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Guide — Choosing · Naviglia Yachts · Aprilia (LT), between Rome and Latina, Italy
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Cabin · separate heads · air conditioning · trailer · updated 14 October 2026
You choose a cabin RIB by answering four questions: will you sleep on board, do you need a heads closed off by a door, will you go out when the weather turns cool, will you often have to take the boat by road. Among the NAVY RIBs, the interior cabin with berths and the separate heads come with the 9.50 Cabin, 3.20 m in beam: in Italy, above 2.55 m, a boat travels by road as an exceptional transport.
PLATE 02
The definition
A cabin RIB is a RIB that has, below deck, an enclosed space you can actually spend time in: a cabin with berths and, often, a separate heads. That room is what sets it apart from a centre-console RIB, where the space under the dashboard holds a locker, the batteries or, on the larger models, a portable toilet. The difference is not about looks: it changes the way you will use the boat, the weight it will carry, the width at which it will travel by road and the price you will see on the quote.
That is why the right question is not “which is the best cabin RIB”, but “what will I do with it”. If you leave in the morning and are back by sunset, you will make little use of a cabin; if you want to spend the night at anchor, take the family out for a weekend or give your guests a real heads, without a cabin you give up exactly those days. In this guide we set out what a cabin gives you, what it asks in return and the rules that apply by law, using the real figures of our NAVY 9.50 Cabin as the example.
PLATE 03 — The cabin RIB, part by part · Naviglia vision
At the bow, you take the sun
CHAISE LONGUE AT THE BOW · IN FRONT OF THE CONSOLE
On a cabin RIB the bow does not vanish under the deckhouse: on the 9.50 there is a chaise longue, a place to lie back with your shoulders raised, in front of the console. It is the first space to check when you look at a cabin RIB: how much of the bow is left once the cabin is in.
Below the console, the cabin
INTERIOR CABIN WITH BERTHS AND A SEPARATE HEADS
The cabin door is a sliding one, beside the dashboard: it slides into the console and a set of steps leads below deck. Down there are the berths and the separate heads, with air conditioning: it is the part that turns a day at sea into a night at anchor.
A roof 2.50 by 3.70 metres
HARD-TOP 2.50 BY 3.70 M · SHADE OVER THE HELM
The hard-top of the 9.50 measures 2.50 by 3.70 metres and covers the helm and part of the cockpit. In summer it gives shade; when the weather turns, it is the shelter under which you keep on steering.
Steer in front, cook behind
OUTDOOR GALLEY BEHIND THE HELM SEAT · WORKTOP, SINK, FRIDGE
On the 9.50 the helm seat and the galley are a single block: the wheel in front, and behind it a unit with worktop, sink and fridge facing the cockpit. You have lunch on board without going down into the cabin.
At the stern, the sunpad over the engines
TWIN OUTBOARDS · AFT SUNPAD OVER THE ENGINES
At the stern the large sunpad covers the two outboards: you stretch out in the sun on top while the engines work underneath. So far we have fitted the 9.50 with anything from two Honda 250s to two Honda BF350s.
The NAVY 9.50 Cabin pagePLATE 04
The heads
Anyone searching for a “RIB with a toilet” is often looking, without realising it, for two different things. The first is a toilet inside the console: an emergency facility, useful with children and on long days, that needs no cabin. The second is a real heads, separated by a door, with a discharge that ends in a holding tank: that needs space below deck, which means a cabin RIB. In the NAVY range the real heads is on the 9.50 Cabin, and the most useful way to understand what you need is to compare it with a centre-console RIB without a cabin, such as the 7.60.
The NAVY 7.60 is a centre-console RIB with no cabin, for up to 15 people: as standard it has the console complete with gauges and the helm seat with grab rail and retractable table; the shower with a 60-litre tank and the galley with sink, gas hob and fridge are added from the options list, while a toilet is not among its items. The NAVY 9.50 Cabin, on the other hand, has the interior cabin with berths and the separate heads: the toilet discharges into a black-water holding tank, there is a shower on board and the fresh-water tank holds 150 litres. The holding tank is the detail that makes the difference when you spend the night at anchor or in harbour.
| What | NAVY 7.60 | NAVY 9.50 Cabin |
|---|---|---|
| Length overall | 7.60 m | 9.80 m |
| Beam | 2.89 m | 3.20 m |
| People | up to 15design category C | up to 15design category B |
| Below deck | no cabin | interior cabin with berths and a separate heads |
| Toilet | not on the price list | separate heads, with a black-water holding tank |
| Shower | option, 60-litre tank€2214 + VAT | 150-litre fresh-water tank |
| Galley | option: galley complete with sink, gas hob and fridge€11245 + VAT | outdoor galley behind the helm seat: worktop, sink and fridge |
| Fuel | 280 litres | 500 litres |
| Price | from €33,000 + VAT · engine not included€40,260.00 incl. 22% Italian VAT | from €86,900 + VAT · engine not included€106,018.00 incl. 22% Italian VAT |
Source: Naviglia Yachts price list and technical data sheets, September 2026; option prices plus VAT. The equipment of the 9.50 is confirmed item by item in the quote.
