Gary;

 

Are you talking about a Viper 640? At only 21 feet long I would not be 
surprised if chop would kill the speed.

 

We have a Viper 830 locally (Built by Thompson, the designer, not by the 
builders of the 640). NC PHRF is 78, so Chessie PHRF would be around 81. Fast 
and sleek sportboat, but still not much of a boat for camping.

 

Now if I were looking for a sleek, fast, camp-able, trailerable sportboat, I’d 
look at a Thompson 30. Chessie PHRF is 30 on Wairre, the boat that races up 
there. Only 2 feet longer than the 830 but with a workable interior. Lifting 
deep keel with a bulb, and outboard in a well under the cockpit that comes up 
out of the water so the well can have a solid floor to fair the hull. Slick 
boat.

 

 

Rick Brass

Washington, NC

 

 

 

From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Gary Nylander
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 10:46 AM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List moving from a C&C??

 

We have a Viper in our fleets. The Chesapeake Bay PHRF is 111. In flat water 
and real light wind, 750 pounds and a big chute is hard to beat. In anything 
over 12, it planes - a couple of weeks ago in about 15, it was going 15.

 

But, when we had a slightly longer race in choppier water and non planing wind, 
the Cal 40 was the winner, followed by a J-105, a J-80, a J-30, another J-80 
and the Viper. Waves are a problem for the little boat. The Cal and J-80's rate 
120 and the J-105 is 87 - 144 for the J-30, which beat the second J-80 by three 
seconds. It was a straight spinnaker run for four miles for the 'regular' chute 
guys while the asym folks were jibing all over the place.

 

I don't think I would like to camp in a Viper.

 

Gary

30-1 and J-80 crew

 

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