50' Viking Open Sportfish Sports Fishing Boats

Vessel Walkthrough

This 50' Viking Open has been updated & improved over the past several years and will be a great fishing boat for it's next owner.  In May 2008 the boat had a complete paint job which additionally involved freshening of all aspects of the exterior. Shining ice blue hull with white rub rail and topsides, in 2011 the windshield frame was refinished white and all new rubber.  With a sleek, low-profile design this boat has an attractive presence both at the dock and on the water.  Perfect for the owner who wants a substantial boat you can run yourself without being separated from activities on deck or in the cockpit.  

Entering the cockpit you notice the coaming pads and a transom box before passing the rocket launcher to go up three steps to the huge temperature-controlled bridge deck.  To the portside aft is a large L-shape settee with triangular white fiberglass table in front.  To the starboard side is another smaller bench seating area and just forward a prep center with rigging table, insulated drink box, and below a refrigerator with mini-freezer.  Three white/chrome Stidd adjustable helm & companion chairs with footrests face the forward windshield.  Track-to-track enclosure fills hardtop to windshield top offering excellent vision in all directions from every seat.  U-zips open on the sides and aft panel combined with two overhead hatches in the hardtop if fresh breeze is the choice over the reverse-cycle air conditioning units.  The hardtop has integral lighting and custom overhead hanging rod storage beneath.  The helm has all electronics low and facing the captain with a fiberglass helm pod topped by a chrome bezelled analog instrument cluster, single lever controls and a aluminum custom wheel.  Just to the right the smoked plexi and white metal framed door slides open to enter the cabin.

Four steps down into the well appointed interior with teak and holly Amtico flooring throughout with neutral bound-edge tight berber carpeting secured on all traffic surfaces.  Two comfortable settees are cocoa leatherette covered and the larger L-shape to the portside forward has a high-low table that serves it.  The galley with white Corian bullnose countertop is aft and has under-counter refrigeration, hideaway stovetop and molded sink.  Cabinets, table and doors are Viking hi-gloss finished and are in excellent condition.  Immediately to the starboard side upon entry is a convenient day head, followed going forward by the A/V cabinet.  Above the galley is a newer flat panel TV which is attached to a door that opens with a storage cabinet behind it.  The starboard side settee has a pullman berth that drops down to make bunks when needed.  Moving forward there is a door to the stateroom and just to the left a door to the head.  The stateroom has a centerline queen berth with drawer storage beneath as well as lifting up for additional storage forward.  The stateroom has a cedar-lined hanging locker, flat-panel TV, separate A/C zone with digital control, and doored & shelf storage either side outboard.  There is a private entry door to the head which has a good-sized shower with seat, molded solid-surface vanity top with mirrored medicine cabinet above.  The cabin gets natural light and ventilation through three overhead deck hatches, one in the stateroom and two in the main cabin.

• SubZero under-counter refrigerator & freezer units with cube icemaker
• White Corian L-shaped countertop with molded sink and white wand-style faucet
• Hideaway electric 2 burner Ceran-top stove with vent
• In-sink garbage disposal (new 4/10)
• Sharp Carousel microwave/convection oven in cabinet, white
• Mirrored backsplash
• Fresh water gauge
• Cabinet & drawer storage
• Storage under spring hinged settee seating
• Teak triangular table at settee has slide beneath to adjust for dining
• Central vaccuum system under salon step

The master stateroom features a raised platform centerline queen berth with teak cabinetry to either side and a mirrored headboard forward.  A blue & white tropical print bedspread is accented with shams and decor pillows.  Port & starboard cedar-lined hanging locker & storage cabinet.  There is also storage beneath the berth.  There is a private door to the head which has a mirrored medicine cabinet, neutral colored solid surface vanity top with molded sink, and a good sized shower stall. 

• Northstar 6000i GPS/Chartplotter/video
• Furuno radar
• Furuno FCV1100 color recording depth sounder
• Garmin 4212 GPS/Chartplotter (new 4/10)
• Newer Simrad Autopilot
• Garmin digital data display, depth, etc
• ICOM M-127 Vhf radio
• Fusion MS-IP600 stereo system with I-pod plug (new 4/10)
• ACR 100 remote spotlight control
• Furuno FVC585 recording depth sounder (Inoperative-display in cockpit)

Tower Electronics:

• Garmin 7608 GPS/Chartplotter/depthsounder
• Garmin digital data display, depth, etc
• Simrad AP remote
• ICOM M-45 Vhf radio
• Magnetic compass at both helms
• All new antennas (4/10)

A/V Systems:

• Vizio LCD flat panel TV in salon (new 4/10)
• Dynex flat panel TV in master stateroom (new 4/10)
• Panasonic AV control stereo system with CD and Ipod plug
• Toshiba DVD player
• Helm deck and cockpit speakers (new 4/10) linked to Fusion unit

Boat was fully painted with white topsides and ice blue hull in May 2008.  In April 2010 there was repaint & texturing of all non-skid decks and in March 2011 a repaint (white) & new gasketing of the windshield.  Full tower (5-step) with molded hardtop over helm-deck including overhead LED lighting & molded running lights.  Those LED lights plus step light and under gunwale light can be color selected to red/white/blue.  The tower platform has molded spreader lights (2 cockpit, 1 forward) and the buggy top is fiberglass.  Tower station has a full helm with ZF controls (new 4/11), tachs, trim tab controls, start-stops, compass & electronics.  There is also a bench seat with footrest and full belly band padding (new 4/10).  Canvas helm cover (1/11).

