(CURRENT OWNER OF 12-YEARS) NICELY UPDATED AND WELL EQUIPPED THIS 1988 VIKING 48 CONVERTIBLE OFFERS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE SEARCHING WITHIN THE GREAT LAKES AND BEYOND - PLEASE SEE FULL SPECS FOR COMPLETE LISTING DETAILS.
Freshwater / Great Lakes boat since approx 2009 this vessel features Twin Detroit Diesel 8V92 735-hp Diesel Engine's with 1670 hours. Notable features include but are not limited to the following: Air-Conditioning & Heat (3-Units) - Note NEW Salon AC/Heat System 2024, (2) Head's (Electric-Flush) w/Vanity/Sink/Stall-Showers, Windlass-Anchor w/Forward Pedal-Controls, Onan 15kw Generator w/1179-hrs.), Full EZ2CY Bridge Enclosure w/Forward Bent-Corners, Electronics Re-Fit 2022 w/Garmin 8616 SV Color / TouchScreen MFD w/Garmin Fantom 54 Open-Array Radar - Garmin Autopilot Interfaced into MFD - Garmin VHF Marine Radio - NEW Transducer - Fusion Premium Sound-System (Interfaced into Garmin MFD) w/JL-Audion Speakers - Note Cockpit Wired Remote Control, Aft Deck Controls (Gear/Throttle), Swim-Platform w/Boarding-Ladder & Hurley Tender Davits, and MUCH more!
Broker Notes: Desirable vessel located on the Great Lakes and priced aggressively - Very tasteful NAV / Audio upgrade recently, NEWER batteries, NEWER Salon AC/Heat, Hurley Tender Davits, Helm Seats Re-Upholstered. EZ2CY Bridge Enclosure w/Bent-Corners Forward which eliminate zippers. Inside heated winter stored and available to see by appointment. Highly recommended by listing agent!
The PowerBoat Guide had this to say:
Built on a lengthened and reworked Viking 46 Convertible hull, Viking used the extra length of the 48 Convertible to create a huge, 144-square-foot fishing cockpit—still the largest to be found in a flybridge boat this size. Unlike the 46, the Viking 48 has a solid front windshield and a much-improved engine room. Like all Viking models, she’s heavily built on a low-deadrise modified-V hull with a wide beam, a shallow keel, and balsa-cored hull-sides. In the original two-stateroom interior the galley and dinette are at mid- level. An alternate three-stateroom layout replaced the dinette with a small private cabin, and in 1989 the Plan “C” arrangement offered an L-shaped dinette on the deckhouse level and two very spacious staterooms. The 48’s massive cockpit is fitted with two in-deck fish boxes, a tackle center, and a transom door—all standard. The flybridge has seating for eight. Additional features include wide side decks, a molded pulpit, and a spacious engine room. With 735hp 8V92s (standard in later models), the cruising speed is a fast 27–28 knots with a top speed of close to 30 knots.
