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Snipe Bulletin Fall 2012

CommodoreDon Bedford

San Diego, California, [email protected]

Vice CommodoreRicardo Lobato

Rio de Janeiro, [email protected]

SecretaryPietro Fantoni

Moruzzo, Udine, [email protected]

TreasurerRenee Bartell

Costa Mesa, CA, USA

International Rules CommitteeGiorgio Brezich

Trieste, Italy [email protected]

General Secretary - EuropeZbigniew RakocyPoznan, [email protected]

General Secretary - Western Hemisphere& Orient

Gweneth CrookN. Vancouver, Canada

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Executive DirectorJerelyn Biehl

2812 Canon St.San Diego, CA 92106 USA

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Official newsletter of the Snipe Class International Racing AssociationVolume 30, Fall 2012

Happy sailing all you Snipe sailors! Here in the Northern Hemisphere theracing season is beginning to wind down as summer passes. I do hope youhave been able to see some new and old faces out on the race course andhopefully do some traveling to a new location and Snipe Fleet.

We have had a couple of occurrences this summer that should be men-tioned. The first is the retraction of the change to the battens for the mainsail. This was voted in last year to be initiated in 2013. The proposedchanged was to simply help the mainsail last longer and be easier to sail;the same change made by the Star class some years ago. While I personal-ly feel that this rule will benefit the Class, our Board of Governors spentendless hours speaking to many sailors and sail makers and determinedthat this is not the right time for the change. Like I said, I do think it is asimple change that will improve the boat and help the sails last longer –however, the discussion of the change needs to include more people, bet-ter visibility, and more time for everyone to plan. We have made muchgreater changes in the boat such as the dagger board and the total weightof the boat. If we make this change then I hope we would minimize theimpact, let sail makers plan better and help snipe sail buyers to plan betteras well.

The second issue was the announcement that the Snipe would no longerbe included in the Pan American Games. Of course this only directly affectsthose in the Western Hemisphere but I assure you it would have a farreaching effect on the entire class. Many countries use the Snipe as a train-ing boat for double-handed sailing. In my mind, some of the most success-ful countries can found in South American and the Caribbean and I wouldsay the results have been impressive! Many successful Snipe sailors havecome from those countries and I think they have helped to move the com-petition in our class to a very high level. I did ask the Executive Council ofthe PanAm Games to reconsider their decision as did many other Snipesailors and their sailing representatives. We recently received word thatwe are back in the 2015 PanAm Games! I do wish to stress that we allneed to continue to inform our national sailing authorities of the impor-tance of the Snipe and how it fits into our own communities and develop-ment programs.

I am also looking forward to traveling to Málaga Spain for the Women’sWorlds at the end of September and watchingsome fantastic racing!

See you on the water,

-don


Am countries and the net-working through the variousMNAs (Member NationalAuthorities), Commodore DonBedford and National Secretariesfrom mostly our South American countries with immense helpfrom Raul Rios of Puerto Rico, our team was able to work a subtlenetworking and contact the heads of PASAF and work toward anadherence to previously agreed upon minutes, which stated a yearago that the classes sailed at the Mexico Games would also besailed in the Canadian Games.

Through this joint work of our Snipe brotherhood, we were allsuccessful in having the Snipe reinstated for Toronto 2015.

Thanks again for the teamwork and cooperation throughout theSnipe nation.

Jerelyn BiehlSCIRA Executive Director

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Around the Snipe WorldSnipes in the Pan Am GamesRecently the Snipe Class had a scare - the elimination fromthe Pan American Regional Games.

For those Snipe sailors not from Pan American countries, thismay not seem like a big deal, but for the participating coun-tries, this could be a death call.

The Pan Am Games have been in existence with sailing since1951 and the Snipe has been the only class to sail in everyGames. Other classes have come and gone, but the Snipe hasremained strong and in the early days when there were notlimits on entries, the Snipe was the class with the largest par-ticipation.

In recent years ISAF has pushed for regional games tobecome country qualifiers for the Olympic Games and tomake the push toward Olympic classes only. Yet this latestoust of the Snipe did not reflect ISAF’s intent.

Because of the strength of the Snipe Class through the Pan

Opening the European Championship - an Opinion letterAt a meeting of European National Secretaries held recently inCervia, there was discussion of a radical change to the Deed ofGift of the European Championship: the possibility of makingthe regatta open, giving voice to what some Snipe sailors havelong demanded. Until recently, the topic was considered aprovocation, if not completely taboo.

For many dinghy classes (420, Star, 505, Fireball … it could beinteresting try to collect a list) the Europeans are open, andfor some of them also the Worlds are open.

First of all, a terminological clarification. What does an “Open”snipe regatta mean? In my opinion there are two meanings: thefirst, wider, covers a regatta in which any member of the classcan participate, with no selections of any kind. Everyone is eli-gible: European, North American, South American, Japanese,women, juniors.

A second meaning, more restricted, considers an open regatta(in our case the European Championship) open only to mem-bers of a European SCIRA country, but with no restriction onnumbers, determined by “quotas” for each country.

I personally am in favor of changing the Europeans’ D.o.G. soas to enable the participation of anyone: Open in the broadestsense, Europeans or not. At first I was a bit perplexed, I amnow convinced.

Regarding the open Worlds... I still have some doubts, as youwill read later.

Currently, the Deed of Gift of the European Championshipreads as follows:

The European Championship is open to:

1. The current European Champion 2. The current Jr. European Champion 3. Top 2 boats from the European Cup

4. One women’s team per country 5. One junior team per country 6. Host country may have 3 additional entries: 1 junior, 1 forthe host club or fleet, and one additional forthe country.The above are in addition to the entries in #7 below.7. Four skippers from any European country in good standingwith SCIRA, preferably the National Champion for the currentyear or his alternates, plus one additional skipper for each 25boats on which dues have been paid to SCIRA, up to a maximumof twelve skippers.8. The host country may have 3 more boats for a total of15 skippers.

The present system thus provides a quota of boats per country, inproportion to the number of Class members. Probably the systemwas created to avoid the risk that the organizers had not found asufficient number of charter boats, or that too many skipperswanted to attend the regatta.

The original D.o.G. of the European Championshipreflected, per-haps unwittingly, an elitist concept of participation in internationalevents: only the best specialists in the Snipe class can attend aninternational regatta. For them to represent their country is anhonor and an exclusive privilege.

