Specifications
Name
BEST TRAIT
Current Price
$1,750,000
Year
2013
Length
55 ft

Owner / Sales Professional
Steve Moynihan
Direct Line
(561) 722-9629HMY Location
Soverel Harbour MarinaDescription
Best Trait features Viking's standard 55 convertible layout with a very large saloon that includes an L shaped leather sofa with hinged rod storage, a U-shaped dinette, and the galley up. There are two large flat screen TVs in the salon, one pop up to starboard and another on the front salon bulkhead to port. The three stateroom, two head floorplan offers a centerline queen in the master with ensuite head, side by side twin bunks in the guest stateroom to port with a private entrance to the guest head and the VIP cris cross upper and lower layout forward. Best Traits gloss teak interior woodwork is just beautiful. Other interior features include a laundry closet with stacked washer and dryer, central vacuum. Outside her Kingston grey hull is set to a white super structure with an open bridge, full tower, mezzanine seating in the cockpit and Release helm and fighting chairs. Additional features include Furuno Omni sonar and two #9 Seakeeper gyros, mezzanine seating in the cockpit with new cushions in 2025, and molded Vikings optional molded stairwell to the flybridge where you will also find all new cushions installed in 2025. Topped off with a super clean full tuna tower, Best Trait also features every conceivable piece of equipment for sport fishing that could possibly be installed on a Viking this in this size range.
Best Trait catches fish and currently holds the Gulf of America record blue marlin (1,145 pounds in 2023) as well as the Gulf of America blue marlin record release at 13 for 19 in three days, also in 2023.
Vessel Overview
- JL Audio stereo amplifier
- JL Audio speakers
- Fusion stereo control head
- Kingston grey hull
- Standard three stateroom two head floorplan
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Large L shaped leather sofa with storage
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Teak coffee table
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Teak valences with fabric inserts
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Air conditioning supply from teak valances
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Samsung LED smart 50” flat screen TV
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Custom tackle storage
- (2) fixed bar stools
- Six-drawer Sub Zero combo unit: four drawer refrigeration and two freezers
- Custom granite countertops
- Undermount sink
- Undermount three burner stove top with flush granite top
- Sharp Microwave and convection oven
- U shaped dinette with teak dining table
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Flybridge AC
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24 Volt teaser reels
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(2) Murray Bros custom ladder-back helm chairs
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Forward and starboard seating
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Fresh water sink
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(4) JL Audio stereo speakers
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Three sided, five panel Seacrylic enclosure
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Helm pod with single lever controls with bow thruster controls
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Overhead retractable electronics panel
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(4) Garmin 17” plotters
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Furuno autopilot
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Furuno radar
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Starlink
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ACR RCL 100 remote spotlight
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Fusion stereo (new 2024)
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FLIR
- Mezzanine seating with new cushions 2024
- Transom door and gate
- Huge, refrigerated fish box
- In deck live well
- Tackle storage cabinet
- Fiberglass nonskid cockpit sole
- Viking stairwell from mezzanine deck to flybridge with teak steps
- Viking optional under gunwale storage lockers
- Cockpit controls on slide out base
- Rupp triple spreader outriggers
- Rupp Center rigger
- Teak only on the mezzanine deck
- Release offset fighting chair with combination backrest rocket launcher with five rod holders
- (11) Integrated tuna tubes with two variable speed pumps
- (6) Aft tower leg rod holders
- (4) JL Audio cockpit stereo speakers
- (6) Flush mount rod holders
- Garmin 17” plotter mounted port side pilaster (new 2024)
- Fiberglass step box
- Viking refrigerated drink box under the salon entrance step
- Cockpit cover
- 24v electric Reel Outlets under gunwale
- Mezzanine air
- (2) Seakeeper 9
- Dual Grundfos salt water circulation pumps, New 2024
- New fuel transfer pump 2024
- Dometic vacuflush toilet system
- Annual Service on MAN Engines Feb 2023 including charge air coolers
- Central vacuum system
- Stack clothes washer and dryer
- Furuno Omni sonar
- Dometic 600 lb./per day Ice chipper
- FCI water maker with Spot Zero
- Crash pumps
- Electric (24 vdc) bow thruster
- Bennett trim tabs
- Bad Company edition 8 step tuna tower with controls and buggy top
- Electric salon entry door
- Twelve-man life raft in canister with hydrostatic release mounted on hardtop
- Bow pulpit
- Bow rail
- Anchor windlass
- (2) Murray Bros flybridge helm chairs
- Flybridge electronics display cabinet
- Flybridge overhead retractable electronics display with MAN control heads and FLIR control
- Replaced A/C in salon, master, crew and VIP stateroom all in 2022
- (6) Lumitech Lumishore underwater lights
- Mezzanine Air Conditioner
- Cockpit flood lights with dimmers
- Custom covers for helm and fighting chairs, cockpit cover
- 24V DC and 120/240V AC systems
- (2) Charge Master 24v battery chargers
- Cablemaster cord reel
- All batteries replaced Feb 2024
- Twin Onan generators, one 21.5 KW w/ 4300 hrs. one 13.5 kw with 6900 hours
- Charles Iso Boost transformers
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.
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Specifications
Name
BEST TRAIT
Current Price
$1,750,000
Year
2013
Length
55 ft