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 lesson. You probably heard about the Comodoro Rasco Regatta and that Manuel Rasco, our Lifetime Commodore at the Miramar Yacht Club, donated a Snipe every year to the winner of…
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…
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…
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…
[caption id="attachment_8785" align="alignnone" width=""]Gonzalo Diaz Sr. sailing Jupiter[/caption]From Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz archives Gonzalo Diaz Sr. sailing Jupiter 10111 off the shore of Miramar Yacht Club, Havana, Cuba. In the…
Old pictures from Cuba and notes by Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz. The first picture seems to belong to when the new "boat house" or "yachting house", as it was called…