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2008 Riviera 47 Open Flybridge Series II

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

$499,000

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53′ 1″ (16.18 m) REVIERA 47 Open Flybridge Series II


SANCTUARY is a beautiful turn-key 47 RIVIERA 2008 Sportfishing Boat (measuring 53’) Generation 2 Edition is well equipped, and powered by twin Caterpillar C12 ACERT engines, ensuring powerful and reliable performance on the water. The expansive 130-square-foot cockpit provides ample space for various activities, from fishing to relaxation. Updated electronics and engines serviced.

For elevated comfort, the bridge features seating for ten, offering a social and panoramic experience while underway. Inside, the Cherrywood interior adds a touch of elegance and warmth to the living spaces, creating an inviting atmosphere for guests.

Notable upgrades in this edition include additional fuel capacity, ensuring extended cruising range, and upgraded Garmin electronics for open water navigation. The inclusion of Side Scan Sonar enhances underwater visibility, while practical features such as a davit and tender cradles contribute to the ability to anchor out.

The vessel is also equipped with Stainless Steel West Coast Rails for durability and safety. A Cockpit Bait Tank caters to fishing enthusiasts, and the Izen Glass Bridge Enclosure provides protection from the elements while maintaining visibility.

The addition of a Bow Thruster enhances maneuverability, and a Swim Platform adds versatility to water-based activities. The Starlink feature adds a touch of modern connectivity to this already feature-rich vessel, making the Generation 2 Edition a comprehensive and sophisticated choice for yachting enthusiasts.

Highlights & Service

• Entire boat compounded and waxed
• Fresh bottom job and paint
• Main engines top-end service
• Newer Electronics 
• Starlink
• RIB Tender & custom Chocks
• Spare Props
• Trash compactor
• Extra 264-gallon Forward Fuel Tank
• Davit on bow
• Bowthruster


Accommodations

The Riviera 47 Series II, renowned for its performance, skillfully bridges the gap between a formidable fishing vessel and a luxurious family cruiser. Distinguishing itself by fit and finish, offering three private staterooms, a rarity in its size category, this model, introduced in 2005, boasts several enhancements.

The Series II presents a redesigned interior featuring a significantly larger salon, a queen-sized bed in the master stateroom, underwater exhausts, and prop pockets. This innovation underscores Riviera's commitment to continuous improvement and cutting-edge design in its 30-year legacy of crafting Flybridge Convertible cruisers.

Maintaining Riviera's signature blend of sleekness, dynamism, and elegance without unnecessary opulence, the Riviera 47 Series II stands as a testament to the brand's innovative spirit. It represents a harmonious integration of form and function, refining an already highly successful cruiser.

Beneath the waterline, the Series II introduces a revolutionary design, a creation of the renowned naval architect Frank Mulder. The hull's running surface, described as sensational, incorporates two pockets in the aft section housing the propeller shafts. This design not only enhances forward thrust, leading to a higher top speed but also contributes to improved fuel economy. The Riviera 47 Series II epitomizes a marriage of sophistication and functionality, showcasing the brand's unwavering dedication to innovation in yacht design.


Cockpit

The cockpit on this 47 features the finest setup of any cockpit on a sport fisher, regardless of size vessel has a full electronics suite and controls to the starboard side of the salon door where you can see and control the sounder, plotter, radar, and sonar. For additional bait capacity, there is a 30 gallon transom live well as well. Engine room access couldn't be easier, with a swing-out door and sink.

• Twin Disc cockpit controls
• Sounder display
• 30 gallon transom bait tank
• Cockpit freezer
• Transom Door
• Fiberglass Swimstep
• Cockpit coaming Bolsters
• Cockpit slant back cover that converts to an awning


Flybridge

One of the highlights of the Riviera 47 is her spacious flybridge with its ergonomic helm position, wet bar, and U-shaped lounge seating. The vessel has been updated with the latest in electronics, including, Garmin touchscreen, multifunction display, chart plotter, digital sounder, digital radar, side-scan sonar, New VHF, and 2-meter radios.
There is also a BTU air conditioning / reverse cycle heating unit. To the port side is a sink and a refrigerator. Entertainment is provided by a full JL Audio sound system with a digital amplifier.

• Twin Disc electronic controls
• Sidepower Bowthruster
• Fully Air conditioned / Heated
• Raymarine Radar
• Twin Garmin Chart plotters
• Caterpillar Digital Displays
• Bow Thruster Control

• Fusion radio
• Standard Horizon VHF
• Muir windlass control with digital counter (requires repair)
• Izenglass enclosed (requires repair/replacement)

 

Disclaimer

Essex Boat Works is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by LIME Yacht Brokerage.

Basic Boat Info

Make: Riviera
Model: 47 Open Flybridge Series II
Year: 2008
Condition: Used
Category: Power
Builder: Riviera
Designer: Frank Mulder
Construction: Fiberglass
Boat Hull ID: LIME07302024
Has Hull ID: Yes

Dimensions

Length: 53'1 ft
Length Overall: 53'1 ft
Beam: 16'1 ft
Max Draft: 5'3 ft
Dry Weight: 43,200 lb
Cabins Count: 3

Engines / Speed

Engines: 2
Engine #1 Specs:
  • Make: Caterpillar
  • Model: C12 ACERT
  • Drive Type: Direct
  • Fuel: Diesel
  • Engine Power: 700hp
  • Type: Inboard
Engine #2 Specs:
  • Make: Caterpillar
  • Model: C12 ACERT
  • Drive Type: Direct
  • Engine Power: 700hp
  • Type: Inboard
Total Engine Power: 1,400hp

Tanks

Fuel Tanks: 1
Fuel Tank Capacity: 977 gal
Water Tanks: 1
Water Tank Capacity: 164 gal

Other

Heads Count: 2
Drive Type: Direct
Boat Class: Flybridge

OVERVIEW

Every new model in Riviera's long and successful 30-year history of building Flybridge Convertible cruisers features refinements and innovations. It's the quiet revolution. Sleek dynamic and elegant but never ostentatious.