Now the situation has changed.

There is a large amount of competition for Snipe sailing, with anincredible number (and fragmentation) of classes. Some of thesehave considerable appeal, especially to the younger generations,and sometimes many young sailors are directed to another classby their national federations.

By contrast, the Snipe class can boast a long history and traditionand excellent internal organization. Those who already sail Snipesare closely tied to the class. At major regattas we find often thesame friends, and it is a bit unusual to find new faces.

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Jib Cloth Weight Increase Rule

Dear Snipe sailors and sailmakers;

I need to keep you informed about the important decision taken last year by the Board during the official meetings held inRungsted during the World Championships.

The back ground that originated the idea of changing the present rule is due to the fact that I noted that our jibs seem tolast for shorter periods of time when used in regattas sailed in heavy conditions. This was the case of the Junior Worldsailed just prior to the Board meeting, held in Rungsted, Denmark.

I suppose the short life is due to the light weight of the cloth legally employed by the sailmakers as permitted by the cur-rent Class rules. Several years ago the Board, upon the proposal of Rules Committee, decided to increase the cloth weightand also adopted the use of laminates hoping to find a way to produce better sails. The goal was not reached with the lam-inates as the problems of longer lasting sails was not reached. After an exchange of opinions with Rules Committee mem-bers, sailmakers, and many top sailors attending the Worlds, I arranged a proposal that was submitted to the Boards atten-tion. Commodore Pessanha and the other attendees where sensible to the matter and decided to vote in favour of theadoption of the new weight limits for the fabric employed for the production of jib sails.The Boards decision as per the following extract of the minutes was:

Jib Cloth weight increase:

Motion by Giorgio Brezich to increase the minimum weight of the jib cloth from 130 grams/sq meter to 160 grams/sq meter and to also have the measurer write the sail number on the jib after measurement for championship regattas.

Motion passed unanimously

So please take note that the new cloth weight limit has been in force beginning January 1st 2013 for all new production.

After January 1st 2013 the existing jibs lighter than 160 grams can be usedonly in regattas up to National Championships level and no longer in theInternational Championships.

After January 1st 2014 the jibs lighter than 160 grams shall not be used atNational Championships but only in local regattas.

In the National and International Championship regattas a skipper is allowedto measure two sets of sails (2 mains and 2 jibs) that usually are stampedwith a seal of the event. The mains are easily identified by the sail numberwhile for the jib there is no way to do it. For that reason of fairness wedecided to ask the measurers to mark the jib with the same sail number ofthe main. Following this procedure there will be the way to verify all boatsshall be use no more than two jibs and two mains.

Happy sailing,Giorgio BrezichRules Committee Chairman


From the Rules Committee

Photo: 1953 Snipe skippered by Postogna(nicknamed Pallino) sailing under heavy “Bora”with a reefed main in Trieste, Italy. Courtesy ofGiorgio Brezich. Giorgio also noted that theold version of the SCIRA rulebook allowed forreefing systems.



Snipe Jr & Sr European Championships – Cervia, Italy

August 6-14

After more than a week of sailing in Cervia, both theJunior and Senior European Championship were dominatedby the Spanish crews who proved to be the best in thecontinent.

The Junior Championship saw all nine scheduled racescompleted, with the clear victory of Guerrero & Del Riego(five bullets) preceding Ruiz Sanchez/Hernandez andMartinez Doreste/Cabrera.

Italy’s Laser Youth World Champion Giovanni Coccolutowith Pietro Parisi as crew was able to fight until the endfor the second place and won one race with authority.Slower speed on the reaches and tight control by theSpaniards, especially in the last day of the regatta, made theyoung Italians nervous and penalized them too. ItaliansMarco/Ilaria Rochelli, Hermes Ferialdi/Federica Biondi,Pittani/Cerni and Collinucci/Raulli also posted some goodfinishes. These young people, if they devote more time toSnipe, will certainly be able to compete at a high level.

The Senior Europeans saw nine races completedof the eleven planned. It was a spectacular cham-pionship fought very hard, with winds mainlyfrom the east at 8 to 12 knots. With currentfrom the north the waves were short due to theshallow waters off Cervia. The upwind legs weredifficult to understand and the strategy wasnever obvious, enhancing the technical level ofthe best teams.

On the last day of racing, thanks to aggressivebut precise strategy the team of Raul DeValenzuela /Antolin Alexandre de Ona overtookdefending champion Francisco “Paco” Sanchezwith sister Marina as crew, who initially seemedready to reconfirm the title with three bullets.On the last day what looked like a Spanish cham-pionship also saw the improvement of Italianteams with Gianpiero Poggi/Eugenia Vanniauthors of good positions that raised them tothe third step of the podium.

Rayco Tabares/Gonzalo Morales had long battledwith Sanchez for the win but due to an OCS inthe seventh race they finished fourth. JordiTriay/Mas Barcelo and Francisco Palacio/AlvaroMartinez (current Junior World Champions) alsofought for the podium until the end of theChampionship.

Other teams that also had some good racesincluded Pietro Fantoni/Michelle Morphew,Andrea Zaoli/Davide Ortelli, and PaoloLambertenghi/Silvia Pederiva, who all finished inthe top 15. A little bit under their usual standardwere the Belgians (Janssens, Peeters and Den

Hartigh), as well as theNorwegian Sandvig and theDane Persson.

Regarding the boats, it was inte-resting debut for the very nicenew DB Marine, which was usedby Triay/Michel. Equally amongthe top ten were Ax, Perssonand Zeltic.

About the sails, you must record the new Ulmer Kolius Spain used byValenzuela, but also the Italian Speed Sails of Poggi, and Zaoli sails withthree boats in the top ten including Sanchez and Triay. In the top posi-tions were also North Japan and Quantum San Diego.

The Snipe has once again demonstrated itself as a boat which demandsexcellent boathandling and tactics, features enhanced in Cervia, a verytechnical race course.

