by James Rix Found! This is the first world championship trophy from 1947 regatta in Geneva, Switzerland, won by Ted Wells. My mom picked it up at his estate sale and had been forgotten in her house. It is being donated to the Mystic Museum to be with his boat ‘Good News III’ already in the museum. Read more:…
From Gastão Hugh Pullen Pereira de Souza archives Gastão Hugh Pullen Pereira de Souza, from Brazil, sailed the 1949 Snipe World Championship in Larchmont, NY, USA and now he sends…
The International Snipe Class has a long history of which very few other classes can boast. The boat was designed by Bill Crosby in 1931 and 88 years later,…
From the book "Master of the Sky and Sea – The Story of Ted Wells" by James Rix A few regattas in the early '40s had participants from…
This is a photo of Harold Gilreath's fiberglass Lofland Snipe #9753 "Texan III", built in 1954 after SCIRA adopted specifications for fiberglass Snipes. This is the first "official" (measured) fiberglass…
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…
By John D. Rose Restoring a wooden Snipe makes you "love" them even more. Here is the history of my three Classic Snipes that I have in my small "collection."…