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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 yesterday, because it was my father's 60th birthday. I had finished sailing Cadets in August 1987 and didn't sail for several months because I was too old for Cadets and…
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…
[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…
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…
Summer Snipe Bulletin now available online Summer_2013.pdf…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
[caption id="attachment_6389" align="alignnone" width=""]Kim Couranz beats me every time we race together—across the line, I mean.[/caption]I have a confession to make: I was out of the office last week. No,…