Kai Saarhelo from Pori, Finland - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I guess it was sometime in 1968. Trying an Optimist on a small lake. - 2) Your first time on a Snipe? Our family started with the Pori Snipe Fleet in 1977, without any previous experience in sailing. I was already 15 years old. You can…
Aine McLean Fretwell from San Diego, California - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first time on a sailboat was when I was about 9. We sailed…
Renato Bruni, from Cremona, Italy, more than 60 years on a Snipe. - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? 1953 in Bogliaco (Lake Garda) on a Lightning of…
Dante Bianchi, from Rio de Janeiro, is the current Snipe World Champion (2013) with his skipper Bruno Bethlem. He also won the 2009 Snipe Worlds, the WH&O (2008-2012) and many…
Giovanni Ceccarelli lives in Ravenna Italy. He is a Snipe Sailor and a famous yacht designer (ACC Mascalzone Latino and +39). He was part of the team (as engineering manager)…
Esteban Echavarria, young Snipe sailor from Colombia who loves tuxedos! - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I don't even remember, when I asked my parents they told…
Don Hackbarth, Snipe sailor from Marietta - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first time on a sailboat was in the late 1950's when my grandfather bought…
Pepe Perez, measurer and Snipe sailor from Spain - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I do not remember. From an early age enjoyed anything that would float…
Jose Garcia de Soto, Spanish Snipe legend - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? At age 9 with my father in his Snipe. - 2) Your first time…
Francisco "Paco" Sanchez, multi Spanish National and European Champion (2004-2010) - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? When I was 6 years old I sailed in my optimist.
From Uruguay, Ricky Fabini, 1989 Snipe World Champion - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first time on a sailing boat was in an old Lightning my…
Jean Jacques Frebault, Snipe sailor from Claouey, France - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? In 1972 I was 8 in the sailing school in Claouey. It was…
Henry Filter, Snipe sailor from Annapolis - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? Age 5 sailing with my parents on an O'Day tempest 23. We sailed on the…
Damir Vranic, Snipe sailor from Rijeka, Croatia and National Secretary - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? It was Optimist in 85' at the age of 8. I…
Greg Saldana, Snipe sailor from Michigan - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? 1981 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. Scott Deardorff invited…