San Diego, September 12, 2014. Regatta report by Carol Cronin (Photo: Raul Rios & Fernando Menllor - courtesy of John Payne) Final results (10 races, 2 discards) 1. PUR Raul Rios & Fernando Monllor, 30 2. ARG Luis Soubie & Diego Mini Lipszyc, 31 3. BRA Breno Bianchi & Flavio de Castro, 45 4. BRA Rafael Gagliotti & Henrique Wisniewski,…
San Diego, September 11, 2014. Report by Carol Cronin (photo courtesy of John Payne) With a 2,5 today, Luis Soubie/Diego Mini Lipszyc (ARG) moved into the lead. So far this…
San Diego, September 10, 2014 Report by Carol Cronin Interview: Luis Soubie and Diego Mini Lipszic (Photo courtesy of John Payne) We sailed two races today in a 10-14 knot…
San Diego, September 9, 2014 Report by Carol Cronin Interview: Raul Rios Day 2 for the Westerns was a more classic San Diego day than expected. We towed out to…
San Diego, September 8, 2014. Report by Carol Cronin (photo courtesy of John Payne) Day one of the WH&O featured light air and flat water in South Bay, at the…
[caption id="attachment_10538" align="alignnone" width=""]Snipe Camp 2014 was a reward in itself. Photo: PaulCroninStudios[/caption]By Carol Cronin (Where Books Meet Boats) We hear it all the time: "work hard and…
Another tough but fun day of sailing on Boston Harbor today. With the breeze ranging from 8-18 knots and filling in lines from both sides, no lead was secure. Augie…
Cottage Park Yacht Club, Boston, MA: August 15, 2014. Three races were fit into a pretty wacky day on Boston Harbor. With the wind ranging from 250-320 degrees and velocity…
Winthrop, MA, Aug 9-10, 2014. Report by Carol Cronin, photo gallery (courtesy of Alex Pline) The 2014 Women's Nationals drew 15 teams to Boston Harbor for two days of mostly…
Three races were sailed today out of Cottage Park Yacht Club to start off the 2014 Women's National Championship. Although the forecast was iffy for breeze, a 4-8 knot seabreeze…
[caption id="attachment_10158" align="alignnone" width=""]Even on the windiest day of the regatta, leaving sails up during the lunch break was, unfortunately, not a problem.[/caption]By Carol Cronin When we drove into Okoboji,…
[caption id="attachment_10095" align="alignnone" width=""]Kim Couranz/Augie Diaz[/caption]Okoboji, July 28, 2014. Report by Carol Cronin Day 1 of US Nationals, Okoboji Yacht Club, Iowa: The US Nationals began today and continues through…
Medford Boat Club, July 26, 2014. This isn’t just a Snipe event, but it’s for a good cause and it will take place in the Snipe territory of Mystic…
In preparation for the Classic Snipe Rally, Art Rousmaniere collected a lot of information about each of the wooden boats in attendance. We've included it here for your enjoyment, and…
From boats.com Article by Carol Cronin A rally brings together Snipes from every decade since the 1930s. Last weekend I went to the Winchester Invitational and Classic Snipe…