Entry includes (for 2, 3 or 4 crew) continental breakfasts each day, Saturday evening dinners, beer and water. Shortly after being named the 1997 Boat the the Year, the Viper lost its builder and went out of production. Fit is everything When covers fit better, they protect boats better—and they last significantly longer. 2019-12-15T16:00:00-05:00. The VX One has a roller furling jib which was always a complaint I had on the Viper 640. This makes for a super well balanced boat. Also, with the vertical rudder instead of the swept rudder on the Viper 640, it’s much easier to get the boat to behave when you are right on the edge of being able to carry the chute. The big tactical questions were when the shift would happen and whether there would be any breeze afterward. 13-15 knots of wind and carpet flat water with the shifts rolling off the shore off Long Boat Key made the course wide open with boats arriving at the top mark from both sides of the beat. silken_2016-03-11-0011.jpg. silken_2016-03-11-0115.jpg . When we were headed downwind with 12.5 kts of boat speed, the tiller felt exactly the same as it did at 3 kts of boat speed, it’s that easy. I remember the first time I drove the Viper 640 and I thought how balanced that boat was. You use more gnav on this boat then I did on the Viper 640. Flying Scot Fleet 36 News; MC Scow Fleet 97. 1.2 Class specific rule changes and updates are shown in Attachment III. Donnie marked trim positions behind the track with degree marks so they are accurate and make reproducing trim positions simple. On the VX, it’s just a matter of rolling it up which is very nice. Viper 640/ VX One Winter Series full info. Once your crew gets familiar with the boat, they will only have to remember a few basic starting trim positions based on point of sail, and then fine tune from there. Once again, the premium of getting off the line in a clean lane and being able to go fast to the first shift was the key to having the race come together. Rachel and Peter Beardsley and Simon Karstof Jensonf won a tie-breaker with Jackson Benvenutti, Jesse Fielding and Jan Majer to take first place for the weekend. The design was so well loved that in 2005, a small group reestablished the class, recruited a new builder, and started a grassroots fleet. There are two easy ways to raise your Viper 640 Mast. The spinnaker trim is continuous and does not have much load, even in high breeze. silken_2016-03-11-0114.jpg. The VX One Design offers: * Team Design Approach: The VX team includes lead design and concepts by Viper 640 designer, Brian Bennett, naval architecture and design engineering by Ross Weene and Rodger Martin, rig development and engineering by John Clinton and the Southern Spars team, and deck layout by Harken. Well, now I know I was wrong and there was room for improvement. Cam Farrah and her father, Cliff posted four top-five finishes to stand second overall in the Viper 640 fleet - 2019 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Marblehead One Palma Viper 640 Finale Regatta One Palma Viper 640 Finale Regatta One Palma Viper 640 Finale Regatta One Palma Viper 640 Finale Regatta Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week day 3 1 Personen sprechen darüber. Make sure your crew is aware of this! Hayden Bennett won the weekend event with 9 points, 10 points ahead of Amy Kleinschrodt. My first impression of the helm is that it feels amazing. E Scow News; Viper Fleet. News; Racing. I was able to sail at 12.5 kts and hold the tiller extension and main sheet with one hand. The bottom line is your jib traveler and the top line is your jib sheet. #1 Viper 640/ VX One Winter Series. The RC started race five in a southerly breeze, and once again there was another race winner. Once we got the boat on the water, it’s amazing how easily it glides with the smallest amount of breeze. The VX One Fleet was topped by the Class President John Potter and David Guggenheim and who were followed by Hayden Bennet and … The spinnaker halyard/pole extension setup is very good. © 2021 Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 2019-2020 Sarasota Viper & VX One Winter Series. In the end, race seven was won by Mary Ewenson who took her second race win of the regatta. The first fast, small keelboats were Stars, then came Solings, then the Viper 640 and now, 15 years after the introduction of the 640, comes the VX One. One design sails at discount prices at Vela Sailing. Viper 640 and VX One Classes Sailing Instructions 1 RULES 1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS).
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