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, […]
Maximizing the northern sailing season before the migration south to Sarasota for the winter, the Viper fleet found its way to Hampton YC this past weekend to mix it up in the Hampton Fall Fling. In champagne to windy conditions over three days, the 9 boat fleet, which consisted of sailors of all ages and […]
The 2018 Viper New England Championship was conceived by Peter Beardsley as an informal local regatta to act as a rendezvous regatta that rotates around the New England Viper fleets each year. There is no perpetual trophy, the emphasis is on some great sailing and good friends from the North East Viper fleets getting together. […]
October 14, 2018 Sailing eight races over two days, 24 Viper 640s competed for the 2018 New England Championship at Noroton Yacht Club on Long Island Sound in Darien, CT. Both days started off with the sailors having to bundle up as unseasonably cool temperatures were joined by variable winds for which the Sound is […]
Reported by Cole Constantineau- who loves alliterative headlines and personal names Once again, the Lake Champlain Yacht Club, in Shelburne, VT, welcomed the Viper 640 fleet for another fun weekend of racing and comraderie. Twenty Viper teams duked it out on the water over seven races in quite variable conditions; the sailors also caught up […]
Many Viper owners have re-rigged their main sheets by moving the bridle from amidships to the stern, immediately in front of the split tails of the mainsheet—using the same deck pad eyes. Over half of the boats at the 2018 NAs used this aft bridle/aft split tail set up. While this makes trimming the mainsheet […]
1 island. 2 days. 3 parties. 6 family teams. 9 Vipers. September 1-2, 2018 Reported by Dave Nickerson Perfect end of summer weather with breeze in the low to mid-teens for a 15 mile ‘Round Fishers Island course on Saturday. It was a quick 2.5 hour clockwise lap around Fishers with a shifty, tactical first […]
Viper 640 Pacific Coast Championships – Cabrillo Beach YC. This years Pacific Coast Championship did not disappoint. Conditions where perfect with the typical summer Southern California sea breeze. The fleet sailed in a variety of conditions from 10 to 18 kts. Racing was held outside in the ocean on Day One and inside the breakwater […]
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