The History of the Snipe Class with its boats and its protagonists.
First time out of garage in 6 years! Done with varnish work for now, next step: mounting hardware. Photo courtesy of Mike Rector I saw this same boat in…
Classic Snipe Rally at Winchester Boat Club on Mystic Lake (Photo courtesy of Art Rousmaniere) The Snipe in front (with boat cover) was built in 1939, the middle Snipe is…
Snipe #1972 restored & sailing on Upper Saranac Lake, NY, originally built in 1932. This beauty is owned by Eric Kuhn of Greensboro, NC. … photo gallery ……
Mission Bay, May 17-18, 2014. Classic Snipes in California! … photo gallery ……
Jerry Thompson and his wooden Snipe #8569, ready for the Herb Shear Regatta and Classic Snipe Rally (Mission Bay, May 17-18). … photo gallery ……
1947 Snipe “Tiger” with its new sharks mouth decal design (authentic P40 fighter plane design this time). … photo gallery ……
1953 World Championship Snipe #9294 “Garrancho” on display at the Portuguese Marine Museum in Lisbon. Owned by Fernando Bello, World Champion crew and inventor of the Bello Bailer and…
From 1966 Snipe Bulletin, Vol. 6 – Testing spinnakers Giorgio Brezich remembers: We sailed several regattas and also an “Open European Championship” open to boats with and without spinnakers.
From the SCIRA archives Izmir, Turkey, 1966 6th Junior European Championship … photo gallery … img389.jpg img390.jpg img391.jpg…
Snipe Mast History as viewed by Gonzalo Diaz, Sr. In 1945 when my father bought me my first Snipe, (Rosi II # 3686) we all at the Miramar Yacht Club…
By Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz (Photos from SCIRA archives) This is the Comodoro Rasco delivering a Snipe to a Miramar Yacht Club winner Julio Jané. from left to right: Jané's…
[caption id="attachment_8785" align="alignnone" width=""]Gonzalo Diaz Sr. sailing Jupiter[/caption]From Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz archives Gonzalo Diaz Sr. sailing Jupiter 10111 off the shore of Miramar Yacht Club, Havana, Cuba. In the…
Photo courtesy of Arland (Bud) Ongman – January 2010 Skilled in all types of sailing, Francis Seavy was best known for racing Snipes – particularly…
Old pictures from Cuba and notes by Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz. The first picture seems to belong to when the new "boat house" or "yachting house", as it was called…
