The History of the Snipe Class with its boats and its protagonists.
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 & Donnie Bedford, United States 5. Paulo R. Paradeda & Carlos Goncalves, Brazil 22 nations and 43 starters…
Lineburger #12117 Built in 1959 for the Snipe Worlds in Porto Alegre (Photo courtesy of Ivan Fernandes Costa)…
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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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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
https://www.facebook.com/flota466/videos/623218108247328/ Chascomus, Argentina, 1956…
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…
From Giorgio Brezich archives 1955 Sistiana – Italian Junior Nationals Waiting for the wind…