2025 Melges 24 and Viper 640 Canadian Championships

Canadian Melges 24 Zingara at the Bacardi Midwinters Photos: Hanna Lee Noll

Feb 27, 2025

The Canadian Melges 24 Class, and International Viper 640 Class are both pleased to announce that their 2025 Canadian Championships will be jointly held at the South Port Sailing Club, (Tecumseh Ontario, just outside of Windsor), on the weekend of Sept 5-7. 

The event will see these two high performance boat classes being raced on the south-west end of Lake St. Clair.  This location typically enables competitors to participate directly from neighbouring US clubs. 

Viper 640s at the Bacardi Midwinters

We invite all Melges 24s and Viper 640s to join us at this fun, competitive sailing regatta!

Melges 24 details at https://www.melges24.com/

Viper 640 details at https://www.viper640.org/

See registration details on www.yachtscoring.com.

SPSC details at https://www.southportsailingclub.com/

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