Alberto Perdisa

Another Perspective

We will start from the end: we are on the podium and around us only foreigners. It’s wonderful: we have endedthird, creating a kind “hole” in the long list of Spaniards who have taken all the high positions of the result list.The last 3 regattas have brought the change in our championship, so as to remind the jury we had 2 discards

with 9 regattas sailed….3 good races, considering the day before we were only in 7th position. That day startedwith a weak and very shifty wind, which has blown strongly in our favour.The day before we were obliged to stay ashore as the wind had created steep waves, which did not guaranteedour safeness on water sailing out and in from the beach.From the very first regatta we straight thought: “we have to fire on these Spaniards in order to keep themback!” Actually the big Spanish team arrived well trained and with a good experience of the sailing court, anelement we Italians for sure did not have.Considering we are strongly against sailing championships in August – and considering the number of partici-pants we can assume many sailors share this position, probably not liking to pass their holidays sailing snipes– we must admit that the conditions we found in Cervia were really interesting. At the beginning we feared torepeat the experience of Muggia, Trieste (where we sailed the Italian National Championship in 2011 withextremely weak winds); on the contrary, we found a very technical sailing course, where nothing could betaken for granted, with choppy waves, current, wind shifts, change in wind strength, all elements which havetaken all sailors very busy.We have sailed never giving up and, thanks also to our sailmakers, Olimpic and Speed Sails - with the latter wehave created new sails which allowed us to be really fast - after being a bit more confident with the sailingcourse, we realized the Spanish team was no longer so scaring.We have left some points on the water, but actually to finish better than third could have been possible onlywith a specific preparation in Cervia, which we could have foreseen maybe with the contribution of the class(we could taken into consideration the resources the Spaniards have put in the preparation of this champi-onship). Personally we are not in favour of 3 races per day, which often are reduced in too short courses, justto finish the race, but in Cervia the regattas have been managed at best, with an average length of 1 hour /1hour and 15 minutes, with buoys always well positioned and with no reduction in length (which we believeshould be forbidden in such events).At the end we have sailed with winds from 8 to 12 knots, the best conditions for us.Considering the final result, we have returned home with a positive impression of the championship, despitewe have felt the lack of social events, of moments for a technical de-briefing and to share impressions and withother teams, the occasion to know other sailors and people, an important added-value for such internationalregattas.Despite ashore the atmosphere was not of the warmest, all main facilities have been guaranteed.Our deepest thanks to the organizing club and the sailing committee, who have put a huge effort in organizingthis event.

Giampiero Poggi and Eugenia Vanni, ITA 29685 Pan di Stelle




2012 Junior Europeans - Final Results

2012 European Championship - Top 35 of 43 Final Results


1. Jose Maria Guerrero Macias/Andres Del Riego ESP31053 2-1-1-3-1-1-(5)-1-(dnf) 112. Jose Manuel Ruiz Sanchez/Jesus Franco Hernandez ESP28038 1-3-(4)-(6)-3-3-2-2-2 183. Jorge Martinez Doreste/Juan Curbelo Cabrera ESP30965 (6)-(9)-6-5-2-4-1-5-1 244. Giovanni Coccoluto/Pietro Parisi ITA15790 4-4-3-1-(dsq)-2-(7)-7-4 255. Marco Rochelli/Ilaria Rochelli ITA30268 (8)-7-2-8-6-6-(9)-4-3 366. Hermes Ferildi/Federica Biondi ITA30705 7-2-(10)-2-7-(8)-4-8-8 387. Juan Manresa/Cristian Vidal Carbonell ESP28898 (13)-8-5-4-4-(10)-8-6-6 438. Ludovico Pittani/Matteo Cerni ITA30983 2-5-(16)-9-8-5-10-(11)-9 509. Ignacio Bentham Muniz/Pablo Martinez Iribarne ESP29715 12-12-8-7-5-7-(19)-10-(dnf) 6110. Marc Vallespir Castillo/Alejandro Gonzales Gurrea ITA30969 5-10-17-10-12-11-3-(19)-(dsq) 7011. David Solana Durto/Nicolas deBari Damento Ordinas ESP28210 10-11-12-15 (dnf)-(dnf)-11-9-5 7512. Alessandro Collinucci/Vittoria Raulli ITA20685 11-6-11-13-(dnf)-(dnf)-12-15-7 7513. Riccardo Renier/Alberto Grossato ITA30303 14-13-7-12-9-9-(17)-12-(15) 7614. Suresh Puggiotto/Edoardo Marangoni ITA29774 (dnf)-16-9-11-13-12-(18)-3-13 7715. Marc Capo/Carles Llamas Vallespir ESP25010 (160-14-15-14-10-13-6-(16)-14 8616. Diogo Pinto/Francisco Pinto POR29994 9-(17)-13-(16)-11-15-14-14-10 8617. Luca Pisetta/Marcus Froesa ITA26342 17-15-14-(18)-14-14-16-(18)-12 10218. Santiago Donati/Marco Rigobello ITA28817 (18)-(19)-18-17-15-18-15-17-11 11119. Daniel Stefani/Michael Oradini ITA30194 19-18-(20)-(20)-16-16-13-13-17 11220. Leonardo Franzini/Luca Cattarozzi ITA26819 15-20-19-19-(dnf)-17-(20-20-16 126

