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Snipe Sailing Through Generations
Last weekend, I had the extraordinary opportunity to sail with Lorelei Heim, the 12-year-old daughter of my former skippers, Eric and Aimee Heim, at the Mission Bay Yacht Club in…
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Snipe Worlds, a Long List of Great Venues and Big Names
On Tuesday, October 29, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at 13:00 (local time), the Class flag will be raised for the first race of the 2024 Snipe World Championship.
1951, Snipes in Nova Scotia
"Sails on the Sea", produced in 1951…
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E 20859 “Lostrego”
E 20859 "Lostrego" was built in 1973 in Vigo (Pontevedra) by Astilleros Lagos.
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My Olympic Journey
Shinichi Uchida is a Snipe sailor and Fleet Captain in Japan. He is also a World Sailing International Race Officer (IRO) and was part of the Race Management Team in…
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Regatta Debrief: Snipe US Nationals
Quantum San Diego’s Carter Cameron checks in with his observations, then sits down wth 2024 Quantum Snipe Nationals Champions Trevor Davis and Justin Callahan of Bad Panda Racing.
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Xouba Cup
Vigo, Spain, July 28, 2024…
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How to Be a Great Snipe Crew
Last weekend I had the chance to sail with Bonnie Shope, a long-time sailing acquaintance who last set foot in a Snipe back in 1998—and that was as skipper, the…
by Carol Cronin
SCIRA Proposals 2024
The SCIRA Board of Governors has voted on the proposals submitted for consideration and taken the various comments into discussion among the Board. You can view those that passed and…
by SCIRA Office
The Racing Rules of Sailing 2025-2028
World Sailing has just published the new edition of the Racing Rules of Sailing, in force for the new 2025-2028 Olympic four-year period.
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Take a Deep Breath, and Simplify!
Dinghy racing can be a remarkably complex sport. From trying to decide which rig setting to go with to figuring out whether or not you might get a lee-bow effect…
by Kim Couranz
2024 Measurers’ Handbook
The 2024 Measurers' Handbook in now online…
by Antonio Bari
Helping a Capsized Boat in a Race
From the US Appeals Book an explanation of RRS 41(a) - Outside Help -…
by SnipeToday
Newport, RI, March 18, 1933
Snipe boat makes its debut (from the Boston Herald)…
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