[caption id="attachment_11544" align="alignnone" width=""]Comodoro Rasco delivering a Snipe to a Miramar Yacht Club winner Julio Jané. From left to right: Jané's father with a big cigar, Carlos Martinez, Comodoro Rasco, Barquin, unknown person, Julio Jané , Mariano Guas, Jesus Barrazal and Gonzalo Melendez, Cuban Snipe National Secretary[/caption]Miami, Coconut Grove Sailing Club, January 31 - February 1, 2015 Dear Snipe Sailor:…
By Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz (Photo courtesy of Fred Elliott) • When the pole is retrieved without pulling on the jib sheet (or you can call "guy") and the pole…
By Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz Here is a photo of me on my first snipe # 3686 in 1945 approx. The boat was built in Cuba in 1939 by an…
Miami, September 6-7, 2014. Report by Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz 2014 (58th Annual) Florida State Snipe Junior Championship The Florida State Junior Championship started in 1957 with Ken Lippincott winning…
Snipe Mast History as viewed by Gonzalo Diaz, Sr. In 1945 when my father bought me my first Snipe, (Rosi II # 3686) we all at the Miramar Yacht Club…
By Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz (Photos from SCIRA archives) This is the Comodoro Rasco delivering a Snipe to a Miramar Yacht Club winner Julio Jané. from left to right: Jané's…
Miami, February 1-2, 2014. Results and regatta report by Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz 20 Snipes competed for the 2014 (XLV Annual) Comodoro Rasco Snipe Regatta with Augie Diaz and Nikki…
Old pictures from Cuba and notes by Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz. The first picture seems to belong to when the new "boat house" or "yachting house", as it was called…
In the “officials” photograph from left to right as identified by the Old Man are:Roy Yamaguchi (?) JapanTed Wells, USSam Norwood, US – Vice CommodoreBerney…
[caption id="attachment_7928" align="alignnone" width=""]Gonzalo [/caption]ATTENTION SNIPE SAILORS! (From the SCIRA archives) IMPORTANT SAFETY TIPS FOR NEW SNIPE SAILORS by Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz 1. Do not go out in the…
[caption id="attachment_6135" align="alignnone" width=""]The author trims in around the leeward mark[/caption]19 snipes competed for the 44th Annual Comodoro Rasco Snipe Regatta, hosted by the Coconut Grove…