BRIEF HISTORY

44 Rivarama, the legendary Aquarama, with an elegant style and an air of deserved superiority.

The 44 Rivarama is a big boat with very useful internal volume and accommodation for spending more than a day aboard. In fact, the sharp metallic-bronze hull conceals a veritable floating apartment inside with all Italian fabrics and designer soft furnishings. The sense of space and headroom is noticeable, as is the amazing attention to detail. The open-plan layout ranges from a sumptuous island double bed in the bow that is flanked by hanging lockers, to a designer bathroom with a separate shower stall and flash fittings. Even the toilet lid had been painted in metallic silver paint that matched the moulded amenities centres in the cockpit. The trendy floating glass sink and shower rose were additional highlights.

 At the foot of the companionway and in between the bed and bathroom was a chic galley concealed behind flip-back splashbacks. The instant wine or champagne chiller is destined to be a clincher. Plonk a bottle in the hole and five minutes later you're ready to toast the high life on the not-so-high seas. You also get champagne flute holders, a Krupps coffee machine, deep top-loading fridge, recessed two-burner Bosch cooktop and extractor fan, and microwave oven.

The 44 Rivarama comes with full crockery, cutlery, fine glassware, espresso cups, and linen in a dedicated linen press. But the piéce de résistance has to be the leather suitcase in the below-bed drawer. The traveller is big enough to stow a week's worth of clobber for a short voyage somewhere around the Med.