Snipe, Boat Handling & Training.
Training hours are always important. Here are some tricks on how to work well and on an effective boat handling.
Connie Commette and I have exchanged crewing ideas since the late 1900s, even after I defected from the crew union and moved to the (much roomier) skipper position. Recently…
Even after watching the video clip below several times, I still cringe at the critical moment. Anyone who’s ever felt that boat-stopping moment when the whisker pole digs into…
I usually write articles when I have a solution to a particular problem. This one is more of a cry for help from a small skipper: how do I…
For those of us with real jobs and lives outside of sailing, practicing always seems like the first thing to fall off our schedule when life interferes. After all, regattas…
By Nikki Bruno Before any of you skippers think, 'I don't need to be trained!' kindly tell your ego 'down' and give it a cookie so it stays occupied for…
By Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz (Photo courtesy of Fred Elliott) • When the pole is retrieved without pulling on the jib sheet (or you can call "guy") and the pole…
By Pietro Fantoni I do not want to explain in this article how the maneuvers should be done and how a crew has to move in a boat. There are…
by Mark Reynolds A well organized two boat testing program is the best way to make advances in boat speed. As a sailmaker I am often doing two boat sail…
[caption id="attachment_7928" align="alignnone" width=""]Gonzalo [/caption]ATTENTION SNIPE SAILORS! (From the SCIRA archives) IMPORTANT SAFETY TIPS FOR NEW SNIPE SAILORS by Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz 1. Do not go out in the…
An interesting study (in Spanish) by Alejandro Pereja Gonzales (via snipespain) … Como_hacer_banda_correctamente.pdf…
This article is reprinted from the February 2012 SpinSheet, a magazine about Chesapeake Bay sailing. The monthly "Small Boats, Big Stories" column focuses on dinghy sailing. Anna Tunnicliffe-Funk…
Text in Italian Partenza a Coniglio – Rabbit Start…
[caption id="attachment_4677" align="alignnone" width=""]Don Q 2006[/caption]A little history on the list: Since 1980, I've taken numerous chunks of years off of sailing at various times, making it harder and harder for…
[caption id="attachment_4676" align="alignnone" width=""]Worlds in Japan, 2005[/caption]by Peter CommetteOriginally published in the Snipe Bulletin, June 1992 In 1973, I won the U.S. Youth Championships, single-handed division, with all firsts.
