Loading a Lineburger Snipe on a DC-6
DC-6 by VARIG Airlines – Alberto Lineburger Snipe boarding from Porto Alegre to São Paulo – Yatch Club Santa Amaro ~ 1963-1965. Photo from Lineburger family records.
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By Reino Suonsilta - Promotion Committee The following is based on an email discussion by a small group from the Promotion Committee: Zibi Rakocy, Ivo Gattulli, Reino Suonsilta…
The SSL Finals finished last Saturday in Nassau, Bahamas. Our 2019 Snipe World Champion Henrique Haddad, with his crew Henry Boening, sailed a great regatta, finishing 7th and representing…
After the last Junior and the Senior Worlds the Board decided to send a questionnaire to the participants (“2019 Snipe Worlds Survey”) for knowing their opinions regarding some topics.
Start of 1962 Western Hemisphere Championship in Brasilia, Brasil These photos were found in the SCIRA archives of the 1962 Western Hemisphere Championship in Brasilia, Nov 23-Dec 2. Brazilia, Brazil,…
Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh) in the Bahamas – at the Royal Nassau Sailing Club – presents trophies (the King’s cup) to winners. Snipes from minute 2:09…
by Carol Cronin (Photo courtesy of Matias Capizzano / SCIRA) It wasn’t until the Snipe Women’s Nationals that I realized how much I relied on gates. Because. There. Weren’t.
Split, Croatia, August 31 – September 5, 2020…
Split, Croatia, September 7-8, 2019…
After the 2015 and 2017 Snipe Worlds in Europe, the 2019 edition was in South America (Ilhabela, Brazil) and, of course, the equipment used by the sailors (boats, sails…
From the book “Snipe Tales” (written by a Great Group of Snipe Sailors – edited and censored by Buzz Levinson – 1996) “In 1938, Bill Crosby asked if I…
Our friend Sylvie Le Bour from France saw on SnipeToday the article with the photo of Cuneyt Aydemir from Turkey in 1973 and she sent us this nice old…
(Photo courtesy of Matias Capizzano – SCIRA) Henrique Haddad (aka “Gigante”), from Rio de Janeiro, won the recent Snipe World Championship in Ilhabela with his crew Gustavo Nascimento.
Hello Snipe Sailors, The Snipe World Championship, every two years, for sure is the pinnacle SCIRA event. I have been so fortunate to be part of nine Snipe World…
Read the latest Snipe Bulletin – now available for download! SnipeBulletinFall2019…