Zibi Rakocy – SCIRA Vice Commodore and Chair of the Promotion Committee – is convinced that one of the biggest problems of our class is the fact that we always race in the same places. “In recent years I have had the opportunity to visit 180 of the 195 recognized countries around the world, and many of them could organize…
As many of you already know, the World Sailing Racing Rules Committee has commissioned a Rule 18 Working Party in an attempt to simplify RRS 18 (Mark Room). SnipeToday is…
Are we really sure we want to amend part of the Constitution?…
Bernardo Peixoto, junior sailor from Bahia, finished second at the recent Brazilian Nationals. – 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I’ve been on a sailboat since I was…
Henrique Brites is a young and very talented Snipe sailor from Portugal. He won the Portuguese Nationals in 2021.
The Snipe World Championship “Commodore Hub E. Isaacks Trophy” is not an open championship, in which everyone can participate, but it is a closed event, with numerical limitations by country.
Alfonso Oña, Snipe sailor and Spanish National Secretary from Madrid – 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? It was at age of 8 in San Juan lake (Madrid)…
Lars Burman, SCIRA Sweden National Secretary – 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? At age of 13 in the Stockholm archipelago. My…
The heart of the Snipe Class is the local fleet. Fleet activity boosts regional, national and international activity. It is also a “family” where the sailors can spend their…
Mila von Beckerat, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, won the Snipe Women’s Worlds this year, crewing for Juliana Duque. 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I…
Peppe D’Orazio, from Pescara, Snipe sailor, regatta organizer and new Italian National Secretary -1) Your first time on a sailing boat Fifty years ago on a dinghy; at the…
Floriane Le Floch, Snipe sailor from Lorient and new SCIRA France National Secretary – 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first time on a sailing boat…
It seems like an eternity since the 2018 European Championship in Pori, Finland, when the European secretaries, after listening to Marko Marinovic’s presentation, voted for Split, Croatia, as the venue…
A sad news for our Class. Carlos Vilar Castex has died yesterday. Carlos was inducted – with his brother Jorge – into the Snipe Class Hall of Fame in…
Peter Wolstenholme, Snipe sailor from London and UK National Secretary – 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My parents had a boat that I was taken out on as a baby, my father then bought…