Three races were fit in by a very patient race committee today. The first was (as expected) sailed in a very light southeast wind, but after an hour of waiting a decent southerly filled in that even got crews and skippers into the hiking straps by the last leg. Photo courtesy Ted Morgan…
Severn Sailing Association, Annapolis, MD, June 3, 2016 Day one of the 68 boat Snipe North American Championship was light and gray as predicted, though the rain kindly held off.
The US Women’s Nationals will be sailed in Beverly, MA July 15-17, 2016, under the watchful eye of Rosie the Snipe Sailor. According to organizer Shan McAdoo,…
APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE His competitors didn't know it at the time, but rumors that Augie Diaz was testing an important patent-pending idea at the 2016…
APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE US Snipe builder Andrew Pimental of Jibetech has revealed a plan to test hydrofoils on his new Mark IV model. The first…
By Carol Cronin (Where Books Meet Boats) I was really, really looking forward to flying home from Miami last Sunday. For the past several years, I've driven home…
Miami, March 20, 2016. Final results after 5 races (no discard), report by Carol Cronin and Jensen McTighe, with photos by Blake Middleton and and Elizabeth Balbin Bransgrove 1. Ernesto…
By Carol Cronin The Snipe is a two person dinghy that brings the well-balanced class motto “serious sailing, serious fun” to life at every regatta. With a range of ages…
St. Petersburg, November 22, 2015. In spite of the race committee's best attempts (and the fleet sitting through a quick rainstorm), the breeze never stabilized enough to complete any additional…
[caption id="attachment_14474" align="alignnone" width=""]A proud moment, leading race 3 of the Snipe Worlds. We eventually posted a fourth in that race[/caption]By Carol Cronin - From Where Books Meet…
By Carol Cronin Over the past several years, there has been a lot of discussion about how to provide good charter boats for international championships—and how to get them returned…
By Carol Cronin (Photo courtesy of Matias Capizzano) Kim Couranz and I top out at a combined 280 pounds (127 kg), and more than one well-intentioned friend has…
By Carol Cronin 33rd overall? Doesn’t sound very impressive. Four years ago, Kim Couranz and I sure weren’t crowing about that finish at the 2011 Snipe Worlds. So why are…
For those of us with real jobs and lives outside of sailing, practicing always seems like the first thing to fall off our schedule when life interferes. After all, regattas…
Wikipedia defines "The Mystic Lakes" as "closely linked bodies of water in the northwestern suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts." Fed by the Mystic River, which runs all the way to Boston…