Latest Viper 640 Class News

Road to Marblehead

Road to Marblehead July 2012   It was only a matter of time….. It had to come up… Just add…….. beers… “Who wants to do one of the regattas in the states?” someone asked. If a plane was handy, 12 West Australian Viper sailors would have been on it. After the alcohol effect receded, six […]

Viper NAs registration now open

In just two weeks, 37 Vipers from 5 countries and 9 states have registered for the 2012 Viper North American Championship, to be held at Eastern YC Sept. 6-9.  There’s an event website and online registration.  This is guaranteed to be the largest Viper North American Championship yet.  Come join the fun.

Announcing the 2012 EFG Bank Viper Pan American Championship

The Viper 640 Class Association and the Viper 640 Pan American Championship Committee is proud to publish online the format for the 2012 EFG Bank Viper Pan American Championship.  In 2010, the Viper Class and EFG Bank, launched a regatta circuit comprising three premiere regattas in the Americas open to competitors around the world.  For […]

North Sails Report on San Diego NOOD

And here’s the wrap-up report from Garth’s recent win at the 2012 San Diego NOOD – perfect for the tuning geek on your Viper, though not in time for the holidays. http://www.onedesign.com/One%20Design%20NA/tabid/23032/Default.aspx?news_id=3156

2012 San Diego NOODS

Just Like Home

  A hectic week prefaced the 2012 San Diego NOODS. This was to be the biggest mid-winter Viper regatta to date in the West….16 boats on line. Garett and I had to prepare the Rondar Double Viper rig to take #175 and the K6 down, a much harder task than we had imagined…in more ways […]

Fer de Lance Defends Bacardi Cup Title

March 8-10, 2012 Miami, FL Glyn Locke and his team on GBR 123, Fer de Lance, defended their Bacardi Cup title in fantastic Miami sailing conditions.  The Bacardi Cup is a qualifier for the EFG Pan American Championship series.  For more on the 2012 Bacardi Cup, please view the article on the Yachts & Yachting […]

Living the Dream – Part 1

Home on the Water :   Check Viper 640 : Check Home built personal Viper hoist in your own backyard : Check Entered for Charleston Race Week :  Darn. Conflict with my son’s Medical School function. Well three out of four ain’t bad.  Welcome to Richard Prieto, new owner of Viper #124 and amateur home […]

Mardi Gras Race Week 2012 is in the books

Feb. 24-26, 2012 New Orleans, LA Minimal photographic evidence exists at press time to indicate that Mardi Gras Race Week actually occurred.  Perhaps this is an effort to protect the innocent — whatever happens in New Orleans, stays in New Orleans, lest you find yourself lost in the bayou and show up the following MGRW […]

Approval of New Tooling For North American Production

Dear Class Members and Fellow Viper Owners, As many of you know, Rondar Raceboats is building two new sets of molds for the Viper in order to establish North American Production at the factory in Peabody. This is an exciting development for our Class. We have been asked by a number of members how the […]

Geographe Bay Race Week: Vipers, Passage Races, Short Courses,Surfing and Wineries!

Geographe Bay Race Week Regatta is done and dusted for another year. I was going to write daily reports but restaurant meals, parties and laziness prevented me. About eighty five boats started overall. A bit down on last year. The IRC racing fleet was only about 20 boats. The GFC seems to be affecting us […]