Viking Canal Boats Reviews 2

Viking built my hull. The build workmanship is poor. Distorted steel hidden with massive amounts of filler. Water drainage is extremely poor, again connected to the welding. Had 6 years of dispute with them. Terrible communication, almost non existent, false bookings with boatyards & the work required to rectify was never carried out. They even ignored the British Marine Federations attempts to resolve the situation. At the time of writing they are no longer members of the British Marine Federation 11-07-23, even though their website still states they are, this was confirmed to me by the British Marine Federation.There are more professional boat builders out there. From my experience avoid & look elsewhere.

We were very much looking forward to having a newly built widebeam boat to cruise the inland waterways of Europe. We contacted Viking in September 2015 who said our boat would be ready for Crick Boatshow. We paid £2,000 to start planning phase. We accepted 2d layout on 27 January 2016 then we heard nothing more. We called, emailed, left messages but no reply. Mr Gorzkowicz has disappeared off the face of the Earth. We now believe we were scammed and the company is not reputable.