The preeminent championship circuit for three person sport boats in North America is the EFG Bank Pan American Viper Championships In 2010, 43 Vipers participated in the inaugural Pan American Championships. After 30 races spanning three premier regattas in Miami, Kingston, and New York, the series’ leaders were tied. The team of Brad Boston (Canada)/Lee […]
Thirty Five Vipers on one starting line. Two days of sunshine and breeze on. These pictures will help to tell the story. Thirty Five Boats makes for crowded start lines. …and not a lot of separation by the time we got to the first windward mark Thirty Five boats, also means that Thirty Four boats […]
12-1-2010 Update:- Since this article was written, the US Sailing elections were held and Maureen was elected to the board of US Sailing with a large vote. We congratulate Maureen on her new role and thank Viper Class members for their support. At the US Sailing agm it was also announced that Justin Scott was elected […]
And here’s Ronnie’s report: It must be that time of year again, because I find myself returning to San Francisco with an empty wallet, a deep sunburn, a sore body and a massive hangover. Yes, the World Championships of the World, er, International Sportboat Anarchy Festival took place this past weekend in sunny San Diego. […]
The final event in the EFG Bank Pan American Championship is the HPDO at Rye on October 9th/10th. The scores are suprisingly tight after 22 races with only one point between 1st and 2nd, and five points between 3rd and fifth. There will be between 6 and 9 races at the HPDO, and the final scoring will […]
EFG Bank International are “practitoners of the craft of private banking” crafting global solutions for private individuals around the world. EFG Bank International are also generous sponsors of the sport of sailing and they crafted an exciting Pan American Championships for the Viper 640 Class. Those of us who were at the Bacardi Cup in Miami […]
Okay, this is it! For those of you Viper sailors that are used to your boats and know what they can do, the following will be only interesting in as much as there are sailors out there like me that haven’t been exposed to the modern technology “blow your socks off” sailing excitement. We newbies […]
Joe Healey picked up Viper #121 from Justin Scott less that 2 weeks before the Marblehead NOOD. He arrived at the regatta never having rigged up his new boat, never mind having sailed it before! Here’s his regatta report- My first introduction to the Viper V40 was back in 1997 when it was chosen as […]
Easy to get sailing and up to speed, yet all the one design competition you can handle.
