Luis Pessanha, Snipe sailor and SCIRA Past-Commodore - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? At 7 years old in a Sailing Yacht with my father. After it, I took an Optimist course at my Club - Club de Vela Atlantico in Oporto. The following year my father gave me an Optimist. - 2) Your first time on a…
Ricardo Lobato - aka Blu - Snipe sailor from Rio de Janeiro and SCIRA Vice-Commodore - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I took the regular Optimist course…
Zbigniew Rakocy, European Secretary, from Poland - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I was 12-13 years old when my younger brother and I started to learn sailing…
"Attention, Snipe Sailors!" Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz, THE SNIPE SAILOR, from Havana to Miami, 68 years of sailing Snipes! - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? In 1943…
Enrico Michel, Snipe builder and Snipe sailor - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? On an old wooden optimist when I was 6 - 2) Your first time…
Jerelyn Biehl, Snipe Sailor and SCIRA Executive Director - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? Pretty sure my parents had me sailing in their Lightning before I was…
Don Bedford, SCIRA Commodore and Snipe Sailor - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I really don't remember my first time on a boat but i di have…
- 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I think at six with my dad and my mom. The following year they gave me an Optimist. Since then I…
Bojan Grego, sailmaker, Snipe sailor and Olympian (FD) from Croatia - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? At 3-4 years old. My father was also sailor - 2)…
Carol Cronin, SnipeToday co-editor, Snipe Sailor and Olympian (Yngling) - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? At 10 days old (frequently misquoted by reporters as "10 years old").
Kenji Abe, Snipe sailor from Japan, second at 2007 Worlds - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first time was on a Flying Junior, 25 years ago.
Xandi Paradeda, aka Careca, 2001 Snipe World Champion and Olympian (470) - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first time on a sailing boat was when I…
Alejandro Fresneda, the athletic and passionate Snipe sailor from Spain - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? My first time was on a Optimist, thirty four years ago.
Gweneth Crook, Snipe sailor and Secretary Western Hemisphere & Orient - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I know it was a Snipe but the exact age?? I…
Ben (also known as Big Ben) Van Cauwenbergh, from Antwerp, Belgium, is one of the most popular Snipe sailors in Europe. In the past he was a professional dancer and…