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SERO Sailing to Build the Viper 640
A new era with the same class energy and culture The Viper 640 Class has appointed SERO Sailing as the new official class builder, marking an exciting new chapter for the popular high-performance one-design class.
Jimmy Praley, Austin Powers, and Max Vinocur take ’24 ACC
This has been an impressive 12 months for Jimmy Praley, Austin Powers, and Max Vinocur and their Team Robot Flamingo. In September, the three won the ’23 North American Championship. Then, over the winter, they were on top for the Sarasota Sailing Squadron’s Viper Winter Series. Now, this past weekend, they turned in a…
GYA ’24 Capedevielle Series opens
Fairhope (AL) Yacht Club is hosting the Gulf Yachting Association’s Opening Regatta this weekend. Eleven club teams will be duking it out as the 2024 Capdevielle Series begins. Team registered: Pensacola Yacht Club Bay Waveland Yacht Club Pontchartrain Yacht Club New Orleans Yacht Club Fairhope Yacht Club Gulfport Yacht Club Mobile Yacht Club St. Andrew…
In March it was Back To Bacardi for the Vipers
After a spectacular winter series in Sarasota, 23 Vipers migrated east to race in Miami in the Bacardi Cup from March 7-9. Day 1 found the boats ashore in the morning waiting for the breeze to fill in, but once it did, the fleet was off and running. Three races were completed on Thursday with…
Viper Worlds wrap-up video
Icarus Media did a bang-up job covering the All State Sugarbowl 2023 Viper 640 World Championship two weeks ago at Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans. Here’s their wrap-up video. Viper 640 Worlds videos
Allstate Sugarbowl 2023 Viper 640 World Championship – Final Report
Jackson Benvenutti Goes Wire-To-Wire to Win Allstate Sugar Bowl 2023 Viper World Championships
After winds, light and heavy, Mark Zagol surfs to 2021 Viper 640 North American Championship
Friday evening, at the end of the second of four days of racing, points leader Mark Zagol said, “Looking at tomorrow, we want to see how we stack-up in the big breeze that is forecast to start tonight. And, of course, we’re looking forward to the down winds.” Mark got his wish in more ways…
Tight pack at the top of the leaderboard at Viper 604 2021 North American Championship
Thursday, October 7, 2021 It started out as a day when nobody was expecting to race due to a dire forecast of very light winds. All the weather models called for 3-4 knots and then even less. After a two hour shore postponement, PRO Sandy Grosvenor (Annapolis, MD) started the first of three light air…
Grace Howie and Meredith Killion win inaugural Viper 640 Women’s North American Championship
After four races on Day 1 of the Championship, Grace Howie and Meredith Killion had a solid lead going into the second and final day. Sailing with Cardwell Potts and Ted Ferrarone, after the completion of six races (two on the final day), they reported a scoreline of 1-4-3-1-1-2, by far the most consistent performance…
Northern Honey Badger wins 2021 Nepean One-Design Regatta
Nepean One Design Aug. 14-15, 2021 Vipers from all over Ontario and a new owner from Detroit made up the 12 entries at our first 2021 official two day Viper regatta, hosted by the Nepean Sailing Club in the country’s capital of Ottawa, Ontario Canada. The forecast was calling for 15 knots on Saturday and…