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Snake Bytes
February 15, 2024
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Finally, the impact of the pandemic and the resultant supply chain problems are in the rear-view mirror for Rondar Raceboats! Paul Young is fully up and running producing Viper 640s in his UK factory. He has a supply of masts (one of the major supply chain snafus) and the new hull and keel molds are turning out exceptional boats.
Right now, Rondar is building three boats for late March/April delivery to North America. Only one of the trio is spoken for so there are TWO brand new Vipers being shipped to Tyler Moore’s Hampton, VA facility in time for spring regattas.
Just envision yourself at the helm of one of the newest Vipers as your competitors in the boat park list over your pristine boat. Then, with renewed confidence you and your crew go out on the racecourse and have the time of your lives. There’s only one “first race” for a boat and there are two of you out there that can experience that joy in just a few months.
If you want to be one of the two lucky Viperers, call Tyler Moore today and tell him you want one of the new boats. He’ll work out all the details with you and then you just sit back and wait for your new Viper to arrive and hit the water.
If you need a bit more time, Rondar plans to continue building Vipers with delivery slots for the fall and next spring. If those timings work better for your schedule, you should still call Tyler today to put your name on one of those slots.
Tyler Moore
Rondar USA
tyler@rondarboats.com
(757) 897-2127
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WA VIPERS TRAVEL SOUTH TO GEOGRAPHE BAY RACE WEEK
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Six Vipers from Fremantle’s South of Perth Yacht Club drove 225 km south along Western Australia’s southwest coast and joined the 74-yacht fleet for Geographe Bay Race Week in February 2024. The Vipers sailed a 10 race, 3-day mini regatta. Day 1 saw gusty 20+ knot conditions which tested the crews and resulted in a number of wipeouts. The weather returned to pleasant with 5 – 15 knot offshore breezes in warm sunny conditions for the following 2 days of racing. Racing was tight on the windward leeward courses with a number of different individual race winners.
After sailing, drinks at the “Shentika” bar led to presentations at the Geographe Bay Yacht Club and sampling of sponsor drinks from Shelter Brewing and West Winds Gin.
Congratulations to Rod Beurteaux, Jon, and Simon on their win. Results below
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Place
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Bow
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Boat
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Skipper
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Points
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1
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216
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You Get in the Bowl
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Rod Beurteaux
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14
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2
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273
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Good Viperations
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Graeme Monkhouse
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20
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3
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278
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Atheris
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Murray Howson
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24
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4
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270
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Boat with no Name
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Chris O’Keefe
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32
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5
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116
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Velocity
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Shaun Hughes
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46
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6
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215
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Grey Nomad
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Greg Reynolds
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52
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ZAK FANBERG AND SONS WIN THE BATTLE BUT JIMMY PRALEY’S TEAM ROBOT FLAMINGO WINS THE WAR!
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Zak, Connor, and Anders Fanberg
The February 10-11, third and final stop of the Sarasota Viper Winter Series saw intense competition and impressive performances from the participating teams. Crazyhorse Mongoose, sailed by the Fanberg family team of Zak, Connor, and Anders, emerged as the overall winners. Team Robot Flamingo secured second place and Glory Days rounded out the podium with a strong showing that saw them never finish out of the top five in the 8-race event.
Sarasota continued to produce the goods in terms of winter sailing weather in Florida with a third weekend of ideal conditions for the Viper Fleet, with sunny skies and temperatures reaching 75 degrees both days. Saturday’s five races were sailed in a southerly breeze of 12-16 knots, while Sunday’s three races offered full planing conditions for the 20-boat fleet with gusts touching 20kts.
