- LiveTiles 2020 Viper 640 North Americans powered by Goslings announced August 22, 2019
During the Wednesday night festivities at the Goslings Viper 640 World Championship, Viper Class Association Chairman Justin Scott announced that the 2020 Viper North Americans would be hosted by Noroton Yacht Club (Darien, CT) September 26-October 4, 2020.
The Championship is being sponsored by LiveTiles and supported by Goslings…so the plans are in place to make this a truly world-class championship.
As soon as Justin’s comments were made, four boats immediately registered for the Championship.
Information and online registration HERE.
...read more - Goslings 2019 Viper 640 World Championship – Day 1 Recap — Local talent leads with very tight pack nipping at heels August 20, 2019
Jay Golison, Steve Flam, and Eric Doyle from the host Alamitos Bay Yacht Club (Long Beach, CA) sit atop the leader board after the first three races of the Goslings 2019 Viper 640 World Championship. With a scoreline of 1-2-6, Golison and team with nine points are a slim four points ahead of 2017 Viper 640 North American champions Marcus Eagan, Andrew Eagan, and Jackson Benvenutti who rolled a 5-1-7. From there, the scores drop to the twenties with three boats tied for third with 20 points and a slim 7 points separating third from tenth.
Golison noted that he won the favored pin end of the line all three races and was able to sail his own race. Eagan said, “We sailed conservatively, starting mid-line, and worked on our fleet management. The left paid out the first race and the ...
...read more - Follow the Goslings Viper 640 Worlds August 20, 2019
The 2019 Goslings Viper World Championship is underway!
Check back to this link regularly to follow the results from the Goslings Viper 640 Worlds hosted by Alamitos Bay Yacht Club in Long Beach, CA. Former World and North American Champions, Olympians, and the best Viper sailors in the world will be competing.
Watch the action on Facebook Live with coverage of mark roundings and finishes as on the water conditions permit.
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...read more - Viper PCC and Pre-Worlds in the books…Bring on the Big Show August 19, 2019
Alamitos Bay Yacht Club to host first Viper 640 World Championship in the U.S.
Alamitos Bay Yacht Club (Long Beach, CA) will be hosting the 2019 Viper 640 World Championship powered by Goslings from August 17-24, 2019. The host of the Viper’s 2014 North American Championship and the home of the world’s largest fleet of the Viper 640 sportboat, ABYC has the experience, the resources, and the volunteers to make this a true World Championship.
50 Vipers are expected to be on the starting line sailing in the waters off Long Beach. The Viper 640 is known for its exceptional tracking upwind and, in the right conditions, hitting speeds in the high teens downwind. In short, these boats are as exciting to watch as they are to sail.
This Championship is drawing competitors from around the world including 2018 World Champion Nick Jerwood ...
...read more - Viper 640 Class Strong at Ullman Sails – Long Beach Race Week June 26, 2019
Things were a little bit different this year for the Viper 640 Class at Long Beach Race Week. The Vipers were the largest class at the event with many teams using the regatta as a perfect warm up for the Viper World Championships coming to Alamitos Bay Yacht Club in August.
The variety of conditions from light air shifty races on day one to breezy conditions in the afternoon days two and three gave teams the opportunity to show their ability to shift gears and adapt. The race committee sent the fleet on long courses in the afternoon in an attempt to keep the Vipers from sailing into the J70 fleet. That combined with some choppy seas made for some tough racing.
In the end Mike Pentecost’s “Nice Asp” brought home the championship with regular crew members Garrett Brown and Chuck Trip ...
...read more - Northern Honey Badger finds 2019 Nepean One-Design Regatta and Canadan Open Championship “sweet!” June 20, 2019
The Great Lakes Viper fleet was in Ottawa June 14-16 for the annual Nepean One-Design Regatta. This year the event was also the Canadian Open Championship for the Viper Class. Ten boats made the trek to Ottawa where flood conditions on Lac Deschenes on the Ottawa river had only recently receded to the point where the event was able to go ahead and sail.
With 70 boats at the 21st edition of this major Ottawa event, Vipers raced seven races starting Friday evening, with typical Ottawa weather prevailing. It was an event full of surprises – Ron Schute had to pull out due to an injury before the event leaving nine competitors. Quinton Gallon helmed 116 for Mike Thompson in his first Viper regatta as skipper. Brian Johansen chose to sail 3-up foregoing his usual 4-up team, and no surprise, the ...
...read more - Northern Honey Badger finds 2019 Nepean One-Design Regatta and Canadan Open Championship “sweet!” June 20, 2019
The Great Lakes Viper fleet was in Ottawa June 14-16 for the annual Nepean One-Design Regatta. This year the event was also the Canadian Open Championship for the Viper Class. Ten boats made the trek to Ottawa where flood conditions on Lac Deschenes on the Ottawa river had only recently receded to the point where the event was able to go ahead and sail.
With 70 boats at the 21st edition of this major Ottawa event, Vipers raced seven races starting Friday evening, with typical Ottawa weather prevailing. It was an event full of surprises – Ron Schute had to pull out due to an injury before the event leaving nine competitors. Quinton Gallon helmed 116 for Mike Thompson in his first Viper regatta as skipper. Brian Johansen chose to sail 3-up foregoing his usual 4-up team, and no surprise, the ...
