Interviews & Videos
Semana Internacional del Yachting – Drone Video
Semana Internacionale del Yachting – Mar del Plata – Argentina…
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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.
Is your problem tactics and strategy? Don’t worry, you can find many answers by reading the articles of our experts.
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.
How We Traveled in the Old Days
[caption id="attachment_8923" align="alignnone" width=""][/caption]By Giorgio Brezich (excerpted and translated from the book "La Vita dello Snipe in Italia" – Sergio Michel – 2004 Alberto Perdisa Editore) My younger friends are…
Winter Series Mahon – Video
Mahon, Menorca, Spain, February 2, 2019. Windward mark rounding.
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Havana, early ’50s
Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz drinking La Bomba in Havana in the early ‘50’s. Note a young Carlos Bosch cheering him on…
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World Snipe Days 2019
By Pietro Fantoni – SCIRA Commodore Letter to NS and sailors January 2019Download Dear National Secretaries, Fleet Captains, Snipe Sailors, In 2018 many SCIRA Countries and…
The Star Sailors League Ranking is one step closer to become global
From the SSL website: http://www.starsailors.com/news/386,the-star-sailors-league-ranking-is-one-step-closer-to-become-global A NEW STEP FOR THE SSL RANKING After four years of experience with the Star class regattas, the Star Sailors League has now integrated…
The Commodore’s Log Book
Photo: Matias Capizzano/SCIRA Hello Snipe Sailors! 2018 finishes with good numbers. Sailors and boats registered with SCIRA have increased. Sailors: 2,530, boats: 1,745; SCIRA Countries: 32. Thanks to all the…
Snipe Bulletin
Read the latest Snipe Bulletin – Winter Issue PDF version to print…
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Lake Mohawk, USA Snipe Fleet in the 1930s.
Lake Mohawk, USA Snipe fleet in the 1930s. #4 – Charlie Gabor-1938 Snipe World Champion; #2602 Margaret Hall. Photo provided by Bill Ridge (son of Margaret Hall).
by John D. Rose
Bill of Sale for Snipe #1 “Adelaide”
J. Brown (original builder of Snipe #1) sold Adelaide to Charles A. Breath Jr. (of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi) in 1933 By Chuck Breath from Pass Christian, Mississippi.My son, Charlie…
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Winter Series Mahon – Aerial Video
Windward mark rounding – Aerial video…
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14 Questions to … Anette Melsom Myhre
Anette is a Norwegian Snipe sailor from Snarøya, always in front of the Women’s fleet with her crew Janett Krefting. At the Snipe Women’s Worlds she finished second in…
Snipe #13
By Bill Ridge It would be nice to let Ms. Becker know that the boat has been loved for many years. The current owners are the Ridges – Marge…
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Boats without MDS
By Pietro Fantoni – SCIRA Commodore The Snipe Class is a one-design class. Our SCIRA Constitution, Section 3, states: Object [of the association] To promote racing of sailboats of…
2019 World Quotas Set
Snipe Sr/Open Worlds – October 7-12 Ilhabela, Brazil Quotas for country entries for the 2019 Snipe Sr/Open Worlds have been set – 2019 World Quotas Here are…
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