Doghouse is a 2004, 56 Viking Convertible, re-fit in 2005 with new Mann 1550 common rail engines.
- Cruise speed: 34.5 knots with a top end of 39 knots
- Runs VEEM propellers out of western Australia for improved fuel economy and increased vessel speed
- Carries 1,700 gallons of diesel for extended range
- Water making capabilities
- Eskimo ice chipper for fish boxes
- (2) Onan 21.5 gensets
- 8 full-size tuna tubes glassed in to the port and starboard side covering boards
- 3 mackerel/bonita tubes
- Livewells
o Cockpit
o 225 gallon
o One molded in the transom
o 60 gallon
o Deck
o 45 gallon
o Bow (bonita/mackerel tubes) - Full-size bow rail for comfortably pitching baits from the bow
- Large fish hold with chipped ice supplied directly to the hold from the Eskimo ice chipper
- On the bow:
o 13.5 Boston Whaler - Livewell
- Furuno plotter
- Sounder
- Rod storage
- Rod holders
- Full push-pole platform, with a 40-horse mercury
- Teak cockpit and bridge ladder
- Electronics consisting of:
o All Furuno Navnet 2 systems
o 3 units linked together
o Auto pilot
o 3 VHF radios
o 2 satellite phones
o Full stereo system on the bridge and in the salon
