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An effective hiking position is one of the most important factors for boat speed.
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SCIRA Training Clinic in the UK
Bough Beech, UK, July 23-25, 2023 Bough Beech Sailing Club Having had to cancel our SCIRA training clinic scheduled to take place back in 2021 due to Covid, SCIRA UK…
by Sue Roberts
Training in Las Palmas
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (source: snipespain.es) Tras el parón sufrido por el confinamiento forzoso debido a la pandemia del coronavirus, las flotas 287 del Real Club Nautico de…
by SnipeToday
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Practice? We’re talking about [Solo] Practice?
by Lisa Pline (questions) and Arthur Blodgett, Doug Hart, Augie Diaz (answers) From the Experts: Single boat practicing For those of us lucky enough to now be able to…
Training for Who Knows When………?
[caption id="attachment_4688" align="alignnone" width=""]US Nationals - San Francisco 2008 (Fried Elliot)[/caption]Racing sailboats is a wonderful sport. It’s always available for you when you are ready. I find myself…
Listen To Your Teammate
Story by Carol Cronin (Photo courtesy Ted Morgan) At a recent Snipe regatta, Kim Couranz and I counted up the number of lines we each control. Her total? Sixteen…
by Carol Cronin
Snipe Camp: Serious Practice, Serious Fun
For those of us with real jobs and lives outside of sailing, practicing always seems like the first thing to fall off our schedule when life interferes. After all, regattas…
by Carol Cronin
The Care, Feeding, and Training of a Snipe Skipper
By Nikki Bruno Before any of you skippers think, 'I don't need to be trained!' kindly tell your ego 'down' and give it a cookie so it stays occupied for…
by Nikki Bruno
The Care, Feeding, and Training of a Snipe Crew
By Pietro Fantoni I do not want to explain in this article how the maneuvers should be done and how a crew has to move in a boat. There are…
Training on Lake Garda
ITA 15790 and ITA 30009 [iframe width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/dnvLTUqhTdo?list=UUn3GeQDfz2nRDLKlbjkCPlw” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ]…
by SnipeToday
Como Hacer Banda Correctamente – Hiking properly
An interesting study (in Spanish) by Alejandro Pereja Gonzales (via snipespain) … Como_hacer_banda_correctamente.pdf…
by SnipeToday
Get Ready for 2012 Racing with Better Fitness
This article is reprinted from the February 2012 SpinSheet, a magazine about Chesapeake Bay sailing. The monthly "Small Boats, Big Stories" column focuses on dinghy sailing. Anna Tunnicliffe-Funk…
by Kim Couranz
Rendere Difficile il Facile attraverso l’inutile
Ovvero: le barche camminano, sono gli uomini che le rallentano ... Sabato ero a Talamone. Impaziente come un bambino di risalire sullo Snipe dopo lo stop invernale, per me, in…
Partenza a Coniglio – Rabbit Start
Text in Italian Partenza a Coniglio – Rabbit Start…