I'm asking for your support to help get the Serious Sailing, Serious Fun: Traditions Build Winners documentary edited this year, the 80th Anniversary of the Snipe. You can donate money for this project on-line at Kickstarter.com and at the same time you can be entering the raffle I'm holding. My Kickstarter project is titled "Traditions Build Winners as the Snipe…
Rocio is relatively new to sailing Snipes but just like her sister Trixy, they got a love of the boat from their dad who’s been sailing Snipes for many years.
Sailing has been in Trixy’s blood since she was a little girl when she started in the Optimist Class at age seven. When she aged out, it was no surprise…
Marina Gallego started sailing the Snipe two years ago when she jumped into the Snipe Women’s Worlds in Spain. She spends most of her time working on her bid to…
A Gold medal at the 2008 Olympics. An Olympic match racing campaign that's well underway. Why does someone with those aspirations come to sail at the Snipe Women's Worlds in…
Molly grew up in San Diego, one of the hotbeds of Snipe sailing. She didn't race Snipes very much, but she was in demand with some of the best Snipers…
Over 60 boats came to Annapolis this summer to sail the Snipe US Nationals. One thing that stood out was how many young people were racing this year. It wasn't…
The 2009 US Snipe Snipe Nationals kicked off in Pensacola this past June in what was billed as much better conditions than when the Nationals were last here. The conditions…
The 2009 Snipe World Championship in San Diego was everything competitors thought it would be. The winds were light but never so light that you could not have great tactical…
Bibi Juetz has been sailing Snipes for 60 years, both in her home country of Brazil and around the world. At 75, she’s just finished competing in the Snipe Master’s…
George Szabo sails Snipes because the Class knows how to have fun both on and off the water. As an international Class it attracts some of the best small…
Carol Cronin’s been sailing Snipes for almost 20 years. She’s crewed for many of the best skippers in the class and she’s going to the World’s this September as crew…
The Old Man has been sailing Snipes since he was 15 years old in Cuba. The Snipe was already an established class with boats sailing shortly after the plans were…
Each year Snipes migrate to Florida for the Winter Circuit. The Don Q regatta at Miami’s Coconut Grove Sailing Club is the center piece of that three race series. Sailed…
Augie Diaz is the current National Champion for the Snipe class and former Rolex Yachtsman of the Year. He approaches sailing with a competitive spirit but also understands the value…