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PLATE 01
Naviglia Yachts — the brands we fit · Sardinia, real photograph
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Honda · Yamaha · Mercury · ORCA Pennel & Flipo · Garmin · and the NAVY brand
A NAVY is made of choices, and every choice carries a name. The design, the fibreglass and the fit-out are signed by us; for what pushes the boat, for what holds the air and for what brings you home in the evening we chose companies that have been doing it for decades. Here you will find who they are, what they really do on a RIB and how you choose between them.
PLATE 02 — Who signs what
Three outboard brands with equal standing, Honda, Yamaha and Mercury: you choose the make and we quote it together with the boat, so the final figure is right in front of you. One fabric for the tubes, ORCA by Pennel & Flipo, in Hypalon-neoprene. One helm electronics brand, Garmin, chosen at quotation stage because no single set-up suits everyone. And one brand on the tube of all six models: NAVY, designed and fitted out by us.
PLATE 03 — Aboard the NAVY 7.60 · Sardinia, real photograph
Astern, the engine you choose
HONDA · YAMAHA · MERCURY · EQUAL STANDING
In this photograph there is a Honda 250, because that is the one on our 7.60. On yours there may be a Honda, a Yamaha or a Mercury: you decide the make and the power, and the engine arrives fitted and tested together with the boat.
The fabric that holds the air is ORCA
PENNEL & FLIPO · HYPALON-NEOPRENE · 1.3 MM UP TO THE 7.60
From the 4.80 to the NAVY 7.60 the fabric is 1.3 mm thick; on the NAVY 9.50 Cabin the tubes are ORCA Hypalon-neoprene too. Every tube is glued by hand and pressure-tested before it goes onto the hull.
At the helm, the electronics are chosen together
GARMIN · CHARTPLOTTER · VHF · AT QUOTATION
Under the windscreen is where the instruments go. Someone who goes out on Sundays along the coast asks for a chartplotter and a radio; someone who crosses open water wants more. That is why the electronics are not in the list price: we put them in the quote, item by item.
NAVY: raised letters, not printed
THE BRAND OF OUR RIBS · SIX SIZES
The lettering on the tube is applied in relief and you can read it with your fingers. It is the brand of our RIBs, from 4.80 to 9.80 metres overall: we design it and we fit it out.
A RIB is chosen with your hands
TUBES · ENGINE · HELM · IN PERSON
The fabric under your fingers, the engine cowling, the screen switched on: photographs only get you this far. The rest you understand on board.
Book your visitPLATE 04 — The wall of brands
We present them in the order you meet them on board, and we put the three outboards on the same level because that is how they stand in our price list: none of them is the «house» engine, each one is the right choice for someone. Touch a panel to enter the brand page: inside you will find who they are, what they fit on the NAVY and with which power ratings.
PLATE 05 — Brand 01 · Outboards
Outboards · four-stroke · from F9.9 to F425 XTO
The first Yamaha outboard was called P-7: 7 hp, 123 cc, born in 1960 for the fishing boats of the Japanese coast. From there the road is all dated: the first four-stroke F9.9A in 1984, the F225A of 2001, the first four-stroke in the world above 200 hp, the F425A XTO of 2018 with direct petrol injection. In 2025 the brand turned seventy and changed its logo for the first time in 27 years.
On the NAVY one figure matters, and Yamaha publishes it engine by engine: the four-strokes from 30 to 115 hp declare between 94 and 185 kilos dry. On the transom of a 4.80 or a 6.00, where the 40 hp is the choice of those without a licence, every kilo is felt on the plane and alongside the quay. Those looking ahead already find the electric road, after Torqeedo joined the group in 2024.
In brief
Detail — 01 · The console of the 4.80 planing · Naviglia vision
PLATE 06 — Brand 02 · Outboards
Outboards · four-stroke · FourStroke, Verado, V10
In 1962 Mercury presented the «1000», the first production outboard in the world with 100 hp, and it was also the first painted Phantom Black: since then black has been the signature of the house. In 1999 came SmartCraft, the network that lets the on-board systems talk to each other; in 2004 the Verado, the first production supercharged inline six; in 2011 the 150 FourStroke was presented at the Genoa Boat Show. In 2021 the 600 hp V12, the first V12 outboard in the world.
For Europe Mercury has its headquarters and a plant at Petit-Rechain, in Belgium, one of the group's nine plants, with more than 5,200 people. A detail our customers care about more than records: the V10s are tuned for 90-octane petrol, the kind from any filling station. On the NAVY 7.60, up to 350 hp with a single engine, and on the NAVY 9.50 Cabin, built for twin outboards, it is one of the three roads; which one is yours we decide together, at quotation.
