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.
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 boat trailer. When I arrived in Orlando for a family reunion, I realized that its aging frame now also had half-bald tires that would not survive a trip back north.
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,…
Spring 2013 Read the latest issue here!…
Giancarlo De Carolis - xylography Born in Bologna in 1923, arrived in Rimini for professional reasons in 1953, Giancarlo De Carolis was fascinated by sailing and in particular by the…
By Carol Cronin, SnipeToday co-editor Previous articles: Snipe Class and Class Promotion, Snipe Class and Class Promotion 2 .... We continue to receive reports and suggestions…
By Carol Cronin (Where Books meet Boats) A Rod Davis article in the latest Seahorse Magazine got me thinking: why is it that from the outside, mid-life…
By Bruno Mello (SCIRA US) Snipe friends around the world I was very fortunate to drive a van and four snipes around the country to promote our class in 2012.
By Pietro Fantoni, SCIRA Secretary After my article “Snipe Class and Class Promotion”, I received reports, ideas and suggestions from some countries and fleets including France, USA (Mission…