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According to the Decision Making Process, Rules changes can be submitted (only by National Secretaries, the Rule Committe, the SCIRA Board or 5 Fleet Captains) up to 1st March. All proposals will be published at the Spring Snipe Bulletin and on www.snipe.org website. The period from March to June will be…
by Carol Cronin (Photo courtesy of Matias Capizzano / SCIRA) It wasn’t until the Snipe Women’s Nationals that I realized how much I relied on gates. Because. There. Weren’t.
After the 2015 and 2017 Snipe Worlds in Europe, the 2019 edition was in South America (Ilhabela, Brazil) and, of course, the equipment used by the sailors (boats, sails…
Matias Capizzano captures the moment just after our pole shockcord let go… by Carol Cronin The next time your pole shockcord lets go, here’s how to jury-rig a…
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)…
The SCIRA Board of Governors held their bi-annual meeting at the Open World Championship in October. Several rule proposals (from 19-01 to 19-08) were considered with the following results:…
What boat did Henrique Haddad (aka “Gigante”) and Gustavo Nascimento use to become 2019 Snipe World Champions in Ilhabela? The boat is a Lemao, built in 2001 in Brazil…
New Class Rule amendments have been posted on the Snipe website. Make sure you’re up to date! Amended Class Rule Changes The following Rules…
By Antonio Bari – SCIRA Rules Committee Chairman (Photo courtesy of Guillermo Baixaulli) The recent Class Rules, adopted in 2018, introduced some changes in the identification of the…