Watch the video: Vela: 25º Campeonato do Mundo da Classe Snipe no Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 8-15, 1971 USA Earl Elms & Craig Martin, 17 BRA Ralph Conrad & Pedro Reinhard, 25.7 ESP Felix Gancedo & Antonio Burgos, 32.4 USA Roger Stewart & Jerry Stewart, 52.7 BER Sonny De Costa &…
Video by Nautica Digital Luanda, Angola, Portuguese West Africa, October 24 – November 1, 1969 Earl Elms and Mike Shear, USA Reinaldo Conrad and Mario Buckup, Brazil Paulo Santos…
A rare photo of Herb Shear, 1971 (Originally published on “SnipeTales by a Great Group of Snipe Sailors”, edited and censored by Buzz Levinson, 1996) by Mike McLaughlin “From 1966…
The International Snipe Class has a long history of which very few other classes can boast. The boat was designed by Bill Crosby in 1931 and 88 years later,…
Mission Bay, April 9-10, 2016, Final results after 8 races (1 discard) (Photo courtesy of Judy Tillson) 1. Doug Hart & Diana Waterbury, 11 2. Randy Lake & Mandy/Mattie, 18…
This was built in 1966 by Earl Elms and finished off by Tom Nute, sister boat to Elms’ 1966 Snipe US Nationals winner “White Trash” – the last wooden…
Mission Bay, April 11-12, 2015. Results after 8 races (1 discard) (Photo courtesy of Mission Bay Yacht Club) 1. Doug Hart, 15 2. David Tillson, 24 3. Rick Arneson &…
By Jerome Fournier Hi all..... great sailing this weekend. It dawned on me Sunday evening after returning home from the awards ceremony that this past weekend we honored two major…
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…
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…
By John D. Rose Restoring a wooden Snipe makes you "love" them even more. Here is the history of my three Classic Snipes that I have in my small "collection."…
Earl started sailing Snipes in Mission Bay in 1963 when he got out of the Navy. He joined a small but active fleet sailing mostly Eichenlaub and Varalyay Snipes.