Lake Champlain Viper 640 Regatta

Jason Hyerstay · August 08, 2014, 08:32:41 PM

Lake Champlain Yacht Club proudly invites you to our first annual Viper 640 Regatta!

We are a friendly and informal club with excellent racing and terrific race management. Late September on Lake Champlain offers some of the best wind and most beautiful scenery. We are hoping to have guest teams from Canada, Marblehead, Newport, Lake George, Long Island Sound, the Great Lakes and elsewhere.

Date: Saturday, September 27th and Sunday, September 28th, 2014

Location: Lake Champlain Yacht Club, Shelburne, VT, USA

All the event info and registration is here:

http://lcyc.info/events/viper

Please let me know if you have any questions or issues registering!

Cheers,

Jason Hyerstay

Cole Constantineau · August 09, 2014, 06:49:55 PM

In like Flynn! It took a little while before the registration went through--so if anyone has any issues there, I think the LCYC needs to approve you before you can get to the registration screen; just be patient.

This is going to be a fun regatta, I'm looking forward to it!

Jason Hyerstay · August 11, 2014, 01:03:02 PM

Excellent! Peter Beardsley has also signed up. We are looking forward to seeing you guys.

I'm the webmaster for the site, so I am approving the accounts as soon as I see the automated emails! Please let me know if you have any problems.

We have some housing available and we will work on finding more as needed. Cole, do you need a place to stay for you and your crew?

Cheers,

jason

Cole Constantineau · August 11, 2014, 03:55:04 PM

Actually--it would be awesome if someone is willing to let me and my crew stay with them Friday and Saturday nights..!

Jason Hyerstay · August 12, 2014, 03:13:39 PM

Email sent!

Jason Hyerstay · August 13, 2014, 11:44:51 PM

If you are in the northeast, please think about signing up. We have made the event as cheap as possible, and we are trying to provide free housing with club members for as many guests as we can. This is a pure Viper 640 event, with no other classes competing, so we hope to get off as many races as possible in our two-day regatta. Lake Champlain is a beautiful venue, and the club really wants this to succeed and become an annual event.

Thanks,

Jason Hyerstay

Peter Broszkowski · August 19, 2014, 02:13:36 PM

Jason
I would like to sign up but have no patience navigating your website. pls sign me up. Also if you can find housing for 3 people would be great . thanks. Peter Broszkowski Viper 193

Bob Bowditch · August 27, 2014, 04:45:29 PM

Jason,
Signed up and paid the fee but haven't heard back. Hope it went through. Accomodations for two of us, Jeff and Charlotte, would be great. We're looking forward to some serious fun.
Bob Bowditch, Dragon Lady #136.

Jason Hyerstay · August 27, 2014, 04:52:44 PM

Hi Bob,

Your name is on the list on the event page! If you didn't get a confirmation email, check your spam folder. I'll look for housing for you too. Thanks for signing up! Please tell your Viper friends.

Cheers,

Jason

Bob Bowditch · August 27, 2014, 05:45:07 PM

Jason,
Thanks, glad we're signed up. I don't need accomodations so save the space for someone else. We just need it for two people, Jeff and Charlotte. Thanks again.
Bob

Jason Hyerstay · August 28, 2014, 12:43:16 AM

Bob, are you planning on doing HPDO too? I have approval from the club leadership for storage of up to six boats coming from the north who want to leave their boats for HPDO.

Cheers,

jason

Bob Bowditch · August 28, 2014, 03:54:06 PM

Jason,
Might be good. Let you know soon but if you fill up before I get back to you, no problem. Thanks.
Bob

Jason Hyerstay · September 04, 2014, 09:14:47 PM

We are up to eight boats registered and paid now! Paul Z. just emailed that he would attend, and Dave N. has created an account on our site. Justin Scott introduced me to Viper sailing, and I would love to have him attend!

We already have more boats than CORK, and with only Vipers on the line, I think we can get in a lot of racing in two days! We are a very low-key club, with excellent race management and a gorgeous venue. Please come up for a great weekend just as the leaves are turning in Vermont and the wind speed is building!

I am working on arranging more member housing, but even if you have to get a hotel, it will be cheap and 5-15 minutes away.

The club grounds are small, and all we do is racing and cruising, no tennis, no bar, no restaurant. You will be no more than one minute from your boat, your car, the bathroom, or the docks. I would recommend fenders if we stay in the water, and we ramp launch (no lift). If you are gun-shy on the ramp, we'll happily launch your boat for you!

The Shelburne Shipyard is under five minutes away if you need gear, and West Marine is ten minutes away. I have the local townie bar, the Old Shed, ready for us on Saturday night, and I'll make sure they have quality rum. We'll be providing dinner and beer on Saturday, bagel breakfasts both race mornings, and the club is BYOB if you want to bring your own refreshments!

Cheers,

Jason

Jason Hyerstay · September 12, 2014, 06:58:56 PM

We are now up to ten registrants with two more on the fence! We are really looking forward to hosting a great event!

Cheers,

Jason

Fletcher · September 19, 2014, 08:46:16 AM

Anyone available to crew Sunday only?