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 downwind. Instead, everyone must race with their boards fully down from the warning signal to the finish. “Just think of it like the lifejacket rule,” Arthur Blodgett said, with a…
Moruzzo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy - Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA - April 1st, 2018 We hope you have enjoyed our April Fool's stories. Pesce d'aprile! Poisson d'avril! Aprilvis! (i.e. April's…
Moruzzo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy - Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA - April 1st, 2016 We hope you have enjoyed our April Fool's stories. Pesce d'aprile! Poisson d'avril! Aprilvis! (i.e. April's…
Moruzzo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy - Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA - April 1st, 2015 We hope you have enjoyed our April Fool's stories. Pesce d'aprile! Poisson d'avril! Aprilvis! (i.e. April's…
APRIL FOOL'S DAY - THIS IS A JOKE After 81 years of poling out the jib downwind, the US Snipe Class has announced that it will make an asymmetrical spinnaker…
APRIL FOOL'S DAY - THIS IS A JOKE Great news for the sport of sailing and for the Snipe Class. The next World Championships (Junior and Senior) will be indoors…
APRIL FOOL'S DAY - THIS IS A JOKE ISAF has removd SnipeToday from its list of official site links because of a news story published on April 1, 2014. The…
APRIL FOOL’S DAY – THIS IS A JOKE We are sad to report that The America’s Cup has been stolen. It was last seen in the presence of the…
APRIL FOOL’S DAY – THIS IS A JOKE Peter Commette, March 13, 1954-April 1,2015 We are sad to report the passing of Peter Commette. Above is the last known…
APRIL FOOL’S DAY – THIS IS A JOKE The temperature has influence on the wind strength and on the sailors comfort, and because this relation is so strong the…
APRIL FOOL’S DAY – THIS IS A JOKE We knew it would happen sooner or later, but Augie Diaz finally has announced his retirement. Typical of his cryptic fashion,…
Moruzzo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy - Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA - April 1st, 2014 We hope you have enjoyed our April Fools stories. Pesce d'aprile! Poisson d'avril! Aprilvis! (i.e. April's…
Moruzzo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy - Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA - April 1st, 2013 We hope you have enjoyed our April Fools stories. Pesce d'aprile! Poisson d'avril! Aprilvis! (i.e. April's…