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Riviera began exporting boats in 1983, with the first shipment made to the US that year. In October 2002, Barry-Cotter sold Riviera to Singapore's GIC Special Investments and Gresham Private Equity. Riviera was placed into voluntary receivership [ 1 ] in May 2009 following the global financial crisis, and the company was restructured.
In July 2012 the Athena was listed for sale with an asking price of US$95 million, [4] and reduced to $75 million in June 2014. [5] In summer 2014 Athena was listed as available for charter in the South Pacific, priced at approximately €260,000 per week. [6] As of May 2019 the asking price was listed as $45 million (USD). [7]
These boats are also known as "megayachts", "gigayachts" and even "terayachts", usually depending on length. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has been generally accepted by naval architects and industry executives that superyachts range from 37 m (≈120 ft) to 60 m (≈200 ft), while those over 60 m are known as megayachts and boats over 90 m (≈300 ft) have ...
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The boat won line honours in the 2015 Fastnet race and the 2015 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, under the leadership of skipper Ken Read. [4] In 2017, Comanche set a new Transpac record, covering 484.1 nmi in 24 hours, for an average speed of 20.2 knots (37.4 km/h). [ 5 ]
In January 2020, Boat International listed 4,621 professionals connected to the superyacht industry since 1856, [25] including 1,806 builders. [26] Superyacht builders and yacht charter companies are predominantly based in Western Europe and the United States but are also found in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and Eastern Europe. [26] [27]
P&O Cruises Australia is a British-American owned cruise line with operational headquarters as part of Carnival Australia, based in Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia. Originally a sister company of P&O Cruises in the United Kingdom, it was previously a constituent of P&O and has a direct link in history to the world's first cruise ships.
The Riva Aquarama is a luxury wooden runabout built by Italian yachtbuilder Riva. Production of it and its derivatives (the Lungo, Super, and Special) ran from 1962 until 1996. The hull was based on the Riva Tritone, an earlier model speedboat by Riva, which in turn was inspired by the American mahogany Chris-Craft runabouts.