Valhalla V-55 Walkthrough: Viking's Outboard Flagship Up Close

Valhalla Boatworks is what happened when the Viking Yacht Company, a family that spent decades building serious sportfishing boats, decided to build center consoles its own way. The V-55 is the flagship of the V Series, and the 2025 model in this walkthrough is the clearest statement yet of what that pedigree looks like with outboards on the back.

Viking DNA, outboard delivery

The reason Valhalla gets talked about differently from other big center consoles comes down to the hull and the build. These boats come out of the same company culture that builds tournament sportfish yachts, and it shows in the running surface, the hardware, and the finish inside compartments most builders assume nobody will open. In the walkthrough, open-hatch moments are worth pausing on. Rigging, plumbing, and access tell you more about a builder than any brochure page.

The numbers Valhalla publishes

Valhalla lists the V-55 at 55 feet 7 inches on the hull, stretching to 59 feet 6 inches with the engines down, on a 15 foot 6 inch beam. Power is quad Mercury Verado V12 600s against a maximum rating of 3,000 horsepower, and the fuel system carries roughly 1,200 gallons. Those are sportfish-yacht numbers wearing a center console layout, and they translate to long-range canyon capability with speed the convertible fleet cannot touch. The beam deserves its own mention, because fifteen and a half feet is where a center console stops feeling like a big boat and starts feeling like a small yacht with the roof removed.

Who should watch closely

The V-55 is aimed at the owner who fishes hard but refuses to give up comfort, and at the run-and-gun tournament crowd that wants to leave later and arrive first. It is also a legitimate family boat in a way early big consoles never were, with real accommodations inside the console. If your shopping list says fast, far, and fishable, and the budget has room for a flagship, this is the walkthrough to study. Watch the helm layout, the cockpit workflow, and how the mezzanine seating handles the space between fishing and everything else.

Watch the full walkthrough above, then stick around the channel, because this is exactly the class of boat we love getting cameras on. Find more originals from the series, and when you are ready to move from watching to shopping, the marketplace is open all season.