VIKING YACHTS 60 CONVERTIBLE Welcome aboard the VikiriR 60, There's no doubt about it. The new Viking 60 Convertible is a speed merchant with a built in affinity to raise fish. Making its international premiere at the Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show in October, the new model is already well on its way to setting sales records. The new 60 Convertible is clearly a groundbreaker in styling, design and performance. The first of a new breed of Vikings to feature a black mask wraparound that melds artfully into a distinc- tively shaped window line, its appearance is truly exciting at the dock, but also at sea. When you see its black mask heading your way, get a good look because the next thing you will notice is the gracefully arced transom as it passes you by. The more you study the lines of the boat the better you can ap- preciate the styling. The sheer line is breathtaking because of the remarkable transition from bow to stern. Freeboard forward is just over seven feet yet at the cockpit it's less than three feet. The fore- deck rises ever so slightly until the black mask dominates the view and your eyes take in the creamy shape of the wraparound flying bridge. In the cockpit details abound from above like the over- hang of the bridge deck shielding the mezzanine and below like the swept back cabin trails. From any angle you select, the Viking Of course, styling means little if the design lacks mettle. But this is a Viking, so there is no problem here. The 60 employs an ad- vanced hull form that provides speeds to 40+ knots. For stabil- ity and sea keeping ability, the running surface features a convex deadrise shape with 12-degree transom deadrise matched to an aggressively raked entry with sharpened waterline sections. The convex deadrise adds curvature and form to the hull bottom and the wide beam which carries well aft increases lifting motion in a seaway. Regardless of the vertical acceleration, the hull meets the water softly upon re-entry to improve ride comfort and dryness. To enhance performance and achieve better engine and propulsion ef- ficiencies, our design engineering and production groups explored various opportunities to shave off unnecessary poundage and thus were successful in bringing the deckhouse and hull weights to frui- tion within the desired framework. An engineering driven company, Viking has been using end grain balsa as a coring material for over 20 years without a single con- struction failure. Our success and confidence with this material led us to explore other areas where we could take advantage of the product's varied attributes for stiffness, strength, lighter weight and durability in the development of the 60 Convertible. Some ex- amples of these weight saving achievements include using vacuum bagged high-strength Baltek anti-fungal coring in the highly load- ed bottom panels of the running surface. It should be noted that end grain balsa has tremendous shear strength and in the event of an accidental grounding our experience has been that any damage HULL FORM THAT PROVIDES SPEEDS

is confined to a local area and does not compromise the surrounding core and laminates providing a superior measure of safety and easy reparability. Similarly, low density Baltek balsa used in the hull sides, deck and superstructure, provides the requisite stiffness and strength with the benefit of reduced weight. Structural sandwich panels of lightweight Baltek foam were used for bulkheads in lieu of heavier plywood, and to produce the longitudinal and transverse frames employed in internal grid sections. By selecting these specific construction core materials, the lamination schedules were...

Other features about the 60 Convertible set it apart not only from our competitors, but also other Vikings in our product line. The 60's deck, house, flying bridge and com- mand console were produced with our $1 million five-axis profiler, the largest of its type in the marine industry. The computer operated profiler allows us to produce foam plugs with unerring accuracy that becomes the foundation for our flawless molds we use to manufacture our boats. The profiler excels at cutting with surgical accuracy the numerous intricacies of the design that in the past were done by hand. We are so satisfied...

boxes, which are fitted with a Delta T engineroom ventilation system features ther- mostatically controlled supply and discharge fans for maximum fresh air circulation, plus water intrusion suppression to keep the space clean, dry and salt free. The en- gines are mounted on Viking's industry famous web-frame beds, which are bolted to dedicated transversals for smooth transfer of power and vibration free performance. To facilitate service accessibility and reduce clutter, there are three machinery rooms forward of the engines to house plumbing, electrical and air conditioning systems. Every fitting...