Capt J will you please define poke and stick wiring. I am unfamiliar with this method and can find no information in books or on the internet....
Pascal, I think it is fantastic what you are doing to support the islands directly. We spend a few weeks in the Abacos almost every year for many...
Because I think they (Sunseekers, Viking Sport Cruisers, Sea Ray, Ocean Alexander, Fairline, Neptunus, and Ferretti) all meet the OPs requirements...
Capt J I am not going to get into a contest with you. My wiring is all original and has been flawless. Although I did replace my 19 year old...
Not knowing what his desired cruising grounds and distances are, I am going to guess based on his flybridge and salon/swimming platform comments...
The OP has a budget of a few hundred K for a 50 to 75 ft boat and is looking for a boat 5 to 20 years old. In that size range you will more...
Boat wake etiquette seems to depend very much on where you are at. In the Carolinas there is an expectation to mind your wake. Between ft...
Wow that’s a hard hit. He must have been moving fast to do that kind of damage Over the summer I witnessed a ~180 footer coming in to Atlantis to...
This is just not true. I can't comment on the new models as I haven't spent much time on recent builds. But my late 90s 50 ft Viking princess has...
Viking sells a "dry cleaning sponge" made to clean soft headliners. They work ok in general and are probably at their best for modest fingerprint...
I have Tides on my Viking Sport Cruiser. I have changed them once in nine years and when we did I added the seal and enclosure kit so I can do one...
Our 50 Viking sport cruiser is solid glass. No coring in the hull at all. Only in the decking. Bottom is solid glass with well done bulk head and...
The Viking sport cruiser/Princesses were made for the American market. All Viking sport cruisers have 60 hz electrical systems and all of my...
I believe they are a special British thread. I did replace a shaft once and we had to cut the end off and send it off to ensure the correct...
I have a 50 ft Viking Princess flybridge that I bought 9 years ago, and the boat was 9 years old when we bought her. We have taken the boat from...
Pascal I am not an expert by any means on propellers. However, the materials properties are that nibral is 25 percent higher tensile and yield...
With all due respect to Pascal the hurricane prediction errors for the Atlantic basin direct from nhc for 2012 thru 2016 were: 107 nm error at 72...
An E rated engine as many planning pleasure craft are rated at least for CAT engines from a few years ago 8 percent at WOT up to 30 percent of max...
When we bought our current boat the CAT mechanic hooked up all the gauges and had the boat run WOT for 15 min. That was the CAT standard seatrial...