Hurricane Irene may be blowing hot air as it moves up the East Coast, but a couple of days ago, it was the calm before the storm at the Viking basin.

But the activity ramps up quickly shortly after first light as a new Viking 60 Convertible leaves the building for the first of several engineering sea trials.

As this 60 C takes a ride to the water, work continues on the production line as an 82 Convertible gets prepped for a new boot stripe (left) and another new 57 Convertible inches closer to the door (right).

Out on the service dock, a Viking 42 Open displays its superb engineroom access.