Latest Viper 640 Class News

New Class Leaders

Viper Class News – New Class Leaders

Your Class Executive Committee is pleased to announce two important changes to the Executive Committee.  We welcome Dawn Kozak from Perth Amboy, NJ, as the new Class President and Garrett Johns from Anacortes, WA, as the new  Class Secretary. A quick bit of background and explanation: Dan Tucker is stepping down as Class President in […]

ABYC Turkey Day Regatta

This past weekend was the ABYC Turkey Day Regatta – their largest regatta with 220 boats sailing. Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day; the sun came out pretty early, so we had some good wind during the day. We had 7 Vipers attend the regatta, with two boats traveling from as far as […]

Venues Selected for Next Three North American Championships

The Executive Committee has selected venues and approximate dates for the Viper 640 class’s next three North American Championships.  Going forward, bids will be accepted up to 3 years in advance for future North Americans in order to allow the class to work with organizers and host clubs to plan great events and to maximize […]

Class Governor Justin Scott wins US Sailing One-Design Leadership Award

Congratulations Justin! I am happy to report that our very own Class Governor and former President, Justin Scott has won the prestigious US Sailing One-Design Leadership Award. This award is presented in recognition of individual initiative, enthusiasm, organizing ability and leadership in creating the outstanding fleet building program. All of us in the Viper Class know well how […]

Eight Bells. Tito Bacardi, beloved patron of the Star Class and the Bacardi Cup

He will be sadly missed. Best summed up in his own words at the 2004 Bacardi Cup “I think the sailors like coming here because we treat them like family. When they’re here, they are part of the Bacardi Family. We take care of them. Yes, we pay for many things; certainly that is nice […]

Pulitzer Prize

The Class Association is looking for a budding journalist/editor to assemble a bi-monthly newsletter (6 x per year) for the Class . More details on the class forums . http://forum.viper640.org/index.php?topic=1114.0

High Performance Dinghy Open.

Concours de Elegance for High Performance Dinghies – Why I keep coming back to the HPDO

Carbon alongside wood. Blazers alongside malodorous wetsuits. Moths alongside Vipers. Greenwich hedge fund managers alongside a professional tree climber from Jamestown. The once manicured lawns of the American Yacht Club at Rye are awash with a melee of contrasts and drying spinnakers. It is once again that unique sailing pageant, the Heineken High Performance Dinghy […]

HPDO – Quick and Dirty, First Report

The HPDO is one of my favorite regattas. Two years ago, it blew dogs off chains. This year it was light. But still great racing and great boat porn. Here is quick first summary. We will have some pics later, I’m sure.   Awesome Race Committee. Well done Sandy and his RC team. Truly exceptional. […]

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, […]