Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt editor and Snipe Sailor - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? As an infant in the bilge of my parents Santana 22. Must have been cheaper than babysitting fees. - 2) Your first time on a Snipe? It was the 1981 GFU 24 Hour Regatta in Mission Bay. Each team needed about 8 people, with…
Great photos from Ft. Lauferdale, FL, by John Payne! Courtesy of John Payne Photography Look at the photo gallery ……
Ft. Lauderdale, November 22-24, 2013. Regatta report by Connie Commette (photo courtesy of John Payne) Eighteen teams competed in the 2013 Snipe US Women's National Championship, hosted by…
Ft. Lauderdale, November 23, 2013. Kathleen Tocke and Charlie Bess are leading after 4 races. 1. Kathleen Tocke & Charlie Bess, 6 2. Dominique Wright & Hilary Noble, 13 3.
[caption id="attachment_8195" align="alignnone" width=""]Darby Capellin grew up sailing Optis in St. Pete.[/caption]Sailing at this weekend’s Snipe State Championship in St. Petersburg, Florida was such as amazing learning experience. Competing along…
[caption id="attachment_8192" align="alignnone" width=""]Darby and Alan Capellin also sail together on other boats, like this J/95.[/caption]Editor's Note: Alan Capellin is a multi-regatta winning Snipe crew with a variety of skippers.
St. Petersburg, November 17, 2013. Mother Nature didn't cooperate today. There was no wind this morning and no races were completed. About 2:30, a sea breeze kicked in but too…
St. Petersburg, November 16, 2013. Peter Commette and Julia Melton are leading after 4 races. … full results … Results – Day 1…
Steve Lang, District 4 Governor, the St. Petersburg Yacht Club and Snipe Fleet 801 cordially invites you to join them for the 2013 Florida State Snipe Championship. When: November…
Fleet 495, San Diego, CA, USA By Don Bedford Started by Herbie Shear back in the early 1960s, Fleet 495 (then the Mission Bay Snipe Fleet) began with a few…
In the “officials” photograph from left to right as identified by the Old Man are:Roy Yamaguchi (?) JapanTed Wells, USSam Norwood, US – Vice CommodoreBerney…
Mission Bay, October 26-27, 2013. Just shy of 30 teams, another epic Carolyn Nute Memorial Regatta was held on Mission Bay. Congrats to Dave Tillson and junior hotshot Ian Brill…
Atlanta, October 26-27, 2013. Hal Gilreath with Merrill Varn crewing won with 5 points. Tarasa Davis and Alan Capellin were second with. 6 points and Ana Lee Bradley was…
Rye, NY, September 16-22, 2013. (Photos courtesy of Fusanori Nakajima) 1. BRA Axel and Eric Schmidt 2. USA Harry Levinson and Alan Levinson 3. ESP Duque de Arion…
Birmingham Sailing Club, October 12-13, 2013. Report by Michael Papp The fifth annual second carnation of the Snipe Southern Championship was held at Birmingham Sailing Club on October 12th…