The second you set eyes on the Viggo C10, it’s evident that this is not your typical sportscruiser. From its untreated aluminium construction to its slender deep-vee hull and spartan facilities, it seems to defy just about every design trend going. That’s because Viggo is not particularly fussed about anything as ephemeral as design trends, its primary interest is in building boats that get you from A to B quickly, safely, reliably and comfortably year after year with the minimum of fuss and whatever the weather. Everything else takes second billing, even cost.
It’s a brave call in a marketplace that seems to prioritise luxury, space and bang for buck over almost everything else, but Viggo isn’t chasing mass market numbers. It only builds around 30 craft a year at its facility in Öregrund, Sweden, and each one is hand made to order. The vast majority of those orders are for the 27ft X8 and C8 models. The 36ft C10 Offshore is an altogether rarer beast, not least because it takes 2,700 man hours to build, and costs around £484,000 inc VAT for a sensibly specced model with twin 300hp Mercury V8s. For the full experience, however, you
