings guests to the waterline for swimming and lounging. The foredeck holds a sociable lounge and sunpads for anchoring in a quiet cove. Whether open or covered, the Bahamas Super looks every inch a big Riva.
The largest open Riva, a rising carbon hood turns it from sportscruiser to coupe.
Space below for the whole party
Below decks the twenty three metre hull gives room for three or four cabins, letting the boat sleep a family or a group of friends across a cruising week. A full beam owner's suite can be specified low in the hull where the beam and the calm are greatest. Deep hull glazing floods the accommodation with light. The layout keeps guests comfortable and the owners private.
The interior carries the marque's hallmark finish, with hand laid wood, polished metal and soft leather throughout. The galley and saloon are sized for real cruising, not a token night away. Storage is generous for a boat meant to spend weeks aboard. Down below it feels every bit the flagship the open line deserves.
MAN muscle and a Riviera cruise
The Bahamas Super is driven by twin MAN V12 diesels, offered at 1550 or 1,800 hp a side. In standard trim it cruises near 28 knots and tops out around 32, while the larger engines lift those figures to roughly 32 and 37. The hull carries its length with the poise expected of a big open Riva. It has the pace to reach the next island before the anchorage fills.
Naval architecture came from the Ferretti Group engineering department, bringing modern systems and a clean helm to a boat of real size. Range suits extended coastal cruising, the life this yacht was built for. It handles with a big boat's calm while keeping the open thrill alive at the wheel. That blend of scale and spirit is why the boat exists.
Who it is for
The 76' Bahamas Super suits the owner who wants the largest open Riva, a yacht for serious entertaining on deck with the shelter of a coupe on demand. It rewards buyers who cruise a full coast in summer and want cabins for a party without stepping to a flybridge. Those who love sun and open air but hate being caught out by weather will value the hood.
It is less suited to owners set on a raised flybridge helm or a formal enclosed saloon, since its character is open at heart. For a big, sociable, sun loving cruise it is the flagship of its kind. As the top of the open range it gives owners scale with the sky still overhead.
What the sea trial found
Motorionline's Maurizio Bulleri drove the Bahamas Super off Cannes on the stronger 1,800hp MAN pairing, and the hood was still the thing that struck him most: every time I'm amazed by this hood, he wrote, describing carbon arms that lift it to reveal a forward dinette, then raise it further and slide it aft to cover the cockpit - a transformation he timed at a few seconds and found fully automatic, with nothing for the driver to manage by hand.
He logged 36 knots without adjusting trim and a 30-knot cruise at 2,100rpm, burning around 16 litres per nautical mile at a 25-knot pace; at 20 knots the big MANs were loaded to only about 60 percent, suggesting the boat was not being pushed hard even at the speeds he reached in the conditions on the day. Electronic steering that recenters and holds a set course let him call the boat easy enough to run without a professional captain, and his only real complaint was the dinette table, which he said would only comfortably seat eight if it ran a little longer with a couple more chairs.
Двигатели и системы
| Engines | Twin MAN diesels, 1,550hp or the stronger 1,800hp option tested by Motorionline's Maurizio Bulleri off Cannes in November 2022. |
|---|---|
| Rising hood mechanism | Hidden carbon arms lift the hard top to reveal a forward dinette, then raise it further and slide it aft to cover the cockpit, converting the boat from open to coupe. Bulleri's trial timed the full transformation at a few seconds and found it fully automatic, with no manual steps. |
| Performance as tested | 36 knots reached without changing trim and a 30-knot cruise at 2,100rpm, per Bulleri's trial; at 20 knots the 1,800hp engines were loaded to only about 60 percent, suggesting headroom above the speeds he logged in the sea state on the day. |
| Fuel burn | About 16 litres per nautical mile at a 25-knot cruise, rising slightly at lower speeds, per Bulleri's logged figures - he did not publish a tank-range number from this. |
| Stabilisation | A gyro stabiliser is a factory option, not standard; Bulleri's test boat also had interceptors and automatic trim correction, which he switched off, judging them unnecessary in the calm conditions of the trial. |
| What is not published | No outlet checked publishes a maximum speed figure on the stronger 1,800hp engines - 37 knots appears in one spec comparison without a clearly matched engine pairing, and Bulleri's own trial only confirms 36 knots reached without trimming. |
Что сообщают владельцы и экипажи
The signature hood still surprises an experienced tester
Every time I'm amazed by this hood, Maurizio Bulleri wrote of the automatic open-to-coupe transformation, and found operating it not at all difficult from the helm.
Maurizio Bulleri, MotorionlineAn owner can run it without a professional captain, by the tester's account
Bulleri's trial found the boat smooth and stable from low speeds with electronic steering that recenters and holds a set course once released, concluding the Riva 76 Bahamas Super is super in that too.
Maurizio Bulleri, MotorionlineOne real seating limit on an otherwise sociable boat
The dinette table would only comfortably seat eight if it ran slightly longer with a couple more chairs, the only outright criticism in an otherwise positive trial.
Maurizio Bulleri, Motorionline
Сильные стороны и что учесть
Сильные стороны
- A genuinely automatic transformation, not a gimmickBulleri's trial confirmed the hood's carbon-arm mechanism is hidden, fully automatic and takes only a few seconds, turning an open dayboat into a sheltered coupe at the touch of a button.
- Easy enough for an owner to drive without a captainElectronic steering that recenters and holds course, plus smooth low-speed handling, let Bulleri describe the boat as easy to run owner-operated - unusual praise at this size.
- Real headroom above the tested cruiseAt 20 knots the 1,800hp engines were loaded to only about 60 percent in Bulleri's trial, suggesting the boat was not being pushed hard even at 36 knots on the day.
На что обратить внимание
- No independently confirmed top speed on the larger enginesBulleri's trial logged 36 knots without trimming but did not push to a true maximum; a separate spec comparison cites 37 knots without clearly stating which engine pairing earns it, so the figure a buyer sees depends on the source.
- Stabilisation costs extraThe gyro stabiliser is a factory option rather than standard equipment, and Bulleri's own test boat ran without needing the interceptors or automatic trim correction it did have, switched off as unnecessary in calm water - a buyer in rougher water may want both fitted.
- The dinette seating is a real, named limitBulleri's one criticism in an otherwise glowing trial: the table only comfortably seats eight, and would need to run longer with more chairs to do better.
Практическая информация
| New price | From about EUR 4,580,000 (roughly USD 4.99 million) per itBoat's listed starting price - a base figure that will run higher once specced, since this is a restyle of the earlier Riva 76 Bahamas that first launched in 2016. |
|---|---|
| Engines and performance as tested | 36 knots without trimming and a 30-knot cruise at 2,100rpm on the 1,800hp MAN pairing, per Motorionline's sea trial; a 1,550hp pairing is also offered. |
| Fuel burn | About 16 litres per nautical mile at a 25-knot cruise, per the same trial - no outlet checked has published a resulting tank range. |
| Lineage | A restyle of the Riva 76 Bahamas that debuted in 2016; the Super name denotes the current, updated version with the automatic rising hood as its defining feature. |
| What is not published | No confirmed top-speed figure on the 1,800hp engines, no published fuel tank capacity, and no independently logged range - every consumption figure above comes from a single sea trial, not a cross-checked source. |
Для кого: The owner who wants the biggest open Riva for sun drenched entertaining, with the shelter of a coupe on demand and cabins for a cruising party.