
Snipe Bulletin
Spring 2013 Read the latest issue here!…
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.
Giancarlo De Carolis - xylography Born in Bologna in 1923, arrived in Rimini for professional reasons in 1953, Giancarlo De Carolis was fascinated by sailing and in particular by the…
By Carol Cronin, SnipeToday co-editor Previous articles: Snipe Class and Class Promotion, Snipe Class and Class Promotion 2 .... We continue to receive reports and suggestions…
By Carol Cronin (Where Books meet Boats) A Rod Davis article in the latest Seahorse Magazine got me thinking: why is it that from the outside, mid-life…
By Bruno Mello (SCIRA US) Snipe friends around the world I was very fortunate to drive a van and four snipes around the country to promote our class in 2012.
By Pietro Fantoni, SCIRA Secretary After my article “Snipe Class and Class Promotion”, I received reports, ideas and suggestions from some countries and fleets including France, USA (Mission…
By Taylor Scheuermann Every year in January, young sailors from all over the nation flock to Miami for a tough, yet very fun, Snipe regatta. While some of these sailors…
By Pietro Fantoni, SCIRA Secretary Recently the Board and the National Secretaries analyzed the statistics of the Class (members since the ‘90s, boats since the ‘70s) that Renee Bartell had…
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 reading…
One year ago we had the idea of creating a new site especially for Snipe sailors. We did not have a clear picture of what it would be. After a…
As an author and sailor, I tend to prefer books about the sea. Better yet, novels about dinghy sailing… but those are very few and far between*. Here are five…
The Snipe Bulletin (Winter 2012-13) is online. … SnipeWinter2013Final.pdf…
By Don Bedford, SCIRA Commodore Yet, another year of Snipe sailing winds down and I do hope you had lots of time on the water and met some new sailors.
By Kathleen Tocke We were at the 2011 Snipe Worlds in Denmark and Brian Kamilar, Enrique Quintero, and Tyler Sinks were talking about having a regatta for only younger people.
By Gweneth Crook, Secretary WH&O The Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship was recently held at Yacht Club Olivos in Argentina. After the races one day all the sailors gathered for…