BOATS
BOAT TESTS
Viking 45 Open
By Capt. Patrick Sciacca
TEST BOAT SPECIFICATIONS
Test Engine: 2/800-hp MAN 2848LE403 diesel inboards
Transmission/Ratio: ZF/2.0:1
Props: not available (proprietary)
Steering: Teleflex SeaStar hydraulic w/ power-assist
Price as Tested: $1,010,397
OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT ON TEST BOAT
cockpit livewell
transom coaming w/gate and transom fishbox
Lewmar windlass
bridge-deck A/C
Palm Beach tower w/sunshade
6/rocket launchers
36-foot Rupp triple-spreader outriggers
teaser reels
4-sided Strataglass enclosure
electronics package including Furuno 1953C 12-kW radar w/ 6' array, video board, GP37 DGPS/WAAS GPS, GP1900C 10.4-inch LCD sounder, BBFF-1 NavNet sounder, 520 T-HPD 50/200 1-kW transducer w/temp, RD-30 digital depth display, 235-kHz depth transducer
Simrad autopilot
Icom 602 VHF
Bluewater helm chairs
Amtico teak-and-holly sole
This article originally appeared in the March 2004 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.
















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