by Per Gothlin I got inspired by John D. Roses` story in a recent SnipeToday post where he told us about the Snipes appearing in Hitchcock´s movie “How to catch a thief” (movie starring Grace Kelly and Cary Grant on the French Riviera). Yeah, Mr Hitchcock apparently knew which sailboat was the hottest in Cannes, Monte…
From “Revista da Armada” (pages 28 and 29) 1953 Snipe World Championship Monaco, French Riviera, September 5-12, 1953 Conde Martins & Lima Bello, Portugal Tom Frost, USA…
Circa 1950 Snipes sailing in front of Monte Carlo, Principality of Monaco In 1953 the Snipe World Championship was held in Monaco Conde Martins, Portugal Tom Frost, USA Clemente…
From the end of the 1950s and during the 1960s, the Circolo Nautico Rapallo hosted an important Snipe regatta.
n 1953, more than 70 years ago, in Monaco, Antonio Jose Conde Martins won the Snipe World Championship on his boat "Garrancho" #9294. He was 17 years. Now he lives…
Pescara, July 2, 2023…
Here you can find a collection of pieces (articles, stories, interviews, reports, video) of the last 12 months. If you missed these stories the first time, we highly recommend reading…
On Sunday 21st August, in Cascais, Portugal, at 13:00 (local time), the Class flag will be raised for the first race of the 2022 Snipe World Championship. Who are the…
Beaulieu, France, May 24-27, 1979 After the publication of Per Gothlin’s article “A Snipe and the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix”, we were able to find,…
ChampionsCountryVenue# countries# teamsFull ResultsMediaWilliam BraceyUSANew Rochelle YC, NY, USA 2 14 1934 Perry Bass USA Dallas, TX, USA 1 12 1935 Philip Benson, Jr USA Oshkosh, WI, USA 114 1936 Authur M. Deacon USA Sea…
Santander, Spain, December 2021. Enrique García de Soto and Roberto Liaño won the local ranking, after 9 regattas and 58 races. El Chiqui IV, en 2021 vuelve a inscribir su…
Carlos and Jorge Vilar Castex sailed Snipes together from 1947 to 1957. They were both architects, and lived their whole life in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina, being members of…
Fernando Lima Bello passed away at the age of 89 on June 3 in Lisbon. He was Snipe World Champion in Monaco in 1953, crewing for Antonio Jose Conde…
A rare video of an international regatta, held in Monaco (Monte Carlo) in 1952. The regattas were held in front of the port, with the streets famous for the…
The International Snipe Class has a long history of which very few other classes can boast. The boat was designed by Bill Crosby in 1931 and 88 years later,…