- K6 and Viper National Championships 2016 July 29, 2016
Entries, payments and extras can now be made at –
https://rlymyc.org.uk/OnTheWater/Racing/Racing_Events/K6_ViperNationals/OnlineEntry/Payment.aspx
Thursday 15, Friday 16, Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 September
...read more - VIPER 640 CLASS ANNOUNCES ITS INAUGURAL INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA February 23, 2016
February 24, 2016
2016 marks the 20th anniversary of the design of the Viper 640 and the 10th anniversary of the relaunch of the Class Association. The Class is now a truly international class with Viper 640 fleets active in seven nations across three continents. The Class Association is celebrating these milestones by hosting the first Viper 640 International Championship, with sailors competing for a prestigious new trophy open to Viper teams from around the world. The International Championship will be hosted by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club on Bermuda’s Great Sound November 16-19, 2016, preceded by a warm-up regatta November 13-14. There are over 50 Viper 640s already registered for the International Championship, with representative teams coming from North America, Europe and Australia, and it is anticipated this number will grow in the ...
...read more - 2015 K6 & Viper 640 UK Championships September 25, 2015
Hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club the Viper three day event was held in a wide range of testing weather conditions around Torbay, alongside the K6 Class Championships. Five boats competed for this first UK Championship, since the launch of the Rondar version in the UK during 2014.
There has been growth of the class following the Miami regatta in March and the first European regatta held earlier this year at Lake Garda, Italy, an event shared with the ever popular K6 Class.
After close sailing, the overall winner was Julian Cook in “Oh No” with runner up David Pitman sailing “Black Adder”. The UK Viper fleet is now preparing for their next European event at Cork Week 10-15th July 2016.
Congratulations also goes to Lawrence Crispin and his crew, who sailed “Bubbles” to win the 2015 K6 UK Championship!
For more information please visit:
www.rondarboats.com/viper
www.viper640.org
www.rondarboats.com/k6
www.k6class.org
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...read more - Duncan Adams, Chris Brown, Liam Green, and Ryan Bernicoat Win Inaugural Viper 640 European Championship July 7, 2015
Reported by Governor Justin Scott
So there we were, having dinner in a quaint Italian town, and a regatta broke out…
Riva Del Garda: The Ora, Vino Rosso, The Falmouth Four, Ted the Marsupial and the first Viper European Championships
Twenty three Vipers and K6s descended on the utterly charming town of Riva Del Garda for the Euro Cup hosted by the Italian yacht club, Fraglia Vela Riva between June 22 and 26.
This event without a shadow of doubt enters the bucket list of international Viper events that every Viper owner should try and do at least once in their lifetime. The sailing is “magnificent.” It is sailing that simply does not exist anywhere else in the world. Typically the lake is calm in the morning but, by midday, the high plains to the north of Garda have heated up and convection ...
...read more - Brad Boston, Lee Shuckerow and Nick Loundsbury Win EFG Viper 640 Pan American Championship March 11, 2015
Viper veterans Brad Boston and Lee Shuckerow, joined by new teammate Nick Loundsbury, won a hard-fought Bacardi Miami Sailing Week and EFG Viper 640 Pan-American Championship. The defending North American champs avenged last year’s one point loss, though it didn’t come easy, with the overall regatta leader changing three times among three different teams in the final three races.
Heading into Saturday, Boston’s Jackpot held a narrow one-point lead over the second and third place teams, led by former Finn ace and US National Team member Geoff Ewenson aboard Terminally Pretty, and British international qualifier and multi-class champion Lawrence Crispin and crew. Former Class President Peter Beardsley’s scrappy Ghost Panda squad sat fourth, only two points off the podium. Saturday’s first race saw a light NNW breeze that died to less than 5 knots as the race went on, with the ...
