And, true to his word, Carlo Riva ensured Ribot III remained a one-off, even turning down a request for a similar craft from King Hussein of Jordan. Roncoroni used the boat, Ribot III, mostly on Como, and kept her until 1970 before selling her on to the second owner who has owned this classic Riva ever since. The dashboard featured sparkling, chrome bezel instruments befitting the Cadillac-powered Special. The unique interior had red, white and blue front seats that could be laid flat to let occupants sunbathe away from prying eyes. What he got was an 8.3 metre wood-clad wonder powered by two high-performance, marinised Cadillac Eldorado V8 engines, each producing 325hp to push the boat to a stunning 60mph. He wanted the best, fastest and largest Riva ever. In 1960, Roncoroni persuaded the company to build him a one-off version of the Tritone Special model classic Riva yacht. Riva owners may commonly have been rich and famous, but it was rare to get special treatment however, Carlo Riva broke his rule in the case of the Como industrialist, champion sailor and Riva patron, Achille Roncoroni. At nearly eight metres LOA, the Super Tritone was a long, powerful version of Riva’s Tritone, its biggest thus far. While 221 of the standard Tritone version were delivered, far fewer of the far more desired Super Tritone came into being, with only 21 hitting the water. The first twin-engine classic range Riva yacht was the Tritone, in build from 1950-1966. We trace the history of the most popular classic Rivas, and round up a few of the most memorable Rivas of all time… But it was his great-grandson, the legendary Carlo Riva, who had the vision to create a range of wooden-hulled speedboats that were to become the epitome of the jet-set era of the 1950s and 1960s.Ĭarlo Riva was inspired by the products of the American yacht builder Chris-Craft, for which he was an agent, and he used Chris-Craft and Chrysler engines in his classic Riva yachts. It has been awarded “Best Gar Wood of Show” at the prestigious Lake Tahoe Concours d’Elegance twice, in 20.The roots of classic Riva yachts go right back to 1842, when a young Pietro Riva began repairing and building yachts on Lake Iseo in northern Italy.
Tony Brown of Western Runabouts completed a significant preservation restoration in 2002. Hae Dae III has only had four owners in its lifetime on Lake Tahoe. Hae Dae III was the last 25’6’’ Custom Runabout shipped by the factory. It won first place in the “Bang and Go Back” race and third place in the Lake Championship Free-For-All Race in both July and August 1941. Though “Hae Dae III”-the name given to the boat by its original owner Herbert Day-was actually delivered new to Newport Beach, California, just after New Years in January 1941, by that summer, it was home at Tahoe, where it was raced in several of the Tahoe Yacht Club events. An abundance of the most beautiful streamlined chromed-brass hardware helped make the big, triple–cockpit the boat to own on Lake Tahoe. This Custom Runabout featured rich heavy-grained pleated burgundy leather upholstery throughout, with comfortable seating for eight to 10 adult passengers. It’s price when new in 1941 was a staggering $7,550. This engine was the top-of-the-line option for the 25-footers, and it pushed the boats to 50 MPH, making it what Gar Wood claimed to be the fastest stock runabout available at the time. One of only two 25-foot 6-inch hulls built-both for 1941-it is the last of only five with the huge 316 HP, 894 CI Scripps model 302 V-12 engine. Considered by most to be the pinnacle of Gar Wood design, the 1941 models had the most bow flare, the barreled-cutwater design, high-crowned decks and the aft-raked transom, which added 6 inches of length and completed the radical streamlining of the 1941 lineup. Only 35 25-foot Custom Runabouts were ever built by Gar Wood during its 10-year production run from 1932-41. This is a very rare 1941 Gar Wood 25’6’’ Triple Cockpit Custom Runabout.
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