40 Flybridge

Introduced in England as the Princess 40 in 1998, the 40 Flybridge made her debut in the U.S. in 2000 as the smallest in Viking’s expanding fleet of British-built sport cruisers. She’s constructed on a good-running deep-V hull with prop pockets and an extended swim platform capable of carrying a personal watercraft. The contemporary two-stateroom interior of the Viking 40, with its high-gloss cherry woodwork and designer fabrics, is arranged with a step-down galley and a notably well-arranged lower helm position. A separate stall shower is found in the owner’s head, and the guest cabin is tucked beneath the helm station above. In the cockpit, a large in-floor hatch provides easy access to a rather tight engine room. (Note that an expanded lazarette abaft the engine room houses the generator.) Molded steps ascend from the cockpit to the flybridge where a U-shaped settee and an aft sun lounge were standard. Additional features include a radar mast, transom door, wide side decks, a cockpit shower, and sliding, stainless-steel-framed salon doors. Twin 370hp Volvo (or 350hp Cat) diesels cruise the Viking 40 at 25 knots and reach a top speed of about 30 knots.