Schweppes Viper World Championship at Perth, Western Australia

Schweppes Viper World Championship at Perth, Western Australia - Overall

by Bernie Kaaks 23 Feb 2018 03:46 PST 19-23 February 2018

The Jerwood/de Vries family combination is well known at Australian Sailing headquarters, where Nia Jerwood and Monique de Vries are Australian representatives in the 470 class. They jumped back to 420's in January to claim the World Women's title in that class. This time it is their parents in the spotlight. Nick Jerwood, Nia's father and a former world champion in the Flying Fifteen class, teamed up with her brother Matt and Monique's father Brian to win the Schweppes Viper 640 World Championship 2018, conducted by Western Australia's South of Perth Yacht Club on the Swan River.

Justin Scott repeated his success at last year's Worlds by finishing second with two third placings in the last two races. The American stated at the start of the campaign that he came to Perth expecting a top five finish, so he would have been delighted with his performance. Sailing with young local guns Conor Nicholas and Luke Elliot, the combination improved steadily throughout the regatta, with no worse than a third place in any of the final six races.

Match racer Keith Swinton, originally from Perth but resident these days in the USA, held down second place until the final day, bombing out with an early start in the last race of the series and allowing Scott to relegate him to third.

Jerwood crosses the finish line to take overall victory on day 4 of the 2018 Schweppes Viper World Championship - photo © Bernie Kaaks

Conditions were difficult for both competitors and officials today. The forecast strong winds did not materialize and instead winds shifted between 140 and 190 degrees for some time this morning before finally settling enough to allow racing to proceed after a long delay. Wind strength never reached ten knots.

It was a brave skipper who dared to stray out to the corners of the course in either of today's races and the rewards went to those who worked the shifts down the middle.

The consensus from competitors was a big endorsement for the championship. Most praised the organization and the way racing was run, the weather offered a little for everyone – from light breezes through to a testing 28 knot gear breaker, this regatta had it all.

Host Club Commodore Phil Warwick congratulates the winners at the 2018 Schweppes Viper World Championship - photo © Bernie Kaaks

View the video feed of the last moments of the final race, won by Jerwood just ahead of Britain's Lawrence Crispin

Overall Results:

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Crew 1	Crew 2	Crew 3	R14	R13	R12	R11	R10	R9	R8	R7	R6	R5	R4	R3	R2	R1	Pts
1	AUS272	STEAL DE BREEZE	Nick Jerwood	Brian DeVries	Matt Jerwood		1	10	2	[16]	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	[26U]	1	1	25
2	USA237	MAMBO KINGS	Justin Scott	Conor Nicholas	Luke Elliot		3	3	3	2	2	2	6	2	[17]	11	6	[26U]	5	9	54
3	AUS281	GREEN MAMBA	Keith Swinton	Arlyn Mattinson	Ben Marler	Bruce Mattinson	[26R]	7	5	3	5	7	5	6	5	2	2	[26U]	4	4	55
4	GBR274	HISSING SID	Lawrence Crispin	Hector Cisneros	Luka Crispin		2	13	12	5	9	8	[13A]	10	1	[16]	5	1	3	3	72
5	AUS278	ATHERIS	Murray Howson	Jorman Mears	Mark Lovelady	Sue Howson	7	1	[18]	4	4	9	[17]	7	10	8	8	3	6	7	74
6	AUS216	YOU GET IN THE BOWL	Denis Jones	Colin Spence	Graeme Spence		6	5	7	1	10	6	2	3	[26B]	14	3	[26U]	13	8	78
7	AUS118	HISSTERIA	Alex Landwehr	Patrick Vos	Sam Monkhouse		8	6	8	6	7	14	4	4	3	10	[14]	4	[14]	6	80
8	AUS217	HIGHLANDER	Martin Webster	Sam Gilmour	Shannon Wright	Zoe Thompson	10	[12]	1	8	6	4	9A	[14]	6	5	10	8	9	5	81
9	AUS280	NOTHING TOO SERIOUS	Rod Beurteaux	Jon Stubbs	Rupert Leslie		[23]	2	13	11	3	3	7	8	15	7	7	5	11	[17]	92
10	AUS116	VELOCITY	John Park	Paul Liddington	Seamus Mulholland Pa	Tony Johnson	16	8	11	9	11	11	9	13	9	[21]	11	6	8	[26U]	122
11	AUS113	DONT FORGET ALICE	Peron Pearse	Ethan Brough	Hamish McGill	Jacqueline Harding	[20]	14	10	10	8	10	13	18	11	4	[26S]	11	10	12	131
12	GBR285	P - POPSEY	David Hitchcock	Ian Nicholson	Julian Bleddyn		4	15	20	13	12	15	15	12	7	3	26F	[26F]	[26R]	2	144
13	AUS279	HISSING IN THE WIND	Graeme Monkhouse	Heather Monkhouse	James Williams	Robbie Stout	13	16	14	17	18	12	12	15	19	[20]	[26R]	2	2	10	150
14	AUS112	FIZZ	Nick Lewins	Martin Attwill	Michael Navarro		9	[26U]	15	19	13	17	[19]	17	18	18	4	7	7	11	155
15	AUS198	VFORCE	Mark Griffith	John Learmonth	Richard Stainton		5	11	6	15	17	5	24	11	12	17	26F	[26F]	[26R]	16	165
16	AUS218	BITE ME	Michael Cameron	Jake Flintoff	Travis Keay		14	4	4	20	14	23	10	22	4	6	26S	26S	[26S]	[26R]	173
17	RSA290	RAFIKI	Alex Schon	Bo Szalek	Gavin Davies	Greg Plunkett	17	19	19	14	20	13	[22]	5	8	13	[26F]	13	20	15	176
18	AUS197	FLY	Terry Riley	David Jordon	Glenn Foley		11	18	17	21	[21]	[21]	14	19	20	9	13	9	17	14	182
19	CAN288	OSHUNMARE	Steve Chapman	Christophe Ledent	Warren Walhaug		18	9	16	18	19	19	16	9	14	19	[26S]	[26F]	22	13	192
20	1	KOALAS ON TOAST	Paul Young	Craig Wilusz	Nathaniel.		15	20	[24]	[22]	15	18	21	21	13	12	12	12	15	18	192
21	AUS215	GREY NOMAD	Chris O'Keefe	Chris Gilmour	Kim Leunig		19	17	9	12	22	26U	11	23	16	15	26F	[26U]	18	[26U]	214
22	USA118	FLIGHT RISK	Tony Chapman	Glenn Van Heel	Nigel Brownette		12	21	21	7	16	16	20	16	21	23	[26F]	[26R]	21	22	216
23	AUS117	KISS MY ASP	Terry Foster	Harob Keay	Miles Dracup	Paul Fabricius	21	23	[25]	24	23	20	18	20	23	[25]	9	10	12	20	223
24	AUS114	FANG	Stephen dines	Job Mayberry	Lawson Terputra	Thomas Mears	22	24	22	23	24	22	23	25	22	22	[26F]	[26R]	16	19	264
25	AUS139	CALIBRE RACING	April Jorgensen	Adam Shand	Danielle Hodgkinson	Jayson Oates	26S	22	23	25	26S	26S	26R	24	24	24	[26S]	[26F]	19	21	286