Announcement

Viper 2019 Mid-Atlantic Champs NoR Posted

Geoff and Mary Ewenson are at it again…planning another epic Viper regatta in Eastport (Annaplois), MD. May 18-19. Save the date. More information HERE.

2019 Viper 640 World / North American Championships Opens Registration

The Registration is now open for the 2019 World Championships at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club in Long Beach, CA through Regatta Toolbox. Start making your plans to compete in what will be the largest and most competitive Viper 640 event of all time. ABYC has one of the largest Viper fleets in the world […]

New Technical Committee Announcement On Stern Bridle Test

Many Viper owners have re-rigged their main sheets by moving the bridle from amidships to the stern, immediately in front of the split tails of the mainsheet—using the same deck pad eyes. Over half of the boats at the 2018 NAs used this aft bridle/aft split tail set up. While this makes trimming the mainsheet […]

Technical Committee posts new keel, keel box, keel wedge document

The Viper 640 Class Association Technical Committee just posted in the Forum a new document on all matters keels. A valuable read for all Viper sailors. Go to Forum Post

Van Sheppard named 2018 Viper 640 Canadian Champion

Great Lakes sailors meet in drift-fest for Canadian Championship The Nepean One-Design regatta has been a fixture on the Great Lakes circuit for five years now. It’s always a great regatta from a social perspective and often a notoriously light, variable wind event. The 2018 edition was no exception, with 10 Great Lakes Vipers meeting […]

Viper 640 World Champion Nick Jerwood’s take on the Worlds and the Viper 640

Snake Bytes asked Nick Jerwood for his download on the Schweppes Viper 640 World Championship The boat we sailed was purchased new by Brian DeVries in September ‘17 and it was his plan to bring together a team to compete in the worlds and my good fortune that he asked me to be on that […]

Words from a Prez – Graeme Monkhouse – Regional President, Australia

What a great time to be a Viper sailor in Perth. Having just hosted the 2018 World Championships we are left with a 20 boat Western Australian fleet and memories of a Regatta that will be hard to beat. The sailing was sensational. After gentle conditions in the two day warm-up regatta, Monday turned out […]

Worlds from NA Prez Steve Chapman – a traveler…

First a confession – I have always been a traveler. When I joined the Viper 640 Class, I looked forward to heading out to a few big regattas every year. Little did I know that this would take me as far as Perth, Australia! When we announced the Worlds in Perth, my immediate thought was […]

Class Chairman Justin Scott on the South of Perth Yacht Club, the Worlds experience, and Western Australia

This was by far and away the best sailing event experience I have ever had. It was not just the sailing competition, which was fantastic in its own right, but it was the entire West Australia experience: • The amazing party at the WA Maritime Museum, • The day at Rottnest Island, • The camaraderie, […]

Nick Jerwood, Matt Jerwood and Matt De Vries Crowned Viper 640 2018 World Champions

Another “Family” World Title for the Jerwoods and De Vries The Jerwood/de Vries family combination is well known at Australian Sailing headquarters, where Nia Jerwood and Monique de Vries are Australian representatives in the 470 class. They jumped back to 420’s in January to claim the World Women’s title in that class. This time it […]