...read more - Three Podium Spots, Three Different Flags at the EFG Winter Cup March 2, 2015
Miami is known as the gateway to Latin America. For Viper sailors, it may also be the jumping off point for points east. If you hailed from an island in the Atlantic Ocean, you probably did well at the 2015 EFG Winter Cup. Bermudians Somers Kempe, Butch Agnew and Adam Barboza never won a race and were over early in the penultimate race, but scored four seconds to edge Lawrence Crispin’s team from England by two points. Racing was extremely close, as third and fourth were only a single point out of second, with Ireland’s Anthony O’Leary beating Peter Bauer’s Wild Hogs team on a tiebreaker.
Crispin won the first race of the day in an 8-12 knot easterly with plenty of oscillations. Bauer took the second race, and when Kempe struggled to an 11th after being over early and O’Leary’s Day 1 ...
...read more - Early Start for Viper 640 – 2015 Season February 25, 2015
The Viper season kicks off in March with the EFG Barcardi Regatta, whilst UK sailors are still in the midst of cold weather. Miami offers warm sunshine and perfect sailing conditions for the 34 boats that have already entered! The four day International Regatta is preceded by three days of pure Viper racing. This year four sponsored UK teams are participating in Miami with boats supplied via the EFG driven sponsorship programme.
In Europe, Viper sailors are all signing up for the first International Regatta, to be held on Lake Garda in June. Already the Class has entries from Australia, USA, Canada and of course the UK. Other European entries have also expressed interest in racing at this great venue.
Plans are also advanced for a UK National Championship to be held in conjunction with the K6 Class in September.
...read more - HAPPY NEW YEAR TO VIPER SAILORS AROUND THE WORLD January 9, 2015
2014 was a great year for racing a Viper 640, with major regattas in all four corners of the U.S., across Australia, and Europe. This coming year looks even more promising, as a full year of racing and Viper fun is already planned.
GULF YACHTING ASSOCIATION MAY GO VIPERING
The 30+ yacht clubs of the Gulf Yachting Association have been competing in their Capdevielle Regatta series for decades in club-owned Flying Scots. The GYA has been looking to replace the Flying Scots with a newer design that will be fast and fun to sail, and attract more people to participate in sailing on the Gulf Coast. Over the past year, Rondar Raceboats’ Paul Young and Dan Tucker have been working with the GYA in a focused effort to have the Viper 640 selected as the new GYA Capdevielle boat.
The commodores of the GYA ...
...read more - New and Exciting Viper 640 European Event November 5, 2014
A new and exciting Viper 640 European Event in 2015 has been announced by Rondar Boats. This is one of the great sailing venues and already there are signed up entries from the UK, Australia and potential enquiries from the USA. It’s a regatta and Italian holiday in one event! This will be a joint fleet with the K6 Class, but separate starts of course. Charter boats may be available. Lake Garda is a deep finger lake with steep mountain sides. The wind blows strong in the afternoons, making it a superb venue for the Viper! Call/email Paul Young, Rondar Boats UK to reserve an entry.
Other International events for 2015 include Miami Bacardi Cup in March, Lake Garda, June and Larchmont US Nationals in September. Other recent enquiries have been received from Holland and Germany. The Lake Garda event already has ...
...read more - A Successful 2014 UK Season October 25, 2014
A successful 2014 season both overseas and around the UK with boats competing at Miami Bacardi Cup Parkstone Regatta, Cork Week, Cowes Week, Torbay Week. At all these events the Viper put on a great show of speed and fun sailing whilst the keelboat crews looked on! The local based Viper at Falmouth won the Keelboat IRC Falmouth Regatta outright after three days of very strong winds in Falmouth Bay.
...read more - EFG Pan American Championship Qualification Series moves to Cowes August 1, 2013
This week there are two further stages to the EFG Pan American Championships Qualification Series .
Both are in the Solent UK.
One is online and Sportboat sailors from around the world can participate.
The other is on the water and starts on Saturday August 3rd. For news and pictures, please go to https://www.viper640.org/efgpanam/
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