Overview

Welcome aboard the 2016 46 Viking Convertible "BLIND DATE".  She is a spectacular and highly customized example of this model. Rigged for the best of both worlds, she is equally comfortable fishing the NE Canyons, Bahamas or family cruising remote destinations. She is rigged with a dinghy/davit on her bow, weather protected climate controlled flybridge, 3 stateroom, 2 head layout and fish rigged cockpit.  She has everything a 60+ footer would have in an owner operator size range. Her 1000hp MAN common rail engines deliver great performance and her TWIN CUSTOM INSTALLED SEA KEEPER GYRO STABILERS will keep all passengers comfortable. Schedule an appointment today to see this 2016 46 Viking Convertible "BLIND DATE".

Descriptions

• Viking pedigree build quality and engineering
• V8 1000hp MAN common rail engines (approx. 2300 hours 02/25)
• 3 state room, 2 head layout with custom expansion of salon galley arrangement
• (2) SEA KEEPER GYRO STABILIZERS (one SK 6, one SK 3)
• Ice chipper 600 lb/day
• Water maker 800 gal/day
• Mezzanine cockpit seating
• Dinghy and davit on the bow
• Weather protected climate controlled flybridge
• Custom glass bridge electronics w/ (2) 19" Screens with TIMEZERO 5.1 Cartography
• STARLINK
• Custom camera system with digital recorder
• OmniSense Thermal/Night vision camera
• Teak helm pod
• Bow thruster with buttons in Palm Beach controls
• SEA DECK on flybridge sole
• Underwater Lights
• RELEASE MARINE battle saddle
• Outriggers with center rigger

Cockpit

Standing in the cockpit on board the 2016 46 Viking Convertible "BLIND DATE" she is ready for action!  That action could be offshore fishing or dockside for cocktails.  The choice is yours, but she is perfectly suited for both. The centerpiece of her cockpit is the high gloss teak Release Marine battle saddle. She features a factory mezzanine with new (03/25) custom cushions, huge bait freezer and engine room access beneath.  Other cockpit highlights include:

• Transom live well with bait tank window
• Twin in deck macerated fish box starboard side Eskimo ice dump
• Fish boxes customized for easier fish loading
• Seakeeper 6 in lazarette
• Large fish door with transom liftgate  
• Refrigerated drink box
• (6) JL audio speakers with fusion head unit
• (2) electric reel outlets
• Cockpit camera
• Tackle storage
• Underwater lights

Salon

The entrance to the salon is slightly offset to starboard in the cockpit. The interior of "BLIND DATE" has a beautiful high gloss teak finish. Her carpeting has been removed on the main deck level and replaced with CUSTOM wood tone vinyl flooring. She has large windows for natural light with a custom layout designed by her current owner.  The traditional small dinette has been removed and replaced with two large barrel chairs for additional social open seating. The owner has retained all pieces, parts and wood associated with the dinette and it could be reinstalled if the prospective buyer preferred that arrangement. An updated 49" LG OLED TV hangs portside on the forward bulkhead.  The l shaped leather sofa is to port with high gloss teak coffee table. The sofa offers storage beneath.

Galley

The re-energized social arrangement has the galley starboard side forward with an open theme galley island, beige speckled countertops, under counter SUB ZERO refrigeration, deep porcelain sink and two burner electric cooktop.

For the on-board chef, a custom cabinet housing a ninja broiler has been added with heavy pot and pan slide out storage rack. The microwave oven was relocated to a lower cabinet.

Lower accommodations

There are 3 steps slightly offset to port that transition down to the lower accommodations. The layout below is a 3 stateroom 2 head arrangement. At the base of the stairs immediately to port and opposite to starboard are the two bunk bed state rooms. Each state room has over under bunk beds, a hanging locker, and climate controls.  Aft, to starboard there is a door with pantry shelves and a combo washer dryer unit.

Continuing forward there is hallway access to a full head including stand up shower, Dometic marine toilet, beige speckled countertops, storage and two mirrors.

Master Stateroom

All the way forward is the master state room with island Queen berth and En-suite head. Master state room features include:

• Samsung flat screen TV 
• High gloss teak woodwork, with outboard raised storage cabinets 
• Portside hanging locker 
• Storage under the bed 
• Hatch overhead for natural light
• Climate controls

Flybridge

Flybridge boarding is accessed from a large ladder on the starboard side of the cockpit. Once up on the bridge it has a full Isinglass enclosure, flybridge air conditioning, Custom SEA DECK sole, dual high gloss teak Release Marine pedestal chairs, starboard side longitudinal seating, forward seating in front of the helm, and an insulated drink box portside forward. Additional flybridge features and electronics include:

• High gloss teak helm pod with bow thruster buttons in Palm Beach style controls
• US-9 electric teaser reels
• Starlink
• Completely custom redesigned glass bridge with two 19" 5:4 ratio, sunlight readable displays, water resistant, touch screen capable and remote track ball for TIME ZERO 5.1 navigation software, third stand alone 16" FURUNO TZ touch 2 unit for radar and back up chartplotter
• 25KW 6' open array radar AND 24" dome radar
• CUSTOM cockpit camera system with recorder, pan, tilt, zoom remote APP monitoring
• OmniSense thermal/night vision camera w/ pan tilt
• (2) ICOM M506  VHF radios
• Sea keeper displays
• AC controls
• Overhead rod storage
• Two JL Audio Sub woofers, 4 additional JL audio speaker's woofer and Twitter combo
• Fly bridge safety door
• Updated 4 color LED overhead lighting

• On the bow of BLIND DATE is a Marquipt 600 davit 
• Highfield tender w/ 20hp Tohatsu outboard
• Custom black mask
• Outriggers, center rigger

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.