The 2021 Snipe Hall of Fame Inductees continue to top the list of who’s who in the sailing world. SCIRA is proud to induct these 5 new members to follow the rules (10 in first year, eight for the second year and 5 for the years following). The 2021 inductees sailors who have not only contributed…
By Luis Soubie These are the 20 Snipes that in 1959 the Club Jangadeiros bought from the Lineburger boatyard for the 1959 Snipe World Championship that would…
Cannes, 1959 The sailing legend Paul Elvstrom won the Ski – Yachting in the Snipe Class (From Giorgio Brezich archives – “Vela e Motore” sailing magazine) ……
Paul Elvstrøm, 25.2.1928 - 7.12.2016, four time Olympic Gold Medalist: "You haven't won the race if in winning the race you have lost the respect of your competitors." The Snipe…
Snipe #12000 1959 Snipe World Champion in Porto Alegre, Brazil – skipper Paul Elvstrom, Denmark. Today the owner is Mariano Arroyo, from Rosario, Argentina, and he is still racing…
Porto Alegre, Brazil, October 16-25, 1959 Paul Elvstrom, Denmark Gonzalo Diaz, Sr., Cuba Masyuki Ishii, Japan Sailed on the Guaiba River, 16 nations Photos from the Fleet 426 archives…
I 9701 "Portorose", built in 1954 by Danilo D'Isiot, won in 1955 the Snipe World Championship in Santander, Spain, with Mario Capio and Lorenzo Podestà. ... photos ...
Photo: Snipe World Championship in Porto Alegre, Brazil 1. Paul Elvstrom, Denmark 2. Gonzalo Diaz, Cuba 3. Masyuki Ishii, Japan Clube dos Jangadeiros 74 anos de història…
Stamps from the Snipe Worlds in Porto Alegre Brazil, when Paul Elvstrom won in 1959, Gonzalo Diaz Sr. was second and Masyuki Ishii third.(From Francisco Perez, Canada)……