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Magie dalla Romagna … [iframe src=”http://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10151611365857517″ width=”300″ height=”250″ frameborder=”0″ ]…
Moruzzo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy - Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA - April 1st, 2013 We hope you have enjoyed our April Fools stories. Pesce d'aprile! Poisson d'avril! Aprilvis! (i.e. April's…
APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE You have probably never heard of this sailmaker. It is not a well known loft, but one for true connoisseurs of Snipe…
APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE In a surprise addition to the International Snipe Class Rules, the Board has decided to make hiking sticks illegal. It has also…
APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE The next Junior and Senior Snipe World Championship will be sailed in Dubai. The decision to move from Brazil to Dubai was…
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE The Rules Committee and Board of Governors of SCIRA approved the amendment of Construction Rules 27 and 34. To Rule 27…
APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE Dragon Marine, already Optimist builder, will start building Snipes Despite the economic crisis, yachting and sailing is quickly growing in China. The…
Antonio Bari, Snipe sailor and Chairman of Rules Committe - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? When I was 16, on a cruising 36 footer crossing the North…
Snipe 30514 (Snipe Builder Lo Zelo) was modified. The foredeck has a bump at the forestay/jib attachment. Luca Marangon sent us a document with his interpretation of the Rule…
Please see the attached letter regarding a clarification from the Int. Technical Committee with regards to jibs. This letter is posted on the International Snipe Class website …
This article was excerpted from Dave Perry's Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing through 2016, published by and available from the United States Sailing Association (US SAILING), Portsmouth,…
[caption id="attachment_6452" align="alignnone" width=""]courtesy Fried Elliott[/caption]Kathleen Tocke, Snipe sailor, sailor and ... skier 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My mother bought a Lightning. For my first sail,…
[caption id="attachment_6389" align="alignnone" width=""]Kim Couranz beats me every time we race together—across the line, I mean.[/caption]I have a confession to make: I was out of the office last week. No,…
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