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Snipe Bulletin
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by SCIRA Office
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.
Small Boat Scene: Avoid That Tunnel Vision
by Kim Couranz (from spinsheet.com) Dang it! We’ve all been there. You just had to cover that one competitor, no matter which way they went. You just had…
by Kim Couranz
Snipe Capsizes for Smaller Skippers
I usually write articles when I have a solution to a particular problem. This one is more of a cry for help from a small skipper: how do I…
by Carol Cronin
JFK Sailing Snipe
JFK was a Snipe sailor, too! Here he is sailing #8696 during his Senate days. (Thanks to Rick Arneson for the photo –…
by SnipeToday
San Fernando – Restoration Work
In Barcelona … photos ……
San Fernando on the Road to the Museu Maritim de Barcelona
“San Fernando” is going to the Museu Maritim de Barcelona. The boat will be restored at the museum. … photos ……
Capsize Analysis from Old Man Diaz
On the second day of the 2017 DonQ Regatta, Charlie and Michele Bustamante capsized to weather at the jibe mark and lost their rudder.
Snipe – competição séria, diversão garantida
Snipe: Serious Sailing, Serious Fun [iframe width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/_Ch4nasskKU?rel=0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ]…
by SnipeToday
SnipeDivas Dive
by Paola Prada Last weekend was a long weekend for us, we had 3 days of regatas at the Guarapiranga Reservoir in São Paulo, the São Paulo Sailing Week 2017.
by Paola Prada
#8653 Texan II
1951 Clark Mills Snipe #8653 “Texan II” originally owned by 1956 SCIRA Commodore Harold Gilreath Sr. and now owned by Michael Jones of Clearwater Florida and McKay Creek Boat…
by John D. Rose
The Time and Place for Aggressive Positioning
[caption id="attachment_18077" align="alignnone" width=""]The view from a sailboat is always great... but a little less so when someone tacks on you. Our friends here didn't actually tack on us, but…
by Kim Couranz
Snipe Sailing in the Orkney Islands
The Orkney Islands lie North of the Scottish Mainland. The Snipe Class has been popular in the Orkney Islands for many years now. The picture attached shows snipes racing…
Attention Snipe Sailors! April Fool’s Stories
Moruzzo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy - Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA - April 1st, 2017 We hope you have enjoyed our April Fool's stories. Pesce d'aprile! Poisson d'avril! Aprilvis! (i.e. April's…
by SnipeToday
Breaking News: SCIRA Courses for the 2017 Worlds
APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE April 1st 2017 In order to make sailing more fun and appealing for spectators and TV viewers, today the SCIRA Board approved…
New ChestTick Compass: Development Update
APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE In a unique cooperation negotiated by Martha Parker, owner of Team1Newport, Patagonia and Raymarine have just launched the innovative ChestTick®,…
by Carol Cronin