Exchange of Views & Reading
Snipe Worlds – Plotting the Course – Episode 3
From the Origins to Mahon…
Ted Wells
A Trophy from the 1947 Snipe Worlds
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…
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1949 Worlds in Larchmont
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…
by SnipeToday
2019 Hall of Fame Inductees
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,…
by SnipeToday
1947 Snipe World Championship – Geneva, Switzerland
From the book "Master of the Sky and Sea – The Story of Ted Wells" by James Rix…
by James Rix
#9753 “Texan III”
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 John D. Rose
Miramar Yacht Club, Snipes in Cuba
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…
USA Classic Snipe Restorations: Tiger, X-9, Half Breed
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."…
by John D. Rose