Long Beach Race Week/PCCs, by Steve Bloemeke, ABYC Having just completed Long Beach Race Week (and Pacific Coast Championships) with Friday’s windspeed of 16-18 knots, and 18-20 on Saturday; both days with chop and steep wave sets, I thought that it would be fun to take a poll of the fleet and ask – “How […]
Southern Bay Race Week June 2-5, 2022 Hampton (VA) Yacht Club Mark Wheeler, sailing with Charles Brewer and Austin Powers, gave a lesson in consistent sailing during this year’s SBRW. Tossing an eighth, in the nine scored races, Wheeler and crew posted five firsts, three seconds and a seventh for 18 points…a nine-point lead over […]
Day 2/Final Recap June 26, 2022 Noroton Yacht Club, Darien, CT From the moment the first sailors arrived at Noroton Yacht Club this morning, it was “iffy” if there would be any sailing. Flags all around were hanging vertically…but the forecasts said we’d have wind sooner than later. Oh, well, that didn’t happen. Despite […]
Viper 640 Women’s Atlantic Coast Championship – Day 1 Recap June 25, 2022 Noroton Yacht Club, Darien, CT Here’s another regatta that felt the ongoing impact of Covid-19. Of the original 14 boats registered to sail I this Championship, only 11 made it to the starting line today due to numerous sailors testing positive for […]
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May 13-15, 2022 PHOTOS Courtesy of Spinsheet Magazine Sailed as part of the 2022 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series, this year’s Viper ACCs were a light-air challenge, requiring expert boat handling, tactics, and the ability to change gears. With Annapolis Yacht Club as the primary host club, most of the Vipers were across the […]
Snake BytesApril 1, 2022 April Fools…no Joke! In today’s Snake Bytes: Words from a Prez Proposed 2022-23 winter schedule Major upcoming regattas Builder update Regatta reports Recognize these Viperers??? The derivation of April Fools WORDS FROM A PREZ This edition we hear from Peter Ill, Regional President, North America. The long cold winter of COVID […]
Sunshine, warm weather and a strong sea breeze on Biscayne Bay welcomed a very international group of Viper sailors in Miami for the Bacardi Invitational Regatta. Add in the Bacardi hospitality and the night life in Coconut Grove and you have all the elements of a great sailing event. We started the week with the […]
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