Thanks to the SCIRA Coaching Initiative, the first 2014 Snipe Clinic will take place in Club Náutico Muña in Lake Tominé near Bogotá, Colombia. The dates will be January 17 – 19, 2014. Luis Soubie from Argentina will be the instructor. More than 15 crews are expected to attend. The clinic will take place one week…
The heart of the Snipe class is the local fleet. Fleet activity boosts regional, national and international activity. It is also a “family” where the sailors can spend their…
The SCIRA Board of Governors is announcing the SCIRA Coaching Initiative, aimed at assisting developing SCIRA countries with top level coaching clinics to help Snipe sailors improve…
From the SCIRA archives A bunch from the 60s ... photo gallery ...
From the SCIRA archives: The Crew’s Union Contract. To read page 2 (and the very best Article is VII) or to send a copy to your favorite teammate, download…
During the Senior World Championship a Sailors forum was held in a theatre at the Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro. These were ideas from the room for the Board…
By Pepe Perez (article in Spanish) Alguien tuvo la magnífica idea de establecer un sistema de "repesca" para admitir en el Campeonato del Mundo a tripulaciones NO CLASIFICADAS en sus…
Alan Levinson was SCIRA Commodore in 1959 and he represented USA at the Worlds and Pan-Am Games. Read more…
Ivo Gattulli from Rome asked to post his own opinion about regattas overlapping. "I'm just a snipe-racer, and a Fleet Captain like hundreds, trying to do his own.. So I…
Summer Snipe Bulletin now available online Summer_2013.pdf…
We’ve upgraded the snipe.org merchandise page to now take PayPal. Also available is the Snipe DVD – Serious Sailing , Serious Fun®: Traditions Build Winners by Vince…
It’s official – Peru is now the latest country to join SCIRA. Welcome to National Secretary Diego Figueroa and fellow Peruvian sailors! SCIRA countries and National Secretaries…
APRIL FOOLS' DAY - THIS IS A JOKE In a surprise addition to the International Snipe Class Rules, the Board has decided to make hiking sticks illegal. It has also…
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY – THIS IS A JOKE The Rules Committee and Board of Governors of SCIRA approved the amendment of Construction Rules 27 and 34. To Rule 27…
Snipe 30514 (Snipe Builder Lo Zelo) was modified. The foredeck has a bump at the forestay/jib attachment. Luca Marangon sent us a document with his interpretation of the Rule…