by Carol Cronin (from her blog “Where Books Meet Boats”) If the past two years have taught us anything, it’s a deep appreciation for traditions we used to take for granted. For me, the biggest change last year was the long strange sailing- and travel-free winter of 2021. So I was especially grateful…
Jack Wirt with many trophies, early 1940s or 1930s by John Rose The boat photos show Jack with many trophies and and old Snipe he had, maybe back in the…
by Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz (Originally published on “SnipeTales by a Great Group of Snipe Sailors”, edited and censored by Buzz Levinson, 1996) This is my favorite story and…
by Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz (Originally published on “SnipeTales by a Great Group of Snipe Sailors”, edited and censored by Buzz Levinson, 1996) In 1957, I learned another Snipe…
by Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz (Originally published on “SnipeTales by a Great Group of Snipe Sailors”, edited and censored by Buzz Levinson, 1996) Back in 1943 (I was thirteen), I…
Main regattas: March 21-25 – Cuban Nationals – Cienfuegos March 26-29 – Cuban Junior Nationals – Cienfuegos…
Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz drinking La Bomba in Havana in the early ‘50’s. Note a young Carlos Bosch cheering him on…
Ernesto Rodriguez, Snipe sailor and champion. In 2018 Laser US Masters, 1st; Laser Canadian Masters, 1st; Snipe North Americans, 1st; Snipe Western Hemispheres, 1st; Don Q regatta 1st. (Photo courtesy…
Cuban National Championship, Villa Clara, Cuba – hometown of 1999 Snipe World Champions Nelido Manso & Octavio Lorenzo. 1. Rene Torrecilla & Yoan Carrillo 2. Raul Diaz & Claudio…
Miami, January, 30-31, 2016 Just a few days to go to the 2016 Comodoro Rasco Snipes Regatta organized by Gonzalo Diaz! Join this two day Snipe Class Regatta in…
US-Cuba Youth Sailing Exchange Photo courtesy of Jerelyn Biehl … photo gallery … …
From Sailingscuttlebutt The St. Petersburg Yacht Club, Storm Trysail Club, Cuba Sailing Federation, and National Sailing Hall of Fame have inaugurated a U.S. Cuba Youth Sailing Exchange. Junior sailors…
Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz takes us back to sail Snipes in 1950s Cuba, with tales about Dr. Inclan, the rules, cotton sails, and of course… Comodoro Rasco! …
By Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz Here is a photo of me on my first snipe # 3686 in 1945 approx. The boat was built in Cuba in 1939 by an…
By Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz (Photos from SCIRA archives) This is the Comodoro Rasco delivering a Snipe to a Miramar Yacht Club winner Julio Jané. from left to right: Jané's…