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Official Statement on the Use of Jib Luff Height Adjustment
From the Technical Committee for immediate release…
by SnipeToday
Official Communications from SCIRA
New Membership Database for 2024
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…
by SCIRA Office
2024 Worlds Quota
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…
by SCIRA Office
Decision Regarding Eligibility for Jr Worlds Participants
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…
by SCIRA Office
Rule Proposals for 2024 accepted
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…
by SCIRA Office
Pan Am Games Set to Start
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…
by SCIRA Office
Amended Class Rules – Shroud Adjusters
World Sailing has approved an emergency change for the Snipe Class effective August 14, 2023 Read the change here…
by SCIRA Office
Snipe Class Rules update
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…
by SCIRA Office
Updated Class Rules 2023 – July 1, 2023
World Sailing has approved submitted Class rule changes that go into effect July 1, 2023 View the updated Class Rules here View the summary of amended Class Rule Changes…
by SCIRA Office
Updated Race Document Templates
The Rules sub-committee has updated the Notice of Race and Sailing Instruction templates and also provided a combined NOR/SI template. All these files have been uploaded to the Class Rules…
by SCIRA Office
2024 Open World Championship
Buenos Aires, Argentina to host the 2024 Open Worlds from October 24-November 2, 2024 More information to come soon! Save the dates!…
by SCIRA Office
Snipe Bulletin – Spring 2023
Read the latest news from SCIRA – June Snipe Bulletin out a bit early! Lots of information on upcoming regattas and those that have been held…
by SCIRA Office
New members of Technical Committee
The SCIRA Board has appointed 2 new members to the SCIRA Technical Committee to fill vacancies. Andrea Piazza (ITA) and Jan Carlander (SWE) will join the rest of the TC…
by SCIRA Office
Women’s Worlds
All women & girls are invited to the 2023 Women's Snipe World Championship in Valencia, Spain, October 3- 8.
by SCIRA Office
2023 European Championship
Epic sailing on Lake Garda…
by SCIRA Office