Snipe, Boat Handling & Training.
Training hours are always important. Here are some tricks on how to work well and on an effective boat handling.
Bough Beech, UK, July 23-25, 2023 Bough Beech Sailing Club Having had to cancel our SCIRA training clinic scheduled to take place back in 2021 due to Covid, SCIRA UK…
by Carol Cronin – from her blog “Where Books Meet Boats” Last weekend, after rounding the windward mark in sixth in the puffiest, shiftiest breeze I’ve…
by Carol Cronin (from her blog: Carol Cronin Newman, Author, Editor, Olympian) September 2021 was a busy and successful month of competitive sailing. In just three weeks,…
This week on our SnipeToday YouTube channel we had a very interesting webinar. Luis Soubie, SCIRA Commodore, coach and sailor, explained to us, in an online conference, how to stay…
Every crew should watch this video. See how a top crew from Argentina moves in the boat upwind. (Video by Miami Snipes) Watch the…
New Snipe sailor Ana Schonander is happy to find Augie Diaz to sail with during her stay in Miami. Watch Augie’s light air style and technique during their light…
by Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz 28814 started in March 1995 with either a Proctor Miracle or a Junior Sidewinder (worst than the proctor miracle) which I inverted several times…
Thinking about how to roll tack and jibe your Snipe. Take a minute and watch George Szabo (Quantum Sails) with Eric Wilcox put the rail in the water go…
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by Lisa Pline (questions) and Arthur Blodgett, Doug Hart, Augie Diaz (answers) From the Experts: Single boat practicing For those of us lucky enough to now be able to…
[caption id="attachment_4688" align="alignnone" width=""]US Nationals - San Francisco 2008 (Fried Elliot)[/caption]Racing sailboats is a wonderful sport. It’s always available for you when you are ready. I find myself…
Originally published on Sailing World – September 1995 By Ed Adams Wave Dancing Samba Like Torben Sailing World (Re-published here with permission of Sailing World)…
Connie Commette and I have exchanged crewing ideas since the late 1900s, even after I defected from the crew union and moved to the (much roomier) skipper position. Recently…
Even after watching the video clip below several times, I still cringe at the critical moment. Anyone who’s ever felt that boat-stopping moment when the whisker pole digs into…
I usually write articles when I have a solution to a particular problem. This one is more of a cry for help from a small skipper: how do I…
