LEMON NOT LIME is a 2024 Riva, a flybridge motor yacht of just over thirty metres that brings one of the most recognisable names in Italian yachting into its newest generation. She is barely a year on the water, and it shows in every line and finish, a yacht conceived for owners and guests who want the latest thinking from Riva rather than a well kept older hull. She carries ten guests across five cabins with a crew of five, a balance built for comfort and for proper service across a full week aboard.
Her defining quality is the sheer amount of living space Riva has drawn into thirty metres. The main deck aft opens to a shaded cockpit with sofas and a dining table set against the water, and the glass doors fold back so the salon and the deck run together as one. Up top, a generous flybridge carries seating, sunbathing and a second helm under a hard top, the natural place to gather on the move and for drinks as the light softens. Forward, a run of sun pads gives a quieter corner to lie out, and the swim platform at the stern opens the whole aft of the yacht to the sea.
Inside, she offers more than one interior room, which sets her apart from most yachts of her length. The main salon is a cool, contemporary lounge in pale upholstery and dark accents, with a media wall at one end and wide windows that keep the sea close. Forward, a separate interior dining area sits in its own space with a formal table and a bar, so a group can move between a long dinner and a quiet drink without rearranging a single room. The finish is precise and current, the work of a yard that has spent a century learning restraint.
Accommodation sleeps ten across five cabins, built around a full beam master on the lower deck with its own bathroom and large hull windows that bring the water almost to the bed. A VIP, a further double and a twin complete the layout, each finished in the same cool, modern style with its own bathroom, which makes her work for several couples as readily as for a family with children. The cabins are calm and generous for her size, so the choice of room is a matter of taste rather than rank.
A yacht like this is at her best on a varied week of short hops, dropping the hook for a swim at lunch, moving a short way to a quiet anchorage for the night and tying up somewhere lively when the evening calls for it. The crew of five keep the days flowing without ever crowding the guests, and with a near new yacht the whole week runs on equipment and systems that have barely been used.
She suits the western Mediterranean, cruising the clear water and rocky coves of the Balearics and the coast beyond at a pace that suits the day. For a family or a group of friends who want the newest Riva, two separate interior living rooms and five proper cabins in a yacht of genuinely manageable size, LEMON NOT LIME is a precise, modern and genuinely welcoming choice.
