A recent shift in one design sailing has been toward the "20 ft Sportboats". A few Mudheads have recently bought Viper 640 designs (you may have seen Dave Nickerson's Viper out on Wed night) and they are really fun boats. So, if you want to experience what this Viper thing is really all about, and you’re around this Saturday, a few owners have offered to take you Viper sailing!

The boats are fast, one owned by Bill Griffin of SHYC with Chris and Vickie Field as crew (literally right out of the box) just won the Long Island Sound champs last weekend in Greenwich (congrats!!) in a competitive fleet. That boat, along with Dave Nickerson, Moise Solomon and thier boat will be available as well.

Here’s the plan:
Who: Folks interested in the Viper and who might help in building a fleet
Where: SHYC Sailing Foundation’s Sailing Center, 70-72 Water Street, Stonington, Ct
Local parking is available (might move just south to the Commons docks
if the SF docks are late going in)
When: Sat. June 6th. 10:00 until 2:00 (Laser frostbiters come early)
Wear: Dress for dingy sailing or small keelboats, bring a lifejacket
Do: Please let Bill or Dave know via email (see below) by the end of Thursday if you expect to join them and approximately when on Saturday you’ll be there.

There is some effort pulling all of this together and they are happy to do it, but if not enough can make this date, or you can't make it, feel free to contact them. They have offered to make
other arrangements to get you out sailing (for example on a Mudhead Weds night race).

Questions? Dave Nickerson ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or Bill Griffin ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ). If the weather is very questionable, they will leave word with the front desk at SHYC if they are cancelling (535-0112).

These boats are some serious fun! Come check it out.