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Opening the European Championship
By Pietro Fantoni, SCIRA Secretary. At a meeting of European National Secretaries held recently in Cervia, there was discussion of a radical change to the Deed of Gift of the European Championship: the possibility of making the regatta open, giving voice to what some Snipe sailors have long demanded. Until recently, the topic was considered a provocation, if not completely…