Latest Viper 640 Class News


Down to the Wire ! The Viper North Americans at Sarnia

It all came down to the Last Race Going into the sixth and final race of the 2011 Viper North American Championships we had an unprecedented three way tie for first place. Tied with twelve points each after discard were; Jackpot – Brad Boston, Lee Shuckerow and Erik Vinglass. Team Jackpot are two time North […]

Sailing in Sarnia – scouting for the 2011 NAs

Sailing in Canada, The Sarnia One Design Regatta, August 2011 Our Canadian regatta adventure all started when my daughter heard people talking about Viper 640 North Americans being held in Canada this year, and she put in that she wanted to sail in another country. Now, racing Vipers with 9-year-olds is best done in easy-going, […]

High Sierra Cover

This is from Arizona Boating Magazine. Boat is Timbos #104 with the Rondar works boat #149 in the background. Great Press!

NOOD Newbie on a Viper

NOOD Newbie on a Viper

Ben Steinberg picked up Will Ricketson, one of the US Sailing roadshow crew as a last minute fill-in for Friday of the Marblehead NOOD. Will had some very good stuff to say about racing in the Viper Class on the Roadshow blog… Check it out.

Three Generations, Three Grins

Three Generations, Three Grins

High Sierra Regatta 2011

HIGH SIERRA REGATTA – JULY 15-17, 2011 For anyone that has never attended this Fresno Yacht Club event at Huntington Lake, in the Sierra Mountains of Central California, there are many reasons to add it to your “must-do regatta” list. For those of us in Arizona the excuse is very simple – it is a […]

Newport RI Makes a Statement

That picture by new Viper 640 owner Ben Jacobsen truly warms my heart- 3 boats to 10, seemingly in the blink of an eye. Thanks to Vinnie at Sail Newport, lining them up together makes a bit of statement, eh? Much greater thanks to the Newport, RI true believers/early adopters Zach Freeborn and and Matt […]

It’s a Knock Out! KO sailing becomes a Viper nest

After months a quiet negotiations, and supportive conversations with Viper sailors in CT and TX, Mark McNamara sent an email to Viper sparkplugs late last night.   “The Cat is out of the bag. All official. My Viper and I are now residents of Houston Texas! The Family will follow later this year. I just […]

Missing Texan Viper Sailor

Lost Viper Sailor Alert   If you are new to the Texas Viper fleet (post MGRW) then you may not know Dr. Drake Borer. But, you will soon.  Mr. Borer owns “Sea Monkey” out of Austin, Texas and after Mardi Gras in March, has had to spend time studying for his boards in lieu of sailing.  […]

Ahhhhhhh Marblehead!

I was back racing at Marblehead yesterday. It has been close to 12 months since I have raced with the local fleet. I can only describe it as delicious.   The first gun was at 12.00. Despite four classes on the line, the RC banged off four races for the Vipers. 1 mile windward/leeward twice around […]