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2003 Viking 65 EB
Sport Fishing

2003 Viking 65 EB

“Killin Time”
Jupiter, Florida, United States
$1,290,000

Specifications

Year
2003
LOA
65'8"
Beam
18'9"
Cabins
4
Heads
4
Sleeps
8
Max Speed
40 kts
Cruise Speed
35 kts
Hull
Fiberglass
Fuel Type
Diesel
Fuel Tank
2,065 gal
Fresh Water
340 gal
Holding Tank
210 gal

Engines

MakeModelPowerHours
MTU16V20002000 HP3,900
MTU16V20002000 HP3,883

Broker Overview

This 2003 Viking 65 Enclosed Bridge Sportfish, 'Killin' Time,' presents a compelling opportunity for a serious buyer seeking a proven platform with significant recent upgrades. Viking's reputation for robust fiberglass construction and offshore capability is well-established, and this vessel is powered by twin MTU 16V2000 engines, offering substantial power for both fishing and cruising. The enclosed bridge configuration provides comfort and an additional living space, extending the boat's utility in various conditions. A key differentiator is the owner's vigilant maintenance regimen, highlighted by a full paint job in 2018 and new exhaust risers in 2019. The recent installation of an M16 Seakeeper Gyro in late 2021 significantly enhances stability, making this a more comfortable platform at sea or anchor. Furthermore, the updated teak and holly sole in the salon, companionway, and bridge deck in 2022 modernizes the interior. This 65 EB offers a spacious four-stateroom, four-head layout, accommodating extended trips with family or a full fishing crew. Given the comprehensive upgrades and the owner's attention to detail, 'Killin' Time' represents a strong value proposition in the current market for a well-equipped, large sportfish.

Why This Boat

Recent M16 Seakeeper Gyro installation (2021) for enhanced stability.
Twin MTU 16V2000 engines provide robust power and proven reliability.
Comprehensive interior and exterior aesthetic upgrades, including full paint (2018) and new teak & holly soles (2022).
Spacious four-stateroom, four-head enclosed bridge layout for comfort and versatility.
Owner's diligent maintenance history, ensuring the vessel is well-kept.

Best For

Offshore FishingLong-Range CruisingTournament FishingFamily CruisingEntertainment

Considerations

Fuel consumption is significant, typical for a vessel of this size and power.
Docking a 65-foot vessel requires skill, though the bow thruster assists.
Annual maintenance costs for a yacht of this caliber are substantial.

These are broker observations, not deal-breakers. Every yacht has trade-offs — a good broker helps you weigh them.

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Expert Review

The Viking 65 Enclosed Bridge is a formidable offshore machine, known for its solid build and excellent sea-keeping capabilities. This fiberglass hull offers a dry and stable ride, characteristic of Viking's sportfish pedigree. The MTU 16V2000 power package is a premium choice, delivering exceptional performance and longevity when properly maintained. For a buyer, the recent Seakeeper installation is a significant value add, addressing a common desire for enhanced comfort. When surveying, pay close attention to engine service records, particularly given the exhaust riser replacement in 2019. Inspect the integrity of the 2018 paint job and the quality of the 2022 interior sole installations. Comparables might include Hatteras or Bertram sportfish of similar vintage, but the Viking often holds a premium for its build quality and resale value. This particular vessel, with its documented upgrades and attentive owner, appears to be a strong contender for a buyer prioritizing condition and modern amenities in a classic sportfish platform.

Owner Sentiment

Excellent

Owners of the Viking 65 EB consistently praise its robust construction and offshore performance, often highlighting its spacious and comfortable accommodations for extended trips.

Strengths
Exceptional build quality and seaworthiness.Spacious and comfortable accommodations with four cabins.Powerful MTU engines for reliable performance.Enclosed bridge offers all-weather comfort and additional living space.

Full Listing Description

M16 SEAKEEPER GYRO INSTALLED FALL 0F 2021 . 

 New Teak and Holley Salon and Companion way deck sole installed 4/2022 . Teak and Holley Bridge deck installed 9/2022 

Bottom Painted and Prop speed 5/2022

All sea cocks serviced. New Exhaust risers 2019



Killin' Time is a very well maintained 2003 65' Viking Enclosed Bridge Sportfish. The owner is very vigilant hands on, experienced boater. Four Staterooms, Four head, Enclosed bridge boat. Allows plenty of room for the guest and owner to enjoy comfortable fishing or cruising in even less the desirable conditions. The recent installation (2021) of the M16 Seakeeper Gyro is the state of the art in stability. Mezzanine seating on the Aft cockpit deck, is a great place to observe the fishing action. Complete paint from top to Bottom in 2018. 2000 HP 16V2000MTU Power, complete a First class fishing machine. Numerous upgrades listed but not limited to items of note. A must see for the owner seeking both comfort and style.  

