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Snipe Worlds – Plotting the Course – Episode 5
From the Origins to Mahon…
1961 World Championship
1961 World Champion Snipe
#13005, built in 1961 by Lippincott Boat Works, Riverton, NJ, USA. Interesting that this boat (#13005) was the actual 1961 World Champion Snipe, sailed by Axel and Eric Schmidt…
by John D. Rose
Eight Bells: Axel Schmidt
A sad news for the Snipe Class. Axel Schmidt passed away today. He was three times Snipe World Champion, sailing with his twin brother Erik (1961, 1963, 1965). The first…
1961 Worlds, the “Officials”
In the “officials” photograph from left to right as identified by the Old Man are:Roy Yamaguchi (?) JapanTed Wells, USSam Norwood, US – Vice CommodoreBerney…
1961 Worlds
Rye, NY, September 16-22, 2013. (Photos courtesy of Fusanori Nakajima) 1. BRA Axel and Eric Schmidt 2. USA Harry Levinson and Alan Levinson 3. ESP Duque de Arion…
by SnipeToday
Duque de Arion, 79, Dies in Madrid
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Larios, IX Duque de Arión, III Duque de Cánovas, Marqués de Mancera, de Malpica, y de Valero, 3 veces Grande de España died yesterday in…
by SnipeToday