Riva 112’ Dolcevita Super is a 34m, 150-tonne flybridge motoryacht

It’s hard to supersize a Riva. For anyone not in the yachting world, the brand conjures up an image of a mahogany-clad speedboat tracing elegant lines across a glassy Italian lake, mountains in the background, and a James Bond-style character behind the wheel. That kind of old-school glamour is what Riva is synonymous with, and that legacy continues to fare well for the heritage yacht builder, which forms part of yachting giant Ferretti Group.

But as gorgeous as they may be, those glossy runabouts are now just a part of the Riva fleet of offerings, which include the Open, Sportfly and Flybridge ranges, as well as the 50m-plus metal superyachts built at the Ferretti Group Superyacht Yard in Ancona.

The 112’ Dolcevita Super tops 25 knots with two 2,638hp mtu 16V engines

According to recent data, Riva delivered around 30 superyacht units in 2024, and the builder recently announced the 70Metri, which will succeed the 54Metri as the brand’s flagship. However, the brand’s perennial problem has always been: how do you go bigger while keeping the Riva essence?

On the 112’ Dolcevita Super, one of Riva’s multiple new models in 2025, the brief was clear: keep it simple. No fuss, no trends, no fanfare. Take the Riva silhouette and elongate it, and try to keep the lines faithful to the early models, but without sacrificing the ‘standard’ requests that clients require from their yachts.

The beach club’s drop-down bulwarks and integrated sunpad are among notable differences to the 110’ Dolcevita

Produced at Riva’s La Spezia shipyard, dedicated to the brand’s yachts from 70-130ft, the 112’ Dolcevita Super had its world premiere at the 2025 Cannes Yachting Festival.

WATERSIDE LIVING

Design of the 34m flybridge motoryacht is by Officina Italiana Design, which has been working with Riva since 1994, when the studio was co-founded by Mauro Micheli (Chief Designer) and Sergio Beretta (Sales Director). The studio will continue its long-held partnership with the brand until at least 2030, following a recent renewal.

The 112’ Dolcevita Super condenses all those years of collaboration with a particular nod to its predecessor, the 110’ Dolcevita, which hit the market in 2018. But there are some clear refinements at play here, too.

One of the key evolutions is the beach club. At the stern, a generous 35sqm waterfront area folds out over the water, with lateral platforms on port and starboard that provide both sunbathing area and water access.

Overview of the beach club and aft end of the flybridge

The three-side waterside zone has been designed to sit ‘ultra-low’, ensuring the best-possible connection to the water, and benefits from a sweep of sunpads that create a veritable chill-out zone that extends well beyond what you can create with loose furniture alone.

This is one of the best uses of alfresco spaces on the yacht, but Riva doesn’t overlook all the other waterfront living opportunities available.

At the bow, clients are invited to choose whether to have a second sofa or to install a jacuzzi, and the jacuzzi can be smartly hidden away when not in use.

The foredeck includes a C-shaped sofa, triple sunpad and a further two-person sunpad two steps down; a spa pool is optional

Meanwhile, up on the two-level flybridge, the entire deck has been rethought to feel like an open-air saloon.

Up here, there’s a large living area aft, a central section with a cocktail bar, barbecue, stools, a drop-down television, and a dining space. All of this is shaded by an interesting hard-top with louvred slats for airflow and a snaking segment of glass that lets natural light stream down during the day.

The hardtop zone includes a dining area, galley-bar, upper helm and access to the pilothouse

INTERIOR OPTIONS

Big windows and natural light were a consideration from the get-go. “We have a lot of light throughout,” points out Massimo Jannone, Ferretti Group’s Sales Director for Serial Business.

In the main saloon, full-height glass flanks both sides of the saloon.

Riva “enhanced the windows at the bow, not only to strengthen and highlight the exterior design but also to have much more light inside,” Jannone explains.

On hull one, the saloon features the optional aft-dining layout, which offers an expansive lounge midships shown here with three Poltrona Frau sofas

As you enter, you’re greeted by the formal dining area aft and a lounge forward, a flipped version of what you might predict. That’s because the hull displayed at Cannes (and which is pictured) shows one of the two main layout options Riva offers for the saloon, along with the more conventional aft lounge and midships dining.

It’s “always a personal choice,” confirms a Riva spokesperson, and “in this case, the owners decided to have the dining area aft”.

The selected option works well as the midships lounge includes a forward-facing sofa and two longer, facing sofas, with the area benefiting from the breeze and views provided when sliding doors to port are opened. In the optional layout, the aft lounge includes an L-shaped sofa in the port corner.

The saloon includes opening doors on the port side

In another play with conventions, the galley is on the starboard side. Surprisingly bright and generous, it leads down to the crew area. The crew mess features an extendable table in a comfortable mess and three cabins for a total of five crew.

For guests, the cabin count is five, including a main-deck owner’s suite that sprawls across a single level with an aft-facing berth and a well-sized en suite. It’s accessed via the port-side corridor, where you might usually expect to find the galley access, but on this model, the layout was inverted “to create a bigger area on that side, for the owner’s cabin,” explains a Riva spokesperson.

RIVA SIGNATURES

Across the yacht, high-gloss rosewood, black hammered leather trims, and lacquered surfaces work alongside classic Riva accents like stainless steel, turquoise linens, and mahogany touches.

The master suite is accessed from the port side of the saloon

The Riva emblem is engraved in the door handles, the tabletops, and the treads of the doors, adding an elegance and level of detail that reminds you why Rivas are still so highly regarded. It’s the kind of element, like the glass section on the sundeck, that doesn’t necessarily add any practical use, but serves as a purely aesthetic touch.

Elsewhere, acoustic comfort has been addressed. The bulkhead between crew and guest zones has been reinforced on the lower deck, and the flooring has been redesigned to reduce vibrations and slamming.

Flanked by two wardrobes, the owner’s bed faces aft to a large TV and the door to a wide bathroom with twin sinks and large, sea-view shower

Under the hood, the standard propulsion package comprises twin 2,638hp mtu 16V 2000 M96L engines, which power the yacht to a top speed of 25.5 knots and a cruising speed of around 23 knots. Alternatively, for owners subject to tighter emissions or simply seeking the optional spec, twin MTU 16V 2000 M97L units with SCR system are available.

The 112’ Dolcevita Super is a cleverly scaled translation of Riva’s DNA, but done with a light hand. This boat isn’t flashier, but it’s certainly more generous in its volumes and more comfortable in its selection of spaces.

The starboard hallway leads to the stunning, all-white galley

By ticking all the boxes that today’s yacht owners are looking for, but with the added benefits of performance and pedigree, the 112’ Dolcevita Super delivers. And does so with the kind of quiet confidence that says: “Yes, this is a Riva – but bigger.”

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