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Here you can find a collection of pieces (articles, stories, interviews, reports, video) of the last 12 months. If you missed these stories the first time, we highly recommend…
Fleet 875 Aternum – Pescara, Italy by Peppe d’Orazio Prologue I have neither the knowledge, nor the charisma Sergio Michel had. The author in 2004…
(Published on the Snipe Bulletin) by Luis Soubie A few years ago I wrote a piece titled “25 Years under theBird” were I told my beginning in the Snipe…
(From the Snipe Bulletin) by Antonio Bari It was long time ago……when I was asked to become a member of the Rules Committee, so long that I don’t remember…
Dear Snipe Sailors, 2020, what a year! We all revised our programs, most of us sailed less than planned, and the Snipe Class canceled its main international regattas. But…
SNIPE FLEET 686 (81 DOMESTIC SPANISH NUMBER) by Pepe Pérez The Snipe Fleet at Club Náutico Los Nietos was established in the 1960s, and since the beginnings two junior sailors,…
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History of the fleets The first Snipes appeared in the Gulf of Trieste in 1940. Since then there have been five different fleets (from Trieste to Muggia), currently united…
by Carol Cronin (from her blog: Carol Newman Cronin, Author, Editor, Olympian) Two decades ago, Paul and I had to return a borrowed Snipe to Mystic…
by Alison Keenan Sailing this year looked very different from the typical summer filled with regatta and other events. We definitely did not take for granted any day we could…
by Reino Suonsilta – SCIRA European Secretary We all know why Snipe is so enjoyable to sail and compete, but there are a lot of potential new Snipe sailors…
Snipe 31663, built using an AutoCad design, and cut on a CNC plotter. We followed her construction process. Now 31663 is sailing.
The International Snipe Class has a long history of which very few other classes can boast. The boat was designed by Bill Crosby in 1931 and 89 years…
The history of our Class is also the story of the decals that have been chosen by the Commodores in charge and have been shown on the starboard side…
