The History of the Snipe Class with its boats and its protagonists.
From Snipe USA This Snipe was originally owned by Llewellyn Bixby of Long Beach CA. Other owners besides Dan were John Rose, John Albertson and Dick Buckingham. This was a championship boat for several years in the Seattle Snipe fleet, it was up there from the early 1970s until 2007. Dan won the 1979 Snipe US Masters Championship…
(Photo courtesy of Dirk De Bock) “Pirette”, built in Portugal and bought in 1961 by the Royal Danish Yacht Association. The snipe is located in the Danish…
2015 Wooden Dinghy Race (Marina del Rey, California USA) By Robert Garlipp The first Marina del Rey Wooden Dinghy Race was held in July 2015 as an invitational regatta sponsored…
1939 Snipe #3239 at the Classic Snipe Rally at Mystic Lake in July This Snipe was one of about 14 or more built at the Douglas Aircraft wood shop…
This was built in 1966 by Earl Elms and finished off by Tom Nute, sister boat to Elms’ 1966 Snipe US Nationals winner “White Trash” – the last wooden…
Photo taken by James Henning (Deerbrook, Wisconsin USA) of three pre-WW II wooden Classic Snipes that he now owns. The blue one in the back (without decking) and the green…
A great picture took by Nelson Penã. Boris Ostergren and Artur Correa in Guaiba River, sailing Minuano Wind on 12108. Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1968…
Story in Italian Cari Amici, sono certo che vi farà piacere sapere che due Snipe d'epoca sono tornati a solcare insieme le acque braccianesi. Di Orsera credo ci sia poco…
3258 "Snowbird", built in 1939 by Roger L. Gintling ... photo gallery courtesy of Mistyc Lake Snipe Fleet ...
"Honey" at the McKay Creek Boat Shop…
Chioggia … some years ago … Yugoslavia is leading the group. (Photo courtesy of Circolo Nautico Chioggia)…
Torben and Lars Grael Courtesy of Alberto Hackerott / Snipe Day 2015 Torben e Lars também velejaram e foram campeões no Snipe no início da década de 80!!! Torben…
"Topomatto", built by Garfagnoli in Antignano. On this Snipe Marco Savelli won in 1965-66-67 the Italian Junior Nationals Championship. Now the boat is "for sale" on ebay ...
Some snipes from the former Keuka Yacht Club Fleet 382 tied up in front of the club on a warm summer day in 1962. Change the bathing suits on…
Snipe Class in Yugoslavia (now Croatia) Anton Grego and Simo Nikolic ... photos ...