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By John D. Rose Restoring a wooden Snipe makes you "love" them even more. Here is the history of my three Classic Snipes that I have in my small "collection."…
[caption id="attachment_7304" align="alignnone" width=""]Enrique Quintero crewing for Brian Kamilar[/caption]Enrique Quintero, Snipe Sailor from Miami, 2007 Snipe World Champion - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I was about…
By John D. Rose Photos of the Snipe after the new meranti plywood decking was installed and epoxy-fiberglassed with 4 oz. cloth. Things I've learned (for the next restoration, on…
This is a 1932 Snipe #115 “Narnia” built by Century Boat Co. (Manistee, Michigan USA). It is the fifth oldest Snipe that is known to exist currently in the…
Here’s a link to a nice informative video on the planned construction and history of the new boat shop at Heritage Village (Largo, Florida USA), featuring Clark Mills…
[caption id="attachment_7099" align="alignnone" width=""]1960s Snipe sailing in San Francisco Bay. Photo courtesy SCIRA[/caption]In my day job as managing editor of boats.com, I spend most of my time editing the work of…
Ivo Gattulli from Rome asked to post his own opinion about regattas overlapping. "I'm just a snipe-racer, and a Fleet Captain like hundreds, trying to do his own.. So I…
Summer Snipe Bulletin now available online Summer_2013.pdf…
Cervia, June 27, 2013. This isn’t sailing, this is the traditional Kart racing in Cervia at the annual Piada Trophy. Piada Trophy – Final…
Damian Borras, Spanish sailor and coach, 1994 European Champion - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? June 1968, It was in a Optimist. I was five years old.
It is wooden Classic Snipe #12375, built in 1960 by famous USA boat builder Carl Eichenlaub of San Diego, California USA. The original owner was Herb Shear, who later…
By John D. Rose I thought you might be interested in seeing the buoyancy bag installation system (forward, side and aft bags) that I am using on my 1947 wooden…
Team Roquette and Morais (National Champions) Courtesy BBDouro Sailing Team video [iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/68378953″ width=”300″ height=”250″ frameborder=”0″ webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen ]…
Estreno Mojito y Magnum (Club Nàutic Ciutadella - Menorca) Entreno festivo para dar la bienvenida a la clase a dos nuevas tripulaciones y dos nuevos snipes para para la flotilla…