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Snipe Bulletin – Spring 2012
Snipe Bulletin – Spring 2012…
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Articles, Advices & Education
How to sail a Snipe fast? Read the tuning tips from our experts. Spreaders, rake, mast butt position. Do you have doubts about how to rig a Snipe? Read the news about boats or equipments.
Training hours are always important. Here are some tricks on how to work well and on an effective boat handling.
Is your problem tactics and strategy? Don’t worry, you can find many answers by reading the articles of our experts.
All about the Snipe Class and the Snipe Sailors. Exchange of views, opinions, comments and new proposals. The Snipe is alive and exciting. And the discussion is lively as well.
Commodore’s Log Book
By Don Bedford, SCIRA Commodore. As the Snipe sailing season gets going I have had a great deal of correspondence from many sailors and fleets. Here in San Diego (USA)…
by Don Bedford
Get Ready for 2012 Racing with Better Fitness
This article is reprinted from the February 2012 SpinSheet, a magazine about Chesapeake Bay sailing. The monthly "Small Boats, Big Stories" column focuses on dinghy sailing. Anna Tunnicliffe-Funk…
by Kim Couranz
1959 – Snipe & Star Regatta in Nassau
Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh) in the Bahamas – at the Royal Nassau Sailing Club. Video (British Pathé – Historic clips)…
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Snipe is cool
I think it's really a shame that in Italy the Snipe is not considered a great boat for young people. Personally I believe (and…
Navigacion en estado puro
Vale la pena verlo hasta el final y con la música a tope¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Saludos desde Sada, uno de los mejores vientos térmicos de España….. y del mundo¡¡¡¡¡¡ Están todos…
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Mark Reynolds – Snipe Sailor
Mark started sailing Snipes when he was 13. He was lucky to have a strong local fleet of top Snipe sailors like Earl Elms, Tom Nute and Dave Ullman that…
Earl Elms – Snipe Sailor
Earl started sailing Snipes in Mission Bay in 1963 when he got out of the Navy. He joined a small but active fleet sailing mostly Eichenlaub and Varalyay Snipes.
Snipe Builders: Zeltic
SnipeToday asked Maria and Javier a few question about Zeltic Snipe, a company based in A Coruna, on the Atlantic coast of Spain. ST: Can you tell us about the…
Las Vegas Regatta
It's January and that means Las Vegas time on Mission Bay in San Diego. Fleet 495 is resurrecting a fund raiser that combines two days of racing…
Belgian Wooden Snipe
Wannes Nyckees explains why and how is building a wooden Snipe. To him the Snipe seemed a cool boat to build. Read the story and check out the pictures for…
by Dirk De Bock
Strategy: The Gulf of Argentario and the Bay of Talamone
For those who are planning to sail in Talamone for the next Junior or Senior Worlds By Alessandro Testa Talamone is a small village located in the northern part of…
Snipe Sailing – Family Recreation for a Lifetime
Snipe sailboat racing is an ideal recreational activity for the family for a lifetime. sailingsnipes video (www.snipeus.org) [iframe width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/GOew-l-5fl0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ] sailingsnipes…
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Rough Cut for SCIRA
This is a rough cut of the Serious Sailing Serious Fun Traditions Build Winners documentary. It is meant to give you a look at the content and should not be…
Piada Trophy
PIADA TROPHY (THERE IS A MISTAKE) Writing about the Piada Trophy is easy, almost everybody knows the history … Anyway I’ll try to summarize it. Finland 2006, European…