Latest Viper 640 Class News

Viper Long Island Sound Regatta

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 […]

Viper North Americans Early Registration Discount

Written by Jason Weisberg 21 Boats to date have signed up for the 2009 North Americans. Early signup discount expires May 31, 2009.  You can get a full refund up until August 28th 2009. No need for social tickets its all included.  Be a part of class history by being at the largest Class event […]

Drew Harper’s Secret Weapon

Written by San Francisco Examiner The key to winning races with the Viper on San Francisco Bay . http://www.examiner.com/x-3070-SF-Sailing-Examiner~y2009m5d8-Great-mustaches-in-San-Francisco-sailing

Debrief Notes From the Experts at Charleston

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 […]

Conversations With The Sport of Sailing – Scuttlebutt

Written by Craig Lewis Scuttlebutt carried an interview with our very own Class Prez’, Justin Scott after Charleston Race Week. (April 22, 2009) Last year the Viper 640 circuit included  Charleston Race Week for the first time. They had such a good time that they promised to spread the word and bring back their friends. […]

Animated Race Replays from Charleston Race Week ’09

Some of the 32 Vipers competing at Charleston Race Week carried Velocitek GPS devices onboard during the regatta.  We’ve used the track files recorded by the devices to create animated replays from the regatta, using Velocitek’s SpeedPlay software. Click on any of the videos below to play back a race. If you had a Velocitek […]

Care Of Carbon Masts

Written by Christian Jensen The following is answers Christian posted in response to questions. Can a carbon mast last as long as aluminum masts. Like a 30 year old Ensign mast? There are 30 year old carbon masts around. What is required for them to last is that you have to keep UV from breaking down […]

Charleston Race Week Rocks!!!!!!!!!!

Written by Everybody at CRW If anyone has stories or pictures from CRW that they would like added to this informal, organic article, please email them to Justin or Dan and we will add them. Come back to this page and check it out again. We will add more articles and more pictures as they […]

Welcome to 2009 Viper 640 North American Championship!

Written by Jan Murray September 17-20, 2009 The Western Long Island Sound Viper fleet welcomes our fellow Viperers to Southern Connecticut. We’re planning 4 great days of racing, socializing and fun. Here’s a few things we are working on. We have two nights of wining and dining at two of Long Island Sound’s oldest and […]

Class Rules Changes Approved

Written by Charles Goodrich Both proposed Class Rules Changes (as worded below) were passed/approved and will take effect immediately. Proposal 1 had 28 “Yes” votes which represents approximately 62% of the Class membership. Proposal 2 had 35 “Yes” votes which represents approximately 78% of the Class membership. The following two amendments to the Viper 640 Class […]