Riviera 72 Sports Motor Yacht

Summary

Best Suited For

• Liveaboard

  From the published figures: LOA 23.86 m · 4 cabins · fresh water 1000 L

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

78.3 ft (23.86 m)

Hull length

72.2 ft (22.02 m)

LWL

—

Beam

19.7 ft (6 m)

Draft (min)

—

Draft (max)

6.4 ft (1.95 m)

Air draft

25.2 ft (7.68 m)

Displacement

120,361 lb (54,595 kg)

Ballast

—

Cabins

4

Heads

—

Berths

8–11

Performance

Maximum speed

—

Cruising speed

—

Range

—

Guests

—

Crew

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

1800–2000 hp (MAN)

Engine count

2

Engine manufacturer

MAN

Propulsion type

shaft

Fuel capacity

2,695 gal (10,200 L)

Fresh water capacity

264 gal (1,000 L)

Black water capacity

159 gal (600 L)

Construction

Hull material

—

Deck material

—

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Engine options

MAN V12 Shaft-Drive 1800 × 2 1,324 kW ea 1,800 hp ea | MAN V12 Shaft-Drive 2000 × 2 1,471 kW ea 2,000 hp ea

Total

26.58 m²

Cockpit Area

16.32 m²

Alfresco Deck

10.26 m²

Length basis

LOA including swim platform and bow sprit; hull length Lh to ISO 8666

Sleeping capacity as printed

8–11 persons

Displacement basis

dry weight, approximate

Draft basis

maximum draft including propellers

Engine power basis

per engine as printed ('hp ea'); min = first option, max = largest option

Layouts & Drawings

4 drawings from the builder's page: general arrangement, sail plan, profile.

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  72-SMY-SII-GA-Profile — Riviera Australia

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  72-SMY-SII-GA-Hardtop — Riviera Australia

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  72-SMY-SII-GA-Flybridge-Deck-1 — Riviera Australia

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  72-SMY-SII-GA-Flybridge-Deck-Triple-Helm-option-1 — Riviera Australia

About Riviera

Premium production

Australia's premium luxury motor yacht builder since 1980 — twenty-one current models in five collections from the 13.3-metre 395 SUV to the 24.8-metre 78 Motor Yacht, handcrafted at a 16.8-hectare site at Coomera on the Gold Coast for more than 6,000 owners worldwide.

Riviera launched with a single model, the 38 MKI, in Sydney in 1980, and moved the following year to the Gold Coast in Queensland with a staff of five, building eight boats that year. Through the 1980s a dozen models were designed, built and launched, and the first were exported to the United States and Europe. By the early 1990s three new models had won Modern Boating's Boat of the Year three years running. In 1998, with 280 people on the payroll, construction began on a new facility at Coomera, and many handcrafted models came out of it in the early 2000s, followed by awards and a growing international dealer network. In March 2012 Rodney Longhurst -- a Gold Coast developer, and a qualified builder and joiner by trade -- acquired the company; he is now chairman, and says his aim on buying Riviera was to make it one of the great names in boating. Under Longhurst and chief executive Wes Moxey the collections continue to be refined.

The Riviera Range

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

1. Riviera 78 Motor Yacht81.4 ft
2. Riviera 72 Sports Motor Yacht· this model78.3 ft
3. Riviera 68 Sports Motor Yacht Series II75 ft
4. Riviera 6800 Sport Yacht Platinum Edition72.8 ft
5. Riviera 64 Sports Motor Yacht69.7 ft
6. Riviera 645 SUV69.7 ft
7. Riviera 6200 Sport Yacht Platinum Edition68.4 ft
8. Riviera 58 Sports Motor Yacht65 ft
9. Riviera 585 SUV65 ft

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