Boat models · Viking
Viking 33
Sailboat, racer-cruiser · built 1971-1973 · designed by Cuthbertson & Cassian
Key figures
Comfort22.1moderate
Capsize screen1.9passes for offshore
SA/D19.5cruiser
D/L196light
Ballast ratio0.51stiff
Hull speed7kt
- Built
- 1971-1973
- Designer
- Cuthbertson & Cassian
- Builder
- Ontario Yachts (CAN)
- Rig
- Masthead Sloop
- Keel
- Fin w/spade rudder
- Length
- 33.6 ft
- Beam / draft
- 9.8 ft · 5.5 ft
- Displacement
- 8,807 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classracer-cruiseras owners use it
Forumsrespectedpicked over its peers
Narrow, stiff C&C-era IOR racer that owners keep for decades; cramped and wet but sails hard
- Club racing
- respected · C&C-designed IOR hull, still competitive under PHRF
- Coastal cruising
- ordinary · under 10 ft beam makes for a tight interior
- Offshore passages
- respected · stable in heavy air; some have done Bermuda races
- Loved
- stable and confident in 40-knot winds · solid construction, fiberglass chainplate knees · handles nicely with a tiller · owners keep them for 40+ years
- Gripes
- narrow beam, cramped below · wet ride in a blow · original rudder causes drag and balance issues · original mast is heavy
- Survey for
- deck core moisture around bow cleat · aging Atomic 4 engine · original rudder; many owners upgrade it · hose and plumbing condition
- Cross-shopped
- C&C 33 · CS 33 · C&C 30 · Catalina 30
Owner opinion from sailnet.com, cruisersforum.com, sailnet.com, sailnet.com
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