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  1. Boats We Love: The Snipe Sailboat

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  2. Snipe Sailboat racing at White rock lake Sunday July 25

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  3. SnipeToday Snipe Racing Photo Award

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  4. PHOTOS: Snipe World Championship 2015 >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News

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  5. Snipe European Championship at Segelföreningen i Björneborg

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  6. PHOTOS: Snipe World Championship 2019 >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News

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  6. Sailboat Racing Tips: Pressure vs Shift

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  1. Snipe Class International

    Join the Snipe Class! Serious Sailing, Serious Fun. The Snipe is a two person dinghy that brings the well-balanced class motto "serious sailing, serious fun" to life at every regatta.It's a class we can grow old in, with age-appropriate challenges and opportunities for every generation.. The Snipe Class International Racing Association (SCIRA) is a widely popular and well run ...

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    Home - SCIRA USA. 2812 CANON STREET SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. [email protected]. 619-224-6998. Powered by.

  3. Snipe Class International Racing Association

    About Snipe Class International Racing Association. Serious Sailing, Serious Fun® is what you can expect from the International Snipe Class. The Snipe's design allows for a wide variety of two person teams, from couples, to parent/child. Try the Snipe no matter what your sailing abilities and become part of a worldwide family.

  4. The Endurance of the Snipe

    It's early April on Miami's Biscayne Bay, with an 18-knot easterly, gnarly chop and ribbons of sargassum seaweed—tough fare for racing any boat. We're at the 2023 Don Q Snipe Regatta ...

  5. 2021 US Snipe Nationals

    The second day of the Nationals was picture perfect as the fleet of over 50 Snipes navigated the big breeze. Raul Rios/Andrea Riefhohl Gonzalez mastered the ...

  6. Snipe (dinghy)

    The Snipe is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by William F. Crosby as a one design racer and first built in 1931.. The boat is a World Sailing recognized international class.. Sailboatdata.com summarizes the design as "one of the most popular sailing dinghies ever. (In its heyday, the largest sailboat racing class).

  7. The Snipe

    SCIRA (Snipe Class International Racing Association) is celebrating its 90th year of competition with fleets in more than 30 countries and over 31,000 boats built. The Snipe is a two person dinghy that brings the well-balanced class motto "serious sailing, serious fun" to life at every regatta. With a range of ages and abilities, the racing ...

  8. Upcoming Major Championships Archives

    Snipe Class International Racing Association. The New SCIRA Database and Membership Renewal 2024 Measurers' Handbook Spanish Nationals - Day 2 SnipeToday Stories This Week Fire on the Water Successful Snipe Clinic in Colombia Boston A/B Regatta Swedish Nationals Richard Lloyd "Dick" Tillman Inducted into the US Sailing National Hall of Fame Snipe Sailors won the ORC Double-Handed World ...

  9. A World of Snipe

    Snipe sailing is both a ­priority and a part-time endeavor, slotted between jobs, husbands, houses—even other sports. For Couranz, an aerobic monster, a 50-mile running race is a fun adventure.

  10. Class of the Month: Snipe

    Serious racing, serious fun The Snipe class motto neatly sums up the appeal of this ubiquitous dinghy. Fifteen and a half feet long, light and uncomplicated, easy to trailer and launch, the Snipe is a boat that never gets old. Go to any Snipe regatta and you ll see septuagenarians mixing it up with teenagers, pro sailors battling it out with Sunday-afternoon amateurs.The boat s

  11. Snipe

    The Snipe Class International Racing Association was formed in 1932 and proudly claims the motto Serious Sailing, Serious Fun®. With over 450 members and 40 fleets throughout the United States ...

  12. SnipeToday

    SnipeToday. 5,725 likes · 572 talking about this. Snipe Class International Racing Association Serious Sailing Serious Fun A Site for All Snipe Sailor

  13. United States Snipe National Championship

    The United States National Snipe Championship is the annual national championship for sailing in the Snipe class.It is among the oldest One-Design class championships in the United States.. Between 1934 and 1947 it was considered the SCIRA World Championship, with the winning skipper receiving the Commodore Hub E. Isaacks Trophy, but as the event became international after World War II, SCIRA ...