Factory pulpit with aluminum bow rail, stainless anchor chute, Fortress anchor, chain lead rode, and Simpson Lawrence electric, self-tailing, windlass with remote control from helm (& foot switches added 4/10).  Wrap-around windshield has track-to-track enclosure up to the hardtop and three windshield wipers (reconditioned 4/10).  All hatch gaskets and gas-shock rams (stainless steel) throughout cockpit & helm deck replaced since 4/10.

Helm Deck has three Stidd white & chrome adjustable helm seats across the front.  Two Cruiseair reverse-cycle air-conditioning units provide comfort.  Viking helm pod is centerline with single lever controls and upright electronics panel.  Excellent visibility.

• Eskimo crushed ice machine (new 4/10)
• 110V house freshwater pump (new 4/10)
• Universal Aqua Tech watermaker 600/gal/day (new high pressure pump & membranes 4/10)
• 4-sided enclosure with opening U-zips on sides and back panels
• ACR spotlight (rebuilt 4/10)
• Dual horns

• Phasor 17.5Kw generator (new in 2014) with soundshield
• 50amp shorepower cord with Glendinning cablemaster
• Charles Iso-Boost shorepower voltage stabilizer
• Mastervolt 24volt, 60-amp battery charger (recently new)
• Batteries in fiberglass boxes
• Battery disconnect switches & parallel
• Extra 110v GFI outlets added to helm deck (4/10)
• LED ropelights in galley, undercounters & stateroom
• Raritan marine waterheater (electric or heat exchanger operated)
• Main electrical panel with digital voltage gauges
• Electrical bonding system with ground plate

An open-styled sportfish with a full-sized cockpit (140 square feet)!  Tackle center forward has cockpit freezer, engine room entrance and instead of the rigging sink there is a Kenyon electric grill.  Electric reel plugs beneath the coaming corners.  Transom box is plumbed as a live well, plus there is a underdeck circular livewell on the portside.  A large underdeck fishbox with 2 hatches and to the starboard side is an Eskimo crushed ice bin (or second fish box).   Fiberglass rocket launcher with rigging tray on 4" stanchion.  Beneath the gunwales there are stereo speakers & lighting (both new 4/10).  Hanging rod storage under hardtop & in ER.

• Transom door & gate
• Lee triple-spreader outriggers, tower mounted (rebuilt 4/10)
• Center rigger
• Fiberglass rocket launcher
• Cockpit coaming pads
• Fiberglass step box
• 10 rod holders in coaming
• 6 rod holders on tower legs
• 6 rod holders on aft edge of hardtop
• Live well system with pump box, transom & underdeck wells, plus two live well connections, one beneath each side of the cockpit
• Gaff storage racks by Birdsall under gunwale
• Fresh & Saltwater washdowns
• (3) Ocean LED underwater lights (green)
• Tackle drawers & shelf storage for Plano boxes

Twin 1050hp 10-cylinder MAN main engines have approximately 5550 total hours.  Starboard engine was overhauled in March of 2010 and has approximately 2950 hours since.  October 2016 engines had a 1000hr MAN service performed by Ingalls Marine Diesel.

• ZF engine controls with sync & trolling valves, updated 2011
• Engine room gauge panel (at entranceway)
• Racor dual primary fuel filters
• Fuel priming pumps & transfer pump
• Fuel is in two fiberglass tanks: 805 gallon main tank +185 gallon auxiliary tank forward
• Oil change system
• Engine room bilge blowers
• Power assist steering
• Trim tabs
• Emergency crash pump engine intake valves
• Holding tank with dockside & macerator pumpout
• Heads are Vacu-flush fresh-water (new pumps 4/10)
• CruiseAir air conditioning with 4 units, 2 helm deck (1 newer), 1 salon, 1 stateroom

HEY PAPA is in Ft. Lauderdale, FL to be sold and all offers are encouraged.  The single stateroom layout gives the interior more space while the pullman berth arrangement still provides the sleeping accomodations if needed.  Although this listing points out most of the fresh features, a personal inspection is recommended.

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.  HEY PAPA is very much for sale although there may still be some personal items aboard and possilbly in some of the photos that are not included in the sale.  A list of specific exclusions would be available following acceptable purchase offer upon request. 

For compete details contact central agent, Joe Majcherek, from Gilman Yachts of Ft. Lauderdale.  954-525-8112 office, 561-346-2367 cell or joe@gilmanyachts.com for email.