From Sailing World The Snipe dinghy provides more than great one-design sailing experience; it connects you to a global family. by Carol Cronin For more than 30 years, the Snipe—a hard-chine 15-footer almost a century old—has been my teacher. I first stepped into one as a newbie 20-something, as a crew for…
(Photo courtesy of Ted Morgan) Annapolis, MD, USA, June 27, 2020. Four races today in a puffy, shifty westerly with lots of washing machine waves. Team Miami put on a…
by Carol Cronin (from her website Carol Newman Cronin) Ordinarily, a weekend regatta wouldn’t rate any special announcement… but this is no ordinary summer, so today…
Photo courtesy of Star Sailors League by Carol Cronin (Published on the blog “Carol Newman Cronin – Where Books Meet Boats”) Back in December, I went to…
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE US National Secretary Art Rousmaniere has decided to move the 2020 Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship (WHO) to Mystic Lake, which…
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE In an unprecedented power grab, Snipe Class Commodore Luis Soubie has mandated that starboard-tack Snipes shall give way to port-tack Snipes…
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE Due to an abundance of post-virus shotgun weddings, the St. Petersburg Yacht Club calendar is already booked up for…
Blocking waves, adjusting all those controls: Thanks Kim! (Thanks also to Matias Capizzano for this photo from the 2015 Snipe Worlds.) by Carol Cronin Today, Kim and I are supposed…
Both teammate Kim Couranz and inspiration Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz give great boat-park advice—and they also keep me laughing. by Carol Cronin (Published on Carol Newman Cronin – Author,…
by Carol Cronin (Originally published on the website: Carol Newman Cronin – Author, Editor, Olympian) In a recent issue of Seahorse Magazine, I found myself both…
by Carol Cronin (Photo courtesy of Matias Capizzano / SCIRA) It wasn’t until the Snipe Women’s Nationals that I realized how much I relied on gates. Because. There. Weren’t.
Matias Capizzano captures the moment just after our pole shockcord let go… by Carol Cronin The next time your pole shockcord lets go, here’s how to jury-rig a…
By Carol Cronin (from Where Books Meet Boats – written on October 10, 2019, before the Snipe World Championship) I’m sailing the Snipe Open Worlds this…
From Carol Newman Cronin Blog By Carol Cronin What does it take to go to a world championship in sailing? Well, that’s like asking “how long…
Sandra Tartaglino passed away tragically yesterday after a collision with a motorboat, while she was racing in Newport, RI, a F18 regatta. Sandra was Andrew Pimental’s…