News
-
Early Start for Viper 640 – 2015 Season
The Viper season kicks off in March with the EFG Barcardi Regatta, whilst UK sailors are still in the midst of cold weather. Miami offers warm sunshine and perfect sailing conditions for the 34 boats that have already entered! The four day International Regatta is preceded by three days of pure Viper racing. This year…
-
Beardsley and Pletsch Win Sarasota Winter Circuit Title
Amidst snowstorms and freezing rain in the northeast U.S., 15 Viper teams made the trip south to sail in sunny conditions with green water all weekend. The Race Committee at Sarasota Sailing Squadron squeezed in 9 races in conditions that never reached more than 10 knots, with large shifts, managing the seemingly impossible as fleets…
-
Viper 640 Stands Out At Gulf Yachting Association’s Annual Meeting
As reported in the recent Snake Bytes, a contingent representing the Viper 640 Class Association and Rondar Raceboats traveled to Biloxi, MS, the weekend of January 9-11 to present the Viper to the Gulf Yachting Association (GYA). The GYA is looking to replace their Association-sanctioned one-design, the Flying Scot, with a sport boat. Each GYA…
-
Team Locomotion Wins Arizona YC Birthday Regatta
The 55th Arizona YC Birthday Regatta and Leukemia Cup was the first event of the Viper 640 West Coast Winter Circuit, held during Martin Luther King Day Jr. weekend at Lake Pleasant, 40 miles north of Phoenix. The event is known for its beautiful desert scenery and its usual “festival” vibe, including the annual “mini-bar”…
-
Hybrid Blackout Panda Team Wins Second Sarasota Event
What do you get when you combine half of Viper 205 Blackout Proposal, with Viper 222 Ghost Panda? Blackout Panda, with Peter Beardsley, Danny Pletsch, and Megan Magill Pletsch, and a win at the second stop of the Sarasota Winter Viper Circuit. The top two teams from the Western Long Island Sound season standings in…
-
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO VIPER SAILORS AROUND THE WORLD
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…
-
Sarasota Winter Circuit Off To A Rousing Start
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…
-
Inaugural Australian Viper 640 One Design Regatta
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…
-
Ghost Panda Wins Inaugural MidAtlantic Championship
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…
-
New and Exciting Viper 640 European Event
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…