New Viper 640 Racing Series in Palma

Race officer Nick Hutton declares a clear start on day 3 of the 2018 Schweppes Viper World Championship © Bernie Kaaks

To continue the Viper 640 lifestyle of racing great boats in nice places, we are delighted to be able to announce a series of Viper 640 races for Spring 2019, in the beautiful Bay of Palma, kindly hosted by the prestigious Real Club Nautico De Palma.

Our prime objective with the Viper is to provide competitive racing, in a rewarding boat, in great venues. In the last 2 /3 years, we have raced in Riva Del Garda, Italy, Bermuda just before the AC, Miami in the Bacardi Cup, the North Americans in the Gulf of Mexico in Fort Walton, Florida last fall, and our inaugural World Championships on the Swan River in Perth, WA last February, and now in Palma through the coming spring. The class is now World Sailing approved, and is holding it's next World Championships in Long Beach, LA, in August 2019. Our intention is to hold our first European Worlds in Palma in 2021, and therefore we hope that this winter series will be a regular one in the build up to that event, and that a strong local fleet will develop.

The Dates:

RCNP Viper Series 2019

• January 26/27 Trofeo Sant Sebastian (local cruising & one design event)
• February 23/24 Trofeo Noli (local cruising and one design event)

• March 29/30/31 SAR Trofeo Princesa Sofia
• May 10,11,12 PalmaVela (international multiclass event)
• June 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 Viper Regatta (replaces the Lake Garda event)