Fleming 78

Summary

Best Suited For

• Bluewater Cruising

  From the published figures: trawler

Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.

Speed, Power & Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Dimensions

LOA

81.4 ft (24.8 m)

Hull length

77.6 ft (23.66 m)

LWL

72.3 ft (22.05 m)

Beam

21.4 ft (6.52 m)

Draft (min)

5 ft (1.52 m)

Draft (max)

—

Air draft

21.7 ft (6.6 m)

Displacement

—

Ballast

—

Cabins

3

Heads

—

Berths

—

Performance

Maximum speed

—

Cruising speed

—

Range

—

Guests

—

Crew

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

1550 hp (MAN)

Engine count

2

Engine manufacturer

MAN

Propulsion type

shaft

Fuel capacity

3,000 gal (11,356 L)

Fresh water capacity

440 gal (1,666 L)

Black water capacity

230 gal (870 L)

Construction

Hull material

—

Deck material

—

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Main engines

Twin MAN V12-1550 HP

Bow thruster

ABT 60HP Hydraulic

Transmission

Twin Disc MGX-6599A or ZF2050A with electric shift and troll valves

Stabilizers

ABT TRAC 12 Sq. Ft fins with winglets 300 model actuators

Generator

Two Onan eQD 29 Kw 220v, 60Hz (European model 27Kw 230v 50Hz)

Grey water tank

870 lt (230 gal)

Stern thruster

ABT 25HP Hydraulic

Length basis

'Length' = hull; 'LOA (Including swim step and anchor platform)' = length overall

Engine power basis

per engine as printed (standard main engines)

About Fleming Yachts

Semi-custom

The pilothouse passagemaker marque founded in 1985 by Tony Fleming, former technical director of Grand Banks' builder American Marine — five semi-displacement models from the 18.5-metre Fleming 55 to the 26-metre Fleming 85, every one built by the Tung Hwa yard near Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and sold from Costa Mesa, California.

Tony Fleming was technical director of American Marine in Hong Kong, builder of the Grand Banks trawlers, from 1961 to 1983 and set up its Singapore yard; after leaving in 1983 he and his partner Anton Emmerton developed an all-new pilothouse design with the San Diego naval architect Larry Drake, chose the Tung Hwa yard near Kaohsiung in Taiwan in the summer of 1985, and began hull number one -- 50 feet at first, then the Fleming 53 and 55 from hull nine. By 1997 over a hundred 55s had been delivered, the Fleming 75 was launched in 2000, Tony's nephew Adi Shard joined in 1998 and Duncan Cowie in 2001, and the Fleming 65 of 2005 -- hull one being Tony's own VENTURE -- let him hand daily operations to his team and set off on his 'voyages of personal discovery'; by 2006, 170 55s, twelve 75s and five 65s had been delivered. The 25th anniversary fell in 2011, the 300th Fleming shipped in December 2015, the 78 Classic launched in 2017, a second yard dedicated to the F85 flagship was funded in 2021 with the first F85 launched in 2022, the F60 arrived in 2024, and in 2025 a site for a new factory was bought -- all Flemings still built by Tung Hwa.

The Fleming Yachts Range

Every model Fleming Yachts publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

1. Fleming 8585.2 ft
2. Fleming 78· this model81.4 ft
3. Fleming 6570.9 ft
4. Fleming 58/6065.3 ft
5. Fleming 5560.7 ft

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