Latest Viper 640 Class News


Mike Hester wins Arizona Yacht Club’s Birthday Regatta

Those that have never had the opportunity to sail in the AYC Birthday Regatta and Leukemia Cup are missing quite an experience. Sailing on the picturesque, man-made Lake Pleasant 40 minutes north of Phoenix, one is in awe of the mountains that edge the lake, the cacti on the hillside, and the wild burrows that […]

Viper 640s take the Med by storm

The second event of the ONE Palma Viper 640 Winter Series took place over the weekend of February 16/17. The Real Club Nautico De Palma hosted the event as part of the Trofeo Noli Regatta, again there was ‘wall to wall’ sunshine. Family teams were the order of the day including GBR’s Russell Peters crewed […]

Viper Sail Stickers – you need two!

As of 1/1/18, every Viper 640 sail is required to have two stickers: Registration and Royalty. Learn more HERE.  

A Viper Rollick at Sarasota Winter Series #2

Narrowly escaping the snowstorms ravaging across the northern parts of the continent, 22 Viper teams had a great time in Sarasota for the 2nd event of this years Winter Series.  The same cold front which was causing power outages and car crashes on slippery roads up north presented two days of breeze-on conditions on Sarasota […]

2019 Viper 640 World / North American Championships

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 […]

Rod Beauteaux Wins Western Australian State Title and a hug from Santa

Western Australian State Championship We have been having some good racing leading up to Christmas. The Musto Regatta off Fremantle provided a weekend of good breezes and the States in early December promised more of the same. The State titles were held at SoPYC. The forecast was for light medium winds on Saturday morning and […]

Announcing the Real Club Nautico De Palma Viper 640 Winter and Spring Series

The International Viper 640 Class Association and Rondar Raceboats are delighted to announce a new European series of Viper 640 races in the spring and early summer of 2019, in the beautiful Bay of Palma, Majorca, hosted by the prestigious Real Club Nautico De Palma. RCNP is situated on the waterfront in Palma, just a […]

Chris Stocke, Patrick Wilson, and John Wallace atop SSS Winter Series #1

A Festive, fun time to start the 2018-2019 Sarasota Viper Winter Series Link to great recap video by Brian Johansen This past weekend marked the beginning of the holiday season in Sarasota:  The Viper Fleet has arrived!  27 Vipers made it to Sarasota for the first of three Winter Series weekends, getting in 4 official […]

SSS #1 Video Highlights – Northern Honey Badger Productions does it again!

  Thanks to Brian Johansen…again!

Mike Pentecost pulls off a tight weekend on Nice ASP to win the 2018 ABYC Turkey Day Regatta

November 17-18, 2018 Reported by Nick Kofski Alamitos Bay Yacht Club In Long Beach, CA, hosted their annual Turkey Day Regatta and was well attended with 12 Vipers showing up for great weekend of racing.  Saturday had light to moderate winds with temps in the low 70s. The Ocean Course committee pulled off three races and, […]