The Miami Snipe Invitational was a huge success. A total of 56 young sailors, age 30 and under participated. 22 of these sailors sailed their first Snipe regatta.Competitors came from FL, CA, MA, NY, NJ, CA, RI, SC, St. Pete, and San Juan (PUR).4 teams alone came from Boston College 7 races were completed in…
To paraphrase the great American author Mark Twain, “Everybody talks about the spreaders but nobody does anything about them." Most Snipe sailors will set their spreaders up where their sailmaker’s…
Sailing the Snipe in different countries is a great opportunity and a privilege. You can know and sail with people of different backgrounds, cultures and languages SnipeToday is a site…
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, October 17-23, 2011. Gold: Alexandre Tinoco/Gabriel Borges BRA Silver: Augie Diaz/Kathleen Tocke USA Bronze: Pablo Defazio/Manfredo Finck URU Pan Am results…
The 2009 US Snipe Snipe Nationals kicked off in Pensacola this past June in what was billed as much better conditions than when the Nationals were last here. The conditions…
Bibi Juetz has been sailing Snipes for 60 years, both in her home country of Brazil and around the world. At 75, she’s just finished competing in the Snipe Master’s…
Originally published on www.snipe.it (Italian and English text) Dopo l’ultima regata di Porto, dopo essermi congratulato per il suo terzo posto, chiesi a Peter…
Miami, FL, USA, April 7, 2024…
It's impossible to explain the positive impact Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz had on so many people, including the Snipe sailing family.
My first conscious memory of the person I so respectfully called “The Old Man” was, appropriately, on the race course; watching his Snipe, sail numbers barely visible, cross the entire…
GONZALO “OLD MAN” DIAZ1930- March 3, 2023 Today we’re one less boat on the starting line with the loss of Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz. Loved by everyone he met,…
Miami, FL, USA, January 8, 2023…
The International Snipe Class has a long history of which very few other classes can boast. The boat was designed by Bill Crosby in 1931 and 88 years later,…
Helsinki, September 15, 2018 Finnish Masters unfortunately cancelled due to "heavy" wind.
by Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz According to the report in the May 1996 Snipe Bulletin: There was no races the first two days as winds were 25 to 40 knots. …