1. Raul De Valenzuela/Alejandre de Ona Antolini ESP29609 2-(26)-(10)-3-4-3-1-6-2 212. Paco Sanchez Ferrer/Marina Sanehez Ferrer ESP29724 4-1-1-(dsq)-1-9-2-(14)-10 283. Giampero Poggi/Eugenia Vanni ITA29685 9-3-(13)-(22)-5-8-3-7-1 364. Rayco Tabares/Gonzalo Morales Quintana ESP31078 (10)-6-10-1-6-1-(ocs)-10-3 375. Jordi Triay Pons/Lluis Mas Barcelo ESP31097 8-2-4-2-9-(23)-(ocs)-4-8 376. Francisco Palacio Iglesias/Eloj Fernandez Ruiloba ESP28622 1-13-2-13-2-5-6-(18)-(17) 427. Alvaro Martinez Iribarne/Gabriel Utrera ESP30768 (14)-4-3-14-3-2-10-1-(15) 468. Maria Jose Guerrero/Andres del Riego ESP31053 (22)-(14)-8-4-7-7-4-12-13 559. Juan Tiscar Deben/Gerardo Prego Menor ESP30987 6-17-5-5-(25)-12-(ocs)-11-16 7210. Pietro Fantoni/Michelle Morphew ITA15790 3-19-14-7-10-(25)-14-(21)-7 7411. Andrea Zaoli/Davide Ortelli ITA28765 5-18-11-12-(19)-10-11-13-(22) 8012. Paolo Lambertenghi/Silvia Pederiva ITA30009 13-22-(32)-(28)-23-14-7-2-6 8713. Roberto Vidal/Jose Pardo Galdo ESP29093 (19)-16-17-(dsq)-18-4-5-8-19 8714. Teo Matheu/Pedro Cabrer ESP28262 23-7-(25)-8-8-6-23-(31)-5 8915. Bart Janssesn/Eva Jacobs BEL30897 17-12-7-11-13-21-13-(34)-(25) 9416. Jan Peeters/Nathalie Janssens BEL30008 16-9-(dsq)-17-12-13-9-(19)-14 9917. Jose Manuel Ruiz Sanchez/Franco Hernandez Jesus ESP28038 (34)-27-18-10-22-16-8-3-(dsq) 10418. Enrico Michel/Randi Stray ITA31098 7-(28)-(34)-21-15-28-18-5-11 10519. Ulrik Sandving/Tanya Heglund NOR30498 (28)-25-12-9-16-19-22-(28)-21 12420. Thierry Den Hartigh/Fabienne Wackens BEL30265 11-5-22-(24)-21-22-24-20-(34) 12521. Marco Rochelli/Ilaria Rochelli ITA30268 25-21-15-15-27-(34)-33)-9-18 13022. Dirk DeBock/Rosemie DeBlieck BEL30400 21-15-21-18-20-(35)-16-(26)-20 13123. Antonio Bari/Alessandro Bari ITA29894 (33)-10-6-19-26-(41)-25-23-24 13324. Jaime Miranda/Enrique Macineira ESP28760 24-23-29-6-(35)-31-(dnf)-16-4 13725. Victor Campos Perez/Carmen Mateo ESP28676 (35)-(34)-20-27-24-17-12-22-23 14526. Andrea Milla/Francesca Ruggiero ITA30200 15-29-(31)-20-(36)-24-17-15-26 14627. Fabio Rochelli/Daniela Semec ITA30983 26-11-16-16-17-(40)-(30)-29-28 15328. Hermes Ferialdi/Federica Biondi ITA30705 20-30-35-(37)-(40)-26-15-27-9 16229. Ignacio Benthem Muniz/Pablo Martinez ESP29715 18-(38)-30-32-30-11-19-24-(36) 16430. Francesco Rossi/Gianfranco Filippini ITA29510 12-(31)-23-23-33-15-27-(37)-31 16431. Chiara Magliocchetti/Erica Ferraris ITA29863 31-24-9-31-(34)-29-(32)-17-27 16832. Guy Celia/Charlotte Hambrouck BEL30344 30-8-36-29-(39)-(37)-21-25-12 17033. Steffen Skjonberg/Anette Melsom Myhre NOR30660 (37)-32-26-26-11-27-26-(36)-32 18034. Wim Ghys/Vann Van Daele BEL30758 32-36-24-(38)-14-33-20-35-(dns) 19435. Jonathan Persson/Charlotte Karlskov Jensen DEN30229 27-33-33-25-32-20-(ocs)-33-(37) 203



Opening the European Championship - an Opinion letter continued from page 4

Why the numbers are down

Apart from the isolated case of Spain, where, thanks to theactivity of some clubs and some fleets, there is a large partici-pation at the regattas, in other countries there is a contractionand a decrease in the number of sailors.

In Portugal the economic crisis is making its effects, while inthe Scandinavian countries there is a lack of support from thefederations and a lack of generational change. In Italy there is adecrease in the number of participants in the regattas, proba-bly due to rising costs of travel.

At the last Europeans (43 boats and 8 countries), Sweden,France, Britain, Portugal and Croatia were not represented. Ifit not been for the large number of Italian and Spanish teams(eligible due to a “new” interpretation of the Deed of Gift,made before the European Championship in 2010), therewould have been a low number of participants in theEuropean Championship. Maybe a bad record.

Is it true that the cause of these problems is only the eco-nomic crisis and the fragmentation of the sailing world in amyriad of classes? And is it true that the solution to theseproblems is an Open Championship? Obviously not, becausethe topic is broader and more complex, and more generally itinvolves the promotion of the class. But to make open a signa-ture event is a step for exposing the Snipe to new sailors andtherefore renewing itself.

Spreading the word about Snipes

We all know what a Snipe is: a technical boat, which relies ontactics and strategy, and where to go fast you must be athleticand fit, where the speed difference is smaller than in otherdinghies and you can have fun on the water and on the land.Snipe equipment remains competitive for years and is relative-ly inexpensive (this is a strength in a time of economic crisis!).Do other sailors know what a Snipe is? How can they learnwhat a Snipe is?

A class becomes attractive if it can potentially attract othercompetitors. But to attract new sailors, uncertain in the choiceamong thousands of other classes, the Snipe class should beopen (or more open).

A large class with many major regattas with a lot of boatsincreases the number of members and sailors who want tocompete in large regattas. A large regatta gets even larger witha ripple effect.

For a sailor (not Snipe sailor), seeing 80 boats participating ina Europeans (compared to a little more than 40 now) may bea good reason to race a Snipe. Nontheless, I hope, a Snipesailor would be more determined to leave, for example,Britain, France, Sweden, Portugal and Croatia, to race withanother 80 boats in another part of Europe.

Moreover, a regatta with 80 boats has a greater impact on themedia (sailing magazines, website) than a 40 boat elitist regat-ta. Our Class has more members and European countries thanmany other classes. The Snipe class is really an InternationalClass, but today it has far fewer boats participating in itsEuropean Championship compared to other classes not reallyso international as the Snipe.

Some people might argue that with an Open Europeans thenational and local racing activity would diminish or disappear, if thechallenger series was no longer needed to qualify. Of this I am notconvinced, because anyone who is interested in an internationalevent is generally interested in training and racing in any regatta oftheir own country.

Too Many Boats?The risk (if any) that at a European Championship there are toomany boats can be solved by dividing the fleet into gold and silverdivisions, as in other classes.

Would the clubs be able to organize regattas with many boats? Toanswer we must separate the issue into two aspects: the costs andlogistics.

