Hi Pietro and Carol, After reading the words from Alejandro Fresneda (I totally agree with him and I think that he is an expert voice) I would like to extend the discussion. Open European Championship: (read more about opening the Europeans) I feel that the European SCIRA and Europe National Secretaries are worried about clubs not about sailors. The Deed…
[caption id="attachment_5785" align="alignnone" width=""]Photo by Maria Muina[/caption](Photo via "I love Snipe Class" FB page) Hi Pietro, The first, you have to pay me a prize, jajajajaja .......Only me, I have…
[caption id="attachment_5774" align="alignnone" width=""]Jacques-Louis David (le Serment du jeu de paume)[/caption]By Ricardo Lobato - SCIRA Vice Commodore. One of the reasons for the Snipe Class success is its class rules.
By Gweneth Crook, General Secretary - Western Hempisphere & Orient. There was a lot of discussion at the Id Crook Memorial Snipe World Masters regarding the recent decision…
By Giorgio Brezich, Rules Committee Chairman. Dear snipe sailors and sail-makers I need to keep you informed about the important decision taken last year by Board during the official meetings…
Attached is a Circular Letter from the Chairman of the SCIRA Rules Committee outlining the new rule that will go into effect January 1, 2013 regarding the increase in the…
Commodore’s Log Book…
By Don Bedford, SCIRA Commodore. Happy sailing all you Snipe sailors! Here in the Northern Hemisphere the racing season is beginning to wind down as summer passes. I do hope…
By Pietro Fantoni, SCIRA Secretary. At a meeting of European National Secretaries held recently in Cervia, there was discussion of a radical change to the Deed of Gift of the…
Past Commodore Enrique Motta comments the new Mainsail Batten Proposal. (About this topic: New Mainsail Batten Proposal by Steve Stewart, Full Top Batten by Giorgio Brezich,…
As many of you are aware, last year the Board of Governors passed a change to the rules to allow a “full batten” on the main and to lengthen the…
By Don Bedford, SCIRA Commodore. Summer is just getting started here in North America. Longer and warmer days mean more time outside with friends and family. While I do find…
The Snipe Board of Governors has voted to amend the Deed of Gift for the Id Crook Memorial World Masters Championship. The minimum age has changed and an…
Nicola Gerin about the amended Junior Worlds Deed of Gift. During the last Junior Worlds in Denmark only two boats were allowed per nation, with the right for the host…
By Don Bedford, SCIRA Commodore. As the Snipe sailing season gets going I have had a great deal of correspondence from many sailors and fleets. Here in San Diego (USA)…