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Danilo D’Isiot
Danilo D’Isiot, a great Snipe sailor and famous boat builder…
Author Archives: Giorgio Brezich
Barbanera II, Barbanera III, Barbanera IV
From Giorgio Brezich archives Barbanera II, in Sulzano, 1960 Barbanera II, in Trieste, 1963 Barbanera IV, in Trieste (Triestina della Vela), 1966 Barbanera IV, in Antignano, with Giorgio Brezich and…
Barbanera I
Trieste, 1957. Launching and christening ceremony Barbanera I Sail number: 11012 Builder: Aldo Brezich Launched; Spring 1957 in Trieste, Società Triestina della Vela Skipper: Giorgio Brezich (From Giorgio Brezich archives)…
1955 Italian Junior Nationals
From Giorgio Brezich archives 1955 Sistiana – Italian Junior Nationals Waiting for the wind…
Grignano, Early 1960s
From Giorgio Brezich archives The photo was certainly taken in Grignano (Gulf of Trieste) in the early 1960s. The motor boat is the “Vela” of…
The Race Organization in the Old Days
[caption id="attachment_8942" align="alignnone" width=""]Miami, platform for the Race Committee with racing signals[/caption]By Giorgio Brezich The Racing Rules of Sailing have remained more or less the same. Today things are specified…
How We Traveled in the Old Days
[caption id="attachment_8923" align="alignnone" width=""][/caption]By Giorgio Brezich (excerpted and translated from the book "La Vita dello Snipe in Italia" – Sergio Michel – 2004 Alberto Perdisa Editore) My younger friends are…
#7082 “Snowball”
The 1953 Snipe Worlds Championship (Monaco) is described in Ted Wells "Wells' Wanderings" column in the October 1953 Snipe Bulletin, and there is also an article with boat equipment and…
1954 Italian Junior Nationals
From Giorgio Brezich archives Rapallo, 1954…
Charles Ulmer Sailmaker
SnipeYesterday 1963 (From Giorgio Brezich archives)…
I 11593 “Barbanera II”
From Giorgio Brezich archives Trieste, 1960 Barbanera II (Brezich & Rinaldi) ……
Late ’50s, Giorgio Gorla
From Giorgio Brezich archives Giorgio "Dodo" Gorla in the late '50s preparing his Snipe ...
I 7822 “Lassapur”
(From Giorgio Brezich archives) Lassapur - skipper avv. Pierino Reggio, crew Conte Vieri Lasinio di Castelvero - 1954 Coppa Alberti - Golfo del Tigullio ...
1959, Paul Elvstrom in Cannes
Cannes, 1959 The sailing legend Paul Elvstrom won the Ski – Yachting in the Snipe Class (From Giorgio Brezich archives – “Vela e Motore” sailing magazine) ……
Coppa Barbanera in Sistiana
From Giorgio Brezich Archives Sistiana (Gulf of Trieste), late ’50s, with Bora wind. 11149 – skipper Danilo D’Isiot…