2025 & 2026 Championship Events
The SCIRA Board is busy finalizing the championship events for 2025 and 2026. Keep an eye on the Major Regatta Rotation page on this website to see the most current championship events with dates & venues.
National Secretaries – please forward your 2025 Regatta dates to the Snipe class office so we can begin to populate the 2025 calendar! Remember to include: Regatta name, date,…
SCIRA has a great opportunity to build upon the solid foundation set by Pietro Fantoni and his team. The SCIRA Board needs your help right now in the interim to…
The SCIRA Board would like to say a huge thank you to our SnipeToday editors, Pietro Fantoni and Carol Cronin for the amazing time and effort they have put into…
The SCIRA Board of Governors has voted on the proposals submitted for consideration and taken the various comments into discussion among the Board. You can view those that passed and…
Registration is now open for approved entries (confirmed by each National Secretary) for the 2024 Snipe Worlds, to be sailed in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 26-November 2. Only approved entries…
24 submissions for changes to the Snipe Constitution, Rules of Conduct, Deeds of Gift and Class Rules have been posted. Rules submissions were dues by March 1 and…
From the Technical Committee for immediate release…
The SCIRA Board is undertaking a new customized database and better member and boat lookup. It should be ready the week of January 8 and we will contact all National…
See the attached Worlds entry quota based on the deed of gift 2024 Worlds Entry quota Initial Registration Period21-May6 months priorInitial Registration Period closed6-August3 months priorAllocations open, posted13-August3 months…
The SCIRA Board are actively thinking about the future of the Snipe Class, recognizing the need to whether the current criteria (constitution, DoG, NOR, RRS, …) align with the complexities…
Proposals to change SCIRA Rules may be submitted up to March 1, 2024 for consideration by the Board of Governors. Please see the Rules Proposal Procedure posted on the website…
Sailing for the 2023 Pan Am Games are about to start with 8 countries represented for the Snipe. Held in Algarrobo at the Cofradia Nautica del Pacifico, the same site…
World Sailing has approved an emergency change for the Snipe Class effective August 14, 2023 Read the change here…
by Gus Wirth, Technical Committee Chairman The Snipe class rules for 2023 have been approved by World Sailing and become effective 1 July 2023. A large portion of the rules…