Exchange of Views & Reading
Snipe Bulletin
Read the latest Snipe Bulletin – Fall 2017 Cover photo: Matias Capizzano…
by SCIRA Office
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.
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
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…
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…
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…
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
Snipe Bulletin
The Summer issue is out!…
by SCIRA Office
Small Boat Scene: Avoid That Tunnel Vision
by Kim Couranz (from spinsheet.com) Dang it! We’ve all been there. You just had to cover that one competitor, no matter which way they went. You just had…
by Kim Couranz
Capsize Analysis from Old Man Diaz
On the second day of the 2017 DonQ Regatta, Charlie and Michele Bustamante capsized to weather at the jibe mark and lost their rudder.
SnipeDivas Dive
by Paola Prada Last weekend was a long weekend for us, we had 3 days of regatas at the Guarapiranga Reservoir in São Paulo, the São Paulo Sailing Week 2017.
by Paola Prada
The Time and Place for Aggressive Positioning
[caption id="attachment_18077" align="alignnone" width=""]The view from a sailboat is always great... but a little less so when someone tacks on you. Our friends here didn't actually tack on us, but…
by Kim Couranz
Attention Snipe Sailors! April Fool’s Stories
Moruzzo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy - Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA - April 1st, 2017 We hope you have enjoyed our April Fool's stories. Pesce d'aprile! Poisson d'avril! Aprilvis! (i.e. April's…
by SnipeToday
Breaking News: SCIRA Courses for the 2017 Worlds
APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE April 1st 2017 In order to make sailing more fun and appealing for spectators and TV viewers, today the SCIRA Board approved…
New ChestTick Compass: Development Update
APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE In a unique cooperation negotiated by Martha Parker, owner of Team1Newport, Patagonia and Raymarine have just launched the innovative ChestTick®,…
by Carol Cronin
Foils and Pedals
APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE The Snipe class may be old, but thanks to constant modifications by its high-tech builders it is keeping up with the foiling…
by SnipeToday