By Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz Here is the Snipe Bulletin September 1989. See the cover photo with the black background (the storm). The cover photo of the snipe bulletin says it all. It shows Ed Adams rounding what I think is the jibing mark with a real black background (the storm coming!!) In that same photo, way back, you…
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 (Photo courtesy of Fred Elliott) • When the pole is retrieved without pulling on the jib sheet (or you can call "guy") and the pole…
Snipe Promotion Sailing lessons with Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz [iframe width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/FY46koNomYc” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ]…
Snipe Mast History as viewed by Gonzalo Diaz, Sr. In 1945 when my father bought me my first Snipe, (Rosi II # 3686) we all at the Miramar Yacht Club…
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…
[caption id="attachment_7928" align="alignnone" width=""]Gonzalo [/caption]ATTENTION SNIPE SAILORS! (From the SCIRA archives) IMPORTANT SAFETY TIPS FOR NEW SNIPE SAILORS by Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz 1. Do not go out in the…
"Attention, Snipe Sailors!" Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz, THE SNIPE SAILOR, from Havana to Miami, 68 years of sailing Snipes! - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? In 1943…
The Comodoro Rasco starts Saturday, Feb 2, 2013. The NOR and Sailing Instructions are now available on the Coconut Grove Sailing Club‘s website. See you there! When…
The Old Man has been sailing Snipes since he was 15 years old in Cuba. The Snipe was already an established class with boats sailing shortly after the plans were…