Boating Icon and Viking Yacht Founder Healey Passes Away at Age 97

Boating icon and Viking Yacht founder Healey passes away at age 97

William “Bill” J. Healey of Cape May and Mays Landing, boating icon and founder of the Viking Yacht Company, passed away on Aug. 14, at Shore Medical Center in Somers Point from long-term complications of a stroke. He was 97. Healey was the former president of the Viking Yacht Company in New Gretna that he founded in 1964 with his brother Robert. Healey built a boat manufacturing empire that became the world’s largest builder of luxury fiberglas…

Bill Healey, Viking Yachts Co-Founder: 1927-2025

William J. Healey, a.k.a. Bill Healey, who established the sportfishing powerhouse Viking Yachts with his brother, died on August 14. He was 97. The son of a steel-company owner, Healey was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey on November 6, 1927. A lifelong resident of the state, he entered the Marines after high school, towards […] The post Bill Healey, Viking Yachts Co-Founder: 1927-2025 appeared first on Megayacht News.