Exchange of Views & Reading
Attention Snipe Sailors! April Fool’s Stories
Moruzzo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy - Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA – April 1st, 2024.
by SnipeToday
April 1st
Snipe Worlds: AI instead of IJ
The Snipe Class has always been used by World Sailing to test new ideas, though not all of their experiments work out.
Breaking News: Snipes added to Paris Olympics
With just over 100 days until the Opening Ceremonies on the River Seine, World Sailing has announced an equipment substitution for the mixed doublehanded discipline: the Snipe will replace the…
by Carol Cronin
Sailmaker starts using “Flow-Vis”
We have learned from a reliable spy (who must of course remain anonymous) that an Italian sailmaker is now developing sails with state of the art Formula 1 technology: Flow-Vis.
Best Practices for Blowing Up Your Own Snipe Mast
Newport, RI, April 1, 2024: This summer, Narragansett Bay’s Fleet 17 will be testing out an experimental boat enhancement—and no, it’s not retrofitted foils from Jibetech…
by Carol Cronin
There were not “only” 24 proposals, but 1424!
Due to a malfunction of the SCIRA e-mail server, today an additional 1424 Rule Change proposals were received by the SCIRA office, adding to the 24 already received and posted…
Attention Snipe Sailors! April Fool’s Stories
Miami, FL, USA – April 1st, 2023 Feeling foolish this year? Yeah, we are too. With so many sailing plans tossed out the window, we’ve dug pretty deep for this…
by SnipeToday
Changes to Class Rules C.5.1 – “Portable Equipment”
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE The Technical Committee, following the suggestion of the SCIRA rule guru Antonio Bari and with the approval of the SCIRA Board, has…
by SnipeToday
Snipe Masters Worlds Adds Under 30 Division
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE Bowing to the inevitable, the 2023 Masters Worlds has added an Under 30 Division to the upcoming regatta in Porto Sherry, Spain.
by Carol Cronin
Extended Midwinters Planned for 2024
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE Upper Keys Sailing Club was the first to announce their Snipe regatta dates for 2024; the Midwinter Championship will begin on February…
by Carol Cronin
Announcing Penguin & Pelican Coaching LLC
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE Inspired by Matias Capizzano’s coverage of the 2023 Western Hemisphere & Asia Championship (WHAC), renowned coach Leandro Spina has started a new…
by Carol Cronin
The Ocean Race and Snipe Class Join Forces
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE Disappointed by the four-boat fleet in the current race around the world (as well as the obvious discomfort of foiling crews), The…
by Carol Cronin
Attention Snipe Sailors! April Fool’s Stories
Moruzzo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy – Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA – April 1st, 2022 Feeling foolish this year? Yeah, we are too. With so many sailing plans tossed out the…
by SnipeToday
New Sailing Venues to promote the Class
Zibi Rakocy – SCIRA Vice Commodore and Chair of the Promotion Committee – is convinced that one of the biggest problems of our class is the fact that we always…
New Rule 18 Announced for 2022 Snipe Worlds
As many of you already know, the World Sailing Racing Rules Committee has commissioned a Rule 18 Working Party in an attempt to simplify RRS 18 (Mark Room). SnipeToday is…