With its long, slender, raw aluminum hull and semi-military look, the 36-foot Viggo C10 Offshore looks like a serious boat. And it is.
Made in Sweden, the Viggo is designed to serve as a safe, fast, offshore cruiser, one that can go anywhere in almost all sea conditions. That description has been used by a growing number of adventure/explorer boats lately, with varying degrees of accuracy. In the case of the Viggo C10, it fits.
There is nothing trendy about the Viggo C10 Offshore. No folding terraces on the sides, no beach club aft. No fridges under the sun pads forward for cocktails on the bow. That’s by design. In the Viggo, what you see is what you get.
With twin 450-Mercury Racing outboards, the Viggo tops out at over 60 knots. Move up to 500-hp Mercs, and the top speed approaches 70 knots.
The boat is made of aluminum because it’s light and tough. Even at 60 knots, it does not slam into a head sea; it’s solid and safe. Actually, it’s made to be unsinkable with sealed areas in the hull where bags will deploy if the hull is breached.
The hull is a full deep-V, with a 24-degree deadrise aft, and it has the standard Mercury Racing trim tabs port and starboard. But the Viggo also has a unique control, another trim tab built into the center of the hull just forward of the outboards; push a button at the helm and you can lower the bow to power through a head sea, slicing through the water instead of plowing through it.
And the Viggo has two fuel tanks, holding a total of 230 gallons, one forward and one aft. You can choose which one you want to draw from by moving a lever; pull fuel from the aft tank if you’re running into a head sea and want to keep weight in the bow.
It also has a stern anchor mounted on a windlass at the transom, so you can be sure to keep your position if you’re anchoring off a reef on a remote island, for example, in addition to the normal bow anchor.
There’s a single seat facing the helm; it’s heated. So are the two matching passenger seats across on the port side. There’s also a diesel heater. Don’t expect to see a lot of interior teak or mahogany. The grab rails in the pilothouse have elk-leather trim.
Viggo started building boats in Öregrund, Sweden, in 2013, and it relies on feedback from customers. Viggo focuses on a functional layout, ergonomics, safety and performance. The boats are semi-custom; they only build 30 of the C10s a year.
Specs.: LOA: 35’11”; Beam: 9’8”; Draft: 2’7”; Disp.: 9,920 lbs.; Fuel: 230 gals.; Water: NA: Power: 2×450-hp Mercury Verado outboards.
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