Latest Viper 640 Class News


Snake Charmed

Written by Drew Harper – by Tripp Westbrook  (crew on #129, “Animal”) As I sit here typing a few weeks after returning from Miami Sailing Week and competing in the 2010 Viper640 North American’s, I can’t help but notice that I’m still grinning from ear to ear. This wasn’t my first time on a Viper, […]

2010 San Diego NOOD

Written by Drew Harper 2010 San Diego NOOD – Stacey Loula, AZ Vipers It goes without saying that Coronado Yacht Club is a great host for SD NOODS and the South Bay playing field is fantastic with flat water and decent breeze! We had a good number of boats there including Buccaneers, I14’s, Tigers, Ultimate […]

EFG International and Viper 640 Class Association Announce Pan American Championship Circuit

Written by Justin Scott EFG International, the international private bank, has joined forces with the Viper 640 Class Association to create the EFG Bank Pan-American Viper Championships.  In 2010 the Championships will comprise a circuit of three Viper 640 regattas, as follows: – Miami, March 8th-13th, Viper North American Championships at Bacardi Miami Sailing Week.  – […]

Orange Bowl Int’l Youth Regatta: Foiling international Moth sailboat & Viper makes sailors drool

Written by Jeff Yup, you read it right. According to BYM News……..The kids at the Orange Bowl were drooling over the Viper and the Moth. Mom and Dad, isnt it time you were sailing something that your kids find exciting? BYM News Wednesday, 30 December 2009 :- Orange Bowl Int’l Youth Regatta, Foiling international Moth […]

Viper West Coast Mid-Winter Championships

Written by John Riddell – Desert Viper Arizona Yacht Club – Birthday Regatta – 2010 – Leukemia Cup Weekend Known more for its phenomenally beautiful ‘Par 5s’ the likes of what Troon North and the TPC Championship course offer than for roll-tacking and gybing, Phoenix, AZ is not widely known as a sailing venue.   Despite […]

2010 North American Championships at Bacardi Miami Race Week – March 10-13

Written by Regatta Committee The Bacardi Cup is a truly legendary sporting event in the world of yachting.  The first Bacardi Cup was held in 1927 in Havana.  The annual competition for the Trofeo Bacardi, also known as the Cup of Cuba, quickly became the most prestigious regatta on the international circuit for the Star […]

Black Mamba wins SEC.

Written by Gary Umberger David Guggenheim and the Crew on “Black Mamba” Win the South Eastern Championship for 2009.  David Guggenheim won the hotly contested South Eastern Championship for 2009 (not to be confused with the Securites and Exchange Commission). He sailed a great series and is a true champion. With a major win at […]

Lake Norman -CKOD

Written by Attendees at Lake Norman We have just come back from an enjoyable and relaxing weekend racing Vipers on Lake Norman. Here was a regatta that reminded us why Viper racing is so much fun, This was a rendez vous regattas where the emphasis was less on the “competitive ” results and a little […]

2009 High Performance Dinghy Open

Written by Justin Scott The coolest thing about the HPDO is the high performance sailing camaraderie at this regatta. If you have never been to the HPDO, you have to visualize this beautifully manicured yacht club on a stunning point of land overlooking LIS with a Manhattan skyline, except it is totally overrun by this […]

Sailing Anarchy – ISAF Regatta

Written by Drew Harper (photos courtesy of Dennis “Da Woody” St. Onge & Chrisann Tortora) It’s once again o-dark-thirty. We always leave the Bay Area with strategic consideration on timing the drive through LA’s labarinth of freeways. We’re headed down through the length of some of the worlds toughest traffic. Strange things are yet to […]