...read more - Got Current??? Bayview One-Design Regatta sure did! June 6, 2019
Viper 640 Great Lakes Region – Bayview One-Design Regatta
The Great Lakes region opened their season this past weekend with the first of our summer series regattas. There were six Vipers that joined the other 130 boats and over 700 sailors at Bayview Yacht Club in Detroit for the Bayview One-Design Regatta. A club steeped in racing tradition, founder and organizer of the Port Huron to Mackinac Island Race, and with strong match racing and team racing programs, we could tell upon arrival that this was going to be a fun, competitive event.
We shared a circle with the J70’s sailing right in front of the club on the Detroit River. The persistent 3 kt current posed a challenge for RC and sailors alike in the very light conditions that prevailed on Saturday, limiting us to one race as a storm system ...
...read more - Mid-Atlantic Champs another great Chesapeake event – EVIL HISS wins June 6, 2019
The Viper 640 Mid-Atlantics were hosted by Eastport Yacht Club over the weekend of May 18-19.
A small but competitive group came together and enjoyed five challenging races at the mouth of the Severn River.
Saturday was a difficult day as the teams faced the onslaught of current from the north coupled with a light northerly breeze. The Susquehanna River outflow thru the Conowingo dam was 25% higher than average, which made the race track a one-sided affair. Anyone who got caught heading into the deeper water found themselves chasing the pack. Unfortunately the predicted wind was spot on for Saturday, and after attempting to start a second race where the fleet couldn’t quite get to the line, the race officers made the right move and signaled the end of racing for the day.
Sunday promised to be a better scenario with more ...
...read more - Women Racing Vipers in Palma May 17, 2019
The fourth event of the ONE Palma Viper 640 Winter Series took place over the weekend of May 10/12. RCNP hosted the event as part of the Sailracing Palmavela Regatta Trophy. The Vipers share racecamps with the TP52, the Maxi’s and many more.
...read more - Regatta Report: Cabrillo Beach Spring One Design May 14, 2019
Team Nice ASP led by Mike Pentecost with crew Chuck Tripp and Garrett Brown and are the winners at the Spring One Design Regatta out of Cabrillo Beach YC in San Pedro, CA. The forecast did not look good going into this last weekend’s event with a low pressure system moving through Southern California and no thermal gradient to fire up the famous “Hurricane Gulch” conditions. These variable conditions gave competitors a chance to tune the entire range from 5-15kts with the breeze building each day. These conditions also gave new viper owners a chance to “shake down” some new boats. Second Place in the event and leader after day one was Ed Feo and crew in Loco X. Great to See the Loco X team doing well they also competed this year at the Bacardi Cup in Miami. I ...
...read more - Team RCNP wins finale of 2019 Palma Viper Series May 14, 2019
16th Sail Racing Palma Vela Overall: Perfect finale seals titles
Racing in the new-to-Palma Viper 640 sportboat class has been close, spirited and exciting in the stronger breezes especially. The local youngsters of the host club, the Real Club Nautico de Palma lead by coach Pedro Mari, held off the challenge from Lawrence Crispin, a past Laser World Champion, on his Hissing Sid. The home Palma team won by a single point.
Team RCNP, Viper class winner – 16th Sail Racing PalmaVela – Final Day – photo © Nico Martinez
Marí, skipper of Team RCNP, commented, “We are very happy. We wouldn’t expect this result, because our opponents are better than us. They have beaten us the three previous regattas, they have raced in world championships and have been sailing Viper for the last three years. But since day one we had very ...
...read more - CRW – 3 Days of Racing and 3 Points Separating the Top-4 April 29, 2019
A small but spirited fleet of eight Vipers battled for the 2019 Atlantic Coast Championship sailed as part of 2019 Charleston Race Week, April 12-14. Some of the fleet chose to launch from the dedicated Viper launch and haul location at Hobcaw Yacht Club in Mt. Pleasant. Others chose to take advantage of the hoist at Charleston Yacht Club in downtown Charleston and sail over to the regatta location at Patriots Point Marina from there.
Friday morning the fleet departed from the shelter of the College of Charleston Sailing Center at Patriots Point. It was a quick sail out to Circle 1 located off the point of the Charleston peninsula at the intersection of the Ashley River and Charleston harbor. Under partly sunny skies, temps in the low 70s, a building SE breeze, and a challenging ebb tide, sailing was great.
The ...
...read more - VIPER 640 CLASS ASSOCIATION AWARDS TWO NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS April 25, 2019
During its regular meeting on April 1, 2019, the North American Executive Committee of the International Viper 640 Class association voted in favor of two yacht club proposals to host upcoming North American Championships for the Class.
2020 Championship
The Class awarded the 2020 Viper 640 North Americans to the Noroton Yacht Club, Darien, CT, to be sailed October 15-19 on the Long Island Sound. Noroton, with its stunning new clubhouse, hosted the 2018 Viper 640 New England Championship reaffirming that the club’s reputation for excellent race management, racer-friendly facilities, and gracious hospitality were well merited. It is anticipated that as many as 60 of the 21-foot sport boats will compete at Noroton with teams coming from across the U.S. and Canada as well as Bermuda, the UK, Australia, Spain, and South Africa.
“The Viper 640 sailors from Noroton Yacht Club and the ...
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