Riva 82' Diva: Italy's Most Seductive Flybridge Arrives
You are anchored off Porto Cervo. The light is liquid gold, the kind that exists only in the Mediterranean in late July, and the stern quarter platforms are folded down, turning the transom into something that looks more like a private terrace at a Portofino hotel than a yacht. A chilled Franciacorta appears from the wet bar. The tender is in the water. Nobody wants to go anywhere.
This is the scenario the Riva 82' Diva was designed around — not just a capable blue-water cruiser, but a destination in itself. It is a yacht that makes everywhere you park it feel like the best spot in the anchorage. Built at the Ferretti Group yards in La Spezia and penned by Mauro Micheli and the team at Officina Italiana Design, the 82' Diva represents Riva's most considered flybridge to date: 83 feet of sculptural, high-performance motoryacht that synthesizes 170 years of Italian craftsmanship.
Since her world debut at the 2023 Cannes Yachting Festival, the Diva has accumulated serious critical momentum. The 2024 Boat International Design & Innovation Award for Outstanding Exterior Motor Yacht Design (24–39.9 meters) and the 2025 Motor Boat Awards "Custom Yachts" recognition are not coincidences. They are the market confirming what owners already know.
Who It's For
The 82' Diva buyer is not chasing their first boat. They have owned two or three, moved through a series of progressively serious platforms, and now know exactly what they want: a yacht that performs without drama, entertains without compromise, and carries an unmistakable aesthetic identity.
This is a buyer who spends time between the Balearics, the Côte d'Azur, and the Amalfi Coast. They understand that the right boat amplifies every experience around it — the dinner on the aft deck, the morning swim from the beach club, the afternoon run down the coast at 27 knots. They are 40 to 65, entrepreneurial, and sophisticated enough to appreciate that the Riva name carries social and cultural capital no newer brand can manufacture.
The 82' Diva is flybridge-capable with a competent crew of three, manageable enough for a confident owner-operator on coastal passages, and refined enough that it never looks like work when guests are aboard.
Design & Layout
The first thing that stops people is the hull fenestration. The katana-blade windows cut the topsides with a precision that reads as sculpture before it reads as engineering. Combined with superstructure mouldings that appear to float on tinted glazing, compound curves at the bow, angled side screens, and a jaunty carbon hardtop, the Diva is a tour de force — the kind of exterior that draws a crowd in any anchorage.
The beach club is the Diva's signature functional innovation. It is the first Riva equipped with fold-down quarter platforms, which extend the beam by more than 10 feet when deployed, turning the cockpit and hydraulic swim platform into a continuous outdoor living space complete with a table, inboard-facing sofas, and a sun pad above a hidden tender garage.
The flybridge covers approximately 430 square feet — wet bar, L-shaped sofa and table to port, two-seat helm to starboard, forward sun pad — and holds eight guests with the intimacy of a private lounge. Below, four en suite staterooms sleep up to eight. The owner's stateroom sits amidships with a corner sofa, walk-in wardrobe, and 7 feet 6 inches of headroom. The VIP cabin is forward with a private en suite. Two guest staterooms offer twin berths; the starboard cabin converts to a double. Crew quarters for three are positioned between the owner's stateroom and the engine room.
The salon rewards closer inspection. High-gloss Italian walnut veneers finished with up to 25 coats of varnish, polished stainless steel, stitched leather, and optional marble accents set a precise, dark-toned aesthetic. The standard dining table comes with black crystal; the optional Port Laurent marble version, surrounded by eight Molteni chairs, is the configuration most owners choose. The dining area sits two steps above the lounge, elevated to command the best sightlines. According to Yachting Magazine's full test, these are "probably the best views I've seen on any motoryacht less than 100 feet long."
Performance
The standard 82' Diva is powered by twin MAN V12-1800 diesels producing 1,800 hp each. Riva rates it at 29 knots top speed and a 26-knot fast cruise, with 300 nautical miles of range from the 6,400-liter (approximately 1,690-gallon) stainless steel fuel tanks — enough for meaningful passage-making between Med ports or along the US East Coast.
The upgrade option — twin MAN V12-1900 units at 1,900 hp each — pushes top speed to 30.5–31 knots and fast cruise to 27 knots. In the Yachting Magazine test, the 1,900 hp boat ran heavily loaded — 88 percent fuel, full water tanks, a Williams SportJet 395 tender, and 16 people — and still exceeded 28 knots. Reserve power is real.
The electrohydraulic steering is tuned for responsiveness. Hard over, the yacht heels gently but comes around quickly for a platform displacing more than 170,000 pounds. Standard kit includes a Humphree dynamic trim system and Sleipner Vector Fin stabilizers; a Seakeeper 18 gyro is available for owners planning more exposed passages.
On noise — the metric that separates refined builds from merely expensive ones — the Diva measures 67 dB in the owner's stateroom at maximum speed, around 65 dB at a fast low-20s cruise. That is the decibel range of normal conversation. For a planing hull delivering nearly 4,000 combined horsepower, it is a stand-out number, and Motor Boat & Yachting flagged build quality as a genuine differentiator.
Ownership
The 82' Diva carries a new base price of approximately $6.5 million, per market data from itBoat. Fully optioned — the 1,900 hp engines, gyro stabilizer, custom interior finishes, watermaker — a configured boat realistically lands between $7.5 and $8.5 million. Pre-owned 2024–2025 examples, per YachtBuyer Market Watch, are currently listed at $8.2 to $9.2 million, spending an average of just 64 days on market. The resale price reduction averages 2.4% from initial asking — exceptional value retention for any asset in this category.
Annual operating costs for an 83-foot flybridge motoryacht typically fall between 10 and 15 percent of vessel value, covering berthing, crew, insurance, fuel, and scheduled maintenance. At the Diva's price point, budget $650,000 to $1.2 million per year depending on use. Charter income is the most effective offset: the Diva's Riva provenance and Mediterranean credentials make it among the more bookable platforms in its class, where weekly rates for comparable Italian flybridge yachts run $65,000 to $100,000 in peak season.
Riva's position within the Ferretti Group delivers a global dealer network and factory service support underpinned by a brand heritage that traces to 1842 on Lago d'Iseo. The Diva holds two industry awards in its first two production years. Its resale performance suggests buyers trust the investment.
At 83 feet, you are at the upper boundary of owner-operated convenience and the lower boundary of serious superyacht capability. The Diva occupies that crossover with unusual confidence. It does not ask you to choose between performance and elegance. It insists, politely, that you do not need to.
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