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Old 06-26-2014, 09:58 PM   #8
capt jerry
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Originally Posted by Moonstruck View Post
My recollection is the Salt Creek location.
after gulf star closed down, Viking was building there motor yachts there until 1989 I was a delivery capt for Viking, they used to bring the 72 footers on a trailer to salt creek and put them in the water and then put the top on them it was something to see, they could not put the top on at the factory because of the height.also there was no water at the factory to launch them.i would sea trial them and if everything looked good I would run them up to new jersey. in those days it was with just a compass for the trip not all the fancy stuff they have today
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