The Riva 56 Rivale Super running to the right at speed, a silver-hulled open yacht with a dark tinted windscreen and a low profile, wooded headlands behind her
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56' Rivale Super

A restyled 17.27-metre open yacht on MAN V8 power, for fourteen people, with two or three cabins and 34 knots.

Manufacturer statement
17.27 m
Length overall
4.74 m
Maximum beam
34 knots
Max speed
14
People on board

The sixth premiere on the Ferretti Group stand

The 56' Rivale Super was one of six world premieres Ferretti Group unveiled at the 2026 Cannes Yachting Festival. The show ran from 8 to 13 September 2026 at the Vieux Port.

A restyling, not a replacement

Riva describes the boat as a restyling of the existing 56' Rivale that deliberately keeps the original's character. What changed, in the yard's account, is ergonomics: an open yacht made more comfortable to live with.

17.27 metres, two cabins or three

The boat is 17.27 metres overall on a 4.74-metre beam, drawing 1.45 metres. Riva offers it as two cabins with a crew berth or as three cabins, for fourteen people on board.

MAN V8s on V-drives, 34 knots

Power is a pair of MAN V8s, at 1,000 or 1,200 hp, on V-drive transmissions. Riva quotes 34 knots flat out, 28 cruising, and 210 nautical miles at that speed on 2,300 litres.

Technical specifications

By the numbers

17 specifications, with a source linked on each row. Reference: www.riva-yacht.com.

  • Riva's profile drawing of the 56' Rivale Super, showing the low white hull, the dark window band and the open cockpit with its radar mast

    Profile.

  • Riva's main deck plan seen from above, with the aft sunpad, the cockpit seating and helm amidships and a foredeck sunpad forward

    Main deck.

Riva 56' Rivale Super specifications
Length overall17.27 m (56 ft 8 in)
Hull length17.16 m (56 ft 4 in)
Waterline length13.99 m (45 ft 11 in)
Maximum beam4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Draft1.45 m (4 ft 9 in)
Unladen displacement27,000 kg
Laden displacement31,000 kg
Accommodation2 cabins + 1 crew, or 3 cabins
People on board14
Engine option 12 x MAN V8 1000, 1,000 hp, V-drive
Engine option 22 x MAN V8 1200
Max speed34 knots
Cruise speed28 knots
Range210 nm at cruising speed
Fuel2,300 L
Water530 L
FiguresPreliminary data, as published by Riva

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