All one's personal and best ideas should be fulfilled while there's still time to enjoy them. I have been involved in engineering (through the family business) since the nineteen-fifties, together with boat building as a hobby. My vivid memories of water-skiing behind a Riva on Lake Geneva are as strong as ever. Later encounters in the South of France, Positano and Levanto were equally as special. It was the combination of these three factors which led me to establish 'Riva Revival' specialising in the sale of Riva 'classic' wooden boats. We are also able to handle all the necessary renovation, restoration and re-engineering required to bring these wonderful craft back to their former glory.