Kathleen Tocke is curled up in the bottom of the Snipe, ­thinking she might die, fearful she might not. The supercrew had a bad reaction to seafood, and to say she is not at her best is to put it ...
For more than 30 years, the Snipe—a hard-chine 15-footer almost a century old—has been my teacher. I first stepped into one as a newbie 20-something, as a crew for the most demanding skipper I’ve ever ...
When John Muhlhausen of Marietta climbed aboard his Snipe class sailboat on Lake Allatoona last month, he marked a journey that began in 1946 on Long Island Sound, Connecticut. This year, the ...
Tyler Mowry was sailing upwind during last weekend’s U.S. Snipe National Championship when he suddenly realized what he was up against. “You look around see three former world champions and four past ...
A Snipe sailboat race isn’t just about raw speed. The 15-foot, two-person-crewed dinghy is designed for strategy, handling, and teamwork. On August 21-24, San Diego hosted the annual Snipe North ...
Members of the Snipe class, both locally and nationally, have created an impressive template for other established dinghy classes for how to increase participation. Creative thinkers among veteran ...
DILLON – For about five hours Saturday, the wind on Dillon Reservoir behaved oddly. Well, oddly for Dillon, which means it was almost predictable.Then, right around 5 p.m., an afternoon thunderhead ...
The Snipe fleet shared its open meeting at Blackwater Sailing Club with the Wayfarer fleet on the weekend of 2nd 3rd of May.
Warm weather and pleasant breezes greeted the 21 two-person Snipes to the Dead of Winter Regatta in St. Petersburg. Colin and Karen Park repeated as winners but had a good battle with their house ...