Tag Archive for: Riva Boats

Putting Sides On A Riva Super Aquarama At Sierra Boat Company

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Thanks to the Sierra Boat Co gang for sending in this cool report on Side Replacement For A Riva, not your average in the barn type of repair. Sierra Boat Co. is one of the leading places in the U.S for you to have your Riva worked on. Sierra…

Holzmotorboot V8 Innenborder Klassiker Traumboot Schöner Als Eine Riva

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While in Germany, the ebay addiction does not end. And here is a classic. Enjoy german ebay! According to a loose translation, it's a "Wood Boat V8 Inboard classic dreamboat nicer than a Riva" boat thing on German ebay. The Hoff comes with it!…

Speed and Spray Magazine Reports From The New Riva Boat Plant

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Today we are traveling to beautiful Lake D'Iseo, Italy with writer Michele Vernola. It's 1956 and Michele has made her way to the Riva boat factory to do a story for Speed and Spray - The International Magazine of Powerboating. The name…

Twenty Two Years Of Research – Practice Makes Perfect For The Riva Tritone “Perlita Too”

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On September 27th, 2012 our friends James & Casudi successfully completed the final sea trials of PERLITA TOO on Lake Washington near Seattle - Exactly 5 years to the day from when their rare 1953 Riva Tritone was shipped to Chris Casparis…

More Fun In Italy! Enough Already, The Others Of Us, Need To Work!

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More fun images coming in from Italy at the big Riva Birthday bash. Fellow Woody Boater Hamster, Don, and Alan have sent us some more pics of the week long event. No real captions though.. AHHHHHHH So I get to make them up. So enjoy, and…

Celebrating Carlo Riva’s 90th Birthday In Style – With Family, Friends & Classic Riva Boats

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As we reported a few days ago, family & friends from around world gathered last weekend in Sarnico, Lake Iseo, Italy to attend the Riva Historical Society's 2012 Riva Days event and for the triple celebration of Carlo Riva’s 90th birthday,…

A High Wire Act – How To Re-Wire A Classic 1959 Riva Ariston In 5 Minutes, 37 Seconds

It's not every day we get the opportunity to see a classic Riva Ariston in person. But when the opportunity presents itself, we can't help but stop and take the time to truly appreciate these outstanding wooden boats for their quality, craftsmanship…

Introducing The 2012 Roy Dryer Poster Art For Tahoe Show.

Here it is, A Woody Boater scoop,  in all it's Roy Dryer splendor. The new finished art for the 2012 Tahoe Show August 10-12. The amazing posters will be available sometime in April. But if you go to the show, you can meet Roy himself and…