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Viking Yachts 42 Open
By Capt. Bill Pike photos by Shaw McCutcheonBoat Tests
SPECIFICATIONS
Builder: Viking
Model: 42 Open
Model Year: 2011
Boat Type: Sportfisherman
Cabins 1 master, 1 guest
LOA: 42'7"
Beam: 15'10"
Draft: 3'5"
Weight: 32,699 lbs. (full load)
Standard Power: 2/440-mhp QSB5. 9-440 HO diesels
Optional Power: 2/480-mhp or 2/600-mhp Cummins MerCruiser diesels w/ Zeus drives
Fuel Capacity: 525 gal.
Water Capacity: 120 gal.
STANDARD EQUIPMENT
CMD electronic steering
SmartCraft DTS controls w/ Zeus joystick, Skyhook stationkeeping and autopilot
Lewmar windlass
Icom IC-M504 VHF
Bomar hatches
Amtico flooring
Kenyon 2-burner cooktop
Sharp microwave oven
Norcold under-counter refrigerator
Dometic VacuFlush MSD
24,000-Btu Dometic A/C system
9-kW Onan genset
6/schedule 31 Odyssey batteries
2/fishboxes
OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT
engine upgrade
16,000-Btu Dometic A/C for bridge deck
teak-finish helm pod w/ Palm Beach controls
3/Murray Products teak helm chairs
Palm Beach Towers full tower
electronics suite from Atlantic Marine Electronics
This article originally appeared in the May 2011 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.













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