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Viper Boats 640

Fractional Sloop · Lifting Keel · First built 1996

A high-performance fractional sportboat featuring a carbon spar and lifting keel, designed for rapid, tactical racing

Designed by Brian Bennett.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Lifting Keel

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.49 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 318 kg of hull, so roughly 900 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 318 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.56 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 3 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 3
CoastalBluewater

At 3.68 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 3.68
LightHeavy

45 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 45
EasygoingPowered-up

44.4 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 44.4
TenderStiff

26% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 26%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Lighter than ~95% of boats her size on file

Compared with 605 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
26.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
44.4
Displacement / length
45.0
Comfort ratio
3.4
Capsize screening
3.68
Hull speed
5.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
557
Hull
Hull type
Lifting Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1996
Units built
400
Designer
Brian Bennett
Builder
Viper Boats, Rondar

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Melges 247.32 mSame hull family0.9 m longerA 7.32-meter sportboat with a lifting keel and a 32.09 sail-area-to-displacement ratio built for rapid planing
Microtonner 195.50 mSame hull family0.9 m shorterA high-performance fractional sloop designed by Nestor Volker to the International Micro Class rule for competitive racing
Dufour Yachts T66.15 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA lightweight 800kg fractional sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for spirited performance in light air
Catalina Yachts 227.26 mSame hull family0.8 m longerA swing-keel masthead sloop with 15,000 units sold, offering a highly versatile and trailerable coastal cruiser

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