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[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 Snipe unless it is blowing less than 15 mph. To venture out in higher winds, please, wait until you have a year of experience under your belt and an experienced…
From the SCIRA archives: The Crew’s Union Contract. To read page 2 (and the very best Article is VII) or to send a copy to your favorite teammate, download…
Raul de Valenzuela Santaella, Snipe sailor from Almeria, Spain, current European Champion - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? The first time I sailed was at age 8…
Rye, NY, September 16-22, 2013. (Photos courtesy of Fusanori Nakajima) 1. BRA Axel and Eric Schmidt 2. USA Harry Levinson and Alan Levinson 3. ESP Duque de Arion…
Teams, weights, boats, masts, sails (photo courtesy of Fred Hoffmann)…
The Board has delayed enforcement of the heavier jib weight for National events until 2015. Read the Circular Letter posted on the Snipe,org website for full details.
From the Rules Committee as a reminder:Approved Sail Laminates – As of January 1, 2013for both sailsBainbridge SL 1000PDiax 60 P For main onlyDimension…
Filmed by Alexandre Haddad [iframe width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/H8KbwuY9eKI” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ]…
Rio de Janeiro, September 28, 2013. Starts and mark roundings from the RC boat [iframe width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/5QLz3qxHvoU?list=UUn3GeQDfz2nRDLKlbjkCPlw” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ]…
Start of the last race filmed from the pin end by Cuca (Carlos Eduardo Sodre) [iframe width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/W6kqYywE51A” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ]…
Bruno Bethlem and Dante Bianchi celebrate the victory on their home water in Rio (video courtesy by Helio Lyra) [iframe width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/s1pEamwILaY” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ] Helio Lyra…
During the Senior World Championship a Sailors forum was held in a theatre at the Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro. These were ideas from the room for the Board…
Worlds – Boats and Sailors – Part 2 Worlds – Boats and Sailors – Part 1…
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