Accommodations

Salon

 

  • Port side L-Shaped Sofa, w Storage Below. Entertainment Center to Starboard
  • Automatic Entry Door with remote switches
  • New all the TV's were replaced 2019 HD Flat Screen T.V.
  •  Leather L shaped settee port side camel color
  •  Electrical Distribution Panel Starboard side at Entry
  • Silhouette Blinds 
  • Upholstered Head rails
  • Overhead Recessed Lighting
  • Flush Mounted Speakers Bose Surround Sound system
  • Viking Home Theater w/ TV, FM Stereo, VCR, CD/DVD Player
  • Large Hi /Lo Coffee/Cocktail Teak Table
  • Starboard Credenza adjacent to raised Electrical Panel,
  • Bose Surround Sound Entertainment Center
  • Digital Reverse cycle A/C Control
  • Stereo Speakers
  • Samsung Retractable Flat screen T.V. Starboard
  •  Spiral Staircase to Bridge deck Starboard 
  • Standard Horizon Hand Held Ram Mic.
  • Teak and Holley Deck sole new 9/2022

Galley

     . Teak Dinette Table w/ Teak Pedestal & Teak Base

  • U-Shaped Settee on Starboard Side Dinette
  • Galley appliances were replaced in 2019
  • Kenmore 4 Burner Electric Range
  • Whirlpool Oven
  • Teak Flooring for Galley & Dinette
  • Sharp Microwave / Convection Oven
  • SPT SS Dishwasher model SP-9252
  • Overhead Cabinets on Forward Bulkhead w/ Large pull out storage Drawers for easy access
  • Kenmore Trash Compactor
  • Kitchen Aid Insta-Hot Water Dispenser
  • LG Full Size Side by side Refrigerator
  • Exhaust Fan
  •  Garbage Disposal
  • Water Level Gauge
  • Water Pump Indicator
  • Icemaker in Freezer
  • Insinkerator Disposal
  • Teak and Holley Deck Sole

Companionway

  • Whirlpool Washer & Dryer
  • Central Vacuum
  • Recessed overhead Lighting
  •  Access to Awlgripped Bilge & Pumps
  • Teak and Holley deck sole new 9/2022

Master Stateroom

  • Port Side Athwart ship  King Bed 
  • Two Reading Lights 
  • Flat screen T.V. 
  • 12 V Stereo/Cd Player
  • Large Cedar Lined Hanging Closet
  • Lift-Up Bed Storage and Storage Drawers Below 
  • Cabinets & Molded Countertops
  • Large Ensuite Head w/ Separate Shower
  • Storage Cabinets & Drawers
  • Second Closet w/ Drawer Storage Below Aft 
  • Overhead Safety Hatch w/ Screen & Shade
  • Digital reverse cycle A/C Thermostat
  • Soffit vents
  • Guest Stateroom Starboard
  • Over/Under Bunk w/ Storage
  • Samsung Flat T.V.
  • Hanging Cedar Lined Locker w/ Storage Drawer
  • Stereo Speakers w/ Volume Control
  • Overhead Hatch w/ Screen and retractable Privacy Shade
  • Starboard Guest Head w/ Stall Shower, Head and Lavatory sink 
  • VIP STATEROOM
  • Queen Island bed
  •  Storage drawers
  •  Hanging closet
  • Ensuite Private head 
  •  Flat screen T.V.
  • Digital A/C Thermostat
  • Recessed lighting
  •  Bedside reading lamps
  • Wall to Wall carpet





Guest Stateroom Forward

  • Queen bed w/storage below 
  • Hanging closet cedar lined 
  • Samsung15" flat screen TV 
  • Stereo speakers w/volume control
  • Deck hatch w/screen & privacy shade
  • Storage Drawers below bed
  • Overhead storage cabinets
  • Digital Reverse cycle A/C thermostat
  • Wall to wall carpet

Crew Quarters

  • Over / Under Wide Bunks
  • Samsung Flat screen T.V.
  • Mirrored Storage Lockers Forward of Bunks
  • Cedar Lined Double Storage Locker
  • Private Access to Crew Head and Shower
  • Water tight Engine room Door 
  • wall to wall carpet

Heads

     Amtico Teak & Holly Flooring

  • All w/ Separate molded Fiberglass Shower Stalls 
  • All Heads Are Freshwater Flush Headhunter Brand
  • Exhaust vent Fans
  • Linen Storage Closet in Master Head
  • Medicine Cabinet w/ Mirror
  • Mirror Backing Vanity Cabinet
  • Recessed Shower Light
  • Upgraded Hardware
  • Teak Lower Vanity Cabinets
  • 110 V Outlets


Flybridge 

The enclosed bridge offering a second salon or sky lounge can be accessed from inside salon by spiral staircase or athwart ship ladder from cockpit. Aft Bridge deck Starboard Second Station with Bow Thruster control Garmin 4212. Glendining controls, Richie Compass, Hydraulic steering.

