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Vipers for McKinnon-Tucker
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…
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Sailing Anarchy ISAF Worlds (lol)
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.…
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EFG Bank Pan Am Series. Results going into Final Event
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…
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2010 Sarcoma Cup – SF
This past weekend the Vipers attended the Sarcoma Cup hosted by Berkeley Yacht Club on San Francisco Bay. There were 5 vipers in attendance, 3 of which were from the SoCal area, making it the largest fleet of vipers on the bay to date. Team Viral drove up on Thursday night and rolled into South…
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SPONSORED SPINNAKERS AT THE HPDO
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…
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Vipers on Puget Sound
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…
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Vipers at the US Sailing Junior Championships Regional Qualifier
I am happy to report the Vipers were a huge success . We had junior 5 (triple handed) teams race 5 loaned Vipers boats where each team raced each boat at least once. The Mystic River “Mudheads” won the regatta with 5 bullets, they are now heading California where they will sail Lightnings in a…
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NOOD Through the Eyes of Viper Noobies
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…
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2010 High Sierra Regatta
This past weekend 7 Vipers traveled to Huntington Lake for the 57th High Sierra Regatta. After 6-hours on the road and no AC, Team Viral arrived around 12:30 Thursday evening. The drive through the San Joaquin valley smelled strangely similar to Texas and it was just as hot there too. Tim Carter, Bryan Milne, and…
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Momentum – Vipers in Texas
Last weekend Texas viper sailors kicked off the 2010 championship series in Houston Tx. The first stop of this three-regatta series was hosted by the Lakewood Yacht Club, run in conjunction with their “shoe” regatta. On-line registration for the event opened on April 27th and by the 28th eight Viper 640’s were registered for the…