This year, I was lucky enough to fit three regattas into the fall sailing season. Looking back now, they pretty much covered the entire range of raceable Snipe breeze, so I thought it would be fun to dig into what we prioritized to help achieve consistently good results.
Winchester, MA, USA, October 1, 2023…
Winchester, MA, USA, October 30, 2022. On the last Sunday in October, 15 boats came out for the Mystic Lake Halloween Regatta. What started as a glassy fall day eventually built to…
Winchester, MA, USA, October 31, 2021. Final results after 4 races: Jennifer Rousmaniere & Kelly Rousmaniere, 8 John Tagliamonte & Linda Epstein, 9 John MacRae & Hannah MacRae, 11…
Winchester, MA, USA, October 3, 2021. Final results after 6 races (1 discard): Cam Fraser & Liz Fraser, 5 Scarlett MacRae & Jocko MacRae, 16 Julia Shannon-Grillox & Lucy…
by Carol Cronin (from her blog: Carol Newman Cronin, Author, Editor, Olympian) Two decades ago, Paul and I had to return a borrowed Snipe to Mystic…
by Alison Keenan Sailing this year looked very different from the typical summer filled with regatta and other events. We definitely did not take for granted any day we could…
Winchester, MA, USA, September 20, 2020. Final results after 8 races (1 discard): Jim Bowers & Julia Marsh, 12 Cam Fraser & Liz Glivinski, 16 Jocko MacRae & Myrna…
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE US National Secretary Art Rousmaniere has decided to move the 2020 Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship (WHO) to Mystic Lake, which…
(Photo courtesy of Bill Swanton) Winchester, MA, USA, October 26, 2019 A sushi boat. A skeleton crew. Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, and C-3P0. Popeye and Olive Oil. Pirates. Referees. What do they…
Mystic Lake, MA Medford Boat Club – September 14-15, 2019 Report by Martin Fraser Another fun weekend on the Mystic! Great weather and equally great sailors made this, the…
The US held the second of two Snipe Clinics of the year, this time at the Winchester Boat Club over the June 29-30 weekend (the first was a part…
By Bill Ridge It would be nice to let Ms. Becker know that the boat has been loved for many years. The current owners are the Ridges – Marge…
Winchester, October 20, 2018 by: Head Referee – Stephen Braverman The Mystic Lake Snipe Fleet hosted the 3rd annual Snipe Halloween Regatta. The Winchester Boat Club remained open for one…
Winchester, MA, USA, July, 7-8, 2018 by Liz Glavinski and Cam Fraser The newly renovated Winchester Boat Club was host for the first Snipe regatta on the Mystic Lake this…