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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.
Glory Days Breaks Through at 2025 North Americans
Class stalwarts Jay Rhame, Peter Beardsley and Rachel Beardsley notched three bullets on what would become the last day of racing to overtake early leader, last year’s champions Mark Zagol, Drew Buttner and Tim Desmond aboard NESS to win their first Viper 640 North American Championship. Hosted by Hampton Yacht Club, ten races were sailed…
New Northeast Lipton Cup Interclub Challenge crushes it!
May 18-19, 2024 Justin Scott has done more for the Viper 640 Class over the past two decades than anyone. Now he adds to his list of credits pulling off the first major interclub regatta in the northeast corner of North America. This event was hosted by the Noroton Yacht Club, Darien, CT. Here’s Justin’s…
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…
Jimmy Praley Seals Viper 640 NAs In Final Race
The 2023 Viper 640 North American Championship sponsored by BMO Private Wealth was held this past weekend (Sept. 22-24) at Nepean Sailing Club in Ottawa, ON. Sailing on Lac Deschênes, the competitors found challenging conditions across the three days. On Friday, a shore postponement delayed the start for an hour until minimal breezes filled in.…
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
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Rachel Beardsley wins Women’s NAs and Michael Burns wins Youth NAs
October 16, 2022 Viper 640 2022 Women’s and Youth North American Championships Gulfport (MS) Yacht Club has turned into Viper 640 Central this weekend through next. The weekend of October 15-16, Gulfport Yacht Club hosted the second Viper 640 Women’s NAs and the Class’s first Youth NAs. GYC PRO Steve Nolte got in a full…