About

Viaggio Maritime is owned and operated by Trigve & Tristin Papenfuse. In addition, Aaron Papenfuse is a trusted and reliable subcontractor that works with Viaggio Maritime on a regular basis.

Trigve -

grew up in a boating family and was operating 40′ boats before he had a drivers license. For over 15 years, Trigve has been working on marine engines, woodworking, installing new systems and upgrading existing systems along with captaining boats on the West coast of the US. Trigve has hundreds of Columbia River Bar crossings logged as well as hundreds of thousands of nautical miles from SE Alaska south to Mexico.

Tristin -

was raised boating in the SE waters off of Florida. Over the last several years, she and Trigve have been operating Viaggio Luxury Yacht Charters with her serving as a deckhand and chef. She also acts as engineer helper during the off season while maintenance work is being done.

Aaron -

spent his youth boating with his family and passed his knowledge down to the next generation. Owning boats from the time he was 16 years old, Aaron has had small boats, large boats, sail boats and power boats. He is an experience mechanic on both gasoline and diesel engines. Aaron is also extremely knowledgable with electrical systems.

Viaggio Maritime prides itself on providing value and working with the best in the business. As boat owners ourselves, we do not use professionals we wouldn’t personally use on our own boats. This assures our clients that they are getting the best service at the best price.