Born To Run
BEAM: 24'4"
DRAFT: 5'11"
DISPL.: 214,685 lb.
FUEL: 3,150 gal.
WATER: 499 gal.
TEST POWER: 2/1,945-hp MTU 12V96L
TRANSMISSION: ZF 3050V 3.00:1
BASE PRICE: $9,735,000
Viking is back and bigger than ever. Although, with a 53-year history of continuous operation, Viking has never actually gone away. It just stopped building motoryachts for a while, but returned with a vengeance. The new 93 Motoryacht is the largest yacht ever made by the New Jersey-based builder.
Viking, of course, is best known for serious sportfishing war wagons and, when the boating market slumped, it focused on its bread-and-butter convertibles. The last motoryacht was built in 2001 (a 60 Cockpit), but 14 years later Viking re-entered the serious cruising market with the 75 Motoryacht, followed by an 82-foot cockpit version. Yet Viking CEO Pat Healey had grander plans, and took two and a half years to craft this new 93-footer.
It has a 24-foot beam (as much as
