Latest Viper 640 Class News

Sailing World – Inside the Classes features Viper 640

A great article (below) and video produced during the 2018 Helly Hansen San Diego NOOD featuring and interview with PNW Viperer Garrett Johns. SAILING WORLD WROTE: Sailing World’s Boat of the Year judges nailed it back in 1997 when they pegged Brian Bennett’s Viper 640 as the Boat of the Year. At a time when […]

Max Albert and Pontchartrain YC win first GYA Capdevielle regatta sailed in Viper 640s

Sailed out of New Orleans Yacht Club, the first Capdevielle sailed in Viper 640s was held March 16-18, the Mardi Gras Regatta. The team from across lake and Pontchartrain Yacht Club, skippered by Max Albert, dominated the eight-boat regatta with a “picket fence” score of five firsts in five races. In second was Gulfport Yacht […]

Viper 640 World Champion Nick Jerwood’s take on the Worlds and the Viper 640

Snake Bytes asked Nick Jerwood for his download on the Schweppes Viper 640 World Championship The boat we sailed was purchased new by Brian DeVries in September ‘17 and it was his plan to bring together a team to compete in the worlds and my good fortune that he asked me to be on that […]

Words from a Prez – Graeme Monkhouse – Regional President, Australia

What a great time to be a Viper sailor in Perth. Having just hosted the 2018 World Championships we are left with a 20 boat Western Australian fleet and memories of a Regatta that will be hard to beat. The sailing was sensational. After gentle conditions in the two day warm-up regatta, Monday turned out […]

Worlds from NA Prez Steve Chapman – a traveler…

First a confession – I have always been a traveler. When I joined the Viper 640 Class, I looked forward to heading out to a few big regattas every year. Little did I know that this would take me as far as Perth, Australia! When we announced the Worlds in Perth, my immediate thought was […]

Class Chairman Justin Scott on the South of Perth Yacht Club, the Worlds experience, and Western Australia

This was by far and away the best sailing event experience I have ever had. It was not just the sailing competition, which was fantastic in its own right, but it was the entire West Australia experience: • The amazing party at the WA Maritime Museum, • The day at Rottnest Island, • The camaraderie, […]

Nick Jerwood, Matt Jerwood and Matt De Vries Crowned Viper 640 2018 World Champions

Another “Family” World Title for the Jerwoods and De Vries The Jerwood/de Vries family combination is well known at Australian Sailing headquarters, where Nia Jerwood and Monique de Vries are Australian representatives in the 470 class.  They jumped back to 420’s in January to claim the World Women’s title in that class.  This time it […]

Jerwood continues to outpace fleet at Schweppes Viper 640 2018 World Championship

Schweppes Viper WorldsWith One Day to Go In perfect conditions on Perth’s picturesque Swan River in Western Australia, another four races of the program were completed, leaving just two to go on tomorrow’s final day. Today’s breezes remained relatively steady between 250 and 260 degrees, ranging in strength from ten to fourteen knots – perfect […]

Nick Jerwood takes lead in Schweppes Viper 640 2018 Worlds

After the second day of the Schweppes Viper Worlds in Perth, Western Australia, a total of eight races have been completed and scores recalculated to include a single drop.  A second drop will be allowed if thirteen or more races are completed. Conditions today could hardly have been more different from yesterday.  Shifty south easterly […]

Taking a deserved break at the Schweppes Viper Worlds

Vipers Cocktail Party After a hard day’s sailing with four races completed, sailors were able to let their hair down at the Western Australian Maritime Museum for a cocktail party. In the shadows of the iconic Australia II (the real yacht, not a replica) and Jon Sanders’ Parry Endeavour, the yacht that carried him around […]