February Results
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The Sarasota Viper Winter Series, hosted by the Sarasota Sailing Squadron in conjunction with Sail22 and event co-PROs Keven Eiber and Ed Furry, scored 24 races in six amazing days on the water for the three event Series. The overall winner of the three-event series was the crew on Robot Flamingo (Jimmy Praley, Austin Powers, Max Vinocur, and Mitch Powell). The runners up in the overall series were Jay Rhame, Peter Beardsley, Rachel Beardsley and Rachel Rhame onboard Glory Days. The Fanberg clan on Crazyhorse Mongoose brought home third place overall for the winter series, with Team Sidewinder Travis Yates, Dave Hillmyer, Jordan Wiggins and Amanda Plewes finished the series in fourth place with Mike Deyett, his sons Tucker and Kai, and Anders Hudson Team Prestige Worldwide rounding out the Winter Series podium.
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Overall winners: Mitch Powell, Austin Powers, and Max Vincour
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Overall second: Jay & Rachel Rhame and Peter Beardsley
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Overall third: Anders, Zak, and Connor Fanberg
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Overall fourth: Travis Yates, Amanda Plewes, and Dave Hillmyer
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Overall fifth: Anders Hudson, Mike & Anders Deyett
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Event organizer Travis Yates wants to extend a special thanks to the Sarasota Sailing Squadron staff, Board, and membership for the opportunity to host the 10th running of the Sarasota Viper Winter Series at SSS. Huge thanks also go to the amazing volunteers that offer their valuable time, skills, and private vessels to help support the event.
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BACARDI INVITATIONAL REGATTA IS JUST
AROUND THE CORNER
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The 2024 Bacardi Invitational is going to be one hell of a regatta. The Viper 640 Class is back with action starting from Miami’s Regatta Park starting with Check-in on Wednesday, March 6 followed by racing on beautiful Biscayne Bay Thursday, March 7 through Saturday, March 9. 24 Vipers are currently registered and there’s still time for more boats to sign-up.
Amazing racing, great venue, epic Bacardi hospitality. If you can make it to Miami for the Bacardi Invitational, you should!
Information and registration
Regatta website
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The Miami SCORCH Is Back!
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Back by popular demand, the Miami Scorch will be sailed/eaten/drank on Wednesday, March 6. Details are being worked out with The Boater’s Grille in No Name Harbor so if you’re registered for Bacardi, look for info in the next few days. The current thinking is that crews pre-pay the Class for their lunches and drinks are on a cash basis on site.
Anyone who has ever sailed the Scorch will tell you it’s a bucket list lunch (wait, is there such a thing?).
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ARE YOU A CLASS MEMBER???
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Renewals of Class dues are running ahead of last year, but there are still a boat load of you out there sitting on open dues invoices. If you’re an Owner or Associate Member with an open dues invoice, simply click on this link to open your profile and pay your dues: https://v6ca.wildapricot.org/Sys/Profile. And, if you want to become an Associate Member of the Viper 640 Class for only $25, click HERE.
Remember, just because you may not be racing your Viper for a few more months, the Class has operating expenses throughout the year.
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All Viper 640 Class regattas can be found on the website HERE.
Here are some majors to put on your calendar now:
May 3-4 – Viper ACCS – Annapolis – INFO
May 18-19 – Northeast Lipton Interclub Challenge – Noroton YC – INFO
June 8-9 – Seawanhaka Corinthian YC Viper Regatta – INFO
May 31-June 2 – Bayview One-design/Sailing World Regatta – Detroit – INFO
June 21-23 – Long Beach Race Week – Alamitos Bay YC – INFO
July 25-25 – New England Champs – Helly Hansen – Corinthian YC – INFO
Sept 13-15 – Viper 2024 NAs – Alamitos Bay YC – INFO
October 1-5, 2025 – Viper 2025 NAs – Hampton Yacht Club – INFO
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Questions or comments?
Have a something to share? Have a question or comment? How about a great Viper photo? Contact Viper 640 Class Administrator Ed “Buttons” Padin at epadin@padesta.com.
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Ed Padin: Viper 640 Class Administrator, Office: 914-834-8286 Address: 360 Huguenot St. #1709, New Rochelle, NY 10801
Viper 640 Class Association Website: www.Viper640.org Facebook Unsubscribe
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