Latest Viper 640 Class News

New Technical Committee Announcement On Stern Bridle Test

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 […]

Mark Zagol wins Fishers Island Sound Viper Champs

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 […]

Technical Committee posts new keel, keel box, keel wedge document

The Viper 640 Class Association Technical Committee just posted in the Forum a new document on all matters keels. A valuable read for all Viper sailors. Go to Forum Post

Sarasota Viper Winter Series

Having fun in the sun, with great people, on fast boats is what it is all about this time of year in Sarasota. Big thanks to Elliot Evins for his work in getting this video together! Music credit to Joakim Karud 2018-19 Sarasota Viper Winter Series is Locked and Loaded The Red Tide is gone […]

Jeff Grange Viper 640 Pacific Coast Champ for 2018

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 […]

Brad Boston’s Jackpot wins the 2018 Viper 640 Great Lakes Championship

Reported by Cole Constantineau and translated into Canadian (ok, English) by Brian Johansen. Sailing out of the idyllic Sarnia Yacht Club over two days, Brad Boston, with Mike Vigrass and Cole Constantineau won the 2018 Viper 640 Great Lake Championship.  The next three spots on the leaderboard were hard fought, with a 3-point spread from […]

Tom Loutrel’s Choppy Seas Wins 2018 Marblehead NOOD

July 28-29, 2018 Tom Loutrel, sailing with Hunter Stunzi and Jeff Frohock reclaimed this year’s Marblehead NOOD title, besting the 13-boat fleet by 8 points.  Cole Constantineau, Robin Weatherill, and Niels Warburton ended the weekend in 2nd place, with Moise Solomon sailing with some Nickersons not named Dave (Dan and Sarah Nickerson Enright) rounding out […]

2018 North American Championship, Kingston, ON

Great drone footage of one of the “lighter” days we enjoyed at the Kingston NAs. Some exciting mark rounding footage at the 3:00 mark.  

Buccaneer Yacht Club first to podium with all-women Viper 640 team

  Over the July 13-14, 2018, weekend, Mobile (AL) Yacht Club ran its annual Summer Regatta including both Capdevielle and Open Viper 640 racing. In the Capdevielle series, John Dane (Pass Christian Yacht Club) took the event by one point over Max Albert from Pontchartrain Yacht Club. A single point back in third was Gulfport […]

Brad Boston, Lee Shuckerow, and Nick Lounsbury named 2018 Viper 640 North American Champions

After four days of sailing in big winds and sixteen races, the team aboard JACKPOT won the 2018 Viper North American Championship. This is Brad Boston’s (Port Edward, ON) sixth title, having won many with his boat partner Lee Shuckerow (Detroit, MI); this is their crew Nick Lounsbury’s first North American title. Boston’s team took […]