Viking fleet in maintenance mode except for Viking Star

The Viking Fleet reports “The “Cadillac”… 144ft Viking Starship is hauled out for routine maintenance and USCG inspection. Each of the 6 Montauk based Viking boats must be hauled every 2 years for the United States Coast Guard to inspect the bottoms of the boats, ensuring structural and watertight integrity. We are often asked what we do in the winter. Well, if we are not fishing, it is maintenance, maintenance, maintenance! We are still sailing for Cod on the 104ft Tank, the Viking Star. Did you know… both the 144ft Viking Starship and the 104ft Viking Star were designed and built by Captain Paul Forsberg Sr? He designed them specifically to be the most stable and safe fishing platforms in the northeastt from the Gulf of Maine to George’s Banks to Nantucket to Coxes Ledge to the far east and southern Canyons and everywhere in between.

I remember making a solo trip to Montauk as a high school kid to catch my first big fish (20-30-pound) cod and pollock) on the Star at Coxes. What a thrill that was!

Thursday’s forecast is for southwest winds at 10-15 knots plus gusts to 20.