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Rule Change Proposal: 20-06 Rules C6.2 – Establish a Determined Position for Corrector Weights
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Just Checking!
The Miami Snipe Fleet #7 and the CGSC after WW II on “The Miami Daily News – Sunday Magazine” – December 14, 1947 by Bruce H. Coyler (Originally published on…
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14 Questions to … Flavio Castro
2015 Snipe Worlds – Talamone. Italy© Matias Capizzano Flavio Castro, from Rio de Janeiro, 2020 Brazilian National Champion, crewing for Mateus Tavares. – 1) Your first time on a…
Campeonato Argentino de Snipe 1956
https://www.facebook.com/flota466/videos/623218108247328/ Chascomus, Argentina, 1956…
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A Snipe Legend by a Snipe Legend
by Fred Schenck (Originally published on “SnipeTales by a Great Group of Snipe Sailors”, edited and censored by Buzz Levinson, 1996) Back in the late thirties when fiberglass was…
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14 Questions to … Josipa Prosinecki
Josipa Prosinecki, Snipe sailor from Split, Croatia, and organizer of the next 2020 Snipe Europeans – 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I think it was on…
1955 Italian Junior Nationals
From Giorgio Brezich archives 1955 Sistiana – Italian Junior Nationals Waiting for the wind…
Ladies and Gentlemen, the SnipeDivas!
by Paola Prada Yes, there were women sailing snipes before; I myself was one of them. There have always been spectacular women sailing Snipes. However, we were missing a…
by Paola Prada
Regatta Road Trips: Trailering Checklist
by George Szabo Regatta circuits require lots of travel and Quantum’s George Szabo is no stranger to the logistical challenges that come with the road trips, including getting your…
by George Szabo
It Takes a Fleet: Pre-Race Discussions
Both teammate Kim Couranz and inspiration Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz give great boat-park advice—and they also keep me laughing. by Carol Cronin (Published on Carol Newman Cronin – Author,…
by Carol Cronin
Trade Winds in the North Coast of Cuba at Their Best
by Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz (Originally published on “SnipeTales by a Great Group of Snipe Sailors”, edited and censored by Buzz Levinson, 1996) This is my favorite story and…
1957 in Cuba
by Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz (Originally published on “SnipeTales by a Great Group of Snipe Sailors”, edited and censored by Buzz Levinson, 1996) In 1957, I learned another Snipe…
Driving (a car) and Steering (a Snipe)
When I think of the (little) time we spend racing, compared to the (much) time spent traveling, loading boats, rigging boats, waiting for the wind or waiting until the wind…
From the Commodore
by Luis Soubié Hello snipe friends, Is hard for me to fairly explain in a foreign language how honored I am to be elected as your new Class Commodore…
by Luis Soubié
Snipe Bulletin
Read the Winter Issue – out today! SnipeBulletinWinter2020…
by SCIRA Office