Marko Marinovic, sailmaker and sailor from Split, Croatia, and SCIRA Southern European Secretary - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? 1982. Optimist - 2) Your first time on a Snipe? 2015 , I was passing in my club where was Croatian Championship , when I saw happy people going on water, I was sure that is time to…
Ernesto Rodriguez, Snipe sailor and champion. In 2018 Laser US Masters, 1st; Laser Canadian Masters, 1st; Snipe North Americans, 1st; Snipe Western Hemispheres, 1st; Don Q regatta 1st. (Photo courtesy…
Yannick Laumans from Antwerp, Belgium (Photo courtesy of Matias Capizzano) - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My father got in to Snipe sailing around the time I…
Art Rousmaniere is the US National Secretary and a long-time member of the Snipe Class along with his wife Jennifer. He sails out of the Winchester Boat Club in Massachusetts,…
Reino Suonsilta, Snipe sailor from Helsinki and member of the Promotion Committee - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I rented a 20 ft daysailer with my girlfriend…
Arthur Blodgett, Snipe sailor and coach from Fort Lauderdale - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first memory was when I was 5 my dad rented a…
Martin Bermudez de la Puente, 2017-2018 SCIRA General Secretary for Europe, is an avid Snipe sailor and organizer of the famous "Open de Espana." - 1) Your first time on…
Juliana Duque, from Salvador, Brazil, winner of the 2016 Women's Championship in Bracciano - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first time was at 2 years old…
Yuichi Ooi, with his crew Noriaki Sakai, was ninth (first Japanese team) at the 2015 Snipe World Championship in Talamone. ... short answers and photos (by Matias Capizzano) ...
Kenta Nakagawa, from Doshisha University, Japan, was 6th at the 2015 Junior Worlds. (Photo courtesy of Matias Capizzano) - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first time…
Alvaro Martinez Iribarne, from Malaga, Spain, was third at the 2015 Snipe Open Worlds in Talamone, Italy. He won the 2011 Junior Worlds in Rungsted, Denmark. (Photo courtesy of Matias…
Michele Meotto, from Udine, Italy, was third with his crew Alberto Cassandro at the 2015 Junior Worlds (Photo courtesy of Matias Capizzano) - 1) Your first time on a sailing…
Mafalda, a very talented young girl from Porto, sailed the 2015 Junior Wolrds with is brother Tomas (8th place). - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? When I…
Felipe Rondina, from Brazil, was second at the Junior Worlds in Talamone, and he won a race at the Open Worlds. - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat?…
A dynasty of sailors. Nicholas Grael, from Rio de Janeiro, is son of Lars and nephew of Torben. Nicholas wasn't lucky at the Junior Worlds in Talamone, he won three…