The History of the Snipe Class with its boats and its protagonists.
By John D. Rose Progress on 1947 Snipe #6715 "Tiger" restoration. The white color on hull and deck is alkyd oil-based paint primer (spray-applied). The hull color will be a dark yellow-orange color to simulate the appearance of varnished wood, the deck will be painted with cream color paint, with a 2 inch strip of the matching hull color painted…
In the “officials” photograph from left to right as identified by the Old Man are:Roy Yamaguchi (?) JapanTed Wells, USSam Norwood, US – Vice CommodoreBerney…
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From the SCIRA archives: The Crew’s Union Contract. To read page 2 (and the very best Article is VII) or to send a copy to your favorite teammate, download…
Rye, NY, September 16-22, 2013. (Photos courtesy of Fusanori Nakajima) 1. BRA Axel and Eric Schmidt 2. USA Harry Levinson and Alan Levinson 3. ESP Duque de Arion…
Built in 1960 by Alberto Lineburger, winner of the Snipe Worlds in 1983 with Torben and Lars Grael and now restored by José Tavora. (courtesy of Brazilsailing) Passion…
By John D. Rose Restoring a wooden Snipe makes you "love" them even more. Here is the history of my three Classic Snipes that I have in my small "collection."…
By John D. Rose Photos of the Snipe after the new meranti plywood decking was installed and epoxy-fiberglassed with 4 oz. cloth. Things I've learned (for the next restoration, on…
This is a 1932 Snipe #115 “Narnia” built by Century Boat Co. (Manistee, Michigan USA). It is the fifth oldest Snipe that is known to exist currently in the…
It is wooden Classic Snipe #12375, built in 1960 by famous USA boat builder Carl Eichenlaub of San Diego, California USA. The original owner was Herb Shear, who later…
By John D. Rose I thought you might be interested in seeing the buoyancy bag installation system (forward, side and aft bags) that I am using on my 1947 wooden…
The boat is a 1951 Mills. My dad bought it new from Clark Mills in Clearwater and had its MDS filed w/ SCIRA in February of 1951. He sailed it…
The interest generated by the classic 1963 Snipe “Veloce” I-14858 at the Yacht Club Sanremo and the curiosity of seeing a 50-year-old boat on the starting line perfectly in shape…
Giorgio Brezich ci racconta chi era Danilo D'Isiot, grande regatante e famoso costruttore. Chi conosce un po' di storia della nostra Classe sa chi è D'Isiot. Tanto…