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 business that will cater specifically to Snipes. “I no longer need to go out on the water to coach my sailors,” P&P’s principal promised, in the company’s first (and last)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The only Snipe builder in the U.S. is renowned for the quality and shape of their rudders, and now owner Andrew Pimental has figured out a way to sell twice…
After avidly watching all the innovations dreamed up by 2021 America’s Cup sail designers, Quantum’s Carter Cameron is bringing the twin-skinned mainsail back to the Snipe Class—and improving it further,…
In a surprising response to poor compliance with the centerboard restraint rule, the SCIRA rules committee has come to a fresh conclusion: Daggerboards may no longer be raised while going…
Moruzzo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy – Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA – April 1st, 2021 Feeling foolish this year? Yeah, we are too. With so many sailing plans…
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE The Snipe Crew Union has been around since long before Briggs invented the Cunningham, but it’s always been a relatively…
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE Augie Diaz and Pietro Fantoni have teamed up with the manufacturer of multi-colored button-shaped chocolates to establish M&M, a new exclusive…
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE Following a long class tradition of taking the latest America’s Cup technology and improving on it, the Snipe Class recently…
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE The SCIRA Board of Governors voted yesterday to reschedule and relocate the Snipe World Championship. The new date will be October…
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE Tired of your crew taking a break from that max hiking position halfway up the beat? Buy them a pair…
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE In recent months, DB Sailing Academy and T10 have devised numerous initiatives in Monfalcone and Valencia to attract new Snipe sailors…