By Don Bedford The Snipe Class lost one of its major contributors and sailors with the passing of Earl Elms last week. Earl helped to create the modern snipe with Herb Shear and Chubasco Snipes. Not only was he influential with hull design but with Elms Sails and Cobra Masts, he continued to move the class forward. Though…
The Snipe world is saddened by the loss of Earl Elms today. He was a great friend, sailor and man of the sea. Two-time World champion and multi-US National…
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[caption id="attachment_8835" align="alignnone" width=""]Gweneth Crook with Past Commodores Doug De Souza, Don Bedford, Brainard Cooper[/caption]By Gweneth Crook, SCIRA Vice-Commodore District 6 Snipe Championships (regatta report) were held this…
[caption id="attachment_8825" align="alignnone" width=""]Elizabeth Szabo checks the size of the D6 trophy.[/caption]San Diego, February 7-9, 2014. Results and report by Carol Cronin Doug Hart and Ryan Hopps won the only…
San Diego, February 8, 2014. Report by Danielle Richards With the completion of the fifth race of the Snipe District Championship/Western Hemisphere Qualifier Regatta at the San Diego YC, SDYC's…
San Diego, February 7, 2014. Report by Danielle Richards Local Talent Leads Day 1 of District 6 Championship Doug Hart and Ryan Hopps of Mission Bay YC lead day 1…
San Diego, February 7-9, 2014. Registration is open for the February qualifying regatta at San Diego Yacht Club. San Diego Yacht Club is excited to welcome back the Snipe…
Mission Bay, January 25-26, 2014. Randy Lake and Kate Sheahan win in California. Results and report by Eric Heim (photo courtesy SCIRA US) 21 Teams braved 70 degree temperatures in…
Mission Bay, January 25, 2014. 21 boats at the Las Vegas Regatta on Mission Bay this weekend. Casino night tonight as a fundraiser for the local junior program.
by Mark Reynolds A well organized two boat testing program is the best way to make advances in boat speed. As a sailmaker I am often doing two boat sail…
Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt editor and Snipe Sailor - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? As an infant in the bilge of my parents Santana 22. Must have been…
Fleet 495, San Diego, CA, USA By Don Bedford Started by Herbie Shear back in the early 1960s, Fleet 495 (then the Mission Bay Snipe Fleet) began with a few…
Fleet #24 was one of the early chartered Snipe fleets in the USA. It has been relocated from Santa Monica to Marina del Rey, a suburb of Santa Monica. They…
Mission Bay, October 26-27, 2013. Just shy of 30 teams, another epic Carolyn Nute Memorial Regatta was held on Mission Bay. Congrats to Dave Tillson and junior hotshot Ian Brill…