Exchange of Views & Reading
Snipe Bulletin
Read the latest Snipe Bulletin – out today https://issuu.com/jbiehl/docs/snipebulletinspring2020 SnipeBulletinSpring2020…
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Exchange of Views & Reading
All about the Snipe Class and the Snipe Sailors. Exchange of views, opinions, comments and new proposals. The Snipe is alive and exciting. And the discussion is lively as well.
ST Video Conference: 2020 Snipe Open European Championship
Presentation of the 2020 Snipe Open European Championship. Special guests: Damir Vranic, Reino Suonsilta, Daniela Semec, Antonio Bari, Josipa Prosinecki, Marko Marinovic…
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Attention Snipe Sailors! April Fool’s Stories
Moruzzo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy – Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA – April 1st, 2020 We hope you have enjoyed our April Fool’s stories. Pesce d’aprile! Poisson d’avril! Aprilvis! (i.e.
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Restart from the Fleet Activity
By Pietro Fantoni More or less all regattas have been canceled due to the Coronavirus. The exceptions are very few. In some countries, such as Italy and Spain, any…
Free Kinetics: Yes or No?
(Please watch this video above – 470 Men Medal Race with Free kinetics in 8 knots – and then read this article) By Pietro Fantoni To Rule 42 or…
2019 Snipe World Championship – Photo Book
Photo Book by Matias Capizzano Link…
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Thank Your Teammate Day
Blocking waves, adjusting all those controls: Thanks Kim! (Thanks also to Matias Capizzano for this photo from the 2015 Snipe Worlds.) by Carol Cronin Today, Kim and I are supposed…
by Carol Cronin
The Sailing Virus will prevail!
by Pietro Fantoni We are experiencing a strange, almost surreal period. We all have a great desire to race or simply go out on the boat to train, but…
Ladies and Gentlemen, the SnipeDivas!
by Paola Prada Yes, there were women sailing snipes before; I myself was one of them. There have always been spectacular women sailing Snipes. However, we were missing a…
by Paola Prada
Regatta Road Trips: Trailering Checklist
by George Szabo Regatta circuits require lots of travel and Quantum’s George Szabo is no stranger to the logistical challenges that come with the road trips, including getting your…
by George Szabo
It Takes a Fleet: Pre-Race Discussions
Both teammate Kim Couranz and inspiration Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz give great boat-park advice—and they also keep me laughing. by Carol Cronin (Published on Carol Newman Cronin – Author,…
by Carol Cronin
Driving (a car) and Steering (a Snipe)
When I think of the (little) time we spend racing, compared to the (much) time spent traveling, loading boats, rigging boats, waiting for the wind or waiting until the wind…
From the Commodore
by Luis Soubié Hello snipe friends, Is hard for me to fairly explain in a foreign language how honored I am to be elected as your new Class Commodore…
by Luis Soubié
Snipe Bulletin
Read the Winter Issue – out today! SnipeBulletinWinter2020…
by SCIRA Office
Emotion and Tradition in Brazil During the Snipe Hall of Fame Awards
by Ricardo Lobato The Hall of the Fame awards in Brazil happened during two ceremonies with emotion and great stories. On 14th December, Schmidt…