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Snipe Bulletin
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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.
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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.
#6976 – Restoration Underway
This Snipe #6976 is one of six Snipes built by Russell’s Boat Works in Miami, Florida USA. Only two exist now, this one and #6715 “Tiger” (owner John Rose)…
by John D. Rose
How to Stay Competitive Against All Odds
This week on our SnipeToday YouTube channel we had a very interesting webinar. Luis Soubie, SCIRA Commodore, coach and sailor, explained to us, in an online conference, how to stay…
by SnipeToday
Highlights from days 2 & 3 of the 2021 Snipe Class Don Q Regatta in Miami
Video by Kathleen Tocke Spectacular conditions for Snipe sailors on days two and three at the 2021 Don Q Regatta in Miami, with lots of fun on and off…
by SnipeToday
Flota Snipe Chascomús – 65 Anniversary
On April 21, 1956 the Chascomus Snipe Fleet was born. From the Flota Chascomus FB page: Hoy la Flota 466 Snipe del Club de Regatas Chascomús cumple 65 años!!!…
by SnipeToday
How to Approach the Top Mark without Losing Places and Breaking any Rules
Yesterday on our SnipeToday YouTube channel we had a very interesting webinar. Ricardo Lobato explained very clearly the most common scenarios at the top mark. Watch the SnipeToday webinar…
Day One Highlights from the 2021 Snipe Don Q Regatta in Miami
Video by Kathleen Tocke…
by SnipeToday
Ready, GO! Prepare your boat to be compliant
Antonio Bari, Snipe Class Rules expert, yesterday gave a complete and interesting lecture on measurement at the main events, either National or International and on how to prepare the…
by SnipeToday
14 Questions to … Peter Wolstenholme
Peter Wolstenholme, Snipe sailor from London and UK National Secretary – 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My parents had a boat that I was taken out on as a baby, my father then bought…
1948 Russell’s Boat Works Snipe #6976
by John Rose Near sisterboat to my Snipe #6715. #6976 is being modernized and restored now in New Bern, North Carolina USA, these two Snipes are the only ones…
by John D. Rose
Snipe Skipper, Flora Cole, explains why you must sand a Snipe daggerboard
Young Snipe skipper, Flora Cole, from Annapolis demonstrates technique for sanding a Snipe daggerboard and why teams need to sand their boards. Watch, listen, and learn.
Attention Snipe Sailors! April Fool’s Stories
Moruzzo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy – Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA – April 1st, 2021 Feeling foolish this year? Yeah, we are too. With so many sailing plans…
by SnipeToday
Snipes in Egypt
Another follow-up from the Snipe Bulletin. Click the link below to see classic photos of Snipes in Egypt. Royal Air Force - Kasfareet 1953-1956 - Great Bitter Lake - Suez…
by SnipeToday
Adventures of Sailor Barbie in Miami
Every crew should watch this video. See how a top crew from Argentina moves in the boat upwind. (Video by Miami Snipes) Watch the…
How to Thank Your Supercrew, Again
To overcome life’s many hurdles, I recommend befriending a supercrew like Kim Couranz or the oh-so-wise Connie Commette. Photo: Taylor Scheuermann by Carol Cronin (Published on Carol…
by Carol Cronin