Exchange of Views & Reading
Snipe Worlds – Plotting the Course – Episode 3
From the Origins to Mahon…
Cuba
Comodoro Rasco and Old Man: Appreciating Tradition
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…
by Carol Cronin
Jack Wirt and Snipe #6715 “Tiger”
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 John D. Rose
Trade Winds in the North Coast of Cuba at Their Best
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…
1957 in Cuba
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…
1940s in Cuba
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…
2020 in Cuba
Main regattas: March 21-25 – Cuban Nationals – Cienfuegos March 26-29 – Cuban Junior Nationals – Cienfuegos…
by SnipeToday
Havana, early ’50s
Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz drinking La Bomba in Havana in the early ‘50’s. Note a young Carlos Bosch cheering him on…
by SnipeToday
14 Questions to … Ernesto Rodriguez
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 Nationals
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…
by SCIRA Office
Comodoro Rasco
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…
by SnipeToday
Sailing Snipes in Cuba
US-Cuba Youth Sailing Exchange Photo courtesy of Jerelyn Biehl … photo gallery … …
by SCIRA Office
US-Cuba Youth Sailing Exchange
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…
by SCIRA Office
Snipe Tales from the 2015 Comodoro Rasco Party
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! …
#3686 Rosi II
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…