Riva 130

Onboard the Riva 130

The Riva 130 runs 40 metres and carries 12 guests across five cabins — a ratio that gives each cabin real proportion rather than squeezing bodies onto a length rating. Riva's design language carries through in the layout: clean sightlines, a low, wide profile at anchor, and deck areas that read as generous rather than merely functional. It's a yacht built to be lived on for a full day or several, not just admired at the quay.

In Saint-Tropez, a yacht this size typically sits in the Gulf anchor field south of town rather than taking a berth at the Nouveau Port, where superyacht space is limited and costly in season. From that position, tender transfers to Quai Jean Jaurès put the market, restaurants and evening options within easy reach, while the yacht itself stays quiet enough for a working lunch or a private gathering with the village and the hills behind it in view. The cabin count also makes it a workable choice for an overnight run to Port Grimaud's canal marina or a longer passage toward the Îles d'Hyères, where guests actually sleep aboard rather than day-tripping back each evening.

This is a fit for groups that need both scale and privacy at once — a family taking multiple cabins for a multi-day charter, or a corporate host bringing clients aboard for a lunch or reception without feeling like they're on a shuttle boat. Given how far in advance Nouveau Port allocations and high-season holding deposits get locked in, and the added distance an island leg adds to fuel planning, it's worth confirming dates and route shape with the charter broker well before July and August.