When you look at a cabin RIB, ask three questions. Does the heads have its own door, or is it a curtain inside the cabin? Does the toilet discharge into a black-water holding tank? How many litres does the fresh-water tank that feeds the washbasin and the shower hold? On the 9.50 the answers are: separate heads, black-water holding tank, 150 litres. With these three figures you know whether the heads will cope with a weekend with guests or only with a day out.
Give and take
A cabin gives you three things and asks for three in return. It pays to set them side by side before you choose, because the sums only add up if you will really use what you are paying for.
Sleeping aboard
The first thing a cabin gives you is the night. With berths below deck, a trip to the islands becomes a weekend: you have dinner in the cockpit, sleep at anchor and in the morning you are already where the others arrive at midday. On the 9.50 the cabin has air conditioning, which in summer matters as much as the mattress: below a deck warmed by the sun all day, without air, nobody rests. How the cabin is fitted out is worth seeing in person: it is the first thing to do before you choose.
Shelter and season
The second thing is shelter. A centre-console RIB lives in summer; a cabin RIB stretches the season, because when it turns cool or a squall comes through there is an enclosed place to put people and bags in the dry. On the 9.50 the 2.50 × 3.70 m hard-top covers the helm, and design category B means the boat is designed for winds up to force 8 and a significant wave height up to 4 metres. The third thing is range: 500 litres of fuel and 150 of fresh water are there precisely to let you stay out longer.
What it asks
In return, a cabin asks for three things. It asks for metres: to have a cabin with berths and a separate heads below deck you need length and beam, which is why among the NAVY RIBs the cabin comes on the largest, the 9.50, 9.80 m overall and 3.20 m in beam. It asks for power: on the 9.50 the configuration is twin outboards, and with engines of that size a boat licence is always required under Italian law. And it asks for a home port: with that beam the boat can only move by road as an exceptional transport, so it pays to think from the start about where it will live, afloat or in a boat storage yard near the sea.
PLATE 06
The trailer
In Italy, “trailerable” is not a quality of the boat: it is a rule of the Highway Code (Codice della strada). Art. 61 sets the maximum dimensions of every vehicle, load included, at a maximum width of 2.55 metres. A RIB that stays within 2.55 m on the road, on its trailer, travels like any other trailer. A wider RIB exceeds that limit: under art. 10 it becomes a transport in exceptional conditions (trasporto eccezionale), which requires a specific authorisation, issued by the body that manages motorways and state roads, and by the Region for the rest of the road network.
For a cabin RIB this matters more than for any other RIB, because a cabin wants beam. The table below lists the beams of the NAVY range: among the models in the table the 6.00 is the last one that stays within the limit, from the 7.60 upwards you move to exceptional transport, and the 9.50 Cabin, at 3.20 m, is one of these. It is not a problem to hide: we organise the delivery ourselves, to the harbour you tell us or straight to your home, and you will find the cost of transport written in the quote. For those who want a trailer of their own, the trailer is a separate accessory: on the price list it costs €8228 + VAT for the NAVY 7.60 and €12228 for the NAVY 9.50 Cabin.
| Model | Beam | On the road |
|---|---|---|
| NAVY 4.80 | 1.82 m | within the 2.55 m limit |
| NAVY 5.50 | 2.35 m | within the 2.55 m limit |
| NAVY 6.00 | 2.50 m | within the 2.55 m limit |
| NAVY 7.60 | 2.89 m | exceptional transport, with authorisation |
| NAVY 9.50 Cabin | 3.20 m | exceptional transport, with authorisationthe only NAVY RIB with an interior cabin and a separate heads |
Sources: art. 61, paragraph 1, letter a), and art. 10, paragraphs 2 and 6, of the Italian Highway Code (Legislative Decree 285/1992), text in force in the Gazzetta Ufficiale. Beams from the price list. The NAVY 6.60 is not in the table: its data sheet is being updated, figures on request.
PLATE 07
The rules of the sea
Before choosing a cabin RIB it is worth knowing which box of Italian law it falls into, because paperwork and distances depend on it. Art. 3 of the Italian Recreational Boating Code calls a craft with a hull up to 10 metres long a natante, and one over 10 and up to 24 metres an imbarcazione. The length that counts is not the commercial one: it is the hull length measured to the UNI EN ISO 8666 standard, written on the declaration of conformity. The 9.50 Cabin is 9.80 m overall: you will find its hull length on that declaration, and that is the figure to look at.
The design category is another matter, and it applies to every boat: Directive 2013/53/EU assigns category C to winds up to force 6 and a significant wave height up to 2 metres, category B to winds up to force 8 and waves up to 4 metres. The 4.80, the 5.50, the 6.00 and the 7.60 are in category C, the 9.50 Cabin in category B. But be careful: as long as a boat remains a natante, even in category B it does not go beyond 12 miles from the coast.
PLATE 08 — The NAVY 9.50 Cabin in four numbers
9.80m
length
overall
Beam 3.20 m, the widest of the NAVY RIBs in the price list.
15
people
on board
Maximum number of people, design category B.
500litres
of fuel
in the tank
For two outboards and long days out.
