Thierry den Hartigh, aka Spike, Snipe Sailor from Belgium - 1) your first time on a sailing boat? My parents bought me an optimist for my 6th birthday. I had never seen a sailing boat before. The first time I was sitting in front in the Optimist, my father was steering with one hand and with a sailing book in…
Luis Pessanha, Snipe sailor and SCIRA Past-Commodore - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? At 7 years old in a Sailing Yacht with my father. After it, I…
Ricardo Lobato - aka Blu - Snipe sailor from Rio de Janeiro and SCIRA Vice-Commodore - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I took the regular Optimist course…
Zbigniew Rakocy, European Secretary, from Poland - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I was 12-13 years old when my younger brother and I started to learn sailing…
"Attention, Snipe Sailors!" Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz, THE SNIPE SAILOR, from Havana to Miami, 68 years of sailing Snipes! - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? In 1943…
Enrico Michel, Snipe builder and Snipe sailor - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? On an old wooden optimist when I was 6 - 2) Your first time…
Jerelyn Biehl, Snipe Sailor and SCIRA Executive Director - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? Pretty sure my parents had me sailing in their Lightning before I was…
Don Bedford, SCIRA Commodore and Snipe Sailor - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I really don't remember my first time on a boat but i di have…
Bojan Grego, sailmaker, Snipe sailor and Olympian (FD) from Croatia - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? At 3-4 years old. My father was also sailor - 2)…
Carol Cronin, SnipeToday co-editor, Snipe Sailor and Olympian (Yngling) - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? At 10 days old (frequently misquoted by reporters as "10 years old").
Kenji Abe, Snipe sailor from Japan, second at 2007 Worlds - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first time was on a Flying Junior, 25 years ago.
Xandi Paradeda, aka Careca, 2001 Snipe World Champion and Olympian (470) - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first time on a sailing boat was when I…
By Pietro Fantoni, SCIRA Secretary After my article “Snipe Class and Class Promotion”, I received reports, ideas and suggestions from some countries and fleets including France, USA (Mission…
Alejandro Fresneda, the athletic and passionate Snipe sailor from Spain - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first time was on a Optimist, thirty four years ago.
Gweneth Crook, Snipe sailor and Secretary Western Hemisphere & Orient - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I know it was a Snipe but the exact age?? I…