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Pole Launcher System (Bomans and Fresneda)
Pole Launcher System used by Bart Bomans and Alejandro and Pablo Fresneda. Photos courtesy of Michele Postinghel – 2007 Snipe Worlds – Portugal Originally published on Snipe.it on September…
Peter Commette at the Worlds in Oporto 2007
Originally published on www.snipe.it (Italian and English text) Dopo l’ultima regata di Porto, dopo essermi congratulato per il suo terzo posto, chiesi a Peter…
Wind in Lago di Garda: Vento catabatico, anabatico e funneling
[caption id="attachment_4697" align="alignnone" width=""]Lago di Garda[/caption]Cosa fa il vento sul Lago di Garda? La sua forma ad imbuto, l'orografia circostante e le differenze di temperatura durante la giornata…
Pole Launcher System
By George Szabo When I get a new boat, there are a few changes that I make to the Boom and Pole systems to help them run more easily. ...
by George Szabo
Sailing Checklist
[caption id="attachment_4677" align="alignnone" width=""]Don Q 2006[/caption]A little history on the list: Since 1980, I've taken numerous chunks of years off of sailing at various times, making it harder and harder for…
Light Air Sailing
[caption id="attachment_4676" align="alignnone" width=""]Worlds in Japan, 2005[/caption]by Peter CommetteOriginally published in the Snipe Bulletin, June 1992 In 1973, I won the U.S. Youth Championships, single-handed division, with all firsts.
Some Thoughts on Starting and Going Fast Upwind in a Breeze and Chop
[caption id="attachment_4675" align="alignnone" width=""]Midwinters 2006[/caption]Originally published in the Snipe Bulletin, July 1993. Slightly modified by the Author, April 2006. Regular readers of the Snipe Bulletin need no…
Hiking! Cinghiare!
Text in Italian Hiking! Cinghiare!…