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Naviglia Yachts — the sea trial · Nettuno, by appointment
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NAVY 7.60 · Honda 250 outboard · we set the day together
A RIB is chosen by looking at it, but the decision is made by taking it out to sea. Sea trials of NAVY RIBs take place in Nettuno, by appointment, on our 7.60 powered by a Honda 250: write to us, and we will set the day together.
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In brief: where, on which boat, for whom
Sea trials take place in Nettuno, by appointment, on the NAVY 7.60 powered by a Honda 250. It is the only serious way to understand a RIB before you sign: how it climbs out of the water, how it meets the wave, how it turns, how steady it stays when you all move to one side. We set the day together, by phone or on WhatsApp; the exact meeting point and the time are given to you when you book.
Nettuno lies on the coast south of Rome, next to Anzio; the showroom, where the NAVY RIBs are seen up close and the colours are chosen on the samples, is in Aprilia (LT), between Rome and Latina. They are two separate appointments and you can book both: in the form at the bottom of the page there is the option «Both». There is only one boat for sea trials, the NAVY 7.60: if you are thinking of another size, tell us when you book, and we will tell you honestly what the trial can show you and what it cannot.
PLATE 03 — The NAVY 7.60 at sea · real footage
01A NAVY 7.60 with its Honda, filmed for real at water level: the tube taut from stern to bow, the grey band, the glossy fibreglass.
02Then the bow looks you in the face: stainless bow roller, taut chain. On the trial, you drive a 7.60 like this one yourself.
PLATE 04 — The NAVY 7.60 from astern · real photograph
The Honda 250, on the centreline
RECOMMENDED POWER ON THE 7.60: 200/250 HP · ON THE TRIAL BOAT, A HONDA 250
The trial boat carries a single outboard, a Honda 250, in the middle of the transom. On the trial you feel how a 250 pushes 7.60 metres of boat; the make, when you order yours, is yours to choose from Honda, Yamaha and Mercury.
The swim platforms and the ladder
SWIM PLATFORMS WITH FOLDING LADDER · STANDARD ON THE 7.60
On either side of the engine are the swim platforms, with the folding steel ladder. On the trial it is worth stopping and really trying to get into the water and climb back out: it is what you will do most often in summer, and on the ladder you can tell in a moment whether the boat is comfortable for the people who come with you.
The wheel, under the roll bar
CONSOLE WITH FULL GAUGES · ROLL BAR WITH NAVIGATION LIGHTS
Beyond the fibreglass roll bar are the centre console with its gauges, the wheel and the helm seat with its grab rail. Sit down, then stand up and drive on your feet: check whether the bow stays in view, whether the windscreen shelters you and whether your hands find the controls without searching for them.
The tube that keeps you steady
ORCA FABRIC · HYPALON-NEOPRENE · 52 CM DIAMETER
The tube of the 7.60 is 52 cm in diameter and made of ORCA fabric by Pennel & Flipo. With the boat stopped, sit on the side two or three of you together: the tube is what keeps the boat level. Under way, watch how much water stays out of the boat.
Book a sea trialPLATE 05 — For those looking at the NAVY 9.50 Cabin · Naviglia vision
Cabin RIB, 9.80 m overall and 3.20 m beam, design category B, up to 15 people, twin outboards.
Anyone interested in the cabin model tries the 7.60 in the meantime, to judge trim, handling and solidity. The NAVY 9.50 Cabin is a RIB 9.80 metres overall and 3.20 metres in beam, with an interior cabin, berths and separate heads, and twin outboards at the stern: the power is decided together with you when we prepare the quote.
The 7.60 is not the 9.50, and we will not pretend it is. But it is built on the same idea: tubes in ORCA fabric by Pennel & Flipo, Hypalon-neoprene, and fibreglass with increased thicknesses. At sea it shows you how tube and hull work together, and what it means to drive a NAVY. The price of the cabin model is from €86,900 + VAT · engine not included; the delivery time is agreed together on order confirmation.
Detail — 01 · The NAVY 9.50 Cabin at sunset · Naviglia vision
PLATE 06 — The NAVY 7.60, in four measurements
7.60m
length
overall
From the NAVY 7.60 specification sheet.
2.89m
beam
of the 7.60
From the same sheet.
52cm
tube
diameter
ORCA fabric by Pennel & Flipo.
1.3mm
of Hypalon-neoprene
fabric
From the 4.80 to the 7.60.
The NAVY 7.60 comes as standard with a 280-litre fuel tank, an automatic bilge pump and EVA synthetic teak decking, non-slip and stain-resistant. The price is from €33,000 + VAT · engine not included (€40,260.00 incl. 22% Italian VAT): the engine is chosen and quoted separately, together with the boat, so you have the final figure in front of you.
