2014 was a great year for racing a Viper 640, with major regattas in all four corners of the U.S., across Australia, and Europe. This coming year looks even more promising, as a full year of racing and Viper fun is already planned. GULF YACHTING ASSOCIATION MAY GO VIPERING The 30+ yacht clubs of the […]
December 13-14, 2014 – Sarasota Sailing Squadron – Sarasota, FL Phil and Wendy Lotz sailing with Luke Lawrence dominated followed mostly by Brad Boston. It was great to have Ethan Bixby (former North Sails St. Pete) in with the Hampton guys and they earned a solid third. Some notable things to highlight: Stephan Michael, the […]
Well, the 1st Australian Viper regatta had it all. 10 boats on the start line, no breeze, a shitload of breeze, great racing, 19.1 knots top speed and tight finishes with boats just seconds apart. Heather Monkhouse on Histeria said after the finish of one race , “We sailed really well during the race and we […]
Until 2014, there weren’t many good options for Viper racing in the northeast after HPDO Columbus Day weekend. And that’s ok – the weather gets colder, the days get shorter, and people start itching to sail even smaller boats for frostbiting, go skiing, or just hibernate. However at least for me, when given the option […]
A new and exciting Viper 640 European Event in 2015 has been announced by Rondar Boats. This is one of the great sailing venues and already there are signed up entries from the UK, Australia and potential enquiries from the USA. It’s a regatta and Italian holiday in one event! This will be a joint […]
A successful 2014 season both overseas and around the UK with boats competing at Miami Bacardi Cup Parkstone Regatta, Cork Week, Cowes Week, Torbay Week. At all these events the Viper put on a great show of speed and fun sailing whilst the keelboat crews looked on! The local based Viper at Falmouth won the […]
The High Performance Dinghy Open, better known as the “HPDO” has a slogan: “Great racing, great friends, great beer.” Usually all of these things are present for the Viper 640 Class, and the 2014 edition was no exception: 30 boats competing in 8 races over two days, with the leaderboard constantly shuffling and 15 teams […]
Written by Peter Beardsley Since it’s the day before the final major northeast Viper regatta of 2014, I realized it’d be a good idea to finish the writeup of the fantastic event from two weeks ago that I promised event chair Jason Hyerstay I’d write. Normally HPDO ends the season for us, but the first […]
Written by Buttons Padin, V640 Class Administrator Brad Boston (Sarnia, Ont.), sailing with Curtis Florence (Cleveland, OH) and Chad Corning (New Rochelle, NY) sat in third place after 11 races over three days of sailing from Alamitos Bay Yacht Club. That trio executed a classic come-from-behind finish on the fourth and final day to […]
Written by V640 Press Office A solid sea breeze and short chop made the third day of the 2014 Viper North Americans one for the record books. Epic conditions prevailed for the third day in a row, with a bit more breeze added for extra measure. With three straight days of planing conditions, Viper sailors […]
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