Browsing: Lake Como

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Riva, the Choice of Stars, Makes a Movie

Riva and the movies. They go together. The iconic Italian boat and the iconic movie stars who’ve owned one. Think Brigitte Bardot (pictured above), Sophia Loren, Grace Kelly, even James Bond, back in the day. Today, George Clooney is said to keep one at his waterfront villa on Lake Como, although when my wife and I cruised by on a Hinckley a few years ago we didn’t see George or the Riva; maybe he was driving it somewhere else on the lake at the time. Now Riva, part of the Ferretti Group, is celebrating Riva’s ties to the movies, by…

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How To Spend a Weekend on Lake Como: First, Get a Boat

Here’s a fun story from metro.co.uk about how to spend a weekend in Lake Como, nestled up against the Swiss Alps in northern Italy and surely one of the most beautiful spots in the world. One suggestion: Get a boat. As it happened, I did just that about ten years ago with my wife Renée (see picture above), when I tested a new Hinckley 29R; it had already been launched in Maine and displayed at the U.S. shows, but it then was being introduced in Europe. We spent a long October weekend on the boat in Lake Como, and heads turned…

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La Dolce Vita: Cruising Lake Como on an Iconic Riva – or a Hinckley

It would be hard to find a more romantic spot for a cruise than Lake Como, the absolutely gorgeous, pristine body of water nestled up against the Alps in northern Italy. Many of the little villages have been there since the Roman Empire, while today it is the home (occasionally) of an international jet set that includes George Clooney and Richard Branson. And its waterfront villas and hotels (think Villa d’Este) are some of the best in the world. A few years ago, my wife and I cruised there on a new Hinckley 29, and it was one of the…