56 Convertible

The salon is lush with hand-finished teak joinery, frameless windows and air conditioning, which flows evenly and quietly from behind the valances. In the galley, deep cabinetry and abundant drawer stowage swallows a month’s worth of cruising supplies with ease. Under counter refrigeration provides deep-drawer capacity and allows the area to remain open to the salon and dinette. A home theatre entertainment system is standard and a pop-up plasma television is available. The electrical control panel for shore and ship power is conveniently located at eye level just inside the salon door.
The offset companionway offers some new design opportunities. By moving the stacked washer and dryer forward, Viking’s head designer, Bruce Wilson, was able to create a sizeable starboard stateroom with over and under crisscross berths along with private access to the head. To port, the master stateroom has an athwartship queen-size bed with stowage underneath and a full-length mirror wall of hanging lockers. Forward, the bow stateroom has a queen walk around bed and also is available with over and under berths.

Viking has a major commitment to big-game fishing and maintains factory demos, which fish all of the major East and Gulf coast fishing tournaments throughout the year. As you would expect from Viking, the 157 square-foot cockpit is overflowing with smart ideas like a refrigerated chill box in the salon entrance step and can be set up to handle any fishing or cruising assignment.