July 8, 2018

Viking New Web Site

Viking yachts from New Jersey East coast Atlantic side of the US, renowned for its high quality sportfish yachts and cruisers updates its website to a totally new design. While making more a name for itself in the past two decades Viking yachts history started back in 1964 when Bob and Bill Healey bought struggling New Jersey boat builder Petterson-Viking, who at the time was building a 37 foot wooden Sportfish cruiser. Seven years pass and the Healey brothers show the way forward by presenting the 33 Convertible, Viking's first fiberglass construction. A year later to this passes and it is 1972 when Viking presents the 40 Convertible which in a sixteen year production run with over six hundred units delivered sets the record as the company best seller. Following this Viking makes a constant growth up until 1990 and the dull recession period hitting the US economy and the coming of the famous 10% luxury tax on yachts. This time frame which lasted till 1993 saw many builders close the doors and Viking reducing its workforce from 1500 to eighty personnel. On facts the only reason Viking did not close up was thanks to the resolute of the Healey brothers who risked there own capital to keep going on, and where also among the key players for the removal of this taxation. While this storm was a difficult moment for the yachting industry, after it Viking gained the upper hand and became a leader in the semi production Sportfish boat segment. The signs of the growth experienced after the luxury tax three year period could be seen in the presentation of newer bigger models, plant expansion modernization in 2000, and the opening of a service facility in Riviera Beach Florida on 2002. Today Viking has the capacity to build one hundred cruisers and yachts a year, in a twenty seven model line up which start with the 37 Billfish to the 2018 introduced 93 Motor Yacht flagship. Viking currently offers four ranges: Open Bridge, Billfish, Motor Yachts, Sport Yacht, Open, and Enclosed Bridge and its latest model is the 68 Convertible. Viking new website takes you around with the following buttons: Models, Locate a Dealer, About Viking, and Viking Events. Viking is also on social media with buttons on the right side of the page taking you to its Vimeo, Instagram, FaceBook and Tweeter pages. 
Production History:
37 Express 1967-68
38 Double Cabin 1970
38 Flybridge Double Cabin1970-72
53 Motor Yacht 1971-72
33 Convertible 1971-74 *fiberglass production starts
33 Sport Sedan 1972-76
40 Convertible 1972-88 (400+-)
43 Double 1975-83
35 Sedan Fisherman / Flybridge Sport Fisher 1974-84
46 Convertible Sport Fisher 1981-85
44 Motor Yacht 1982-90
41 Convertible 1983-89 (200+-) 
50 Cockpit Motor Yacht 1983-89
35 Sportfisherman 1984-86 (32)
35 Convertible 1985-92 
48 Convertible Sport Fisher 1985-90
48 Motor Yacht 1986-88
55 Motor Yacht 1987-90
63 Cockpit Motor Yacht 1987-91
63 Widebody Motor Yacht 1987-91
45 Convertible 1987-93 (250+-)
55 Cockpit MY 1988
57 Convertible Sport Fisher 1988-91 (29)
70 Motor Yacht 1989-94
50 Motor Yacht 1990-92
57 Motor Yacht 1990-95
72 Cockpit Motor Yacht 1990-94
38 Convertible 1990-95
53 Convertible 1990-98 (100+)
43 Convertible 1990-2002
65 Cockpit Motor Yacht 1991-94
65 Motor Yacht 1991-95 
50 Convertible 1991-2001 (120+)
58 Convertible 1991-2001 (110)
54 Sports Yacht 1994-2001
43 Open 1994-2002
47 Convertible 1994-2002 
60 Cockpit Sport Yacht 1994-2001 
72 Convertible 1995-2002 *68 Convertible project
55 Convertible 1997-2003 (115)
65 Convertible 1998-2005 (80+-) includes 80 EC
50 Open 1999-2003
61 Convertible 1999-2006 (100+)
65 Enclosed Bridge 2000-04 (80+) includes 80 Conv
52 Convertible 2001-06
48 Convertible 2002-09
45 Convertible 2003-08
45 Open 2003-09
56 Convertible 2003-10 
74 Convertible 2004-09 (50-) includes 70EB
74 Enclosed Bridge 2005-09 (50-) includes 70C
68 Convertible 2005-09
68 Enclosed Bridge Convertible 2006-09
52 Open 2006-
56 Enclosed Bridge 2006-10
64 Convertible 2006-10
52 Sport Yacht 2006-12
64 Enclosed Bridge 2006-10
52 Open 2007-12
54 Convertible 2007-11
60 Convertible 2008-12 
60 Enclosed Bridge Convertible 2008-13
50 Convertible 2008-13
54 Convertible 2008-12
82 Convertible 2009-14 (15)
57 Convertible 2009-12
46 Convertible 2009-15
46 Open 2009-
76 Convertible 2009-19
82 Enclosed Bridge Convertible 2009-14 (15)
70 Convertible 2010-16
76 Enclosed Bridge Convertible 2010-19
42 Convertible 2010-17
70 Enclosed Bridge Convertible 2011-16
42 Open 2011-16
55 Convertible 2012-18
66 Convertible 2012-18
66 Enclosed Bridge 2012-18
62 Convertible 2013-20 (70)
92 Enclosed Bridge Convertible 2014-22 (21) *all three versions
75 MY 2014-19 *72 MY project
52 Convertible 2014-19
52 Open 2014-20
52 Sport Coupe 2014-20
52 Sport Tower 2014-20
80 Convertible 2015- (39
92 Convertible 2016-22 (21) includes Enclosed and Skybridge models
80 Enclosed Bridge Convertible 2016- (14
72 Convertible 2016-
72 Enclosed Bridge 2016-
48 Convertible 2016- (75 *includes Open, Sport Coupe and Sport Tower
37 Billfish 2016-17
82 Cockpit Motor Yacht 2017-19 (3)
93 Motor Yacht 2017-19 (2)
44 Open 2017-
38 Billfish 2018-
68 Convertible 2018- (52 *includes 68EB
68 Enclosed Bridge 2018- (52 *includes 68C
44 Convertible 2018-
38 Open Billfish 2018-
46 Billfish 2018-
58 Convertible Gen II 2019- (50
54 Convertible 2020-
54 Open 2021-
54 Sport Coupe 2021-
54 Sport Tower 2021-
64 Convertible 2021-
90 Skybridge 2023- (16 *includes other two versions
90 Convertible 2023- (16 *includes other two versions

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