Reported by Peter Beardsley May 8-9 was a pretty nice weekend in Annapolis. Eleven Vipers on the line. The fleet opted to only sail Saturday-Sunday, which we all felt smart about after a gale blew through on Friday and the RC canceled Friday racing early in the morning. The high winds were a reminder to […]
In our next installment of BKAV (Better Know a Viperer), let us introduce to you Alex Schon, who is one of the driving forces and sparkplugs behind the emerging fleet in South Africa! So as we emerge this year from our COVID hibernation and dream about sailing in amazing places, we should be dreaming of […]
Women’s NAs – October 2-3 North Americans – October 7-10 Noroton Yacht Club, Darien, CT Event Chairs Bob McHugh and Nancy Pearson are doing an epic job planning this year’s North Americans and Women’s North Americans. The NAs has been widely promoted and there are currently 46 Vipers registered with the anticipation that, in seven months, we will […]
NA Vipers are sailing again! Snake BytesApril 5, 2021 IN TODAY’S SNAKE BYTES: Words from the Chair Regatta Recaps Upcoming Regattas NA & WNAs updates Women’s NAs in the news Bow numbers Dues Update Donate!Better Know a Viperer WORDS FROM THE CHAIR I am always amazed at the wonderful people I have had the opportunity […]
The GYA has its full schedule of Capdevielle Regattas posted with the New Orleans’ Mardi Gras Race Week kicking off the season. Of the eight Capdevielle boats competing, Buccaneer Yacht Club took the day followed by Southern and Pensacola Yacht Clubs. In the Viper open division, five boats raced and Nick Lovell from Southern Yacht […]
The 2021 Helly Hensen San Diego NOOD was held March 19 – 21. The regatta boasted a fleet of eight Viper 640s, which was the largest gathering of Viper640’s on the West Coast since the World Championship during the summer of 2019, according to Tim Carter, the US West Coast Viper Class Representative. The event […]
Who better than to re-boot our beloved BKAV series (Better Know a Viperer) than our one and only Eleni Asimacopoulos! If you’ve been to a Viper regatta anywhere in eastern North America over the last 6-7 years, undoubtedly you’ve seen Eleni holding down the middle position on #39 (Patched Up), #235 (Meow!), or now via […]
Let’s go sailing! Snake BytesMarch 12, 2021 Regattas Notices and more In today’s Snake Bytes: Update on Noroton World’s/North American’s in October 2021 Plans for Next World’s North American’s Future Schedule Upcoming Events Vipers in Action/New Forum Posts CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATE Converting the Planned 2021 World’s at Noroton into a North Americans The original plan was […]
Help support the EWE Spirit Foundation that Mary set-up in Geoff’s memory. Everything that Geoff Ewenson owned has the EWE stenciled on it. Now you can, too, with an EWE sticker for your car. After all, “What would EWE do?” For more information, to donate, and to get some great EWE Spirit swag, visit ewespirit.org
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