  The interior is well equipped with a wet bar, New Teak and Holley deck sole 10/2022 Samsung Flat screen T.V. to starboard and a raised L-shaped settee to port. Entry to the enclosed bridge from the aft overhang deck through aircraft grade door. To starboard is the aft helm station with electronic controls, compass, bow thruster control and custom S/S wheel companion folding seat Hand rail and rod holders, Camera. There is also a Furuno RD-30 depth sounder. above the helm. Concealed in the hardtop are US8 teaser reels. Hydraulic Rupp Outriggers w/controls serviced 10/2022 Triple rigged Outriggers , center rigger. On the port side is a jump seat with storage beneath. Mounted on the double aft rail there are eight rod holders.3 levels of spreader lights . The tuna tower ladder is mounted aft Center line for easier tower access.

The tower has a full third station controls w/ bow thruster and Garmin GPS. Hard top and Bolsters

  • The Helm features
  • Center Steering
  • Stidd Helm Chair
  • Two Person Companion Bench Seating on Port and Starboard of Helm Chair
  • Aft of Helm Seat on Port Side a Large L-Shaped Soft w/ Storage Beneath
  • Opposite Sofa on Starboard Side is Wet Bar, Refrigerator & Samsung Flat Screen TV 
  • Storage cabinetry
  • aft deck lockable Entry door. 

Electronics & Navigational Equipment

  • 3 Garmin 7215 Navigation system with 72 Mile radar, GPS Sounder, all interfaced
  • B&G Wind/Speed/Depth
  • Flir night vision camera 
  •  M16 Seakeeper Gyro Installed 2021
  • Bow thruster controls
  • Hydraulic steering with SS wheel
  • MTU Engine monitors 
  • Viking system monitor 
  • Windshield wiper controls
  • Glendining Binnacle controls
  • Start /stop switches and emergency shutoffs
  • Sony Stereo w/ Am/Fm / CD Player Bose speakers
  • Security cameras .. Salon, cockpit, engine room viewable for smart phone.

  • Cockpit & Engine Room Cameras
  • Simrad AP20 Auto Pilot
  • Standard Horizon VHF radio
  • SAT TV 

Electrical Systems

  • Master Control Panel w/ 24V/120V Circuit Breaker
  • A/C Master Control Switch
  • Voltmeter, Amp Meter & Frequency Meter
  • Receptacles, 120 V Duplex
  • Battery Charger Engine room camera 
  • Engine Gauges on port and starboard entry to engine room 
  • Engine start/stop switch on Main engines.
  • Battery Paralleling
  • Lighting 24 V & 120 V Throughout
  • 27 kW Onan Generator 5204 hours (3/17/22) & 21.5 kW Onan Generator 3880 hours (3/17/22) with Super silencer sound shield
  • Voltage Stabilizer
  • Bonded Electrical System w/ Grounding Plate
  • Underwater Lights Mounted in Transom
  • Heavy Duty Batteries w/ Fiberglass Box
  • (2) 50 Amp Shore Power Cords w/ Glendinning Reels
  • Eskimo ice chipper
  • Cruise Air compressors entire A/C refitted in 2021

Cockpit 

The large cockpit is equipped with the popular mezzanine model with aft-facing raised seating for you and your guests to sit in comfort and watch all the fishing action or just relax at the dock .Bluewater custom Fighting chair with cover. A large built in transom live bait well adjacent to transom door. In the cockpit sole is a large fish box, The M16 Seakeeper is centerline in the cockpit sole. Directly under the foot rest of the fighting chairs. Either side of the fish box is a large storage unit. The starboard unit serves as the ice locker and is fed by the new 2022 chipped ice machine, to port is an additional bait well. A very large refrigerated/freezer box built in the deck sole. Just outside the salon door. The starboard side has an electric grill tucked away under the mezzanine seating.. The cockpit also has a full size Blue Water Tuna Chair with an offset polished S/S pedestal. A ladder gives access to the aft flybridge from the cockpit. The transom has a detachable swim ladder for easy access from the water. There are storage drawers and under seating storage as well. A large freezer is on the port side. In addition to the four rod holders and two striker rod holders on the chair, there are four additional rod holders in the gunnels. Glendinning shore power cable masters on both port and starboard. Fresh water and salt water wash downs on port side. All cockpit handrails are white powder coated. The cockpit also features multicolored LED underwater lights - two aft and 2 pointing down. Two cockpit JL Audio speakers under gunnels.

