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Attention Snipe Sailors! April Fool’s Stories

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 Fish) Caros marinheiros da classe Snipe, não se preocupe: os artigos do passado eram uma piada. April Fools significa piada de abril. O primeiro de abril é o dia das…

by SnipeToday 04/01/2015

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Snipe Adds Asymmetrical Spinnaker

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…

by Carol Cronin 04/01/2015

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Attention Snipe Sailors! April Fool Stories

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…

by SnipeToday 04/01/2014

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Snipe in, Star out

APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE Lausanne, April 1. The IOC President Tomas Bach, announced today at a crowded press conference in Lausanne that there will be an…

by SnipeToday 04/01/2014

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2014 Europeans in Sevastopol

APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE Despite strong opposition from SCIRA Poland and the Ukraine federation, the Board has decided to move the event form Poland to Sevastopol,…

by SnipeToday 04/01/2014

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2014 Western Hemipshere & Orient Championship Relocated to Big Diomede Island

[caption id="attachment_9138" align="alignnone" width=""]Putin Bridge, planned for 23 June 2014[/caption]APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE In another display of international tact and diplomacy, Russian…

by Carol Cronin 04/01/2014

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SCIRA announces a partnership with the United States’ Navy

APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE Retired U.S. Naval officer and veteran Snipe sailor, Doug Hart, has brokered the creation of a revolutionary partnership for SCIRA with the…

by Peter Commette 04/01/2014

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Party Foil: A Foiling Pontoon Boat

APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE It isn’t often that the pontoon boat market borrows from the sailing industry, but (whether they admit it or not), that’s…

by Carol Cronin 04/01/2014

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Master Worlds Sponsor

APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE Snipe Masters Worlds announces new sponsor, name change and slogan: The Snipe Viagra Cup. “We do it up to 18 knots…

by Peter Commette 04/01/2014

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New Persson Snipe

APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE Jan Persson un-retires from boat building and announces a break through new Persson Left Handed Snipe, with everything installed 180 degrees…

by Peter Commette 04/01/2014

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Rodriguez penalized by SCIRA

APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE Ernesto Rodriguez penalized by SCIRA for his boat being too fast. When asked to comment, Ernesto said, “I deeeedn’t do anythiiiiing wrong,…

by Peter Commette 04/01/2014

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Esclarecimento

Caros marinheiros da classe Snipe, não se preocupe: os artigos do passado eram uma piada. April Fools significa piada de abril. O primeiro de abril é o dia das…

by SnipeToday 04/02/2013

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Attention Snipe Sailors! April Fools Stories

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…

by SnipeToday 04/01/2013

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Interview with a Sailmaker: Laifos Sails

APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE You have probably never heard of this sailmaker. It is not a well known loft, but one for true connoisseurs of Snipe…

by Pietro Fantoni 04/01/2013

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SCIRA Rules Hiking Sticks Illegal, Sets Maximum Length for Jib Sheets

APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE In a surprise addition to the International Snipe Class Rules, the Board has decided to make hiking sticks illegal. It has also…

by Carol Cronin 04/01/2013