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 […]
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 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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Easy to get sailing and up to speed, yet all the one design competition you can handle.
