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Riva Events in 2008 Last update: 2 Mars 2008 (Please Note! Always Preliminary, may change without further notice.) 
28 - 30 March Course for RHS Scrutineers. Also this year it will be held at lake Iseo, visiting the historic yards. The first visit is on Friday afternoon, at 4 p.m., the last on Sunday morning. As usual, besides learning the Judging Score, to judge the boats at events, the participants will learn to understand the original characteristics of the Rivas, so that they can assist the members in identifying the boats. As the places are limited, those scrutineers who assisted the judges at events will take precedence in the inscription. Please address our office with your requests. 25 - 27 April Exhibition of models in Rome and presentation of the books “Tritone” and “Aquarama”. The models, that cover the panorama of engine powered means of conveyance, are part of the collection of our member Francesco Fazzalari. There will also be some paintings with our Rivas as theme. In this occasion our president, Piero Gibellini, will present his last research, with contributions of Carlo Riva and Giorgio Barilani, the volumes 4° and 5° of “Carlo the Legend, Riva the Myth”. Visits of the city and social dinners will complete the program. 23 - 25 May Riva Society Nederland: “Riva Run” at Maastricht. The boats will be moored on the quays in the city center. The society booked a complete hotel to host all the participants. A guided visit to one of the rare commercially run vineyards in the area is on the schedule. There will be a lot of boating on the river Maas and the surrounding canals. The program is on www.rivasociety.nl 30 May - 3 June Riva Society Italia: 2° “Carlo Riva Trophy”, organized by the historic C.R.V. Italia of Naples, President of which is our member Roberto Mottola. Trips to the islands, Ischia, Procida and Capri, and to the peninsula of Sorrento will fill the days. The visit to Capri will coincide with the “Regatta of the three Gulfs”. The places are limited by the mooring possibility at Naples and Capri. 6 - 8 June Riva Club de France: a week-end of leisure and navigation on the lake Annecy. The top of the event will be the evening “James Bond Girls”, which will also be the dress code for the participants. The program is on 13 - 15 June Riva Society Italia: “Lake Orta” Organized by the Rotary Club Orta San Giulio, with the collaboration of the cities of Orta and Omegna. Three days on a lake of the Pre-Alps, where normally the navigation is limited, with a trip to the Island San Giulio and evening boating to reach the restaurants on the water. There will be a meeting of vintage cars and a visit to the Sanctuary Sacro Monte. The participation is limited to 15 boats. On Saturday 14 afternoon, the Riva Club del Lago Maggiore organizes a reliability trial on the neighbouring Lake Maggiore; the participants of the Lake Orta event will be welcome to join them. The social dinner will be for all on lake Orta. 20 - 24 June Club Riva de Catalunya: 2° “Trencant Onades” at L’Estartit. L'estartit is located in the Costa Brava and it's known for the natural reserve islands in front of its coast called Illes Medes. The coast is mostly rocks and pines with small beaches. The night of the 23rd is the national holyday of Sant Joan , famous for the fireworks and bonfires on the street. The program is on www.clubrivadecatalunya.cat 26 - 29 June Riva Club Deutschland: 2° “Riva Classics” at Lake Constanz. With base at the Ultramarin in Kressbronn, on the German side of the lake, there will be a trip to the island Mainau, with visit of the botanical garden, a trip to the Swiss side, to the villages of Romanshorn and Rorschach among others and possibly a trip to the "Old Rhine". Dinner at Montfort Castle. The program is on www.riva-club.de 5 - 6 July Riva Swiss Society Généve: The “Riva Week-End” Wants to be an opportunity for the club members and guests from other Chapters to meet and make friends. The program will be on www.rivaswiss.ch 27 - 31 July 11th "Riva Run and Fun" in Sweden. This year in Båstad at the west coast. Organized by our own Riva Club Sweden. 2 - 5 August "2nd Riva Rendezvous" at Hankö The centre of boating for the Norwegians, with trips along the fjords. Organized by Riva Club Norway. August 3rd Giro del Lago, at Lake Tahoe, organised by the Riva Club U.S.A. 22 - 24 August A delegation of the Riva Society Nederland will join the “Riva Gondola” on lake Loosdrecht, the traditional Dutch meeting that celebrates the end of the holidays with a huge feast on the water, for all types of boats and “anything that floats”. 24 - 28 August 12° “Riva Days” at Venice. Riva Historical Society and Vento di Venezia organize four days in the Laguna, with visits to Burano, Torcello, Mazzorbo, Sant’Erasmo and Pellestrina, with a ride on the sea and the historic parade in Canal Grande. The mooring is at the island Certosa, where the hotel, for those who want to stay near their boats, is now fully restored. The island is also connected by ferry to Saint Mark. The San Clemente will welcome the members that want top hospitality; the water-shuttles of the hotel keep it connected to Saint Mark day and night. 6 - 7 September Riva Club Suisse: 2° “Ceresio insieme”, with the other boating clubs of the lake and the city of Lugano. The program will soon be ready. 13 - 14 September Riva Society Italia: “Adunata Riva” at Salò, a friendly meeting with the lovers of Lake Garda. The program will soon be ready. 17 - 21 September “NICAIA”: the Yacht Club Monaco invites the members of Riva Historical Society to the great festival of Nice, with the collaboration of the cities of Nice and Villefranche. The program will soon be ready. 25 October Dinner of the decennial. The Riva Historical Society invites the members to participate to the celebration of the decennial of the association in the historic Spinola palace, of the Circolo Giardino. The program is under preparation. Also in Italy the traditional Christmas Dinner this year will be held by the Chapters. Back |