Buffalo, July 21-26, 2013. The 2013 US Nationals, otherwise known as "Snipe Camp", has come to an end, and we're already looking forward to the next edition. This year's festivities took place at Buffalo Canoe Club, just across the Canadian Border on the north shore of Lake Erie. 38 boats sailed the Senior Nationals, and 12 boats sailed the Junior…
Buffalo, July 26, 2013. No racing today. 🙁 final results attached. Report and photos soon 1. Raul Rios & Mac Agnese, 27 2. Ernesto Rodriguez & Eduardo Mintzas, 32…
[caption id="attachment_7250" align="alignnone" width=""]15 sec before the start of race 7. Courtesy Martin Fraser[/caption]Buffalo, July 25, 2013. Results and report by Carol Cronin 1. Raul Rios & Mac Agnese, 27…
Buffalo, July 24, 2013. Results after 7 races and report by Carol Cronin (photo courtesy Kim Couranz) 1. Raul Rios & Mac Agnese, 13 2. Ernesto Rodriguez & Eduardo Mintzias,…
[caption id="attachment_7242" align="alignnone" width=""]Nikki Bruno (sailing with Andrew Pimental) took this photo on the fun reach in from sailing[/caption]Buffalo, July 23, 2013. Day 2, Crosby Series. Results and report by…
Buffalo, July 22, 2013. Report by Carol Cronin and full results ... Crosby Series Races 1 & 2 1. Raul Rios & Mac Agnese, 1-1 2. Augie Diaz & Kathleen…
[caption id="attachment_6954" align="alignnone" width=""]Tight racing in a beautiful venue[/caption]What started out as a pretty cobbled together regatta, with hopes for a bit of swag to raffle and at least…
[caption id="attachment_7099" align="alignnone" width=""]1960s Snipe sailing in San Francisco Bay. Photo courtesy SCIRA[/caption]In my day job as managing editor of boats.com, I spend most of my time editing the work of…
Annapolis, June 1, 2013. Short report by Carol Cronin: We spent the day chasing Peter Commette and Julia Melton around Chesapeake Bay but could only catch them for a brief…
Past Commodore (2003) Brainard Cooper is a lifelong Snipe sailor. Known more for his measurement of Snipes, he has also been SCIRA rep at many events. - 1) Your first…
We’re all taught to carry spares to regattas. But a spare TRAILER? When I left Rhode Island in January to drive my boat to Florida, I was towing a borrowed…
APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE In a surprise addition to the International Snipe Class Rules, the Board has decided to make hiking sticks illegal. It has also…
[caption id="attachment_6389" align="alignnone" width=""]Kim Couranz beats me every time we race together—across the line, I mean.[/caption]I have a confession to make: I was out of the office last week. No,…
Miami, February 2, 2013. It's great to be back on the water! Maybe 12-16 for first race, then 8-12 for two more fun races on Biscayne Bay.
The Comodoro Rasco starts Saturday, Feb 2, 2013. The NOR and Sailing Instructions are now available on the Coconut Grove Sailing Club‘s website. See you there! When Old…