To organize an international event, there are fixed costs (eg. inter-national jury, measurers, race committee) that can be more easilycovered by 80 teams instead of 40. The income from entry fees isobviously more. And it is also easier to find sponsors and supportfrom the local authorities if it is an event with a big numericalimpact and importance to the media.

About the logistics, the standards required by SCIRA are alreadyhigh. The hosting clubs usually have already a long tradition oforganizing international competitions and have the facilities toaccommodate a large number of boats and sailors.

Personally my only reservation about an open championship is theproblem for chartering boats. Most who take part in a Europeansusually sail their own boats. Europe is a continent where, perhapswith a triple deck trailer, you can organize transportation andshare the traveling expenses.

Open Worlds and WH&O? A different question.

There would surely be a benefit also in making the WorldChampionship and the WH & O open events. However, theseevents involve the participation of sailors from other continents, socharter boats must be guaranteed at affordable prices.

The organization of boat transportation or the creation of newcharter boats, perhaps with the help of some Snipe builders, is akey point for the development of the Class and the organization ofinternational events.

Currently it is impossible for a boat builder to build new Snipesfor charter without the certainty of being able to sell them oncethe event ended. In fact most of the charter boats are used boats,provided by those who do not race. If a World Championship or aWH&O is Open, would we find a sufficient number of charterboats available?

If we can solve the charter boat problem, in my opinion, we couldthink also about an Open Worlds. For now, we could think aboutincreasing the quotas (number of boats for each countries), giventhat the Worlds hardly comes close to 60 boats.

That’s all … I hope that this post can contribute to an open dis-cussion. Suggestions, comments, proposal are welcome!

Pietro FantoniSCIRA Secretary


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In 2012 Shoreham UK delivered again on their promise ofserious sailing for the snipe fleet with a classic event that allcompetitors will remember forever…

Towing out of the river in no wind we encountered an unex-pected swell hiding the boat in front and a full on wind thatappeared at the harbour mouth under a big black cloud.From then on a white knuckle adventure ensued with those who spotted the large yellowstart mark hiding in the wave troughs having a distinct advan-tage up the first beat. A 5-knot current ensured that the longbeat was over all too quickly and then the downhill rideagainst the tide commenced! Hiking over the back of mytransom I saw the first 4 boats capsize at the gybe mark andcarefully gybed through the carnage only to realize that thenext mark was dead downwind and two more gybes weregoing to be required … survival sailing was definitely goingto win this race I thought ..but was amazed to see Iain &Ewan cooly hoist their pole and surf into the leeward mark‘bythelee’ at over 20 knots within meters of Alan & Liz.... 90minutes and 3 huge laps later the Snipe fleet finished with amazingly no breakages and only one black eye.Despite protests from my crew who was up for anotherrace (I think she could not see what was happening: ) we allheaded to the beach for an early trip to the local beer festival where the carnage continued…later in the day an unexpected visitor to Shoreham sailingclub joined us to celebrate her diamond jubilee and to play

giant ‘pick-up sticks’ .Her majesty excelled at pickup stick but was not amused when wetried to pressgang her to go Snipe sailing on Sunday morning…

The wind continued into day 2 but switched offshore allowing thesea to relax a little for race 2.. nonetheless the first start saw anumber of competitors inspecting their centreboards.. At the finish Iain and Ewan managed to reverse yesterdays pecking order with afirst followed very closely by Alan and Liz. In third was Ian Gregorywith crew Jake in only his 5th outing in a dinghy - a real baptism offire.

The wind abated further in race 3 before finally disappearing at thefinal leeward mark giving us some heartstopping moments defendingour hard-earned lead into the finish gate..

After 3 races Alan & Liz were overall victors . The weekend was ashowcase for Shoreham Sailing Club who put on a highly profession-al event on and off the water and demonstrated again what asuperb seaboat the modern Snipe is… more (or higher resolution) pics http://www.warwickpics.co.uk/snipe2012.htm

UK Nationals - Alan and Liz Prevail



In this year, the old Polish town Gdańsk was theorganizer of SNIPE East European Cup 2012 –Timberland Nord Cup 2012 accompanied by thereunion of fascinating old yachts named Baltic Sails,that was the great attraction for participants of theregatta.

Unfortunately, although worldwide crisis caused alittle less attendance of our SNIPE friends, the fightamong the Baltic Sea waves was exciting till the veryend, also due to changeable winds. 5 from planned10 races were held and once again the Cup went tothe crew: Piotr Mańczak and Przemysław Blaszka. Ifthey will succeed in two years, there will be thethird time they hold the Cup in their hands.

Worth attention is the fact, that the regatta wasorganized during EURO 2012 (European

Championships in football) that is why after Sunday raceswe watched all together the fascinating final betweennational teams of Italy and Spain.

All participants of the regatta were very satisfied of hos-pitable welcome and good stay conditions in NationalSailing Center in Gdańsk (POLAND).

You can watch the video of the regatta on Youtube –Timberland Nord Cup 2012.After 3 days of sailing in beautiful weather all participantsreceived prizes and were awarded with commemorativediplomas.

Greetings to all of You and see you on the next SNIPEEast European Cup.

Rafał Zakrzewski

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Snipe East European Cup

A NEW SNIPE IS BORN

TRIESTE - ITALY ph. +39 3204916736/+39 3206696290 - in fo@dbmarine. i t

www.dbmarine.it

REVERSE ENGINEERINGIn collaboration with POLITECNICO DI MILANO

WATER TANK TESTIn collaboration with UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES

CNC TECHNOLOGYFor a perfect hull symmetry

OPTIMIZATION OF THE PROJECT In collaboration withUNIVERSITY OF GENOVA

SIMPLY THE BEST

Your lighthouse in the seas of snipe

Perfect symmetry of the hullOptimization of the bow’s volumes Maximum length of the hullNew compass box New splashrail New removable jib system area New ergonomic hiking position


The regatta slogan said “We Can [SNIPE] It,” and that’sexactly what twenty boats did in Hyannis for the 2012 SnipeWomen’s US National Championship. They “sniped” it up onNantucket Sound for three days of Serious Sailing, SeriousFun®. The largest women’s fleet in recent history, this year’sroster included sailors from the west coast, east coast andMidwest. There were both junior and senior teams. Therewere mother-daughter and sister-sister teams. Olympians andOlympic hopefuls peppered the fleet of fierce competitors.All four Traveling Snipe Fleet boats were put to use. Everycompetitor wore a smile, but each team fought with intensityfor every inch on the race course.

