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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

After the second day of the Schweppes Viper Worlds in Perth, Western Australia, a total of eight races have been completed and scores recalculated to include a single drop.  A second drop will be allowed if thirteen or more races are completed. Conditions today could hardly have been more different from yesterday.  Shifty south easterly […]

Vipers Cocktail Party After a hard day’s sailing with four races completed, sailors were able to let their hair down at the Western Australian Maritime Museum for a cocktail party. In the shadows of the iconic Australia II (the real yacht, not a replica) and Jon Sanders’ Parry Endeavour, the yacht that carried him around […]

Wild West Tames Vipers Britain’s Lawrence Crispin heads the points table after four races in the Schweppes Viper Worlds 2018, being sailed on Perth’s Swan River in Western Australia. Crispin, a previous Viper Pan American Championship winner and perennial Viper powerhouse is sailing again with his regular crew: his son Luka and Hector Cisneros.  When […]

Flying Fifteen supremo and former world champion Nick Jerwood, sailing with his son, match racing champion Matthew and boat owner Brian de Vries, set the pace on the first practice day on Perth’s Swan River with two firsts – the second shared with Justin Scott. A quick look at the entry list reads like a […]