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2008 VIKING Open Sold Boat in Ft. Lauderdale, FL US

$774,000

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builtBuilt in 2008
Year the boat was built
model

Open

Boat model
engine

2 Engines (2x MAN)

Engine type and count
length

45 feet

Overall boat length
fuel

Diesel

Fuel type
material

Fiberglass/Reinforced

Hull material

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2008 VIKING Open
Price$774,000$683,586
LocationFt. LauderdaleSarasota
Nominal Length45'32'
Engine MakeMANMERCURY
Total Engine Power1100 hp400 hp
Days on Market4000175
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Nominal Length
45ft
Length Overall
45ft
Beam
16.33ft
Dry Weight
49750lb
Fresh Water Tanks
150gal
Fuel Tanks
848gal
Holding Tanks
50gal
Hull Material
fiberglass
Engine 1
Engine Make
MAN
Engine Model
V10 1100CRM
Total Power
1100hp
Engine Hours
930
Engine Type
inboard
Fuel Type
diesel
Engine 2
Engine Make
MAN
Engine Model
V10 1100CRM
Total Power
1100hp
Engine Hours
930
Engine Type
inboard
Fuel Type
diesel

Layout


The Big Fuss features the most popular 2 stateroom, 1 head layout.  She has many custom and upgraded features throughout including Premier Edition Décor package with brush nickel hardware.  She also features Amtico flooring throughout the lower cabin area.

Salon


  • Viking home theater in salon
  • Fusion MS-700AVI stereo system, 2015
  • Direct Sat TV receiver
  • Sony DVD & VHS player
  • Sharp Flat Screen TV
  • Ultra leather upgraded sofa with lift-up storage below
  • Dimmers on salon overhead lights
  • A/C with reverse cycle heat with temperature control
  • Cocktail table, teak
  • Main electrical service panel
  • Stereo speakers multi-directional recessed in and painted to match headliner
  • Teak cabinetry with Brushed nickel push buttons
  • Storage under steps
  • Central Vac

Galley


  • Corian galley countertop
  • Storage in countertop
  • Teak custom backsplash in galley
  • 110V outlet under cabinet above galley sink
  • Electric range, recessed in countertop(2 burner)
  • Exhaust fan, high velocity
  • Garbage disposal, 2015
  • Microwave/convection oven - Tappan
  • Large capacity refrigerator freezer, undercounter style
  • Storage cabinets and drawers in upper and lower galley
  • Lighting under cabinets
  • Water tank level gauge and pump indicator
  • Dimmers on overhead lights
  • Teak and Holly flooring

Master Stateroom


  • Sharp flatscreen TV in master stateroom
  • SAT TV receiver
  • Stereo speakers with adjustable volume
  • Island double bed with upgraded mattress (System 3) and lift up top with gas piston and maple-lined underneath
  • Master stateroom door catch to keep door open while underway
  • Air conditioning with reverse cycle heat with temperature control
  • Drawer storage under bed (2) large drawers
  • (2)Teak hanging locker, maple-lined
  • Overhead halogen lights and decorative indirect rope lighting underneath bed platform
  • Overhead reading lights with separate switches
  • Carpeting

Port Guest Stateroom


  • Upper/lower berths and lift-up lower bunk top with maple-lined storage underneath
  • Air conditioning with reverse cycle heat
  • Maple-lined hanging locker
  • Overhead halogen lights
  • Stereo speakers recessed in soffit tied into salon stereo with volume control
  • Carpeting
  • Hatch w/screen

Head


  • Brushed nickel fixtures in shower and faucet
  • Teak face on lower vanity
  • Electric head/Vacuflush
  • Exhaust fan with vent soffit
  • Overhead halogen lights recessed in soffit/ceiling
  • Medicine cabinet with mirrored doors and trim
  • 120V receptacle
  • Shower light
  • Stall shower, fiberglass with seating
  • Hatch with screen
  • Teak and Holly flooring

Helm, Electronics and Navigational Equipment


  • 2 Furuno Navnet controllers
  • 2 Furuno monitors
  • Furuno Navnet radar, 72 mile
  • Furuno Navnet color sounder
  • Furuno RD 30
  • Furuno Nav autopilot
  • 2-Icom M604 VHF radios
  • 2nd VHF w/command mic in tower
  • Garmin 7215 GPS/plotter/sounder
  • KVH SAT phone
  • Stereo speaker reostat

Helm Deck


  • Molded hardtop painted Whisper Grey underside
  • Molded in lighting beneath hardtop
  • (3) STIDD upgraded helm chairs
  • ACR spotlight
  • Push knob catches for electronic boxes
  • Helm A/C
  • Bow thruster - control in shifting handles
  • Remote bow thruster control
  • Electronic single lever controls
  • Electronic trolling valves
  • (3) wiper controls with washers
  • Fusion stereo remote
  • Helm & chair covers
  • Power assist steering
  • Recessed electronics boxes with hinged access
  • Helm pod with chrome wheel
  • Teak deck in Helm
  • Custom varnished teak cocktail table on command deck
  • Uline Refrigerator w/Ice maker
  • Tackle center