150litres
of fresh water
for heads and shower
The heads discharges into a black-water holding tank.
PLATE 09
The example
If you really need the cabin, among the NAVY RIBs there is one model: the NAVY 9.50 Cabin. Cabin RIB, 9.80 m overall and 3.20 m beam, design category B, up to 15 people, twin outboards. Below the console are the interior cabin with berths and the separate heads; the 9.50 has air conditioning, the heads with its black-water holding tank, the shower with 150 litres of fresh water, the outdoor galley behind the helm seat, the chaise longue at the bow and the large aft sunpad over the engines. The tubes are in ORCA fabric by Pennel & Flipo, Hypalon-neoprene.
At the stern the configuration is twin outboards: we decide the power together at the quote stage, and you choose the make among Honda, Yamaha and Mercury, the outboards we fit to the NAVYs. The engines we have fitted range from two Honda 250s, for one customer, to two Honda 350s, for another. The price: from €86,900 + VAT · engine not included, that is €106,018.00 incl. 22% Italian VAT. We set the delivery time of the 9.50 together with the order confirmation, and you will find the equipment of the boat you choose listed item by item in the quote.
PLATE 10
The sources of this guide
The articles quoted on this page are those of the text in force published by the Gazzetta Ufficiale, the Italian official journal; the NAVY measurements come from the price list and the technical data sheets of the models. If a rule or a figure changes, this guide changes with them: the update date is at the top and at the bottom. The legal texts are in Italian.
Guide written by Naviglia Yachts, a brand of Michelessi Corporation Srl · updated 14 October 2026
Questions about cabin RIBs
The questions to ask yourself before choosing a cabin RIB, with answers based on the rules and on the NAVY figures. One at a time: open one and the other closes.
The best cabin RIB is the one that matches the use you will make of it. Four things count: an interior cabin with berths, a separate heads with a black-water holding tank, a design category suited to the sea you go out on and a beam you know how to transport. The NAVY 9.50 Cabin has a cabin and a separate heads, is in design category B, carries up to 15 people and is 3.20 m in beam.
In Italy a RIB is trailerable without special permits if, on its trailer, it stays within 2.55 m of width, the maximum set by art. 61 of the Italian Highway Code. A cabin with a separate heads needs beam: the NAVY 9.50 Cabin measures 3.20 m and travels by road as an exceptional transport, with the authorisation provided for by art. 10. We organise the delivery ourselves, with the cost written in the quote.
A RIB with a toilet usually has a portable toilet inside the console, with no cabin around it. A RIB with a heads has a separate compartment closed by a door, discharging into a black-water holding tank: on the NAVY 9.50 Cabin the separate heads is below deck, with a shower on board and 150 litres of fresh water. The first is enough for a day out, the second also copes with a night at anchor.
Yes, the NAVY 9.50 Cabin has air conditioning, together with the interior cabin with berths and the separate heads. In summer it is what lets you sleep below a deck warmed by the sun. Which equipment you want on your boat, and how you want it fitted out, we decide together: you will find the equipment of the 9.50 you choose written item by item in the quote.
In practice, yes. Under art. 39 of the Italian Recreational Boating Code a licence is required beyond 6 miles with any engine, and within 6 miles above 30 kW, that is 40.8 hp. A cabin RIB like the NAVY 9.50 carries two outboards, far above that threshold: the licence is required even inshore. Without a licence, within 6 miles and the cylinder-capacity limits, look at the NAVY 4.80, 5.50 and 6.00 with a 40 hp.
Under Italian law it depends on the hull length, not on the cabin. Up to 10 metres of hull, measured to ISO 8666 and stated on the declaration of conformity, a RIB is a natante: it need not be entered in the register of pleasure craft or hold a navigation licence (art. 27 of the Recreational Boating Code). It can be registered voluntarily, taking on the legal regime of an imbarcazione: that is the way to go beyond 12 miles.
The NAVY 9.50 Cabin is priced from €86,900 + VAT · engine not included, that is €106,018.00 incl. 22% Italian VAT. The list price does not include the engines, which are chosen separately according to the use you want to make of the boat. On the 9.50 the configuration is twin outboards, and we decide the power together at the quote stage: that way you have the final figure in front of you.
For the NAVY 9.50 Cabin we set the delivery time together with the order confirmation: we work to order and do not promise dates we cannot keep. A boat in stock is delivered within 7 working days of the order confirmation; a made-to-order NAVY up to the 7.60 takes about three months. For next season it is worth confirming your order early.
PLATE 12
To read after this one
After the cabin come the questions about the model and the licence. The three pages below answer in the same way: with the real figures and the rule beside them.
The range
The cabin with berths and the separate heads, the technical data and the starting price.
See the model
The range
Centre console with no cabin, up to 15 people: shower and galley are added from the price list.
See the model
Guide
When you need one and when you do not: 30 kW, 6 miles, minimum age and categories.
Read the guide
PLATE 13 — In person
Measurements can be read; a cabin has to be tried: the headroom below deck, the door of the heads, the space between the berth and the steps. Book your visit: we will tell you when you can step aboard a NAVY 9.50 before you choose. How many nights a year do you plan to spend at sea?
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