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Small cruiser testViko S22: sobering results

Fridtjof Gunkel

 · 18.11.2013

Small cruiser test: Viko S22: sobering resultsPhoto: YACHT/M.S. Kreplin
Pleasing sporty lines: The Viko S22 is a sight to behold
The new Viko was to be affordable and sporty. Visually, the boat is certainly appealing. However, the design has some shortcomings

The Polish Navikom shipyard commissioned the Italian design office of Sergio Lupoli. This resulted in an attractive-looking boat, no easy task for a keuzer only 22 feet long. With a base price of 17,950 euros, Navikom positioned the boat in the very favourable range. So the look and price are right.

The boat had to prove the "rest" in the YACHT test. It proved to be quite slender, moderately fast and partially equipped with inadequate technology. The Viko also proved to be capsize-proof in terms of sufficient righting moment at 90 degrees, but ran over the washbasin during the corresponding heeling test.

More on this in the YACHT test in issue 24 (from 20 November at the kiosk)

Six correct
Photo: Yacht / S. Hucho
The cabin of the Sailart 22
Photo: M.-S. Kreplin

Downloads:

Small cruiser comparison, part 1 (S 500, Sailart 18, Seascape, Varianta 18, Deltania 20.5, Fan 17 Balt (pdf)

Small cruiser comparison part 2 (Fan 17 Balt, S 500, Flying Cruiser Family, Rügenjolle) (pdf)

Small cruiser comparison, part 3 (Sailart 18, Seascape 18, Varianta 18, Deltania 20.5) (pdf)

Fridtjof Gunkel

Fridtjof Gunkel

Deputy Chief Editor YACHT

Fridtjof Gunkel was born on Helgoland in 1962; he started his sailing career there in the Opti and quickly switched to keelboats. North Sea Week, Cowes Week and Kiel Week were early stops, followed by many years in the Admiral's Cup scene on the cuppers “Container” and “Rubin” World Championships and international regattas in the Starboat, with the mini-maxi “SiSiSi” and various tonner yachts as well as participation in the Whitbread Round the World Race were further formative stations, flanked by extensive cruising trips. Fridtjof Gunkel joined YACHT back in 1985 as part of a traineeship, where he later became Head of the Test & Technology department and then Deputy Editor-in-Chief around 25 years ago. He is also responsible for the regatta and sports section. Fridtjof Gunkel privately sails a performance/cruiser moored on the Baltic coast, his favorite areas are the eastern Swedish archipelago and Brittany.

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