When dreaming of this regatta last winter, the race organiz-ers feared hurricane season and the notorious HyannisSouthwest sea breeze could pose problems, so they estab-lished a risk mitigation strategy with a two and half days ofofficial racing (rather than the standard two days), plus theoption to sail “inside” Lewis Bay’s protected waters. However,what was delivered the days of August 24-26 were perfectopen ocean sailing conditionsunder bright blue skies. Theseries included nine races withtwo drops, in predominatelyEasterly winds ranging from 5-15knots. The race committeereceived many compliments fortheir course set ups as well astheir commitment to ensure asmany races as possible.

The first day of sailing on Fridaysaw two races in light and shifty conditions. Saturday wasanother story. The fleet started to sort itself out after fourlong races on Saturday in conditions ranging from light toheavy, with the breeze building steadily throughout the day.The team of Carol Cronin and Kim Couranz were untouch-able with a picket fence of all “1”s on their scoresheet forthe day. Following these warriors, other teams were in thehunt with multiple photo finishes, and the top ten teams hadthe hope of placing right through to the end on Sunday.Ultimately, Cronin/Couranz defended their US Women’sChampionship title, with Cara Valvolotis and Erin Pierce in2nd, Aine McLean Fretwell and Aime Heim in 3rd, KathleenTocke and Jessica Claflin in 4th, and Charlie Bess and KristenWalker in 5th. Congratulations to all the competitors, espe-cially those that took home hardware!

2012 Snipe Women’s US National Championship

Hyannis Yacht Club social aspectsincluded lots of post-sailing patiorelaxing in an ideal setting, whilesocializing with friends andwatching the ferries.Competitors enjoyed the best“chowdah” on Cape CodFriday night, a Captain’sTable buffet and raffleSaturday night, and com-plimentary “Rummonade”regatta beverages fromIpswich Brewery.Beautiful engraved cut-ting board trophies were subsi-dized by Soundview Millworks andawarded to the top five teams. The top junior teamof Charlie Bess and Kristen Walker, and top US overall teamof Carol Cronin and Kim Couranz were the lucky recipients ofItalian handmade silver Snipe charms.

One of the most important aspectsof the Women’s Nationals is fleetbuilding, and this year’s regatta capi-talized on exposing experienced andtalented sailors to the class. Manythanks go to the Mystic Lake SnipeFleet, which contributed over half ofthe boats sailed in this regatta, theSCIRA representative HarryLevinson, and multiple irreplaceableBoat Boys. Speaking of Boat Boys,

Bruno Mello deserves huge credit for all his TSF efforts and valuablesupport both on land and on the water.

As a class, let’s continue to support the Women’s US NationalChampionship!

For photos and full scores, visithttp://www.hyannisyachtclub.org/Yachting/Snipes-2012.aspAugust 31,2012

Bridget Wiatrowski

Photo credit: Alex Pline.

Upper photo: Lisa and Lexi Pline. Great to see Lisa (2nd 1996Women’s Worlds) back in the boat and with her daughter crewing!)

Left: the fleet gets off to a great start inHyannis.



Tampere, Finnish Nationals Aug 24-26The 63rd Finnish Nationals were organized in Tampere, the

hometown of famous Bjurström brothers, one of the bestSnipe sailors ever at 70-80’s. Rikard’s son Robert has contin-ued the family tradition in 3rd generation with his woodenboat Turbo Joker. 22 Snipes from Nykarleby, Pori, Turku,Tampere, Lappeenranta and Helsinki Fleets were present.During the weekend the SCIRA Finland also celebratedSCIRA 80th Anniversary in form of nice dinner.

Speciality in Finland is the championship regatta with otherClassic One Design Classes 505 (20 boats) and Lightning(20) - an idea for smaller Snipe countries to organize a big-ger Championship Regatta with wider publicity in localmedia and better interest at local YCs. This reguires someguidance towards YC for the rules of multipleChampionship but can be organized with good will.Naturally some flexibility is needed from classes, sailors andhosting club. By us this is also a strong message to the localFederation that Snipe Class class among other non-olympicclasses is well alive and kicking.

Friday - Day 1

The weather forecast for the weekend challenges all of us -hardly no wind (2-7 knots). Thanks to fast registration thesailors have plenty of time for waiting the wind on shoreand update the latest news between friends. Finally at 5 pmrace committee takes the AP down and the first race can bestarted after one hour in very light and shifting conditions.For the most of the teams the first race is just about toavoid big mistakes. The pre-assumed top teams still rule thefirst race: 1. Kotisalo, 2. Carpelan, 3. Aalto-Setälä and 4.Saarhelo. Long day behind each of us.

Saturday - Day 2

Same conditions, maximum 5 knots. Out of three scheduledraces Race Committee can finally organize only two. Wind ismaking some tricks and good for the race some new teamscan be seen in the lead, e.g Määttä with brand new Zeltic

Kai Saarhelo & Jaakko Mikkonen new Finnish Champions

31099, Cederberg with his “Max Load”, Toija, Mikkonen andLehtinen family Hanna-Leena and NS Juha with their newSkipperSnipe “Kungen”. Anyhow, after the second day still same top4 teams are in the lead – within 2 points!

In the evening SCIRA Finland celebrates Class 80th Anniversarywith good food and wine. Past Commodore P-O Holm send hisbest wishes to the Class via e-mail.

Sunday - Day 3

Last day. Sun is shining, shorts are enough and Windguru is fore-casting already 6-8 knots, much more than before J.

30900 (Saarhelo-Mikkonen) gets a super start from the RC boat,following by 30259 Ville Aalto-Setälä with his 9 year old daughter.Race is very tight until very end. Only 2 meters difference for thetwo leading boats. Ville wins before Kai. Mr Snipe in Finland withover 50 years experience, Claus Carpelan 30874 with his new crewJulia Raerinne following next before the team Kotisalo 30588 withtheir DB Marine Persson with fresh Italian experience fromEuropeans. You can feel the heat as only one point differes the lead-ing teams before the last start. 30900 takes another shot startheading to the right whereas major fleet considering the right sidewould be the best. At the first mark 30900 is leading already morethan 200 meters and the question is more or less, who would bethe second and third. Finally team of ex NS Reino Suonsilta withhis wife Tarja (30460) manages to keep second position before30874 which guarantees the victory for 30900, Tinoco’s WorldChampion boat in Rungsted last year.

