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1955 Italian Junior Nationals
From Giorgio Brezich archives 1955 Sistiana – Italian Junior Nationals Waiting for the wind…
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The History of the Snipe Class with its boats and its protagonists.
Trade Winds in the North Coast of Cuba at Their Best
by Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz (Originally published on “SnipeTales by a Great Group of Snipe Sailors”, edited and censored by Buzz Levinson, 1996) This is my favorite story and…
1957 in Cuba
by Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz (Originally published on “SnipeTales by a Great Group of Snipe Sailors”, edited and censored by Buzz Levinson, 1996) In 1957, I learned another Snipe…
1940s in Cuba
by Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz (Originally published on “SnipeTales by a Great Group of Snipe Sailors”, edited and censored by Buzz Levinson, 1996) Back in 1943 (I was thirteen), I…
SCIRA Decals from 1972 to Today
The history of our Class is also the story of the decals that have been chosen by the Commodores in charge and have been shown on the starboard side…
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2019 Hall of Fame Inductees
The International Snipe Class has a long history of which very few other classes can boast. The boat was designed by Bill Crosby in 1931 and 88 years later,…
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Loading a Lineburger Snipe on a DC-6
DC-6 by VARIG Airlines – Alberto Lineburger Snipe boarding from Porto Alegre to São Paulo – Yatch Club Santa Amaro ~ 1963-1965. Photo from Lineburger family records.
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1962 Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship
Start of 1962 Western Hemisphere Championship in Brasilia, Brasil These photos were found in the SCIRA archives of the 1962 Western Hemisphere Championship in Brasilia, Nov 23-Dec 2. Brazilia, Brazil,…
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1959, Snipes and Stars in Nassau, Bahamas
Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh) in the Bahamas – at the Royal Nassau Sailing Club – presents trophies (the King’s cup) to winners. Snipes from minute 2:09…
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Dirty Tricks in the Early Days
From the book “Snipe Tales” (written by a Great Group of Snipe Sailors – edited and censored by Buzz Levinson – 1996) “In 1938, Bill Crosby asked if I…
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Postcard from Istanbul
Our friend Sylvie Le Bour from France saw on SnipeToday the article with the photo of Cuneyt Aydemir from Turkey in 1973 and she sent us this nice old…
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1973, Turkey
Istanbul Pendik Yacht Club, 1973 (Photo courtesy of Cuneyt Aydemir) … … and Cuneyt Aydemir today It would be great to have a Snipe fleet again in Turkey!…
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The Crossing of the Legendary 12000 Denmark
From Lineburger Wooden Snipe website Coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the delivery of the 20 boats built by Alberto Lineburger for the 1959 Snipe’s World Championship, we had…
Thompson Snipe – Early 1940s
This is a Thompson-built Snipe of the early 1940s, recently acquired by a Thompson wooden boat enthusiast and collector, photographed recently in front of the old Thompson boat building…
by John D. Rose
1935 Snipe #1469 “Play Baby “
“Play Baby” was found in Texas in the upstairs storage area of an old building there, and is undergoing restoration to get it back into sailing condition. Probably hasn’t…
by John D. Rose