PLATE 07 — From the sample to the wave · real photograph
In the showroom you touch the tube and choose the colours on the samples; at sea you understand everything else. How the boat meets the wave, how it turns, how dry it stays, how easy it is to climb back up the ladder: these are things no specification sheet writes down and no photograph lets you feel. That is why the trial is booked separately, with the same form as the visit.
What to look at on the trial
A sea trial is only worth something if you know what to look at. There are six things, and it pays to try them in this order: getting on the plane with a real load, trim, a tight turn, stability at rest, noise and vibration, climbing back up the ladder. Below you will find them grouped into four moments.
Planing and trim
If in summer you go out four up with the cool box and the towels, try the boat that way. Watch how it lifts and gets on the plane, whether the bow rises too much and how long it takes to level out. Then trim the outboard: the boat has to find an attitude in which it runs clean, without slamming and without digging its bow into the water.
The turn
In a turn you feel the hull. Make a tight turn at cruising speed and watch how the boat heels, whether it holds its line or slides sideways, and how the people sitting at the stern fare. Then do it again the other way, and cross the wake of a passing boat: that is where you understand handling, far more than on flat water.
At rest
With the engine off, a RIB tells you about its stability. Put two or three people on the same tube and see how far the boat heels. Then open the ladder, get into the water and climb back up: if you can do it without effort, so can the people who go out with you. These are the moments of a trial that people forget most often.
Listen, then ask
At idle and at cruising speed, listen to the engine and rest a hand on the console: noise and vibration tire you more than the waves do. Then ask on board the questions that matter: which power for the way you use the boat, which make from Honda, Yamaha and Mercury, which options you really need. The answers end up written in the quote.
The 7.60 at sea, photographed on 18 August 2025
These are real shots of a white NAVY 7.60 with the Honda 250, taken at sea on a single outing, in the evening light: not in Nettuno, but the same model and the same engine as the boat we use for sea trials. Tap a photograph to open it full screen; under each card, «The story» tells you what you are looking at.
FIG. 08 — NAVY 7.60 stern three-quarter view with Honda 250 VTEC, swim platforms and boarding ladder
The boat is close: you can read 250 on the Honda cowling and NAVY 7.60 on the tube. At the stern, the two swim platforms and the stainless ladder lowered into the water; in the cockpit, the tan upholstery. In the background, the hillside and two sailing boats.
FIG. 09 — Stern of the NAVY 7.60: fibreglass roll bar, white Honda outboard and lettering on the tube
The detail that says it all: the NAVY 7.60 lettering on the tube, the white roll bar with its speaker and navigation light, the Honda cowling, the stainless ladder. At the top of the roll bar flies the Four Moors flag.
FIG. 10 — NAVY 7.60 bow in golden light, anchor chain in the water, console with tan upholstery
The golden hour strikes the bow full on: the white of the hull turns almost gold and the water fills with copper reflections. You can see the console, the smoked windscreen and the tan seats. Behind, the village and the rocks.
FIG. 11 — NAVY 7.60 at anchor, bow three-quarter view, tan upholstery and Honda outboard visible
The RIB sits in the centre, turned slightly: you can see the tan seat in front of the console, the roll bar and the white engine. The water is calm and grey-blue; above the village the sky is clearing towards evening.
FIG. 12 — Close view of the NAVY 7.60 bow: stainless bow roller, anchor chain and grey tube bands
The bow reaches towards the lens, held taut by the anchor chain. You can make out the stainless bow roller, the bow fender and the two grey bands running along the tube. In the distance, the coast and the village in the evening haze.
FIG. 13 — NAVY 7.60 bow in the foreground with anchor chain and the sun low on the horizon
The wide angle stretches the bow towards the lens: stainless bow roller, taut chain, the grey bands of the tube. The sun is a low disc behind the console and the sky is streaked with thin cloud. In the foreground the water is almost black.
FIG. 14 — Stern of the NAVY 7.60 with Honda 250, boarding ladder and green hillside, portrait format
The white Honda 250 fills the bottom corner, with the stainless ladder lowered into the water beside it. Above the roll bar the flag flies; behind, the scrub-covered hillside climbs to the blue sky.
FIG. 15 — White NAVY 7.60 at anchor in the golden hour, warm reflections and a granite coast
The whole hull, three-quarters from the bow, with the sun now low and striking it from the side. The water around it is a dark sheet full of copper-coloured reflections. In the background, the beach, the white houses and the granite ridge.
FIG. 16 — Bow of the NAVY 7.60 with anchor chain under a wide sunset sky
A high sky, full of thin golden cloud, and beneath it the bow of the 7.60 pushing into the frame with its chain taut. The coast is a dark line in the background; the water reflects the last of the light.