In brief
Detail — 02 · The outboard on the stern of the 7.60 · Naviglia vision
PLATE 07 — Brand 03 · Outboards
Outboards · four-stroke · ECOmo, BLAST, iST
The NAVY 7.60 we use for sea trials carries a Honda 250: it is the outboard you see in the real photographs on these pages. And on the new NAVY 9.50 Cabin we have also fitted two Honda BF350 V8s astern, the 350 hp presented in 2023. Honda builds four-stroke outboards only, and around that choice it has placed systems with precise names: ECOmo, which on the plane leans the mixture by up to 20 per cent, according to Honda's figures; BLAST, which helps a loaded boat get out of the water; iST, the electronic control that turns harbour manoeuvring into a matter of fingertips.
The V6 charges at 90 amps, up to 1,080 watts: fridge, chartplotter and windlass without a generator on board. From the BF40 upwards the engines talk to the console electronics over the NMEA 2000 network, the same language as the chartplotter. The 250 on our 7.60 you try yourself, at the wheel.
In brief
Detail — 03 · The Honda cowling astern of the 7.60 · real photograph
PLATE 08 — Brand 04 · Tubes
Tube fabric · Hypalon-neoprene · 1.3 mm up to the 7.60
The ORCA fabric arrives in rolls, each with its batch number, and this is how we make the tubes: cutting, bonding with two-part adhesives, double or triple hand-made seams where the joints work hardest, then the pressure test and a visual inspection on every tube. ORCA's RIB fabrics hold Bureau Veritas type approval to ISO 6185 for pleasure craft, and two of its references also to ISO 15372 for rescue boats: the same family of materials ends up on professional RIBs.
ORCA states a service life of up to 25 years for its fabrics with good maintenance, and a Hypalon-neoprene tube is repaired cold with neoprene adhesive: the fabric can be bought by the metre, in the same colour, even years later. Pennel & Flipo counts more than 500 references and 110 people. On the NAVY: 1.3 mm from the 4.80 to the 7.60, ORCA Hypalon-neoprene on the NAVY 9.50 Cabin too, 29 colours in the catalogue.
In brief
Detail — 04 · The grain of the fabric and the raised lettering · real photograph
PLATE 09 — Brand 05 · Electronics
Marine electronics · chartplotter · VHF · radar
In the NAVY configurator two items carry the brand name: the Garmin 723 GPS and the Garmin 115i VHF. The radio has Class D DSC distress calling with a built-in GPS: the call for help goes out with the position already inside it. The nautical charts are Navionics, a company from Viareggio that has been part of Garmin since 2017; since 2023 the group also includes JL Audio, alongside Fusion.
Garmin screens can be read at midday in August even through polarised sunglasses, Garmin states; with Wi-Fi and the ActiveCaptain app, chart and software updates take care of themselves, with no workshop. The right size: 5 to 7 inches on the NAVY up to 6 metres, 7 to 9 on the NAVY 7.60, 9 to 12 on the NAVY 9.50 Cabin, where radar also makes sense. In Italy the legal 24-month warranty applies, provided by the seller. Which set-up you need we write into the quote, item by item.
In brief
Detail — 05 · The screen switched on at the helm · Naviglia vision
PLATE 10
The NAVY brand · Naviglia Yachts
NAVY is the RIB brand of Naviglia Yachts, the Italian boating brand of Michelessi Corporation Srl. Six sizes, from the NAVY 4.80 to the NAVY 9.50 Cabin: 4.80 metres for the smallest, 9.80 metres overall for the largest. The design and the moulds are the work of Italian engineers and designers; the hull, deck, transom platforms and console are in fibreglass with increased thicknesses, in white or black. The rest is fit-out, and that is the part that decides whether a boat is yours or everyone's: 29 ORCA fabric colours for the tubes, 24 shades of teak-effect decking, 14 colours of quilted upholstery.
You recognise the brand by three signs. The NAVY lettering on the tube, in wide letters with a crossbar-less A, applied in relief. The Naviglia Yachts compass rose with the hull running through it, embroidered on the upholstery backrests and engraved into the decking, not glued on. And the way it is bought: directly from us, to order, one boat at a time, with no assembly line and no middlemen. Up to 15 years' warranty.
Sign 01
The compass rose and the ITALY lettering engraved into the teak-effect decking: you feel them under bare feet.
How we build a NAVY
Sign 02
The logo stitched thread by thread on the diamond-quilted leatherette, in the colour you choose.
Colours and configurator
Sign 03
The white letters on the anthracite fabric of the 7.60: the lettering is applied, not printed.
