Riviera 4300 Sports Express: The Day Boat That Knows How to Stay the Weekend

If you run a boat in South Florida, you already know the tension. You want something quick and easy for a Saturday on the water, drinks at the sandbar, a run up the ICW, friends aboard. But you also want the boat that can point its bow east, cross to the Bahamas, and give you a real place to sleep when you get there. Most boats make you pick one. The Riviera 4300 Sports Express does not.

Here is the part that makes this more than admiration from a distance: we have a new Riviera 4300 Sports Express on the way. It is a new build arriving in July, coming to us straight from Riviera in Australia. This is not just a model we point to on our New Yachts lineup, it is a real boat that will soon be ours, built for exactly the way we use boats down here: open-air, social, and ready to go further when you feel like it.

Built for Florida Days, Bahamas Weekends

The 4300 is, first and foremost, a versatile day boat and entertainer. The sports deck is finished to hose out, so sand, salt, and a long day on the water clean up fast. You get a wet bar, a TV, air-conditioning when the sun is high, and an electric sunroof that opens the whole space to the breeze or closes it up when the weather turns. There is easy access to the water and to the foredeck, and the foredeck itself is a spacious, social spot, exactly where everyone ends up when the boat is at anchor.

That is the Florida day-boat side of the story. The Bahamas side is just as real. Below, the 4300 sleeps five. There is a master stateroom forward that closes off from the saloon, an aft cabin, a bathroom with a separate shower, a main galley, and a TV lounge. When you cross the Gulf Stream and want to stay a few nights, the boat has the comfort to keep you aboard rather than chasing a hotel.

"Now we have both the power, the weather-protection, better access to the water and great luxury in one brilliant package!"Riviera owners Mitch and Denise Stronge, in Riviera's owner profile

Easy Power, Easy Docking

Here is the part couples ask me about most: can the two of us handle it? Yes.

The 4300 runs twin Volvo Penta D6 IPS engines, available as IPS 600s at 440 hp (324 kW) each or IPS 650s at 480 hp (353 kW) each. The forward-facing IPS pod drives are efficient and quiet, and they come with joystick docking, which makes close-quarters handling about as stress-free as it gets when you are easing into a tight slip with a crowd watching.

On the move, expect a comfortable cruise around 28 knots and a top end over 30 knots with the 650s. That is plenty of speed to make a weather window to the islands or to be first to the sandbar and last to leave.

Who This Boat Is For

The 4300 Sports Express fits the buyer who wants one boat to do two jobs: the easy, entertaining Florida day boat, and the comfortable, capable Bahamas weekender. It suits a couple who want to run it themselves without a crew, who like to have people aboard, and who do not want to give up an overnight when the mood strikes.

A boat like this, arriving new in July, does not sit around. The 4300 Sports Express is the kind of boat that finds its owner quickly, and we expect this one to move fast. If it sounds like the way you boat, now is the time to act. Reach out to Clark Haley at Haley Yachts to reserve our July arrival or get your name in line before it is gone. Let's start the conversation today.