The Riva 90 Argo represents an exquisite blend of style, performance, and luxury, epitomizing the Italian craftsmanship for which the Riva brand is renowned. This 28-meter flybridge yacht boasts a sleek and dynamic profile, designed to cut through the water with grace and agility. Its striking exterior is the work of Officina Italiana Design, the studio responsible for Riva’s signature style, ensuring that the Argo stands out in any marina. The yacht’s interior, crafted by the same design team, offers a sumptuous sanctuary with a blend of light woods, fine fabrics, and luxurious finishes that create a sophisticated and welcoming atmosphere.
Powered by twin MTU 12V 2000 M96L engines, the Riva 90 Argo delivers impressive performance with a maximum speed of 30 knots and a cruising speed of 26 knots. This performance, combined with a range of approximately 320 nautical miles, makes it ideal for both short coastal cruises and extended voyages. The yacht’s planning hull ensures a smooth and efficient ride, while its advanced stabilization system guarantees comfort both at sea and anchor.
Accommodations are generously appointed, with space for up to eight guests across four luxurious cabins, each with en-suite facilities. The owner’s suite, located on the main deck, offers panoramic views and a private retreat. The crew quarters accommodate four, ensuring a high level of service. With its combination of cutting-edge technology and timeless elegance, the Riva 90 Argo is a yacht that promises an unparalleled experience on the water.
Length
28.5M
Beam
6.5M
Draft
2.2M
Volume
114GT
Day Guests
20
Sleeping
8
Cabin
4
Crew
4
Cruise Speed
26KT
Max Speed
30KT
Fuel
9000L
Range
320NM
Engine
MTU 12V 2000 M96L
Naval
Ferretti
Exterior
Officina Italiana Design
Interior
Officina Italiana Design
New Starting From
€8,500,000
High Price Brokerage
€6,000,000
Low Price Brokerage
€4,500,000
Life aboard the Argo starts on the flybridge, where the bar does the entertaining for you.
A 46 square metre flybridge carries an automated bar top that lifts to reveal a full outdoor galley, turning the upper deck into the yacht’s social centre rather than a secondary sun deck. Forward, a C-shaped couch wraps the bow for lounging at anchor, while high backed console seats set on sculptural stainless steel pedestals give the helm position genuine presence. Day capacity runs to twenty guests, matched to the scale of the outdoor spaces rather than squeezed in around them. Below, the main saloon, nicknamed the crystal palace by Riva’s own design team, carries ceilings over 2.1 metres and more than eighty square metres of glazing across the yacht, a figure that few 28 metre motor yachts come close to matching.
An asymmetric glass panel set into the hardtop is the detail everyone notices first.
It is also the clearest sign of how differently this yacht was conceived. Rather than adapting an existing platform, Riva developed an entirely new hull for the Argo, giving Mauro Micheli and Sergio Beretta a blank sheet for an exterior language pulled as much from car design as from the yard’s own back catalogue. The result is a profile that feels tauter and more deliberate than a conventional flybridge silhouette, with glazing treated as a structural element rather than an addition to it. Ferretti’s naval architecture team shaped the hull beneath that skin, and Ferretti Group’s own engineering department carried the design through to build, a pairing that keeps performance and styling working toward the same result rather than in tension with each other.
One full beam owner’s suite, three further cabins, and light in every one of them.
The owner’s suite occupies the main deck at close to thirty square metres, full beam and framed by the same glazing that defines the saloon above. An amidship guest suite and two further en suite cabins complete the lower deck, sleeping eight guests across four cabins in total. Materials run to English walnut bulkheads, dark lacquered ceilings and white leather upholstery, with Calacatta marble in the bathrooms. Furniture from Minotti and Acerbis, two names more commonly associated with Italian interior design than yacht building, sets a domestic rather than nautical tone throughout. Two crew cabins and a small mess adjoining the galley keep the four person crew self sufficient and close to their work without encroaching on guest space.
The bow is not an afterthought on the Argo. It is where guests actually want to be.
A C-shaped couch wraps the forward deck, angled for conversation rather than simply facing forward, and works as easily for a sunset drink as for lounging at anchor through the afternoon. Aft, the flybridge’s automated bar completes the picture: a dining table, an L-shaped sofa and a fully equipped outdoor galley that removes any need to send guests below for refreshments. Inside, the crystal palace saloon ties the two outdoor zones together, its glazing keeping sightlines open from bow lounge to aft cockpit even when the yacht is closed up. It is a layout built around movement between spaces rather than a single showpiece room, which suits an owner who entertains often and wants every deck to earn its place.
A newly developed hull, an eight figure price, and a range built for real cruising.
At 28.5 metres length overall on a 6.5 metre beam and 2.2 metre draught, the Argo displaces 85 tonnes, a figure that reflects her full beam accommodation and generous glazing rather than a lightweight build. Twin MTU diesels deliver a 26 knot cruise and a 30 knot top speed, with 9,000 litres of fuel giving a 320 nautical mile range. Ferretti’s naval architecture and Ferretti Group’s engineering department underpin the build, with Officina Italiana Design responsible for both exterior and interior, the same studio pairing behind Riva’s smaller Diva. Priced from 8.5 million euros new, she sits toward the top of Riva’s flybridge range, a position her purpose built hull and full beam owner’s suite justify on their own.
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