Sunday, November 20, 2016 When it was decided that the Viper 640 sports boats would travel to Bermuda during November 2016 for its major regatta, everyone was looking forward to the big winds that prevail on the Great Sound at that time of year. Unfortunately on two of the days too much wind prevailed. The […]
Day 3 at the Aspen Viper 640 International Championship sponsored by EFG, Hamilton, Bermuda. He may have only won one of today’s four races, but his consistent top-5 finishes allowed Zeke Horowitz (Annapolis, MD), sailing with Brendan Healey (Greenwich, CT) and Ian Coleman (Annapolis, MD), to maintain a commanding lead after races three through six […]
Thursday, November 17, 2016 Day 2 at the Aspen Viper 640 International Championship Regatta, Hamilton, Bermuda “Boat breaking conditions”, is what competitor Nick Lounsbury titled today. At noon the wind was 32 gusting to 43 which put sailors on standby until 1220 at which a final decision was made to cancel for the day. […]
The first day of the Aspen Viper 640 International Championship sponsored by EFG is in the books…but the pages are a bit soggy. As the sailors gathered for the opening competitors meeting, the first line of rain showers swept across Hamilton, Bermuda. Being run in conjunction with the Viper 640 North American Championship and hosted […]
November 14, 2016 For Immediate Release Hamilton, Bermuda Cardwell Potts and Ted Ferrarone win EFG Viper 640 International Championship Warm-up Regatta Cardwell Potts, sailing with his wife Jennifer, Ted Ferrarone, and Kendra Emhiser, a quartet of Viper 640 sailors from Larchmont (NY) Yacht Club won the Viper 640 International Championship Warm-up Regatta […]
Scuttlebutt Editor Craig Leweck regularly reads Snake Bytes reflecting his long-term interest with in the Class. In the last issue of Sailing World he did an article on Group 3 pros in one-design racing and incorporated some thinking the Class had shared with him about how we successfully manage…and welcome…Group 3s to sail with us…under […]
October 25-28, 2017 Ft Walton Yacht Club, Ft. Walton Beach, FL Mark your calendars now… The Ft. Walton Yacht Club will be hosting the 2017 NAs on the beautiful Gulf of Mexico. Craig and Deb Wilusz are working on all the details and will post the NoR shortly. Got any ideas for NA sponsors??? Contact […]
August 20, 2016 Reported by Mark Folkman Five Viper teams and one VX-1 braved the elements and departed King Harbor in Redondo Beach, CA, for a “distance” race to the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA on August 20. The race course was 24 miles in the open ocean around the Palos Verdes Peninsula, then […]
American Yacht Club August 6-7 Thirteen boats made it out for part or all of the weekend to sail 6 races over two days. They faced a light but fairly steady southwester on Saturday, and a puffy northerly Sunday with racing at the mouth of Mamaroneck Harbor once the breeze filled. Zeke Horowitz’s Jenny and […]
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