There are 9 Vipers signed up already for the YRALIS Champs Aug. 6-7 at Indian Harbor YC (Greenwich, CT), with the possibility of getting another 2-3 local boats out at minimum. Forecast calls for real southerly both days (7-11 kts with minimal delays hopefully). Boats from outside the Western Long Island Sound area are welcome to participate.
Online registration at http://www.yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=534
Scratch sheet: http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_scratch_sheet.cfm?eID=534
Thanks Peter for the push. We'd love to see a couple more boats participate in this. The Vipers have won the battle of the 20 sporties in our area so it's time to go after the hearts and minds of everyone else -- the guys and galls sailing all those more traditional boats who'd be keen to step up to a Viper but want to make sure the Viper is not some flash in the pan. To get them we need turnout. So for the good of the class and your investment, please consider coming. And who knows... it might just be fun in and of itself!
And as a special inducement, the Viper competition will also be the Area A and Area B US Sailing Men's Championship semi-final. So get your entries in.
Anyone with any questions can contact me.
Jonathan
2 days, 9 Vipers, 8 races, short courses, decent breeze. Hopefully someone who was there can chime in, but results are posted at http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=534
Viper 640
1. USA 81 Viper 172 Viper 640 Charles Goodrich 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 12.0
2. USA 121 Live Wire Viper 640 Joseph E Healey 3 2 5 1 1 3 3 2 20.0
3. USA 159 Wild Hogs Viper 640 Peter Bauer 2 3 2 2 3 1 5 4 22.0
4. USA 162 Viper 162 Viper 640 Robert Matthews 4 5 3 4 4 7 2 3 32.0
5. USA 108 Double D Viper 640 Dawn Kozak 5 6 8 5 6 5 6 8 49.0
6. USA 163 Eclipse Viper 640 Cameron McKnight 7 4 4 6 7 8 8 7 51.0
7. USA 95 Hells Bells Viper 640 Hale Holden 6 7 6 9 8 4 7 6 53.0
8. USA 93 Westward Viper 640 Richard West 8 8 7 8 10/DNS 6 4 5 56.0
9. USA USA 40 Junkyard Dog Viper J Joseph Bainton 10/DNS 10/DNS 9 7 5 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 71.0