Builder Viking Yachts

Company history

The Viking Yachts brand came into being in 1964 when Bob & Bill Healey bought a small 37-foot sports and fishing boat manufacturer, Peterson-Viking Yachts.New Jersey . and started servicing, repairing and upgrading boats. The company did not produce its own yacht immediately: the 33' Viking 33' Convertible was launched in 1971. She was the first model to be built entirely in GRP.

The success of Viking Yachts brought the Viking 40' Convertible, released a year later, with more than 600 yachts sold in 16 years.

The company was constantly growing up until 1990. This decade has brought an unpleasant surprise to many businesses in the form of a luxury tax. So Viking reduced its staff from 1,500 to 80 people. To keep the firm afloat, the brothers invested their money. In parallel, Bob launched a powerful campaign to repeal the tax, which bore fruit in 1993. After that, the shipyard regained lost ground fairly quickly and even outperformed many competitors.

Since its inception, the shipyard has launched more than 4,000 semi-custom yachts, becoming a world leader in fiberglass hull boats.

Now the president of the company is Patrick Healey, son of Bob, continuing the family business.

«Viking Yachts' goal is to produce the best and brightest boats every day," he»says.

Status

It's working.

Production .

Viking Yachts' production facilities are located all over America: the main plants are located on the Bass River in the city. New Grent" that inNew Jersey" and on the Mullika River nearAtlantic City. The total area of Viking Yachts exceeds 74,000 square meters. The company also has a service center in Florida with wide piers and more than a hundred experienced employees.

The Viking group of companies also includes Palm Beach Towers, which designs and manufactures superstructures for sports fans, and Atlantic Marine Electronics, which develops multimedia solutions. It installs its product not only on Viking Yachts boats, but also on boats of other manufacturers. There is also a separate production facility in Egg Harbor City, where the company builds yachts under the Valhalla brand.

Model range

The Viking Yachts product range includes sport filchers with double-deck deckhouse, available in sizes from 11 to 28 meters. The company also offers closed cruising yachts with hardtop and gliding yachts with flybridge.

Features

Not every shipyard can boast that it produces 90% of its own boat components. Materials and equipment are purchased, and the manufacturer is more than anyone else responsible for the quality of the final product. The developers pay special attention to ergonomics of both the bridge and living quarters, quality finishing and comfort of the crew and passengers.