The History of the Snipe Class with its boats and its protagonists.
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 postcard with Snipes sailing in Istanbul. Perhaps this could be a hope for seeing the Snipes sail again in Turkey, maybe for an important regatta.
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!…
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…
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…
“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…
1960 Gerber Wooden Snipe #12021 (Atlanta Georgia). I saw it at the 2009 Classic Snipe Rally during the Halloween Snipe Regatta that year (see photos), it was so beautiful,…
1936 Snipe #1953 (Shady Lady) after restoration. It was built by Francis Schwander of Los Angeles California USA in 1936 and has stayed in the Los Angeles area ever…
From Lineburger Wooden Snipe site Série 12.000, o nascimento. por Enio Lineburger e Ilka Benedet Lineburger Para Alberto Lineburger, a história dos…
From “Revista da Armada” (pages 28 and 29) 1953 Snipe World Championship Monaco, French Riviera, September 5-12, 1953 Conde Martins & Lima Bello, Portugal Tom Frost, USA…
Photos of Snipe “Pamperito” #7165 built for Argentine World Champions– the Vilar Castex brothers.
From Giorgio Brezich archives The photo was certainly taken in Grignano (Gulf of Trieste) in the early 1960s. The motor boat is the “Vela” of…
[caption id="attachment_8942" align="alignnone" width=""]Miami, platform for the Race Committee with racing signals[/caption]By Giorgio Brezich The Racing Rules of Sailing have remained more or less the same. Today things are specified…
[caption id="attachment_8923" align="alignnone" width=""][/caption]By Giorgio Brezich (excerpted and translated from the book "La Vita dello Snipe in Italia" – Sergio Michel – 2004 Alberto Perdisa Editore) My younger friends are…
Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz drinking La Bomba in Havana in the early ‘50’s. Note a young Carlos Bosch cheering him on…
Lake Mohawk, USA Snipe fleet in the 1930s. #4 – Charlie Gabor-1938 Snipe World Champion; #2602 Margaret Hall. Photo provided by Bill Ridge (son of Margaret Hall).