The Great Lakes Viper fleet was in Ottawa June 14-16 for the annual Nepean One-Design Regatta. This year the event was also the Canadian Open Championship for the Viper Class. Ten boats made the trek to Ottawa where flood conditions on Lac Deschenes on the Ottawa river had only recently receded to the point where […]
Time to get off the fence! Snake BytesJune 6, 2019 World’s Early Bird registration exended In today’s Snake Bytes: In today’s Snake Bytes: Words from a Prez Worlds Update Mid-Atlantic Championship report Bayview One-Design Regatta report Upcoming regattas Vintage Vipering Words from a Prez Summer sailing is upon us in full bloom. We’ve recently had […]
Viper 640 Great Lakes Region – Bayview One-Design Regatta The Great Lakes region opened their season this past weekend with the first of our summer series regattas. There were six Vipers that joined the other 130 boats and over 700 sailors at Bayview Yacht Club in Detroit for the Bayview One-Design Regatta. A club steeped […]
The Viper 640 Mid-Atlantics were hosted by Eastport Yacht Club over the weekend of May 18-19. A small but competitive group came together and enjoyed five challenging races at the mouth of the Severn River. Saturday was a difficult day as the teams faced the onslaught of current from the north coupled with a light […]
Team Nice ASP led by Mike Pentecost with crew Chuck Tripp and Garrett Brown and are the winners at the Spring One Design Regatta out of Cabrillo Beach YC in San Pedro, CA. The forecast did not look good going into this last weekend’s event with a low pressure system moving through Southern California and […]
16th Sail Racing Palma Vela Overall: Perfect finale seals titles Racing in the new-to-Palma Viper 640 sportboat class has been close, spirited and exciting in the stronger breezes especially. The local youngsters of the host club, the Real Club Nautico de Palma lead by coach Pedro Mari, held off the challenge from Lawrence Crispin, a […]
Vipers in Europe, Worlds Update and Lots of regattas! Snake BytesApril 29, 2019 Regattas Notices and more In today’s Snake Bytes: Words from a Prez Regatta Recap2019 Worlds Update2020 & 2021 NAs AnnouncementUpcoming Regattas WORDS FROM A PREZ I am pleased to announce that the Viper 640 Class is now firmly established in Europe. Thanks […]
A small but spirited fleet of eight Vipers battled for the 2019 Atlantic Coast Championship sailed as part of 2019 Charleston Race Week, April 12-14. Some of the fleet chose to launch from the dedicated Viper launch and haul location at Hobcaw Yacht Club in Mt. Pleasant. Others chose to take advantage of the hoist […]
During its regular meeting on April 1, 2019, the North American Executive Committee of the International Viper 640 Class association voted in favor of two yacht club proposals to host upcoming North American Championships for the Class. 2020 Championship The Class awarded the 2020 Viper 640 North Americans to the Noroton Yacht Club, Darien, […]
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