The Executive Committee of the Viper 640 Class, in conjunction with the Class Governors, has hired the Class’s first formal Class Administrator. Edward “Buttons” Padin of New Rochelle, NY, a member of the Larchmont Yacht Club and the Storm Trysail Club, and a regular crew on Peter Bauer’s Viper 159 Wild Hogs, brings to this […]
Charleston Race Week has become one of, if not the largest multi-class regattas in the country over the past 6 years, in no small part due to Viper support and participation. It helps that in even-numbered years, the class makes the regatta its Atlantic Coast Championship and returns to find the bottomless Dark & Stormies […]
Written by Alex Steele Wow, what a fun regatta!! This was our second regatta in the Viper and it was a great one. The weather for the San Diego NOODs was nearly perfect with mild temperatures, clear skies, and good wind. the race committee ran nine quality races over three days. Coronado Yacht Club is […]
Miami. In. March. The revamped EFG Pan American Championship with a winner-take-all one regatta finale. Palm trees. Bacardi. Bacardi Girls. Did we say Miami in March already? After a weekend tune-up with the EFG Winter Cup for the 11 teams who got to town early, and a “Scorch” “race” (i.e., a chance to reach with […]
Written by John Leyland The second stop on the 2014 West Coast Viper circuit was the Southern California Mid Winters hosted by the California Yacht Club in Marina Del Rey. Mark Folkman and his crew on #130 Slitherin, fresh off their triumph at the Arizona Yacht Club’s Birthday Regatta and Leukemia Cup looked to continue […]
What the heck is a scorch?? Class Governor Kay Van Valkenburg started the Viper Scorch tradition in Marblehead many years ago. It’s a fun, fast, reach or downwind sail in the company of other Vipers. It normally involves sailing fast to somewhere, stopping ashore for some lunch and drinks, then sailing home. While there are standing […]
The 2014 EFG Pan American Championships in Miami in March will be our first truly World championship level event with multiple Viper teams coming from three continents . We have three Viper teams coming from Australia and at least two teams coming from Europe in addition to class regulars from the USA, Canada and Caribbean. […]
Australian slang saying to drive at great speed eg He was fangin’ it around the corner. The 7th Australian Sports Boat Association National Titles were sailed from the Fremantle Sailing Club. The Fremantle Doctor lived up to its reputation with only one race under ten knots and the most in the high teens to gear […]
Easy to get sailing and up to speed, yet all the one design competition you can handle.
