Spotlight: Riviera 75

The local dealer Bruce McGill hopes this will be the case with the 70 and especially the new flagship 75, which was recently shipped from Australia to New Zealand

"In New Zealand we are blessed with everything boating at our fingertips so we can partake in big game fishing and beautiful coastal and island cruising," McGill explained.

"The Riviera flybridge design adapts effortlessly to both worlds with luxurious creature comforts and appointments as well as being a practical sport fishing boat -- absolutely the best of both worlds," he added.

Riviera’s new product development design engineer Alan Dowd said the new 75 would now be built entirely in-house at the company’s Coomera, Queensland facility.

"The new 75 is an evolution of our relentless innovation and we are always striving to design and build better boats with each new model we create," Dowd said.

The aft galley, in effect centrally located between the cockpit and saloon, opens to the mezzanine alfresco dining area through a large awning window and stainless-steel and glass door. The aft galley will also serve the flybridge.

Above the expansive cockpit, measuring 5.530m beam x 3.3m, the Riviera 75 features a mezzanine alfresco dining area under the protection of the flybridge aft deck.

As you move through the glass-and-stainless-steel door, with huge opening window, you immediately arrive at the afore-mentioned aft u-shape galley to port equipped with a four-burner electric induction cooktop, two refrigerator units with two drawers each and a two-drawer freezer unit. There is also an under-bench dishwasher.

To starboard is a bar area that houses a lift-up glass storage locker, icemaker and a further two drawer refrigeration units. A straight-line internal staircase on the starboard side leads to the enclosed flybridge, whose aft deck has now been extended by a metre.

Forward of the dining area is a utility room equipped with separate washing machine and dryer and a multi-zone temperature-controlled wine cooler.

Down the wide companionway, accommodation includes four cabins with the master stateroom aft beneath the saloon. The stateroom runs the full beam of the boat amidships, with portholes on either side. Bedside tables, and his and her’s walk-in wardrobes flank a king-size bed.

The en suite features quartz tile flooring and a marble/quartz bench top with porcelain bowl. The separate shower stall has a frameless glass door and a teak seat. An opening porthole is recessed into the hull to allow light and fresh air into the en-suite bathroom.

The 75 is fully air conditioned throughout, including separate units for the flybridge, saloon, dining area, galley, all cabins and bathrooms.

The engine options are twin C32 Caterpillar at 1825 horsepower each or dual MTU at 1940 horsepower. Top speed is in the mid- to high-30 knots. Riviera says its 75 is the largest production powerboat ever built in Australia.