This was a Snipe Regatta of very light winds, 22 boats, 48 Snipesailors, boats from Persson, Skipper, Zeltic and home made classicwood, strongest participation of female sailors ever (12), including 3female skippers, 7 juniors and finally new Finnish Champions Kaiand Jaakko after 12 years dominance of Claus and Ville. Five teamsheading next to Masters Worlds in Spain.

Classes come and classes go but Snipe is forever

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IEnrico Michel and Stefano Longhi won the Snipe ItalianChampionship. A victory reached the last day of racing, whenwe sailed three of the the seven scheduled races. Tinoco-Seixas(BRA) won the regatta while Augie Diaz - Elisabetta Macchini(USA/ITA) got the second place. Few people would have beton 39 crews taking part to this Championship, considering thenotoriously windy location, instead, along with the best teams,we had significant participation, with many crews came fromalmost all Italian snipe districts.

The Circolo Vela Arco is pretty anomalous compared to othersailing clubs that we usually attend: here the people go sailing..above all racing.You won’t find a bar and a restaurant full of people who havelittle to do with sailing, there aren’t stretches of sun-beds, andthere are no un-sailed boat. This kind of people are not therebecause the club is not a restaurant, it’s a sail-racing clubindeed, with a huge space for trarilers and boats ... although alittle ‘distant from the shore-line.

Coming back to the Championship, Tuesday afternoon GinoCostantini prepares Measurements and begins to work on it.. itis really hot.

Wednesday: measurement-day! With Giuliano Demattè andAntonio Bari help, Gino measures boats and sails throughoutthe day.

I go out with my usual crew (Alex squirell Bellotti) for a one-hour sail-tune up session, wearing just a swimsuit, finding astrong Ora (the local afternoon thermal-breeze, from thesouth).. it’is really hot .. but weather forecast give us the firstreal autumn Low-Pressure System on forthcoming arrival.

Many won’t believe that within two days the temperature willdrop to 15 ° C (from over 30°C).. unfortunately, the forecastswill be correct.

The day over with a Fleet Captains Meeting at 17.30 to 20.00,and then all free.

Italian Champions 2012: Enrico Michel - Stefano Longhi

Finally arrives Thursday, and Championship start.

The course is located on the left, towards Torbole, the air is stillwarm and there is a really shifty Ora. Windward-leeward course,with total wind-drop during the last beat.Coming back on shore we find pasta for everyone.

Thursday strong wind from the north.The Race Committee makes us go out and reach the field locatedfar-away .. southwards .. it’is a double-triangle. There are manycapsizes.According with many racers, the wind is pretty beyond the limitsas settled by SCIRA rules, but the Race Committee says thatwind-speed increased over the limit just after the race.. mah!The fact is that under gust you have to fully ease your mainsail,and sometime the jib also, leaving them waving downwind: it ‘salmost a mere survival-thing.The windward mark drift away and the second and third beat,also cause a left wind-rotation, it’s a unique port-tack beat.The return is tiring .. a long beat.On the ground welcomed us with hot tea and pasta.Many racers grumble against the RC for the decision to racedespite the wind speed, and the problem with the windwardmark, but this part of the lake is deep more than 250 m, and thebottom is really steep, so anchor the buoys it’s not easy.For the rest of the day wind will remain beyond the limits and will

not be sailed any other race.

Saturday blowing strong still, from the north, withpouring rain and cold.The RC sent us on water at 10.30AM but when wefinally arrived on the starting line, the RC sent usback on shore, because of a problem with thecoures positioning, even though someone said thatthe wind-speed was over the limit again.

The moans became more insistent and there is astrong desire to go home where we knew it waswarmer! We wait many hours.. continuosly raining,cold and too much wind. At 15.30 RC we went outagain. The course is quickly positioned, close to theright bank. The RC is moored as usually with Ora.Two races, with a north wind not very strong andshifty, and the Championship is saved.



Once on land hot tea for all again and imperial event-dinnerwith two large patio-heaters that heat up too much!I was able to sell 100 tickets for the first Class-Lottery, thatyielded € 500.00 on our meager budget, thanks to the gen-erosity of competitors.So prizes for everyone, and the set of Murphy & Nye sailsgoes to Stefano Longhi.

Sunday and finally its not raining. On the shore there is morewind than past days but it seems to fall, so the RC is consid-ering waiting.After that we go out and, sailing on the previous dayscourse, we race another regatta, alaways with shifty wind.We have to do at least another race for the discard.The Ora blows-in at around 14.00 but it becomes clear soonthat the day is tricky for wind-gradient from north versusthe thermal-breeze from south: Olympic course and start!The wind is pretty strong but quickly starts dropping.We consider to sail a third race, but the breeze is finallydying and the RC, wisely, reduces the course, giving the fin-ishing at the end of downwind leg, and we return under-tow,indeed.

Prizegiving was succinct and essential because it is very lateand many guys have a long journey ahead.Also notable is the buffet of the prizegiving, which replaces adinner.

Daily rankings are promptly published on the website of theclub, also available at the photo gallery and video.

The weather did not help us but, at the end, the experiencewas positive.

http://sciraitalia.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/risultati_snipe.pdf

http://snipe.it/category/tecnica/video/

http://www.slidebox.it/CircoloVelaArco/Campionato-Italiano-Assoluto/25148624_G6NRvJ#!i=2062240104&k=jXHvcR9

Andrea PiazzaNS Italy

All photos courtesy of Roberto Vuilleumier/Promovideo.tv

Italian Champions 2012: Enrico Michel - Stefano LonghiPhoto left: the back-drop of Lake Gardais always breathtak-ing. Below: tight markroundings keep rac-ing exciting.



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Talamone, July 6-8, 2012.

After five successful editions in the waters of Cervia, the Piada Trophy arrived in Talamone for2012.

This year there were thirty-two boats on the starting line on the Italian West Coast.Unfortunately, at the last minute, some strong foreign teams were not able to participate. Severalwill compete in the upcoming European Championships, and for these teams two long trips in amonth would be too onerous.

