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58' Viking Sportfish

Discussion in 'Viking Yacht' started by NavigatorYacht, Feb 2, 2010.

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  1. NavigatorYacht, Feb 2, 2010
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    NavigatorYacht

    NavigatorYacht New Member

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    Thinking of buying a 1998 with open FB, no tower. Has 1200 MANS that we rebuilt and only have 200 hours on them now (rebuilt with 1200 hours). Boat is solid, but I am still skeptical about engines. Are they pretty dry boats? Anybody know how a 1000lb tender on bow effects the ride?

    Why are there not alot of open flybridge models on the market? Did viking make more with enclosed FB?
  2. finatic1, Feb 4, 2010
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    finatic1

    finatic1 New Member

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    There were roughly 110 of the 58's built in total. Of them, 15 or 16 open bridges are listed for sale on Yachtworld. That sounds like a fair number to me.
  3. Manny, Feb 4, 2010
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    Manny

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    I personally believe most viking boats are enclosed because they look better enclosed in most cases. the 58 viking's a great boat, but it's not my type. as for the engines, I personally choose caterpillars or MTU's over MANS, but that's my opinion.
  4. nikki555, Feb 21, 2010
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    nikki555 New Member

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    I had a 1997 open FB for 5 years..Had the Man 1200 rebuilt at 2200 hours had no promblems after I put on aprox 450 hrs..It had a 1500 lb davit with 16 ft ding ran the same with the ding onboard