I 9701 “Portorose”, 1955 World Champion’s Boat

I 9701 "Portorose", built in 1954 by Danilo D'Isiot, won in 1955 the Snipe World Championship in Santander, Spain, with Mario Capio and Lorenzo Podestà. ... photos ...

by SnipeToday 02/06/2016

I 9701 “Portorose”, 1955 World Champion’s Boat Image

I 9701 “Portorose”, built in 1954 by Danilo D’Isiot, won in 1955 the Snipe World Championship in Santander, Spain, with Mario Capio and Lorenzo Podestà.

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1955 Snipe World Championship

Santander, Spain, August 27-September 1

Mario Capio & Lorenzo Podestà, Italy
Jorge Mantilla, Cuba
Helder Soares Oliveira, Portugal

Sailed on Santander Bay, 16 nations

(Photo on the left: Mario Capio and Lorenzo Podestà in Santander; Paul Elvstrom in the middle, in the background).

Image gallery: photos taken in Trieste at the exhibition “I Disegni del Mare” (2010).

john mcshane

02/12/2016 - 20:17:15

I believe the boat's number is incorrect for a 1955 era boat. I have one snipe built in 1954 #9741 and another one built in 1963 #14177.
I can remember as a kid seeing a 1950 era Snipe Bulletin ad using a picture of Mario Capio sailing a 9000 series snipe as a testimonial for a sailmaker (I think) after winning the Worlds.

P. Fantoni

02/12/2016 - 20:34:03

Hello John,
the hull number is #9701: we found that number from the SCIRA Italy boats data base.
Letter "I" means Italy, when ISAF (sorry, World Sailing) was called IYRU.
US, BL, A, K, F, B, N, S KC, D, P, E, L ... were the national letters