The History of the Snipe Class with its boats and its protagonists.
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 the days when each country only had one entry. It is a fascinating read and so much is still so true today. They even had the prize giving and dance…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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.
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,…
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…
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…