Exchange of Views & Reading
Snipe Bulletin
Latest issue of the Snipe Bulletin now available for reading online…
by SCIRA Office
Exchange of Views & Reading
All about the Snipe Class and the Snipe Sailors. Exchange of views, opinions, comments and new proposals. The Snipe is alive and exciting. And the discussion is lively as well.
25 Years under the Bird
By Luis Soubié A few months ago, on April 21st 2013, I had my first 25 years in the class. I still remember that day of 1988 like it was…
by Luis Soubié
Consideraciones sobre el Mundial de Brasil y el Europeo de Polonia
By Pepe Perez (article in Spanish) Alguien tuvo la magnífica idea de establecer un sistema de "repesca" para admitir en el Campeonato del Mundo a tripulaciones NO CLASIFICADAS en sus…
by Pepe Perez
Snipe Tops the List of Boats I Love
[caption id="attachment_7099" align="alignnone" width=""]1960s Snipe sailing in San Francisco Bay. Photo courtesy SCIRA[/caption]In my day job as managing editor of boats.com, I spend most of my time editing the work of…
by Carol Cronin
Regattas Overlapping
Ivo Gattulli from Rome asked to post his own opinion about regattas overlapping. "I'm just a snipe-racer, and a Fleet Captain like hundreds, trying to do his own.. So I…
by Ivo Gattulli
Snipe Bulletin
Summer Snipe Bulletin now available online Summer_2013.pdf…
by SCIRA Office
European Championship Open
Dear Friends, I'm really glad that the Board have accepted the will of the majority of NSs Europe and opened the next Europeans.It was the initiative of the founder…
Carrying Spares: The FrankenTrailer
We’re all taught to carry spares to regattas. But a spare TRAILER? When I left Rhode Island in January to drive my boat to Florida, I was towing a borrowed…
by Carol Cronin
Aaaah, Nassau!
By Don Bedford If you've never taken the opportunity to sail the Southern Circuit, you have deprived yourself of some of the best Snipe racing there is. Our own fleet…
by Don Bedford
Attention Snipe Sailors! April Fools Stories
Moruzzo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy - Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA - April 1st, 2013 We hope you have enjoyed our April Fools stories. Pesce d'aprile! Poisson d'avril! Aprilvis! (i.e. April's…
by SnipeToday
Interview with a Sailmaker: Laifos Sails
APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE You have probably never heard of this sailmaker. It is not a well known loft, but one for true connoisseurs of Snipe…
SCIRA Rules Hiking Sticks Illegal, Sets Maximum Length for Jib Sheets
APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE In a surprise addition to the International Snipe Class Rules, the Board has decided to make hiking sticks illegal. It has also…
by Carol Cronin
2013 Junior and Senior Snipe World Championship in Dubai
APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE The next Junior and Senior Snipe World Championship will be sailed in Dubai. The decision to move from Brazil to Dubai was…
by SnipeToday
Carbon Fiber Mast, Boom and Pole
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE The Rules Committee and Board of Governors of SCIRA approved the amendment of Construction Rules 27 and 34. To Rule 27…
by SnipeToday
New Snipe Builder in China
APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE Dragon Marine, already Optimist builder, will start building Snipes Despite the economic crisis, yachting and sailing is quickly growing in China. The…
by SnipeToday