Latest Viper 640 Class News

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 […]

2011 Long Beach Race Week

The 2011 Long Beach Race Week was the perfect venue to kick off our EFG Pan American Pacific West Coast Championship. We had 15 Vipers on the line and some really great competition. We had several new boats, all sporting different colors from mint, yellow and purple. I don’t know what it is about the […]

Freemantle vs Marblehead: You choose!

And this just in. Last weekend Leighton posted a video of Viper racing in Marblehead. This weekend we find a video from the other side of the globe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=One62AYUaYE

Pro with a GoPro Goes Vipering

Pro photographer Leighton O’Connor came out for his first ride on a Viper. Of course, he brought his GoPro, and shot this: Cloudy, rainy, only 10-14 knots, only 6 boats and he came up with that! I’m going to try to drag him to a bigger regatta with some breeze and see what he can […]

TADAAAAAAA Check These Out !

BIG Thanks to EFG for their Support of the Viper Class. They have made all sorts of things possible. Thanks to Tim Carter (Southern California Rep) and Justin Scott for designing and building these wonderful perpetual trophies! You KNOW you want to be the first name on this perpetual…you have ZERO chance if you don’t […]

Thumbs Up!

Picture of the weekend comes from Ken Kashing after day one of the Memorial Day Regatta at ABYC. Yes……you read that right. Top speed of 23.2 knots and sustained average of over 15 knots. Yee Haw!

Viper Sail Registration. Need everyone’s help on this one…

A little background:  One of the attractive features of the Viper Class to many folks, especially in the recent economic turmoil, is our “one set of sails per year” class rule.  This concept has been with us since the restart of the Class and was updated early this year via a Class vote that closed […]