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Master World Championship – Day 2 Master World Championship – Day 1 Understanding the Snipe Class: The SCIRA Rep Understanding the Snipe Class: Officers and Board of Governors (Part II) Understanding the Snipe Class: Officers and Board of Governors (Part I) Swedish Nationals Trofeo Armada Española – Final Campeonato Anual Flota 731 Master World Championship – Opening Ceremony Trofeo Armada Española – Day 2 Trofeo Armada Española – Day 1 Golden Cat Cup – Kinneko Cup

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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.

Holiday Greetings by SnipeToday Editors

Dear Snipe Sailors, Today we're celebrating six years of SnipeToday. 152 authors have contributed more than 3,700 articles to "A Site for All Snipe Sailors." Thank you! Here are the statistics for 2017: 180 regattas covered530 articles publishedmore than 291,000 visitorsmore than 4,000,000 page views 665 of you subscribe to our weekly SnipeToday Digest, and more than…

by SnipeToday 12/22/2017

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Salute Gweneth!

by Gweneth Crook I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and Happy New. My time as Commodore is winding down. It has been…

by Gweneth Crook 12/22/2017

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The Snipe meets the Star Sailors League

by Pietro Fantoni News for 2018: we will have an international Snipe ranking. Not a test, like in 2016, but for real. At the end of November I went with…

by Pietro Fantoni 12/22/2017

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Dodo Gorla and the Snipe

Editor's note: Dodo Gorla is one of the best Italian sailors of all time and a true sportsman. By Giorgio "Dodo" Gorla I was born on Lake Orta (North-West of…

by Giorgio Dodo Gorla 12/02/2017

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Snipe Clinic in Uruguay

Montevideo, November 23-26, 2017 Snipe training Camp was a great event Yacht Club Uruguayo was the sailing venue, a great place with fantastic sailing conditions . 12 boats from Uruguay…

by Ricardo Fabini 11/29/2017

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Remembering Pedro “Nucho” Sisti

[caption id="attachment_20012" align="alignnone" width=""]Long Beach, 1981 Snipe Worlds: Micky Costa and Nucho Sisti[/caption]by Micky Costa It was 1979 and being 16 years old I had the offer from the well…

by Micky Costa 11/27/2017

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Measurements at Championships

By Antonio Bari - Rules Committee Chairman Serious Sailing is part of our motto (the other side, serious fun, is not the responsibility of the Rules Committee...) And Serious Sailing…

by Antonio Bari 10/18/2017

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Measurement and Class Rules Compliance

by Pietro Fantoni - SCIRA Vice Commodore Compliance with Class Rules is critical to ensure that a Class does not lose credibility. If class rules are not respected and they…

by Pietro Fantoni 10/11/2017

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80 Years of Snipe in Norway

Brynjulf Romslo has worked for years to write down the story of the Snipe Class in Norway with the help of many Snipe sailors around Norway. It…

by SnipeToday 10/02/2017

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Snipe Bulletin

Read the latest Snipe Bulletin – Fall 2017 Cover photo: Matias Capizzano…

by SCIRA Office 09/20/2017

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The story behind The Steffen Skjønberg Adventurist Perpetual Trophy

[caption id="attachment_19493" align="alignnone" width=""]Photo of Mechtild and Jacques Romain being presented with the trophy in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland by Patricia Retson, Brand Heritage Manager of Highland Park Whisky Distillery who…

by Sue Roberts 09/13/2017

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One or Two Fleets for the Worlds?

by Pietro Fantoni, SCIRA Vice Commodore (Photo courtesy of Matias Capizzano) In La Coruna we split, for the first time in the history of the Snipe World Championship, the boats…

by Pietro Fantoni 08/25/2017

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Scoring System for Big Events

by Cesar Travado (Photo courtesy of Matias Capizzano) A new scoring system was used for the 2016 Europeans and the Worlds 2017. It consists, as most of you know, on…

by Cesar Travado 08/23/2017

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Junior Worlds, Comments and Suggestions

by Nicholas Grael I have participated on the 3 last editions of the Snipe Jr. Worlds (Rio 2013, Talamone 2015 and Coruña 2017), and even though this edition had a…

by Nicholas Grael 08/17/2017

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Museu Maritim de Barcelona – Snipe: Origen, Present i Futur

Snipe: origen, present i futur Barcelona, July 11, 2017 Avui a la inauguració de l’exposició Snipe: origen, present i futur. Amb la recuperació del San Fernando. El Snipe va…

by SnipeToday 07/12/2017