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By Gweneth Crook, Secretary WH&O The Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship was recently held at Yacht Club Olivos in Argentina. After the races one day all the sailors gathered for a beer and a chance to talk about the Snipe Class. There were many topics that were raised, from opening up the Westerns to having a charter boat program, I am sharing…
Article by Andrea Piazza and Ivo Gattulli Constitution, By Laws, Rule of Conducts, Deed of Gifts, Bid Forms. Many and restrictive rules to help us to reach which goal? The…
Hi Pietro and Carol, After reading the words from Alejandro Fresneda (I totally agree with him and I think that he is an expert voice) I would like to extend the discussion.
[caption id="attachment_5785" align="alignnone" width=""]Photo by Maria Muina[/caption](Photo via "I love Snipe Class" FB page) Hi Pietro, The first, you have to pay me a prize, jajajajaja .......Only me, I have…
[caption id="attachment_5774" align="alignnone" width=""]Jacques-Louis David (le Serment du jeu de paume)[/caption]By Ricardo Lobato - SCIRA Vice Commodore. One of the reasons for the Snipe Class success is its class rules.
By Gweneth Crook, General Secretary - Western Hempisphere & Orient. There was a lot of discussion at the Id Crook Memorial Snipe World Masters regarding the recent decision…
[caption id="attachment_5568" align="alignnone" width=""]Cronin sailed the 2004 Olympics with two other members of the Snipe family, Liz Filter and Nancy Haberland.[/caption]Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in Wired…
[This post originally appeared on Where Books Meet Boats.] USA 30860 is packed up for the winter, headed to the Jibetech “Spa” for her annual fluff…
By Gweneth Crook The Snipe class motto could be changed to Serious Fun, Serious Sailing for the World Masters. The philosophy behind this regatta is that the social aspect is…
By Stefano Longhi. The World Masters is an event that all those who like to race at high levels and have fun at the parties should take part in, at…
The Snipe Bulletin (Fall 2012) is online.
By Don Bedford, SCIRA Commodore. Happy sailing all you Snipe sailors! Here in the Northern Hemisphere the racing season is beginning to wind down as summer passes. I do hope…
By Pietro Fantoni, SCIRA Secretary. At a meeting of European National Secretaries held recently in Cervia, there was discussion of a radical change to the Deed of Gift of the…
Heaven and paradise were two words we used frequently on the boat as we absorbed the spectacular venue and top-level competition. After years of dreaming, I’ve finally sailed the Piada.
Past Commodore Enrique Motta comments the new Mainsail Batten Proposal. (About this topic: New Mainsail Batten Proposal by Steve Stewart, Full Top Batten by Giorgio Brezich,…