The price shown is for a share, not the whole boat. It buys twenty-eight of the fifty-two weeks — more than half the year — at €11,389 a week. Smaller allocations start at twelve weeks, €136,673, at the same rate however it is divided.Riva have been building the Mediterranean's most recognisable boats for generations, and the 52 Rivale is the modern one that still looks like the old ones: a long silver hull, an open cockpit laid in teak, almost nothing on deck to interrupt the line. This is a 2009 in silver metallic. Twin MAN V8-900s give her thirty-seven knots, thirty-four in comfort, so the far side of the Balearics becomes a decision made over breakfast. Three cabins sleep six, with air conditioning throughout, a Kohler generator for the nights at anchor, and a Williams Turbojet, bought new in 2019, on the bathing platform.The same syndicate has held her since 2017. A boat manager looks after the berth, the insurance, the maintenance and the annual rota, so no owner is running anything. The boat year runs from May to April, and the season's calendar is drawn up each autumn.Twenty-eight weeks is close to having a Riva to yourself through the season without carrying the cost of one outright, or any of the work. An incoming owner joins the existing agreement and is approved by the group in the ordinary way — a straightforward process, and one we will take you through.