Snipe, Boat Handling & Training.
Training hours are always important. Here are some tricks on how to work well and on an effective boat handling.
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 goes back so fast that the entire jib is left loose in the front of the boat and flies over the forestay to the opposite side where it was set.
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…
Ovvero: le barche camminano, sono gli uomini che le rallentano ... Sabato ero a Talamone. Impaziente come un bambino di risalire sullo Snipe dopo lo stop invernale, per me, in…
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.
[caption id="attachment_4675" align="alignnone" width=""]Midwinters 2006[/caption]Originally published in the Snipe Bulletin, July 1993. Slightly modified by the Author, April 2006. Regular readers of the Snipe Bulletin need no…
Text in Italian Hiking! Cinghiare!…