MAN UP!
Jul 06, 2022
3 minutes
with ANDREW NORTON
The MAN V12 2000 turbo-diesel marine engine develops massive torque over an incredibly wide rpm range, making it ideal for hefty planing hulls such as Riviera’s 22.1 metre (hull length) 78 motoryacht.
In issue 551, Kevin Green reviewed this enclosed flybridge cruiser, which with full fuel and water tanks displaces 66 tonnes. So it’s not hard to understand why even a gutsy diesel such as Scania’s V8 Di16 076M, which develops 4200 Newton metres at 1700rpm and 1134 brake horse power at 2300rpm, wouldn’t suit the Riviera 78. The Scania is fine for
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