A Viking 70 built in April 2014. The Coast Guard file shows her as Load & Go of Port Aransas, Texas, in 2020, Team Galati of Anna Maria, Florida, in 2021, Wild Eagle of Ono Island, Alabama, from 2022, and Desperado of Palm Beach, Florida, since April 2025. Entered in the 2026 White Marlin Open.
Her story, name by name
- Until 2021
Load & Go
Reported · USCG documented-vessel file, 2020-01 to 2021-01, ON 1253186
- April 2014
Build
Built by Viking Yacht Company; HIN VKY70724D414 (built April 2014, model year 2014).
Reported · USCG documented-vessel file, 2026-09, ON 1253186
- 2021 – 2022
Team Galati
Reported · USCG documented-vessel file, 2021-03 to 2022-01, ON 1253186
Renamed from Load & Go between the January 2021 and March 2021 Coast Guard files. The February 2021 file is not published. Hailing port moved from Port Aransas, TX to Anna Maria, FL. Official number and HIN unchanged.
- 2022 – 2025
Wild Eagle
Reported · USCG documented-vessel file, 2022-02 to 2025-03, ON 1253186
Renamed from Team Galati between the January 2022 and February 2022 Coast Guard files; the January file shows a case pending. Hailing port moved from Anna Maria, FL to Ono Island, AL. Official number and HIN unchanged.
- 2025 – present
DesperadoCurrent
Confirmed · whitemarlinopen.com, USCG documented-vessel file, 2025-04 to 2026-09, ON 1253186
Renamed from Wild Eagle between the March 2025 and April 2025 Coast Guard files; the March file shows a case pending. Hailing port moved from Ono Island, AL to Palm Beach, FL. Official number and HIN unchanged.
SistersOther Viking 70s, then 2014 builds
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