1985 Century Riviera 5-Meter

10/10/2016

For the first ever blog entry on Retro Runabout we will cover a classic 1980's Century, the Riviera 5-Meter. This boat is the smaller cousin of the Riviera 6-Meter that came with a Mercury 470 and Alpha 1 outdrive. They came in either red, navy blue, or purple and were built between 1981 and 1988 from what we have been able to determine. According to the 1983 brochure the 5-Meter is 16' 4.5" with a 27 gallon fuel tank. That tank paired with the 470 should give you a whole afternoon's worth of cruising around.

The purple example we have here today hails from Wisconsin and looks like it needs a bit of interior TLC.

5 Comments

Joe

4/10/2017 08:28:26 pm

Wow- I owned this boat from 1990 to 2000. Bought it from original owner. Do you happen to know where it is now?

Mike link

4/10/2017 08:44:22 pm

What a small world! This one came from an eBay listing in New London, WI back in April of 2016 being sold by Rawhide Vehicle Donations.

Here's a link to it: goo.gl/SzL7tq

Tom king link

5/7/2020 10:40:31 pm

Is this boat still for sale at auction and if so how much

Spencer Clemens

9/29/2022 05:16:50 pm

I have a 1981 Riveria 5 Meter that is Navy blue. Just completely rebuilt the boat about 2 years ago. Haven't used very much and would like to know what the value of these boats are and how many were made?

Lesbian Bars Hobart link

5/8/2024 05:16:49 am

Great reading your blog

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