2020 52 Viking Yachts - "Gracie Lu" Open is the ideal fishing and cruising platform. Versatile from bow to stern, it is designed for the owner who enjoys as much time behind the wheel as taking charge in the cockpit.

To start with, it is no slouch when it comes to performance. The Viking 52 Open Yacht has fine, slightly convex sections forward and a 12-degree deadrise at the transom. Just like the other new-generation Vikings, trim tabs (3 total) are used as the propeller pockets to divide the transom. Each tab operates independently to allow the Captain more control. The outboard tabs will handle most trim issues, but if more to muscle is needed to plow through a head sea, the center tabs are available.

Accommodations below are surprisingly generous thanks to the boat’s 17 ft. 6 in. beam providing a master stateroom forward with a walkaround queen-size bed, along with a private head and shower. Two additional staterooms are served by the second head. A combination salon and galley complete the interior plan with comfort and room to spare. The 142-square-foot cockpit boasts twin mezzanine seating with built-in freezer and stowage space, engine room access, a step box cooler, tackle stowage, recessed in-deck fish boxes, and a walk-through transom door with liftgate.

The Viking 52 Open Yacht should satisfy even the most critical of anglers who have come to expect great things from Vikings "form follows function" design ideology that's customary among tournament boats.