I may not know what I’m doing tomorrow afternoon, but I know where I will be the afternoon of Friday, July 15: roaming the parking lot of Jubilee Yacht Club in Beverly, MA, helping a fleet of women's sailors rig and tune their boats. That’s the day before the Women’s Snipe Nationals, and chief cook and bottle-washer Shan McAdoo has…
Editor's Note: The 2016 North Americans writeup reminded Alex Pline of the report he wrote about the 1994 Snipe North Americans, which were also sailed out of Severn Sailing…
Severn Sailing AssociationJune 3-5, 2016 The 2016 Snipe North American Championship set at least two standards for Serious Sailing, Serious Fun over three days: the largest number of registrants…
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…
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…