The Riviera 47 Series II is a beautiful expression of their approach to innovation. It is a marriage of form and function, a development and refinement of an already very successful cruiser. Below the waterline, a revolution in design developed by one of the world's leading naval architects, Frank Mulder. He has created a running surface that delivers performance that can only be described as sensational.

The most notable feature of this hull is two pockets housing the propeller shafts in the aft section to deliver superior forward thrust, resulting in higher top speed and better fuel economy.

SPECIFICATIONS
  • Builder:                       Riviera
  • Construction:               FRP
  • Year:                           2008
    Length Overall:             53′ 1″ (16.18 m)
  • Beam:                          16′ 1″ (4.9 m)
  • Draft (at full load):        5’ 3” (1.61 m)
  • Dry Weight:                  43,200 lbs (1.35 m)
  • Type:                           Sportfish
  • Cruising Speed:            22kts
  • Main Engines:               2 X CATERPILLAR C12 ACERT 700 HP
  • Generators:                  1 x Onan 13.5 KW 4-cylinder diesel generator
  • Trim Tabs:                    Volvo Penta QL low profile composite - non-functioning
  • Guests Cruising:           6
  • Staterooms:                 3
  • Berths:                        4
  • Heads:                         2

 

 

 

Full specifications are available upon request.

FEATURES AND AMENITIES

• Caterpillar 700 hp C12 ACERT Diesels with Twin Disc Quickshift Transmissions

• Starlink

• Extra Forward Fuel Tank, 264 Gallons

• Foam Fill Under Forward Floor

• Dual Racor Fuel Filters for Engines

• Starboard Stateroom TV/DVD

• Outriggers Custom Designed to Clear Side Decks

• Rod Holders in Cockpit Coaming

• Swim Platform

• Trash Compactor in Galley

• Entertainment Cabinet, Full Sized, in Salon with LCD TV, Storage, Integrated to
Salon Bose

• Enclosure

• Coffee Table in Salon

• High Gloss Cherry Interior

• Davit on Bow

• RIB Tender with Custom Chocks

• Fighting Lady Yellow Awlgripped Hullsides

• Stainless Steel Bow Rail

• Spare Props

• Watermaker

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

• Electrical Circuit: 24V

OUTSIDE EQUIPMENT/EXTRAS

• Electric windlass

ELECTRONICS

New Electronics Package January 2021

• GARMIN 010-02093-01 8616 MFD 16'' FULL HD MULTI-TOUCH LCD; WIFI;BLUE CHARTS, with SONAR

• GARMIN 010-02093-01 8616 MFD 16'' FULL HD MULTI-TOUCH LCD; WIFI;BLUE CHARTS

• GARMIN K10-00012-08 GMR424 OPEN ARRAY 4 KW RADAR WITH 4FT ARRAY

• GARMIN 010-11939-22 B175M WITH 20-DEGREE TILT

• GARMIN 010-01753-00 PANOPTIX- THRU-HULL TRANSDUCER ADDS FRONTVU FORWARD LOOKING SONAR

• GARMIN SMARTDUCER SPEED, TEMP, AND DEPTH 235 KHZ. THRU -HULL

• GARMIN 010-01140-00 GMI 20 DIGITAL MARINE INSTRUMENT DISPLAY

• GARMIN 010-00705-19 REACTOR HYDRAULIC AUTOPILOT CORE PACK WITH GHC20 CONTROL HEAD; HEADING SENSOR ; ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT ; SHADOW DRIVE AND CABLING AND CONNECTORS

• GARMIN 010-02087-00 AIS 800 TRANSCEIVER CLASS ''B'' WITH 5 WATTS POWER AND BUILT-IN ANTENNA SPLITTER

• GARMIN 010-12017-00 GA38 GPS ANTENNA

• GARMIN 010-02277-00 GXM54 SiriusXM SAT WX/AUDIO RECEIVER

• GARMIN–GMS10 NETWORK EXPANDER

• GARMIN 010-01010-10 GPS 19X ANTENNA

• AIGEAN LD-70 WIFI CLIENT LOW PROFILE DOME, W/MAST & MOUNT

• TP-LINK ROUTER

• PEPLINK MAX BR1 MK2 LTEA CELLULAR WIFI LINK

• SHAKESPEARE 5239 CELLULAR / WIFI ANTENNA COVERAGE FOR 2G/3G/4G AND WLAN AS WELL AS 802.11 WIFI

• ANTENNA MOUNT 107S

• FUSION MS-UD650 STEREO W/ DOCKING STATION; 3 ZONES

• FUSION MS-RA670 COMPACT STEREO; MULTI ZONE STEREO WITH SUB-OUT

• POLYPLANAR COMPACT BOX SUBWOOFER

• FUSION-ZONE AMP

• POLYPLANAR ME52 2-CHANNEL AMPLIFIER

• SAMSUNG UN32J5500AF 32'' LED SMART TV

• LG22 LED LCD 22'' TV

• DTV RECEIVER RF CAPABLE

• DTV RF REMOTE

• ADI HDMISL4 SPLITTER

• Mount antenna 4-way ratchet

• VHF Standard GX1800 GW fixed mount W/ Separate Receiver NMEA 2000

• Shakespeare Galaxy 6DB VHF antenna 8'

• Shakespeare Galaxy AM/FM Antenna 8'

• Remote Spotlight

Etc

Disclaimer

Owners and crew personal effects excluded.

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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