The History of the Snipe Class with its boats and its protagonists.
Snipe Boat Racing in the U.S. Virgin Islands - 1935 By Valerie Sims (Vintage Virgin Islands) Snipe boat racing was an exciting sport in the U.S. Virgin Islands during the 1930s. The first Snipe boat was designed in 1931 and became a popular racing class with fleets around the world. In 1935, an International Snipe Class Association was…
Spanish Point Boat Club, Hamilton, Bermuda ……
Photo: Snipe World Championship in Porto Alegre, Brazil 1. Paul Elvstrom, Denmark 2. Gonzalo Diaz, Cuba 3. Masyuki Ishii, Japan Clube dos Jangadeiros 74 anos de història…
SnipeYestarday: photos from Clearwater, Miami and Nassau ...
From Snipe USA This Snipe was originally owned by Llewellyn Bixby of Long Beach CA. Other owners besides Dan were John Rose, John Albertson and Dick Buckingham. This…
(Photo courtesy of Dirk De Bock) “Pirette”, built in Portugal and bought in 1961 by the Royal Danish Yacht Association. The snipe is located in the Danish…
2015 Wooden Dinghy Race (Marina del Rey, California USA) By Robert Garlipp The first Marina del Rey Wooden Dinghy Race was held in July 2015 as an invitational regatta sponsored…
1939 Snipe #3239 at the Classic Snipe Rally at Mystic Lake in July This Snipe was one of about 14 or more built at the Douglas Aircraft wood shop…
This was built in 1966 by Earl Elms and finished off by Tom Nute, sister boat to Elms’ 1966 Snipe US Nationals winner “White Trash” – the last wooden…
Photo taken by James Henning (Deerbrook, Wisconsin USA) of three pre-WW II wooden Classic Snipes that he now owns. The blue one in the back (without decking) and the green…
A great picture took by Nelson Penã. Boris Ostergren and Artur Correa in Guaiba River, sailing Minuano Wind on 12108. Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1968…
Story in Italian Cari Amici, sono certo che vi farà piacere sapere che due Snipe d'epoca sono tornati a solcare insieme le acque braccianesi. Di Orsera credo ci sia poco…
3258 "Snowbird", built in 1939 by Roger L. Gintling ... photo gallery courtesy of Mistyc Lake Snipe Fleet ...
"Honey" at the McKay Creek Boat Shop…
Chioggia … some years ago … Yugoslavia is leading the group. (Photo courtesy of Circolo Nautico Chioggia)…