Step aboard the 7.60The six sizes that carry the brand
PLATE 11
The table of brands · who signs what
This is the table we explain out loud to those who come to see the boats: part by part, who makes it and with which material. Below, the same thing on the real photograph of the NAVY 7.60: touch the brass points.
| Part | Who signs it | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|
| Design and moulds | Naviglia YachtsItalian engineers and designers | The lines, the hull and the run of the tubes come from our drawings, for all six sizes. |
| Hull, deck, transom platforms and console | Naviglia Yachtsfibreglass with increased thicknesses | You choose the fibreglass in white or black: 2 colours, inside and out. |
| Tubes | ORCA Pennel & FlipoHypalon-neoprene on every NAVY · 1.3 mm from the 4.80 to the 7.60 | 29 colours in the catalogue, three as standard: Notte Profonda, Pietra Bianca and Blu Navy. |
| Outboards | Honda · Yamaha · Mercuryyou choose the make | The engine is not included in the list price and is quoted together with the boat; a NAVY can also be bought without one. |
| Helm electronics | Garminchartplotter, VHF, radar | Chosen at quotation, model by model: in the configurator you will find the Garmin 723 GPS and the Garmin 115i VHF. |
| Decking and upholstery | Naviglia YachtsEVA teak in 24 shades · upholstery in 14 colours | Standard upholstery as standard; the quilted Luxury line, up to the 7.60, is an option. |
| Sales, delivery, after-sales | Naviglia Yachtsdirect sales | Everything comes back to us, from configuration to delivery at the harbour or at your home; the engine remains covered by its manufacturer's warranty. |
FIG. 08 — The boat up close: you can read 250 on the Honda cowling and NAVY 7.60 on the tube. Astern, the two swim platforms and the stainless ladder lowered into the water; in the cockpit, the tan upholstery. Sardinia, real photograph.
PLATE 12 — The brands in numbers, certain ones only
3
outboard brands
to choose from
Honda, Yamaha and Mercury, with equal standing.
29
ORCA fabric colours
in the catalogue
Three as standard, the others on request.
6
NAVY sizes
in the price list
From the 4.80 to the 9.50 Cabin.
2
fibreglass
colours
White or black, inside and out.
PLATE 13
To choose at your own pace
When brands come up, the questions that reach the office are always the same three: how much power is needed, why fabric and not PVC, what changes in a hull with increased thicknesses. The answers, with the real numbers, are here.
Guide · engines
The right power for size, load and use: one engine or two, and when 40 hp is enough.
Read the guide
Guide · tubes
Sun, salt, years: what really changes between the two fabrics, and why NAVY RIBs carry ORCA.
Read the guide
Guide · hull
The V, the strakes, the increased thicknesses: what you feel when the sea gets up.
Read the guideQuestions about the brands
Engines, tubes, electronics and the NAVY brand: the questions you ask us on the phone, with the answer we give out loud. One at a time: open one and the other closes.
Yes. Honda, Yamaha and Mercury are the outboards we fit on the NAVY, and we put them on the same level: you choose the make and the power, according to how you use the sea. The engine is not included in the list price precisely for this reason: we quote it together with the boat, with several proposals, so the final figure is right in front of you.
A NAVY is sold with or without an engine. If you already own the outboard, we assess the match on the model you have chosen: we need the engine's plate data. If it is compatible, we fit it ourselves.
The engine is covered by its manufacturer's warranty, not by ours. Honda and Yamaha, for example, declare five years in Italy for pleasure use, on their terms and with servicing within the brand's network. The warranty on the RIB is another matter. Up to 15 years' warranty: we tell you about it on the dedicated page.
Because a RIB lives in sun and salt, often moored in the open, and Hypalon-neoprene withstands ultraviolet, salt and hydrocarbons better than PVC. ORCA states a service life of up to 25 years for its fabrics with good maintenance, and a Hypalon-neoprene tube can be repaired cold, with neoprene adhesive, even years later. It is the fabric ORCA also supplies for professional and rescue RIBs.
From the NAVY 4.80 to the NAVY 7.60 the ORCA fabric by Pennel & Flipo is 1.3 mm thick. On the NAVY 9.50 Cabin the tubes are in ORCA Hypalon-neoprene: we give you the full data together with the quote.
No. The helm electronics are chosen together with you at quotation stage, because someone who goes out on Sundays along the coast and someone who crosses open water have different needs: a chartplotter and a VHF in the first case, radar and autopilot in the second. Like the engine, the electronics are not included in the list price: you find them in the quote item by item, with the product name next to each one. In the configurator you will find the Garmin 723 GPS and the Garmin 115i VHF.
NAVY is the RIB brand of Naviglia Yachts: six sizes, from the 4.80 to the NAVY 9.50 Cabin, designed and fitted out by us and sold directly to the people who will use them. You recognise it by the raised lettering on the tube and by the compass rose embroidered on the upholstery and engraved into the decking.
Yes, and it is the right way to choose: the ORCA fabric samples, the teak, the upholstery and the engine cowling are judged with your hands. Book your visit or a sea trial on our NAVY 7.60 powered by a Honda 250: we set the day together, and we can sort it out on WhatsApp.
PLATE 15 — In person
Five brands and one name on the tube: you have read about them. Now come and put your hands on them: the ORCA fabric on the samples, the cowling of the engine you have in mind, the screen switched on at the helm. Then try the 7.60 at sea, at the wheel. Which engine do you have in mind?
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