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Author Archives: Pietro Fantoni
14 Questions to … Jose Garcia de Soto
Jose Garcia de Soto, Spanish Snipe legend - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? At age 9 with my father in his Snipe. - 2) Your first time…
14 Questions to … Paco Sanchez
Francisco "Paco" Sanchez, multi Spanish National and European Champion (2004-2010) - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? When I was 6 years old I sailed in my optimist.
14 Questions to … Ricardo Fabini
From Uruguay, Ricky Fabini, 1989 Snipe World Champion - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first time on a sailing boat was in an old Lightning my…
14 Questions to … Jean Jacques Frebault
Jean Jacques Frebault, Snipe sailor from Claouey, France - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? In 1972 I was 8 in the sailing school in Claouey. It was…
14 Questions to … Henry Filter
Henry Filter, Snipe sailor from Annapolis - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? Age 5 sailing with my parents on an O'Day tempest 23. We sailed on the…
14 Questions to … Damir Vranic
Damir Vranic, Snipe sailor from Rijeka, Croatia and National Secretary - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? It was Optimist in 85' at the age of 8. I…
14 Questions to … Greg Saldana
Greg Saldana, Snipe sailor from Michigan - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? 1981 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. Scott Deardorff invited…
14 Questions to … Ulrik Sandvig
Ulrik Sandvig, Norwegian Snipe Champion - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? Sailboat holiday with my parents, I think it was my first ever summer (1980), so I…
14 Questions to … Fernando Madureira
Fernando Madureira, Brazilian National Secretary and Snipe sailor - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I was 11 years old at 1987. At ICRJ sailing school, in the…
14 Questions to … Dieguito Lipszyc
"Mini" ... Dieguito, the Great crew from Argentina - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first time was when I was about 7 years old in a…
14 Questions to … Taylor Scheuermann
Taylor Scheuermann young Snipe sailor from Miami I want to start by saying that this is an incredible honor! I've always wondered if I were to ever receive a "14…
Superstitions, Portents, Omens, Jinx, Taboos in the Sailing World
By Pietro Fantoni Originally published on Snipe.it on January 2006 Attention! Today you will not read of tactics, strategies, spreader lengths and shroud tension. You will read about something much…
14 Questions to … Paolo Lambertenghi
Paolino Lambertenghi, Snipe sailor from Torbole, Lake Garda, Italy - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? First time at 10 years in Optimist. I stopped for age, not…
14 Questions to … Alex Juk
Alex Juk, WH&O General Secretary and Snipe sailor from Florianopolis, Brazil - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first time sailing was when I still in the…