Sarah de Canniere from Antwerp, Belgium – 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? During my childhood, my family and I used to go to France every year during summer holidays. My parents always rented a house near the beach for a few weeks, mostly in Bretagne.I did my first sailing steps during these holidays. The first years together with my dad on a catamaran, when…
Marina Sanchez Ferrer from Murcia, Spain. One of the best Spanish crew. Third at the 2003 Snipe Worlds in Sweden, European Champion in 2010 in Norway, vice European Champion…
(Photo courtesy of Matias Capizzano) Gustavo Abdulklech, current Snipe Junior World Champion (with his crew Leonardo Motta) – 1) Your first time on a sailing…
Charlie Bess, a talented and passionate young sailor from Miami. Read her interesting answers: very clear ideas on what the Snipe Class represents for her. – 1) Your first…
Photo courtesy of Andrea Carloni Daniela Semec, from Trieste, Italian National Secretary, Vice-European Secretary and, of course, Snipe sailor. – 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? When I was 18, I met the person…
John Rose, from Tacoma, WA, USA, is our Class history expert. He has owned 18 Snipes since 1948. And the last acquisition was in March! “With the “new” acquistion, my four-Snipe…
Maria Fiestas, Snipe sailor from Marbella, Spain – 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first time on a sailboat… Hmmm I don’t remember very well, but…
Katia Royer, Snipe sailor from Antwerp, Belgium. – 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first time was on a yacht when I was very little. At…
2015 Snipe Worlds – Talamone. Italy© Matias Capizzano Flavio Castro, from Rio de Janeiro, 2020 Brazilian National Champion, crewing for Mateus Tavares. – 1) Your first time on a…
Josipa Prosinecki, Snipe sailor from Split, Croatia, and organizer of the next 2020 Snipe Europeans – 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I think it was on…
Luis Borba from Sao Paulo, Brazil – 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My Dad surprised me with a used Optimist a few days before the 1st…
Paola Prada Lorenzi, new Brazilian National Secretary, Vice Commodore of the Yacht Clu Paulista and Snipe sailor. – 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? December 1978, I…
Anette is a Norwegian Snipe sailor from Snarøya, always in front of the Women’s fleet with her crew Janett Krefting. At the Snipe Women’s Worlds she finished second in…
Gustavo del Castillo Palop, Snipe sailor from Gran Canaria, 2008, 2016 and 2018 European Champion and second at the 2009 and 2017 Worlds. -1) Your first time on a sailing…
Martin Alonso, Snipe sailor from Bahia Blanca, regatta organizer and Argentinian "cicerone" (for the Executive Director and the Commodore during the last WH&O) - 1) Your first time on a…