Cockpit


  • Stainless steel gas springs upgrade for all cockpit lids and access points
  • Awlgrip cockpit lazarette and all bilges and anchor locker
  • Custom full cockpit cover
  • Cockpit tackle center with cutting board and drawers below
  • T in dockside water inlet to fill water tank
  • Dual thermostat for cockpit freezer
  • Cabinet with storage for gaffs and/or other accessories located under starboard forward gunwale
  • Dockside electric connection – 50 amp/220 V
  • Cablemaster located in starboard cabinet under forward gunwale
  • Engine room access with door and non-slip steps to engine room
  • Indirect rope lighting under coaming
  • Insulated drink box undermounted in command deck step for direct access from cockpit
  • Lazarette hatch with access to steering, trim tabs, drain pumps
  • Molded-in tackle center with bait prep station featuring cutting board with custom fitted lid, tackle cabinet with pullout drawers and push release door below and large, deep freezer to port
  • Recessed in-deck fishbox, insulated and removable with pump out and drain plate with large holes for easy pumpout and cleaning
  • Transom live well
  • Floor mounted live bait well
  • Release Marine teak Battle Saddle fighting chair, 2014
  • (4) Rupp rod holders, flush mounted
  • Sea Water washdown with pump in engine room and supply under forward gunwale
  • Self-bailing cockpit with large cockpit scuppers
  • Stereo speakers powered from salon stereo with volume control
  • Storage locker with shelf and push release door molded in at starboard side of salon steps
  • Transom swim steps at transom door
  • Walk-through transom door with lift gate
  • Line from oil change system to cockpit dockside box

Fishing Equipment


  • Palm Beach Towers full tuna tower, 2013
  • Rupp double spreader outriggers, 2013
  • Rupp shotgun outrigger, 2013
  • Transom live well
  • In floor live well
  • Release Marine teak Battle Saddle fighting chair, 2014
  • Cockpit bait freezer
  • Underwater lights, (4) 2 white and 2 blue

Tuna Tower


  • Palm Beach Towers full tuna tower, 2013
  • Molded hardtop and standing platforms
  • Seat back on tower aft rail for seating
  • Molded in navigation lights
  • Molded in Lumitec spreader lights
  • Power hydraulic wheel steering
  • Electronic engine control binnacle
  • Main engine start and stop switches
  • Trim tab switches
  • Horn button
  • Molded in lighting over helm deck
  • Dual trumpet air horns
  • Icom Ram mic
  • Garmin 6208 GPS/plotter/sounder, flush mounted
  • Racks installed for kite/paddle/surf boards
  • Clearing rod holders, aft tower legs
  • Aft rail rocket launcher across hardtop

Deck and Hull


  • Veem propellers
  • Enclosure 4-sided track to track Sea Crylic with side & back panels
  • Underwater lights (4) 2 white, 2 blue
  • Custom blue boot stripe
  • Fiberglass hardtop with molded-in quartz lights(4)
  • Lewmar windlass
  • Handrails- fastened hardtop perimeter rail
  • Rubrail painted to match gelcoat
  • Oval exhaust outlets
  • Fiberglass through hulls and tank vents
  • Light Blue hull color
  • Teak toe rail
  • Windshield covers
  • Cockpit fly cover
  • Revere life raft, mounted on top of hardtop, 2014
  • Water spigot in anchor locker

Bridge Deck


  • Teak bridge deck sole
  • Sunbrella drip dry foam IPO standard for bridge cushions
  • Fire system control with automatic and manual discharge and override system located at console
  • L-shaped lounge seating with storage beneath
  • U-line refrigerator/icemaker in starboard command deck cabinet
  • Windshield cover
  • Stereo speakers tied into stereo system in salon with volume control in radio box
  • Storage cabinet
  • (2) Trumpet style air horns
  • Windshield, raised wraparound front and sides
  • Jump seat to Starboard
  • Custom painted helm to reduce glare, Whisper Grey

Electrical Equipment


  • Onan 17.5kw generator and sound shield with 1200 hours
  • Batteries, (2) independent 24 V banks mounted in fiberglass storage boxes
  • 2 Newmar battery chargers, models 24-45 and 24-95
  • Battery distribution panel with battery disconnects
  • Battery parallel system for main engines and generator start
  • Charles ISO boost voltage stabilizer isolation transformers for more consistent, cleaner voltage

