Viking 93 MY

There’s a video of Viking’s newest offering, the 93 MY, cruising the briny, forking waterways of the Mullica River in New Jersey, in her first official sea trial.

- Simon Murray

Tearing through the estuary, leaving Viking Yacht’s New Gretna headquarters and a trail of coppery foam in her wake, the 93 posted a top speed of 27-plus knots, and a cruise speed of 23 knots, all thanks to her twin 1,945-horsepower MTU 12V-2000 diesels.

After concluding the sea trial, in a newsletter to the Viking faithful, President and CEO Pat Healey voiced his contentment for what he has described as the company’s first “mini megayacht” that has been in build for more than two and a half years. “I’m very pleased,” Healey said, referring to the performance numbers. “We nailed it.”

Looking as comfortable in The Boss’s backyard as she would on a mooring in Monaco, the 93 is nothing less than a behemoth. Flanking her on the test run was an 80C—a big, honking battlewagon—and she easily dwarfed her; no small feat. With an LOA of 93 feet and 5 inches, she is the largest offering in the boat builder’s history, its impressive lineup of sport fishermen very much included.