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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 taken as the final product. [iframe width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/VK-14fPY7Is” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ] VinceSail…
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…
You can help the Serious Sailing, Serious Fun documentary on the Snipe Class by liking the movie trailer on the International Movie Trailer Festval site below. The winner gets $5,000…
From Spain a historic video of 1945. http://www.snipespain.org/portal/ [iframe width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/5Fpj-3ZbWxo” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ] LinaresDiego…
[caption id="attachment_4764" align="alignnone" width=""]Don Bedford[/caption]By Don Bedford, SCIRA Commodore. A happy new year for all Snipe sailors around the world. As I mentioned in my Snipe Bulletin article and…
[caption id="attachment_4762" align="alignnone" width=""]Reading the wind can help you get to the mark before pileups like this one, caught by John Payne at the 2011 US Snipe Pan American Trials.[/caption] In…
Snipe Bulletin – Winter 2012…
Calendario con las mejores imagenes de 2011. [iframe width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/rcX7kugX-vM” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ] mara110180…
[caption id="attachment_4643" align="alignnone" width=""]Villagarcia, Open de Espana[/caption]Dear all It was an extremely rewarding experience and I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to serve the classas the Commodore of…
We have been testing our Snipe mainsail with the full length top batten along with longer #2 and #3 battens. I sailed a 30 boat regatta in San Diego with…
From the Winter Snipe Bulletin Q:The Pan Ams fleet was small – only 10 boats. How tough is sailing in this 10 boat fleet compared to the 80 boat fleet…
To paraphrase the great American author Mark Twain, “Everybody talks about the spreaders but nobody does anything about them." Most Snipe sailors will set their spreaders up where their sailmaker’s…
From the Technical Committe I need circulate some important news concerning the proposals voted and passed during the Board meetings called during the last Worlds at Rungsted/Danmark. The Technical Committee…
[caption id="attachment_4721" align="alignnone" width=""]As well as building Snipes, Andrew Pimental is an active sailor. Seen here at the 2009 US Nationals with crew Julia Marsh.[/caption]When Jibetech opened its doors…
[caption id="attachment_4665" align="alignnone" width=""]Zibi Rakocy[/caption]Dear Snipe Sailors, In the upcoming season 2012 we can expect a range of interesting sailing events and championships in Europe. European Championship 2012 definitely appears…