Hello Sean!!!!this may be your lucky day. I think you and I own the only 2 Viper 15s left in the world!!!!! I bought mine in April of this year and it had everything but any parts made of wood. I have patterns I can send you. The gentleman I contacted on CL did send me the original tracings...the pine I used worked great.....I am in Texas, so our season is just now beginning again.Hi, I live in IL and just found a Viper 15. I know nothing about it. Theres absolutely nothing to it but the boat and hardware. If you could give me measurements for all standing rigging, centerboard, tiller and rudder (if you found that?), that would help so much! respond asap! want to sail before winter hits
I am the proud owner of a 1971 Viper made in 1971 in San Angelo. I have made the daggerboard and tiller from pine and have mahogany available for the next set when I get these patterns right. I am having trouble finding ANYTHING as a pattern for the rudder. I found a picture of a Texas Tornado rudder that has the same hardware as mine, but making a pattern from a 2" picture is a bit tricky. I found a boat for sale on CL but when I called the guy and asked for a tracing of his, or even pictures, he was almost rude. Any help? The rudder I am copying is eggplant shaped.
Hi I am the 3rd person...must be trend...I live WI I don't know anything about sailing. You don't happen to have a manual do you? I have a main sail and a jib. Hoping to have much fun this summer with little frustration!!!Hello Sean!!!!this may be your lucky day. I think you and I own the only 2 Viper 15s left in the world!!!!! I bought mine in April of this year and it had everything but any parts made of wood. I have patterns I can send you. The gentleman I contacted on CL did send me the original tracings...the pine I used worked great.....I am in Texas, so our season is just now beginning again.
Welcome to out small, elite club. I found out quite a bit about the history of the Viper 15, but have found no manuals. Try looking at the instructions for the Sunfish...quite the same. I took a local sailing class for six weeks and learned most of what I know. I have a couple of things to do before I get mine out on the water this year, but I hope to spend more time sailing than ever.Hi I am the 3rd person...must be trend...I live WI I don't know anything about sailing. You don't happen to have a manual do you? I have a main sail and a jib. Hoping to have much fun this summer with little frustration!!!
Hey All, Does anyone have a good method and product for waxing/polishing/general spiffing up this old viper?
I will try the soft scrub routine...thanks...Don't know if the angle of the boom is odd or not. It only fits on one way ..LOL I don't think I could mess that up...but them I am a rookie. I raised the height of the boom where it travels up and down on the mast so that I could see more...Any ideas let me know. Thanks for the cleaning tip, I will let you know if it helps!!! Ps do you all stuff your sails into the bag or fold them?
Thanks for posting the photo. I will now try to rig a cunningham.Hi Jeannebean. Here is a shot of the down-haul mounting ring on the bottom of the goose-neck. Tie off on that ring and pull the boom down to trim your mainsail so there are no wrinkles, then trim the out-haul at the boom aft to take out any more wrinkles in the sail. Wow, sounds like I actually know what the heck I'm talking about. Shows what a little reading will do.
The next shot is of my sad daggerboard warped really badly. The top of the board is on the floor and you can see the top rails are straight and the tip is... well ... useless.
This Viper will not sail until I can get a new daggerboard.
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