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 held in Rungsted during the World Championships. The back ground that originated the idea of changing the present rule is due of the fact that I noted that our jibs…
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)…
[caption id="attachment_4764" align="alignnone" width=""]Don Bedford[/caption]By Don Bedford, SCIRA Commodore. A happy new year for all Snipe sailors around the world. As I mentioned in my Snipe Bulletin article and…
Snipe Bulletin – Winter 2012…
[caption id="attachment_4643" align="alignnone" width=""]Villagarcia, Open de Espana[/caption]Dear all It was an extremely rewarding experience and I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to serve the classas the Commodore of…
Originally published on snipe.it (December 2010). - In the last years a new life began for the Snipe class in Croatia. Can you tell us how important was…