Mechanical Equipment and Engine Room


  • Scott Marine Power, a MAN dealer, completed the 1000 hour service 10/15/15
  • Upgrade engines to MAN V-10 1100 CRM  with 930 hours
  • Onan 17.5 KW generator - 1230 hours
  • Charles ISO boost voltage stabilizer transformer
  • Fuel priming pumps 24V
  • Awlgrip engine room
  • Engine room entrance gauges installed directly into fiberglass
  • Start and stop switches, engine room entrance
  • Remote mounted starboard engine lube oil filter to inboard side
  • Generator gas/water separator for standard generator
  • Line from oil change system to cockpit dockside box
  • 110V outlet on aft bulkhead at entrance to engine room
  • Awlgrip brass thru-hulls and sea strainers in engine room and forward
  • Snow white-painted fuel filters and pumps
  • Bilge pumps with additional dryout pumps in keel area linked into monitoring system and connected to float switches for automatic and manual operation
  • Fresh water supply in engine room for general maintenance and cleaning
  • Fuel priming pumps for main engines, manual
  • Fuel transfer system 24V DC pump
  • Racor fuel/water separator filters for main engines and generator
  • ESI fuel polishing system
  • Internal sea strainers for generator, air conditioning and all other sea water pickups
  • Oil changing system, gear type pump for main engines, transmissions and generator
  • Remote mounted oil filters inboard
  • Water heater – dual element, quick recovery
  • (2) Y-valve emergency bilge pumps
  • Engine room camera with video feed to helm monitor
  • Engine room lighting AC/DC
  • Parmax saltwater washdown pump
  • Dripless shaft logs with spare seals in keepers

Remarks


The Viking 45' Express sets the bench mark for all other manufacturers, Big Fuss then sets the bench mark for what you would hope to find in a pre-owned mint condition yacht!  She was custom built by Viking Yacht and is loaded with options throughout, including MAN 1100 Common Rail power. Scott Marine Power, a MAN dealer, completed the 1000 hour service 10/15/15. Since delivery the boat has only 930 hours of use.  Her desired two cabin layout is richly appointed with a custom Premier Edition décor.  She features a beautiful Palm Beach Towers tuna tower as well as Atlantic Marine Electronics package.  This boat is a true performer in all conditions and you will not be disappointed in any way.  A true rare find in todays market.


Exclusions


Owner's personal items

Contact David Meyer

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Overview from around the web 2008 VIKING Open

Customers praise the 2008 VIKING Open for its outstanding build quality and exceptional performance on the water

Many highlight the boat's spacious layout, making it ideal for both fishing and family outings. The powerful engine options provide impressive speed and smooth handling, while the durable construction ensures reliability in various sea conditions. Overall, owners appreciate the combination of comfort, functionality, and Viking’s renowned craftsmanship in the 2008 Open model.

The Biggest Pros and Cons

The 2008 VIKING Open is a versatile and well-designed boat that offers a range of benefits, along with a few considerations to keep in mind. Here’s a breakdown of the pros and cons:

Pros

Spacious Layout: The 2008 VIKING Open features an open deck design that provides ample space for fishing, entertaining, and cruising.

Robust Construction: Built with durability in mind, this model is constructed from high-quality materials that ensure longevity and reliability in various sea conditions.

Powerful Performance: Equipped with strong engine options, the boat delivers excellent speed and handling, making it suitable for offshore adventures.

Fishing Features: Includes practical amenities such as rod holders, live wells, and tackle storage, catering specifically to anglers.

Comfort and Amenities: Designed for comfort, it offers seating arrangements and shelter options that enhance the boating experience for family and friends.

Cons

Fuel Consumption: Due to its powerful engines and size, the VIKING Open 2008 may have higher fuel consumption compared to smaller or more fuel-efficient boats.

Storage Limitations: While the deck is spacious, some users might find limited enclosed storage space for gear and personal items.

Price Point: As a high-quality, feature-rich vessel, the initial investment and maintenance costs might be higher than entry-level models.

Handling in Rough Waters: Although designed for offshore use, some operators may find the handling in very rough seas requires experience and caution.

Made For

The 2008 VIKING Open is designed for anglers seeking a high-performance fishing boat that combines durability, comfort, and advanced features. It is ideal for serious fishing enthusiasts who want a reliable vessel capable of handling offshore conditions while providing ample space and convenience for a full day on the water. Whether you're targeting big game fish or enjoying a day cruising, the VIKING Open 2008 offers the versatility and quality to meet your fishing and boating needs.

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Principal Loan Amount$ 657,900
Total Payment$1,176,300.76
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Use our boat payment calculator to estimate monthly payments for 2008 VIKING Open. Enter your down payment, choose a loan term, and adjust the interest rate to see an instant payment estimate — ideal if you're calculating boat payments before you enquire. Wondering how much does a Other cost in today's market, or how much does a VIKING cost for similar models? This boat financing calculator helps you compare scenarios in seconds, whether you're considering used boat financing or a new purchase.
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Principal Loan Amount$ 657,900
Total Payment$1,176,300.76
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