Latest Viper 640 Class News

Keep It Affordable, Keep It Fun – Scuttlebutt Interview Brad Boston

Craig Leweck, editor of the Sailing Scuttlebutt e-newsletter, just published an interview he conducted with 2015 Viper 640 North American Champion Brad Boston. It’s a good read. Thanks, Craig http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2015/10/21/keep-it-affordable-keep-it-fun/

Viper 640 North American Championship Won Again By Brad Boston

Larchmont, NY October 18, 2015 The 2015 Viper 640 North American Championship set a lot of firsts.  The largest Viper regatta in Class history and the largest North American Championship.  It was also one of the windiest and one of the coldest. Larchmont Yacht Club, with its fleet of 19 Viper 640s, hosted the Class’s […]

Blowing Dogs Off Chains At The Viper 640 North American Championship

September 17, 2015 Larchmont, NY Day Three of the 2015 Viper 640 North American Championship, hosted by the Larchmont Yacht Club, was another day of sailing for the record books. The winds started to build as the sailors arrived early in the morning with temperatures in the high 40s. The dress code for the day […]

A Champion Day of Sailing for Viper 640 North American Championships

September 16, 2015 Larchmont, NY After a shifty Day 1 with light to moderate Day 1 with major wind shifts, Day 2 turned into the ideal day for racing a Viper 640 sportboat. The winds were out of the northwest as predicted, but the 8-10 knot forecast filled-in at 10-15 knots with gusts to-20. As […]

Zeke Horowitz leads Viper 640 North Americans after Day 1

September 15, 2015 Larchmont, NY   It was challenging sailing on Western Long Island Sound off Larchmont Yacht Club today as 48 Viper 640s began racing for their 2015 North American Championship, with the leading four boats finishing the day within six points of each other. With the first race started promptly at 1100, the […]

2015 K6 & Viper 640 UK Championships

Hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club the Viper three day event was held in a wide range of testing weather conditions around Torbay, alongside the K6 Class Championships. Five boats competed for this first UK Championship, since the launch of the Rondar version in the UK during 2014. There has been growth of the […]

GYA Selects Viper 640 As New Capdevielle Boat!!

THE GULF YACHTING ASSOCIATION SELECTS THE VIPER 640 AS ITS NEW CAPDEVIELLE BOAT On September 5, after a democratic vote of its member clubs, the Gulf Yachting Association (GYA) has selected the Viper 640 as the new boat to be sailed in its prestigious Capdevielle Series. The voting process was the culmination of a multi-year […]

Around Fishers Island

A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again Next Year By Peter Beardsley We try to mix up our Viper travel schedule – it’s a good excuse to see new places and if we happen to sail, all the better. Despite growing up in the northeast, I had never step foot on Fishers Island, […]

Tim Carter, Sammy Herrin, and Peter Beardsley Capture Viper PCC Crown

Team COBRA, traveling the longest distance to the regatta, sailed the shortest distance around the racecourse to win the 2015 Pacific Coast Championship. Class Governor Tim Carter with Farr 40 bow woman Sammy Herrin drove 17 hours to Fern Ridge Reservoir outside Eugene, Oregon to meet up with Former Class President Peter Beardsley, who flew […]

Zeke Horowitz wins Viper 640 division at YRA of LIS 2015 Champs

Congratulations to Zeke Horowitz, Emmy Stuart, and Ian Coleman for winning the Viper 640 class in the 2015 Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound’s one-design championship sailed out of American Yacht Club, Rye, NY, August 1 – 2. Zeke’s JENNY had a score line of 2-3-1-2-1 to nip by two points perennial Viper powerhouses […]