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Bruno Bethlem, 2013 World Champion (photos courtesy of Fred Hoffmann) - Last september you won your second Snipe World Championship. What is the difference between the Worlds in San Diego and the last one in Rio? The difference was that this year we were sailing our own boat and happy to be at home. - Do you think…
[caption id="attachment_8195" align="alignnone" width=""]Darby Capellin grew up sailing Optis in St. Pete.[/caption]Sailing at this weekend’s Snipe State Championship in St. Petersburg, Florida was such as amazing learning experience. Competing along…
[caption id="attachment_8192" align="alignnone" width=""]Darby and Alan Capellin also sail together on other boats, like this J/95.[/caption]Editor's Note: Alan Capellin is a multi-regatta winning Snipe crew with a variety of skippers.
2013 Japan Nationals Lake Biwa, November 14-17, 2013. Video by Koji Ida [iframe width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/0928nOITERE” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ] Koji Ida…
“Rudder De Weeder” Video by Go Nomiyama Go Nomiyama [iframe width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/e_Hms5w70ZE” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ]…
Fleet 495, San Diego, CA, USA By Don Bedford Started by Herbie Shear back in the early 1960s, Fleet 495 (then the Mission Bay Snipe Fleet) began with a few…
Andre Callot, Snipe sailor and NS from Belgium - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? Late 1966 – 22 years old. Bought a Vaurien with a friend. The…
A short history (in Portuguese) of the Fleet 727 Campestre 1971 : O Ano da Classe Snipe em Sta Catarina "Um lago seria, por certo, apenas um lago…
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…
Junichiro Shiraishi, Snipe sailor (current Japanese champion) and sailmaker - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first boat was a Minihoper. It is like a Laser 4.7,…
Fleet #24 was one of the early chartered Snipe fleets in the USA. It has been relocated from Santa Monica to Marina del Rey, a suburb of Santa Monica. They…
In the “officials” photograph from left to right as identified by the Old Man are:Roy Yamaguchi (?) JapanTed Wells, USSam Norwood, US – Vice CommodoreBerney…
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From the SCIRA archives A bunch from the 60s ... photo gallery ...
[caption id="attachment_7928" align="alignnone" width=""]Gonzalo [/caption]ATTENTION SNIPE SAILORS! (From the SCIRA archives) IMPORTANT SAFETY TIPS FOR NEW SNIPE SAILORS by Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz 1. Do not go out in the…