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1956-57, Snipe Sailing in Mahon
Mahon, Menorca, Spain, 1956-57 Damian Borras sent to us these beautiful photos of Snipe sailing in his town, Mahon.
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The History of the Snipe Class with its boats and its protagonists.
1973 World Championship in Malaga
SnipeYesterday Malaga, October 12-20, 1973 1. Felix Gancedo & Rafael Parga, Spain 2. Per Brodsted & Steen Brodsted, Denmark 3. Erik Thorsell & Claes Nordwall, Sweden 4. Earl Elms…
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Lineburger 12117
Lineburger #12117 Built in 1959 for the Snipe Worlds in Porto Alegre (Photo courtesy of Ivan Fernandes Costa)…
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Snipe Varalyay “Pesja” Y 15006
Lou Varalyay, in the chapter dedicated to him in the book “Snipe Tales”, published in 1996, and which we recently re-proposed (“Lou Varalyay reminisces”), told of…
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Real Club Nautico de La Coruna, 1951
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Lou Varalyay Reminisces
Ted Wells and his famous 1946 Varalyay Snipe #6025 “Good News III” which is in the Mystic Seaport Museum collection (Mystic Connecticut) (Originally published on “SnipeTales by a Great Group…
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Barbanera I
Trieste, 1957. Launching and christening ceremony Barbanera I Sail number: 11012 Builder: Aldo Brezich Launched; Spring 1957 in Trieste, Società Triestina della Vela Skipper: Giorgio Brezich (From Giorgio Brezich archives)…
A Tribute to Herb Shear and Earl Elms
A rare photo of Herb Shear, 1971 (Originally published on “SnipeTales by a Great Group of Snipe Sailors”, edited and censored by Buzz Levinson, 1996) by Mike McLaughlin “From 1966…
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An Island in the Middle of the Race Course
The race course of Mahon is located in the long inlet of the Port of Mahon. Our friend Damian Borras from Menorca sends us some photos of the Isla…
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Jack Wirt and Snipe #6715 “Tiger”
Jack Wirt with many trophies, early 1940s or 1930s by John Rose The boat photos show Jack with many trophies and and old Snipe he had, maybe back in the…
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1958 European Championship in Plymouth
by Sue Roberts Attached is a fantastic article from when the Europeans were held in Plymouth in 1958. Horace Crispin from Stone SC was National Secretary and it was…
by Sue Roberts
Snipe Regatta in Larmor Plage
https://www.facebook.com/herve.pouch/videos/10221860280925862/ Larmor Plage, Brittany, France A nice video by Herve Pouch Note: some sailors remember that from the same beach everyday we launched the Snipes for the 2004 Europeans.
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Just Checking!
The Miami Snipe Fleet #7 and the CGSC after WW II on “The Miami Daily News – Sunday Magazine” – December 14, 1947 by Bruce H. Coyler (Originally published on…
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Campeonato Argentino de Snipe 1956
https://www.facebook.com/flota466/videos/623218108247328/ Chascomus, Argentina, 1956…
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A Snipe Legend by a Snipe Legend
by Fred Schenck (Originally published on “SnipeTales by a Great Group of Snipe Sailors”, edited and censored by Buzz Levinson, 1996) Back in the late thirties when fiberglass was…
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