Tower

  • Custom Pipe Welder Brushed Pipe Tuna Tower
  • Center Ladder to tower
  • Molded One-Piece Standing Platform
  • Ritchie Compass
  • Control Box w/ Curved Face 60"
  • Concealed DDEC Readouts
  • Tower Sunshade (Molded)
  • Bench Style Seat
  • Three Quartz Lights 100V Molded in - (2) Aft & (1) Forward
  • Rupp Center Rigger & Holder
  • Rupp Outriggers, 41' x 3 Spreaders w/ Hydraulics Bridge Release
  • (8) Rod Holders on Rails
  • Three Sided Bridge Rails
  • Double Aft Rails
  • Upgraded Aft Rails
  • Upgraded Steering Wheel 

Engine Room & Mechanical Equipment

  • Enter the Engine Room from Cockpit
  • 2021 M16 Seakeeper Gyro 
  • 1200 GPD Water-maker w/ Auto Back Flush
  • 27 kW Generator
  • Additional 21.5 kW Generator
  • DDEC Trolling Valves
  • DDC-MTU 16V2000 2000hp Diesel Engines
  • Port 3900 hours as of 8/01/2022
  • Starboard 3853 hours as of 8/10/2022
  • Awlgrip Painted
  • Dometic Ice Machine
  • Air seep filters
  • Fuel Filters Painted White
  • Awlgripped Thru-Hulls, Sea Strainers
  • Headhunter Fresh Water Pump IPO Standard 
  • Axial Exhaust Fans 
  • Voltage Stabilizer Transformer
  • Utility Shelf Over Generators
  • Dual Thermostat for Refrigerated Step Box
  • Engine Room Lights 12v/110v
  • Fire suppression System
  • All Pumps in Engine Room Painted Snow White

Features

  • EZ1500 Davit Mounted on Foredeck
  • Boston Whaler 2011/15 ' tender with 60 HP Mercury w/complete cover  
  • Windlass Simpson Lawrence w/remote switches
  • Fresh water Anchor rinse
  • Sprint GD Series Bow Thruster
  • Custom Wallpaper
  • Premier Edition Decor Option
  • Access Door from Crew's Quarters to Engine Room
  •  Completely Painted in 2018 
  • Fiberglass Side Thru-Hulls
  • Headhunter Head System macerator pumps
  • Prop Pockets 
  • Teak Covering Boards 
  •  Aft cockpit storage sun cover
  • Awlgrip Forward Bilge
  • Awlgrip Anchor Locker
  • Buell Air Horns
  • 36' Rupp Hydraulic Outriggers, Triple rigged (2022)restrung 
  •  Center rigger
  • Electric Teaser Reels 24 V Miya Epoch US8
  • Aft deck Sun shade
  • Mezzanine Cockpit
  • Kenyon Electric Grill 
  • Awlgrip Lazarette
  • Grab Rails Inside Transom Door
  • Transom Gate and Transom Fish Box
  • Underwater lights
  • Rub Rail Painted to Match Gel Coat
  • Hand Rail on both Side of House Below Windows
  • Quartz Light Dimmers
  • Upgraded Ultra-Leather Sofa
  • Bottle Storage Behind Spiral Staircase
  • Upgraded Mattresses
  • Mechanical upgrades from 2019 to 2022 Listed below but not Limited to these items.
  • M16 Seakeeper installed 2021
  • Teak cockpit sole refit with Gyro installation
  • Cooling system inner and after cooling 
  • Injector rails replaced Starboard engine
  •  S/S Exhaust elbow port side replaced
  • Exhaust risers replaced both engine
  • Injectors replaced both engines
  • Raw water pumps replaced both engines
  • Majority of the hoses upgraded to the blue silicone hoses and new S/S/ clamps
  • New A/C system salon both compressor and air condenser unit replaced
  • Master stateroom A/c system new 
  • Bridge A/C system new
  • New compressor cockpit freezer
  • Forward A/C system replaced compressor and condenser
  • Mezzanine step box freezer compressor new
  • New Raw water pump for the A/C system
  • New manifolds for raw water A/C system
  • Digital thermostats replaced
  • Dometic 500# ice chipper new 2022
  • Both generators raw water pumps
  • To be completed Teak sole in salon thru galley and companionway
  • Estimated time on MTU engines is 3500 hours (NOT Verified)  






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Comfort & Climate
Air ConditioningStabilizers
Navigation
VHF Radio
Docking & Maneuvering
Bow Thruster
Fishing
Rod Holders / Rocket Launchers
Disclaimer: This listing is provided through cooperative brokerage via the IYBA MLS. The listing broker is Flagler Yachts (Michael Bass). Yacht Access is acting as a buyer's broker and can assist you with this purchase.
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