Riva Aquarama Lamborghini - Tuning the Most Beautiful Boat in the World - Tyrrell's Classic Workshop

It's time for a very special episode this week, one of those "once in a lifetime" moments for Iain as he's invited to Lake Iseo in Italy at the kind request of the Bellini family to their boatyard where they house and restore an enviable collection of stunning Riva powerboats.

And it is one truly unique and priceless example that Iain has been invited to see and tune and savour and that is the boat that Ferruccio Lamborghini himself commissioned from Carlo Riva back in 1968, requesting not one but two of his V12 engines to be fitted onboard, each producing 350 HP.

So join Iain as he looks into the history of this incredible one-off boat, meets with Battista and Martina Bellini at the Bellini Museum and factory to learn more about the collection and restoration process, before unpacking the hose-pipe to set about tuning this stunning machine. And once all that's done, it would only be right to take it out on the stunning Lake Iseo to check she's running smoothly on all cylinders. Thanks to Lamborghini expert Olivier Nameche for his help with this video.

"Take Time Out"
Written and Performed by Iain Tyrrell
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Museum and restoration footage courtesy of Daniele Lucca

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:14 Riva Aquarama Lamborghini
04:22 The Bellini Collection with Battista and Martina
07:18 More history of the Riva Aquarama Lamborghini
08:28 What makes the Riva Aquarama so special?
09:58 Restoration process - layered mahogany
12:43 Restoration process - varnishing
14:08 Chrome parts
16:30 Mahogany panel aging process
18:45 Boat meet lake
19:33 Not your average hose-pipe
20:27 Tuning the twin engines
23:47 All tuned, what next?
24:15 Boat trip on Lake Iseo
28:34 Outro