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Halifax Maritime Museum
Snipe #5652, in Halifax, Canada at the Maritime Museum Source: Regras.com.br (photo G. Nicolino)…
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Articles, Advices & Education
How to sail a Snipe fast? Read the tuning tips from our experts. Spreaders, rake, mast butt position. Do you have doubts about how to rig a Snipe? Read the news about boats or equipments.
Training hours are always important. Here are some tricks on how to work well and on an effective boat handling.
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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.
Calliope #10010
Calliope was built in 1951. Now the boat is located at the Michigan Maritime Museum, in South Haven.
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The World Champion’s Boat
As usual, after the World Championship, by popular request of our readers, SnipeToday publishes some photos of the winning boat. What boat did Alfredo Gonzalez and Cristian Sanchez use to…
Snipe Junior Sailing
by Alejandro Fresneda Hola Amigos, Hello friends, Let me introduce myself. My name is Alejandro Fresneda, 52 years old and Snipe sailor since I was 15. My home fleet is…
Snipe World Champions, a Long List of Big Names
On Sunday 21st August, in Cascais, Portugal, at 13:00 (local time), the Class flag will be raised for the first race of the 2022 Snipe World Championship. Who are the…
The Unique Joys of (Regatta) Travel
by Carol Cronin – from her blog “Where Books Meet Boats” I spent last week in San Diego for the Snipe Nationals—and was reminded once again…
by Carol Cronin
Memorial Fernando Pedroza in Natal, Brazil
From Regras.com.br For the people who still don’t understand @snipebra’s role in national sailing. This is the Fernando Pedroza memorial at @iateclubedonatal On January 6, 1952,…
Women’s Snipe European Championship 2022
Last weekend, the Snipe Class concluded its Women’s European Championship in Antwerp, Belgium, with nine countries from three continents represented. The Spanish and American armadas battled it out for the podium…
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“Il sorpasso”
A tribute to Jean Luis Trintignan, who died on June 17, co-star of the movie “Il Sorpasso”, 1962 comedy directed by Dino Risi, starring Vittorio Gassman, Jean Luis Trintignan and…
Love and the Snipe Dinghy
(From Sailing Scuttlebutt) At 58 years of age, noted Dutch offshore sailor Bouwe Bekking has seen a lot and done a lot yet, having taken part in eight Whitbread/Volvo Ocean…
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Snipe: World’s coolest yachts
YEP – that would be Bouwe Bekking nominating the Snipe as the best boat! Read his comments here! (From Sailing Scuttlebutt) Read more…
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1960 Bermuda Race Week
by Harry Levinson jr I posted this for Mother’s Day but then remembered that this I was the usual weekend for Bermuda Race Week. Two of the Levinson brothers and…
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Master European Championship 2022 – Video
Valencia, Spain…
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Is Cheating Becoming Legal?
by Antonio Bari, Rules Expert Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to participate in the Master Europeans. A great event, very well organized and managed by the Real Club Nautico de Valencia…
by Antonio Bari
Unshakeable Moments in Sailing: Augie Diaz
Luissa Smith, PR Director for the 2022 Bacardi Cup invitational Regatta, quizzed well-known sailing personalities about unshakeable moments that propelled them forward and incidents that…
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