Latest Viper 640 Class News

Lawrence Crispin Wins 2016 EFG Winter Cup Regatta

So I’m sitting with my crew mates having just finished the EFG Winter Cup regatta and asked, “What should I write?” Simple, Peter replied, just say “It was windy!” High teens into low twenties and the Viper 640 fleet sailed six races over two days in Biscayne Bay. The fleet sailed out of the US […]

VIPER 640 CLASS ANNOUNCES ITS INAUGURAL INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA

February 24, 2016 2016 marks the 20th anniversary of the design of the Viper 640 and the 10th anniversary of the relaunch of the Class Association. The Class is now a truly international class with Viper 640 fleets active in seven nations across three continents. The Class Association is celebrating these milestones by hosting the […]

Horowitz, Coleman, and Healy Win Sarasota Sailing Squadron’s Viper 640 Winter Circuit

Sarasota, FL February 7, 2016 Sailing weekends in December, January, and February, the Sarasota (FL) Sailing Squadron’s Winter Circuit has become a mainstay for east coast Viper sailors…and some from the west coast and Canada. Not only are there three weekends of racing, but this series gets everyone’s boats to Florida where they will stay […]

Eddy Parker Awarded the US Sailing Arthur B. Hanson Rescue Medal

HUGE congratulations to Viper 640 sailor Eddy Parker for having been awarded the US Sailing Hanson Medal for rescue at sea. As you can read below, Eddy was one of a host of NC sailors who jumped to action when a micro burst wreaked havoc on the 2015 Flying Scot ACCs being sailed in New Bern, […]

Mike Hester Wins Arizona Yacht Club Birthday Regatta…but maybe NOT the Party!

January 15-17, 2016 Lake Pleasant, AZ By Thursday afternoon, the RV was set up awaiting the arrival of Team Cobra from SoCal (Tim Carter, Steve Bloemeke and Patricia) to join with Team Nectar Sled (Mike Hester, Sarah Hester and Scott Hoffman). With a few nectars under my belt, Team Cobra arrived and the party started. […]

Jay Rhame, Peter and Rachel Beardsley win Sarasota Viper Winter Series #2

Round Two of the Sarasota Viper Winter Series was sailed January 9-10 in very fun conditions with a great group of 21 crews. Saturday morning dawned with a touch of fog that burned off and gave way to steady 8-12 kts by the time the first race got under way. Justin Scott, sailing his new […]

Rumble in the Reach 2016

Lets rumble…. Each year, East Fremantle Yacht Club holds the Rumble in the Reach for the Western Australian Sports Boat fleet. The “Reach”, or Blackwall Reach, is a narrowing of the Swan River, a gorge if you like, 1.2 km long and .33 km wide. It is affectionately known as the “Drainpipe” The prevailing southwesterly […]

Gulf Yachting Association Board Confirms Viper 640 Selection

Sunday, January 10, 2016   At its annual meeting of member club commodores, held at the Fairhope Yacht Club, the GYA Board of Directors voted to approve the association’s rules and regulations whereby the Viper 640 will replace the Flying Scot as the GYA’s Capdevielle boat starting in 2018. This is great news for the […]

Breeze On in the Viper 640

Zeke Horowitz, Danny Pletsch, and Peter Beardsley on the Podium for the Sarasota Viper Winter Series #1

Sarasota Sailing Squadron, Sarasota, FL The 2015-16 Sarasota Viper Winter Series kicked off on Friday December 11 with 15 of the 24 registered teams attending a full day clinic, hosted by North Sail’s Zeke Horowitz. Zeke took the teams through all aspects of rigging, tuning and tweaking the setup on a Viper. After a group […]