Written by Justin Scott Marblehead Race Week is the “homecoming” regatta of the Viper circuit. The class association was born in the upstairs bar at Maddys sail loft in Marblehead five years ago and that gathering of the original half dozen early Viper owners has grown into a national class of well over 100 boats. Marblehead Race Week is where […]
Written by Justin Scott “The profile of the stage suggested it would suit strong climbers and cunning, powerful and daring descenders” – Tour De France Progress Report July 11th 2009. We were slumped exhausted in our Viper communal house at Newport after the first day of racing, watching stage 8 of the Tour De France, and the […]
Written by John Riddell, Arizona Fleet “Is this Heaven?” “No, it’s Iowa.” … a simple, yet memorable exchange of lines in a classic movie about the creation of the ultimate playground to satisfy one’s dreams. Well, Field of Dreams was created by a Hollywood studio, Long Beach/Alamitos Bay was created by Mother Nature and it […]
Written by Justin Scott The list of quotes about the Viper has been growing recently with folks like Scott Nixon, Craig Lewis, and Brad Boston joining the list of fans. Check them out on the bottom of this page :- https://www.viper640.org/the-viper-640 There is even some grudging admiration from a Melges 20 owner and a ringing endorsement from […]
Written by Scuttlebutt “The 20-foot sportboat niche is hard to pin down. Are they dinghies or keelboats? They have attributes of both, but what they mostly are is an exciting AND growing segment of the sport. To help market this genre, there will be a Chicago Sportboat Demo event this weekend with all the popular […]
Written by Justin Scott This was lots of fun over the weekend. Great little regatta. Represents everything that owning a Viper stands for. Friendly gathering. Good Racing. Forty bucks. Beer and burgers on the yacht club lawn on Saturday afternoon after racing. Race Committee that fired off four great races on Saturday afternoon and two […]
Ched Procter, Tac Boston and Ethan Bixby hosted a debrief session on Saturday after racing at Charleston Race Week 2009. Ethan and Tac took detailed notes on the debrief session and many still consider these notes and “tips” as the the “GO FAST GUIDE” . Here they are:- Tuning – We went through some of the tuning points and it […]
Easy to get sailing and up to speed, yet all the one design competition you can handle.
