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2015 Snipe Worlds Quotas
Attached are the worlds quotas based upon the past 2 years boat registrations, per the Isaacs Deed of Gift. ...
by SCIRA Office
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Snipe Bulletin
Latest issue of the Snipe Bulletin – Winter 2015 – now available for reading online!…
by SCIRA Office
14 Questions to … Rafal Zakrzewski
From Poland Rafal Zakrzewski, East European Secretary - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I started sailing when I was seven. It was a half century ago. At…
K 19084
Built in wood, year of build estimated at 1972, by Terkelsen of Stone Hythe Snipe fleet…
by Andy Gibson
#3686 Rosi II
By Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz Here is a photo of me on my first snipe # 3686 in 1945 approx. The boat was built in Cuba in 1939 by an…
How to Improve Fast – 2. How to Prepare the Boat
By Luis Soubie In the previous chapter, the first, we discussed the critical importance of THINKING all the time while racing. Only if we think will we have ideas, and…
by Luis Soubié
Olympic Broach: The No Good Very Bad Windiest Day
[caption id="attachment_11296" align="alignnone" width=""]Team GBR got around us on the second upwind leg, on their way to another race win. Meanwhile from the Parthenon, the sailing gods watched over us.
by Carol Cronin
14 Questions to … Kai Saarhelo
Kai Saarhelo from Pori, Finland - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I guess it was sometime in 1968. Trying an Optimist on a small lake. - 2)…
Aquarelle
Un altro ritrattino ad acquarello Courtesy of Davide Besana www.davidebesana.com aquarelle …
by SnipeToday
2015 Snipe World Championship Promo Video
Make your plans for the 2015 Jr & Sr Snipe Worlds in Talamone, ITA Video Paolo Cardoni – Circolo della Vela Talamone [iframe width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/XO7eiAjOBhE” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ]…
by SnipeToday
Sailing Lessons with Old Man
Snipe Promotion Sailing lessons with Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz [iframe width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/FY46koNomYc” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ]…
by Greg Saldana
Interview with Raul Rios, WH&O Champion
Raul Rios, from Puerto Rico, US Junior and Senior Champion and WH&O Champion. The present and the future of the Class. (Photo courtesy of John Payne) - 1) When and…
2016 Id Crook Memorial World Masters Championship
By Gweneth Crook – SCIRA Vice-Commodore While in Japan at the 2014 Masters Championship it was brought to my attention that the rotation for this championship was not following…
Interview with the European Champion
Raul de Valenzuela Santaella, 2012 and 2014 European Champion - 1) Last August you won your second European Championship. What is the difference between the Europeans in Cervia and the…
14 Questions to … Aine McLean Fretwell
Aine McLean Fretwell from San Diego, California - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first time on a sailboat was when I was about 9. We sailed…