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2016 General Restrictions
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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.
Promotion Committee
By Pietro Fantoni, SCIRA Vice Commodore (Photo courtesy of Matias Capizzano) One of the most important sectors for the development of our class is to promote our class, and for…
Pigoli IV
I 15808 Pigoli IV Built by Danilo D'Isiot in 1966 ... photos ...
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Fleet 152 Gijón
Fleet 152, Real Club Astur de Regatas, Gijón, Spain By Jose C. Alegria History Snipe sailing in Spain started at the northern ports of the Iberian peninsula, with Vigo, Bilbao…
Fleets: Let us know the Story and the Activity of your Fleet
The heart of the Snipe Class is the local fleet. Fleet activity boosts regional, national and international activity. It is also a "family" where the sailors can spend their time…
From the Vice Commodore: Goals for the Next Two Years
By Pietro Fantoni, SCIRA Vice Commodore (Published on the Snipe Bulletin - Winter 2016) - Any decision of the Board and the Technical Committee should consider the…
Commodore’s Log Book
By Gweneth Crook, SCIRA Commodore Let me introduce myself. I grew up sailing Snipes and come from a Snipe family. My parents' first big purchase after they immigrated to Canada…
Decal Colours
By Gweneth Crook, SCIRA Commodore Happy New Year! I have heard that people are asking about the 2016 decals, who chose the colours? One of the duties of the…
Rovigno-Rovinji, 1940
Rovigno, 1940. Gino Rocco and Giacomo Calioni sailing their Beccaccino. Rovigno (Istria) belonged to the Kingdom of Italy in 1940. Now it is Croatia, Istria County. ...
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Monaco
Circa 1950 Snipes sailing in front of Monte Carlo, Principality of Monaco In 1953 the Snipe World Championship was held in Monaco Conde Martins, Portugal Tom Frost, USA Clemente…
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14 Questions to … Kenta Nakagawa
Kenta Nakagawa, from Doshisha University, Japan, was 6th at the 2015 Junior Worlds. (Photo courtesy of Matias Capizzano) - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first time…
Connecting the Dots from Sailing to Racing
By Kim Couranz - originally published on SpinSheet Magazine - December 2015 How did you get into sailing small boats—and more specifically, how were you introduced to racing…
by Kim Couranz
Raul, the Snipe Sailor of the Year
By Raul Rios This year I had the opportunity to sail with many friends and achieve many goals. All of that would not have been possible without all my crews,…
by Raul Rios
14 Questions to … Alvaro Martinez Iribarne
Alvaro Martinez Iribarne, from Malaga, Spain, was third at the 2015 Snipe Open Worlds in Talamone, Italy. He won the 2011 Junior Worlds in Rungsted, Denmark. (Photo courtesy of Matias…
Best of 2015
Here you can find a collection of pieces (articles, stories, interviews, reports, video) of the last 12 months. If you missed these stories the first time, we highly recommend reading…
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