  14. SNIPE

    A boat with a BN of 1.6 or greater is a boat that will be reefed often in offshore cruising. Derek Harvey, "Multihulls for Cruising and Racing", International Marine, Camden, Maine, 1991, states that a BN of 1 is generally accepted as the dividing line between so-called slow and fast multihulls. BN = SA^0.5/(Disp. in pounds)^.333

  15. Snipe Sailboat Racing on White Rock Lake

    Home of Snipe Fleet 001 — Established 1932 — The first of 800 fleets worldwide. Snipe sailboat racing on White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas.

  16. Sailboat Racing Tips: Speed Through Kindness

    Snipe Class International Racing Association. Where Kindness May Be Your Most Strategic Sailboat Racing Strategy. by Kim Couranz - published on SpinSheet. The overall objective in sailboat racing is to cross the finish line first—to sail the course faster than your competitors.

  17. USA Snipe Sailboat Class

    USA Snipe Sailboat Class, San Diego, California. 2,339 likes · 19 talking about this. Many boat designs and classes have come and gone, but the Snipe Class has always been there to offer USA Snipe Sailboat Class | San Diego CA

  18. Boats We Love: The Snipe Sailboat

    The San Francisco Snipe fleet takes a lunch break on a light air day in the 1960s at Crissy Field, just west of St. Francis Yacht Club. Photo courtesy SCIRA. Bill Crosby designed the boat to be built of plywood by the owner. Though many classic wooden Snipes are still sailing, the boats racing today are professionally built of fiberglass out of ...

  19. Snipe

    Designed in 1931 and raced around the world, the Snipe celebrated its 80th birthday in 2011. While many boat designs and classes have come and gone, the Snipe and the Snipe Class have thrived. Key to the class success is the camaraderie shared by Snipe sailors both on and off the water. A 15' 6" two-person dinghy, the Snipe is best sailed by ...

  20. Snipe dinghy: still going strong after 80 years

    The Snipe was originally designed in 1931 for a contest in Rudder Magazine. More than 80 years later the class is still going strong, with active fleets around the U.S. In South America, it's the default doublehanded racing dinghy. In Europe, Spain and Italy are the powerhouses, though Scandinavia also boasts several active fleets.

  21. How to Start Racing Snipes Right

    Then make three marks with a dark Sharpie: Where the jib halyard sits against the mast, in a place where you will easily be able to see the mark while sailing the boat. "neutral" forward/aft position on mast and deck. 18 inches either side of the mast/centerline (as a jib trim reference) Go sailing.

  22. Snipe

    Snipe is a 15′ 5″ / 4.7 m monohull sailboat designed by William F. Crosby and built by Lillia (Cantiere Nautico Lillia), Schock W.D., Grampian Marine, Nickels Boat Works, Inc., Helms - Jack A. Helms Co., Jibetech, Aubin, AX Boats, Eichenlaub Boat Co., and Loftland Sail-craft Inc. starting in 1931. ... <20: lightweight racing boat. 20-30 ...

  23. SailGP High-Octane Sailboat Racing Grabs Headlines In New York ...

    The SailGP global sailing league is about to complete its fourth full season featuring 10 national teams, racing aboard 50-foot-long, high-performance hydrofoiling sailing catamarans in 13 ...

  24. Windmills Plane and Simple

    The enduring Clark Mills-designed dinghy continues to provide exciting racing and simplified sailing for its stalwarts. ... The Windmill is about 100 pounds lighter than a Snipe, he says, and ...

  25. About Us

    Sailing the Snipe in different countries is a great opportunity and a privilege. You can know and sail with people of different backgrounds, cultures and languages SnipeToday is a site for all Snipe sailors that includes stories, video, photos, and opinions from sailors around the world. ... Vincent Casalaina has been covering sailboat racing ...

  26. Cascais Welcomes 700 Sailors for Mirpuri Sailing Trophy 2024

    The Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy 2024 event is set to get underway this weekend from 5 to 7 July in Cascais, Portugal.. The regatta, which was established by the Mirpuri Foundation in 2020 to create awareness and raise funds for marine conservation, will see the fifth edition start with cannon fire from onboard a Portuguese Navy Ship, at midday on Saturday, July 6th.