FIG. 17 — NAVY 7.60 at anchor seen from the bow, white village and granite mountain behind
The 7.60 sits low in the frame, whole, with the chain running down into the water from the bow. Above it, the white village terraced among the pines and, higher still, the granite rounded by the wind. A blue sky with long streaks of cloud.
FIG. 18 — Full NAVY 7.60, stern three-quarter view, with Honda 250 outboard and green hillside
The view that tells you the whole model in one go: NAVY 7.60 lettering, roll bar, swim platforms, ladder and the white Honda 250. In the background, the hillside and the mast of a sailing boat.
FIG. 19 — NAVY 7.60 roll bar with flag, Honda outboard and NAVY 7.60 lettering, granite rocks behind
At the top, the granite lit by the low sun; in the middle, the white roll bar with the Four Moors flag; at the bottom, the NAVY 7.60 lettering and the Honda cowling. Three planes, a single warm light.
Real photographs NAVY 7.60 with Honda 250
Questions about the sea trial
These are the things you ask us before booking: where it takes place, on which boat, whether you need a licence, what happens afterwards. One at a time: opening one closes the other.
The sea trial of NAVY RIBs takes place in Nettuno, on the coast south of Rome, by appointment. We set the day together, by phone or on WhatsApp; the exact meeting point and the time are given to you when you book, so you arrive without having to search. The showroom, where you see the NAVY RIBs up close and choose the colours, is in Aprilia (LT), between Rome and Latina.
Yes, in Nettuno. For sea trials we have our own NAVY 7.60 powered by a Honda 250. Anyone interested in the cabin model can try the 7.60 in the meantime, to judge trim, handling and solidity. We set the day together: book from the form at the bottom of the page or message us on WhatsApp.
The sea trial is done on a single boat, our NAVY 7.60 powered by a Honda 250. If you are thinking of another size, tell us when you book: we will tell you honestly what the trial on the 7.60 shows you about your model, such as the ORCA tubes and the way a NAVY drives, and what is better judged in the showroom instead.
To take the helm of the NAVY 7.60 used for sea trials, yes. Under Italian law, within 6 miles of the coast you can go out without a boat licence only if the engine does not exceed 30 kW (40.8 hp) and stays within the cubic-capacity limits set by law; beyond 6 miles a licence is always required. The Honda 250 exceeds both limits. If you hold a licence, bring it with you; if you do not, tell us when you book the sea trial.
Yes. Anyone interested in the NAVY 9.50 Cabin tries the 7.60 in the meantime, to judge the trim, handling and solidity of a NAVY at sea. The 9.50 is a RIB 9.80 metres overall with an interior cabin, berths and separate heads; the price is from €86,900 + VAT · engine not included, and the delivery time is agreed together on order confirmation.
The NAVY 7.60 costs from €33,000 + VAT · engine not included, that is €40,260.00 incl. 22% Italian VAT. The engine is chosen separately, by power and by make from Honda, Yamaha and Mercury, and we quote it together with the boat: on the 7.60 we recommend 200/250 hp. After the trial we prepare the quote line by line, with transport already written in.
After the sea trial, if the NAVY convinces you, we prepare a written quote: price + VAT, the engine you chose, options, cost of transport. A made-to-order NAVY up to the 7.60 is delivered about three months from order confirmation; a stock boat within 7 working days of order confirmation. We deliver to the harbour you name or to your home.
If you live a long way from Nettuno we can start with a video call, to show you the RIB up close before you set off. When you then decide to come, we set a day together for the showroom visit and the sea trial. The NAVY you order is delivered to the harbour you name or to your home, anywhere in Italy.
PLATE 11 — In person
Four lines and we are done. We call you back to set the day.
PLATE 12
Carry on from here
Three pages that complete the trial: the showroom where you touch the samples, the full page of the 7.60 with its standard equipment and options, and the 9.50 Cabin for those looking further ahead.
Before or after the sea
The NAVY RIBs in person, between Rome and Latina: tubes to touch and colours to choose on the real samples, by appointment.
Read the page
The trial boat
7.60 m RIB, up to 15 people, single outboard up to 350 hp or twin engines. from €33,000 + VAT · engine not included.
See the full page
Naviglia vision
Interior cabin, berths and separate heads; from €86,900 + VAT · engine not included.
Discover the cabin RIB
PLATE 13 — See you on board
The sea trial takes place in Nettuno, by appointment, on our 7.60 and its Honda 250. Write to us saying which NAVY you have in mind and on which days you are free: we call you back, and we talk about the rest in person, on board. Which day suits you?
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