How do you carve out innovative ideas after producing your 6,000th boat over 40 years of operation? Riviera’s much-anticipated 6800, developed in collaboration with superyacht designer Luca Vallebona and the new flagship of the Sport Yacht collection, has been years in the making.

“This design is not something where we threw just together engines, hull and some fancy tech,” offers Stephen Milne, Riviera’s Brand and Communications Director. “It has been conceptualised by our design team, calculated and planned using the latest computer software, and has involved thousands of research and development hours over more than three years.”

Solid construction using vacuum infusion effectively takes all the bits in the hull and creates one complete bonded piece – a rigid unit that will take the punishment of the sea and the rigours of all the weight aloft, including engines, gensets, drives and furnishings.