Latest Viper 640 Class News

Press release attached.  More photos and videos to come in the following days.

Press release for Day 3 posted. Quick video from Day 2 by Leighton O’Connor Photos from Days 1, 2 and 3 on the Viper 640 Facebook page.

Press release posted.

Day 1 is in the books in Marblehead.  Press release here, photos by Leighton O’Connor here, results here.

MARBLEHEAD, Mass. (September 6): After months of planning, over 45 Viper 640s have returned to the class’s unofficial home in Marblehead, Massachusetts to compete in the fleet’s largest North American Championship to date. Teams are signed up from five countries and eleven states and provinces, including two teams from Western Australia who will be chartering […]

Any time your Viper sailing spouse has as his forum profile quote “Don’t Piss Deborah Off……..please”, you know you’ve found a candidate for your next installment of “Better Know a Viperer.”  Deborah Deats-Wilusz has made a strong impression on the class in a short period of time.  She and husband Craig finished a strong 9th […]

Next up in our series is Viper veteran Kay VanValkenburgh, better known to some folks in the class as “the really tall guy with the blonde ponytail.”  And while that is accurate, you may also soon know him as “Viper Class Governor,” since Kay has been nominated by the class’s Executive Committee and existing Governor […]

The Double Damned Race is a rite of passage for sporty sailors in the Pacific Northwest — 42 miles, point-to-point, usually downwind, on the scenic Columbia River from Cascade Locks to the dam at The Dalles.  It’s The Oregon Trail, and while you shouldn’t get dysentery, the windy run may give you the runs as […]

Editor’s Note: We’re starting a new feature on viper640.org where every few days, we hope to profile a different Viper sailor so that everyone can get to know that person a bit better.  Skippers, crews, young and old are welcome. Harvey Barnes is between Vipers, but he’s still in the game.  Many of you have […]

Editor’s Note: Brian Barmmer is the owner of Viper 92 “Adrenaline” out of Marblehead, Mass. I am relatively new to sailboat racing. My first race was less than 5 years ago. Last year I purchased the first boat of any type I have ever owned…..a Viper . Everyone who participates in close quarter racing in […]