It was a spectacular edition of the regatta with three days of beautiful summer sun and a goodwind that showed the beauty of the bay of Talamone.

Two international stars of the class sailed: the reigning world champion, Brazilian AlexandreTinoco with crew Gabriel Borges, and twice world champion American Augie Diaz with crewKathleen Tocke.

Tinoco, aka Amiguinho, dominated the series with six first places that allowed him to spend the last day of racing with his wife, relaxing on the beautifulshores of this part of Tuscany.

The speed and boat handling of Amiguinho and Borges between the short waves of Snipe Bay was impressive. Continuous movements of thebody on each wave in perfect coordination with the sheet in his hand. It was impossible for others, including the great Augie Diaz,

to beat the carioca team, even if they had great strategy and created excellent starts.

Augie and Katlheen sailed well, but I saw in the eyes of the strong sailor from Miami some disap-pointment at not being able to fight better the sailors of Rio de Janeiro. Knowing his

determination, I know that he will work to eliminate the small gap that separateshim from the reigning world champion.

Paolo Lambertenghi, the good skipper from Torbole, with crew Christian Miorelli, fini-shed in third place, never below the sixth place and impressive for their consistency.

Pietro Fantoni, tipped as one of the favourites, with crew Marinella Gorgatto, wasfourth, a point from the podium. A little contract at the beginning but then author of a

remarkable progression that culminated with the victory in the last race of the series.

The Rockets (Rochelli) were fifth, always in the game, fighting for the first positions onthese waters that they know very well.

Rounding out the top ten we find the current Italian national champions Andrea Zaoli &Davide Ortelli, the young team from Livorno Francesco Granchi & Matteo Bacchi, Antonio &

Alessandro Bari, and then Stefano Longhi, Francesco Rossi, and Marco Rinaldi. Milla, Prosperi,Pantano, Gemini, Prati and Andrea Vacchino & Erica Ferraris, both from Sanremo and winners of

a race, all also had some excellent races.

Always in the leading group was the legendary Brazilian Bibi Juetz with the athletic Felipe Sabino as crew. Present also was the Norwegian Jorn Haga,master in fair play, with American Michelle Morphew as crew.

The work of the Race Committe, with Tosi as P.R.O., wasexcellent The courses were always very well set and withthe correct length.

The effort of the staff of the sailing club Talmone led byAlessandro Testa, was extraordinary, without imperfectionboth on the sea and on land where we were always greetedwith fresh fruit and drinks. The Friday dinner in the beautifulsetting of the clubhousewas excellent, usually characterizedby a bingo, with prizes: quality wines and sails offered byZaoli, always generous on these occasions.

With this event Talamone confirms its ability to organizeinternational races in a setting of rare beauty that has ravi-shed foreign sailors.

Viva Talamone e viva il Piada Trophy!

Alberto Perdisa

Piada Trophy 2012

Risultati SNIPE

Punteggi presi in considerazione 2 scarti

No Numero Nome Punti 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 BRA31066 TINOCO DO AMARAL ALEXANDRE, ICRJ, PORTILHO BORGES GABRIEL, ICRJ 6,0 1 1 1 1 1 1 (dnc) (dnc)

2 USA30288 DIAZ AUGIE, CORAL REEF YACHT CLUB, TOCKE KATHLEEN, BUFALO CANOE CLUB 12,0 2 2 2 2 2 2 (7) (4)

3 ITA 30009 LAMBERTENGHI PAOLO, 397-14-C.V.TORBOLE SOC COOP SP, MIORELLI CHRISTIAN, 385-14-FRAGLIA VELA RIVA ASS S 21,0 3 3 (6) 3 4 6 2 (dnf)

4 ITA 15790 FANTONI PIETRO, 351-13-CIRCOLO VELA MUGGIA ASS, GORGATTO MARINELLA, 348-13-Y C ADRIACO ASS SPORT D 22,0 (11) 6 4 4 (8) 3 4 1

5 ITA 30983 ROCHELLI FABIO, 354-13-S.V.BARCOLA GRIGNANO AS, SEMEC DANIELA, 354-13-S.V.BARCOLA GRIGNANO AS 36,0 4 (12) 3 11 (15) 7 5 6

6 ITA 1 ZAOLI ANDREA, 017-01-Y C SANREMO ASS SPORT D, ORTELLI DAVIDE, 017-01-Y C SANREMO ASS SPORT D 37,0 5 7 (ocs) (16) 3 4 13 5

7 ITA 29555 GRANCHI FRANCESCO, 092-02-C.V.PIETRABIANCA ASS SP, BACCHI MATTEO, 092-02-C.V.PIETRABIANCA ASS SP 47,0 7 9 8 5 9 9 (10) (dnf)

8 ITA 29894 BARI ANTONIO, 407-14-C.U.S.TRENTO ASS SPORTI, BARI ALESSANDRO, 407-14-C.U.S.TRENTO ASS SPORTI 52,0 15 8 (22) 7 7 12 3 (17)

9 ITA 30774 LONGHI STEFANO, 349-13-SOC.TRIESTINA VELA ASS, LONGHI STEFANO, 349-13-SOC.TRIESTINA VELA ASS 52,0 14 4 (16) 15 6 5 (24) 8

10 ITA 29510 ROSSI FRANCESCO, 648-11-C.U.S. BOLOGNA ASS SPOR, FILIPPINI GIANFRANCO, 648-11-C.U.S. BOLOGNA ASS SPOR 53,0 6 11 9 8 12 (18) (19) 7

11 ITA 30200 MILLA ANDREA, 634-04-PLANET SAIL BRACCIANO S, FRATICELLI SIMONE, 634-04-PLANET SAIL BRACCIANO S 55,0 (25) (15) 7 10 5 8 14 11

12 ITA 30224 PROSPERI GIUSEPPE, 1578-11-ASS.SPORT.DILCENTROVEL, BIONDI FEDERICA, 1333-11-RICCIONE 151 H20 SPORT 63,0 (26) (14) 13 14 10 11 6 9

13 ITA 29722 PANTANO MARCO, 330-11-C.N.CERVIA AMICI VELA A, FONTANA FRANCESCO, 328-11-C V RAVENNATE ASS SPORT 64,0 (30) 5 11 9 (18) 14 12 13

14 ITA 30701 VACCHINO ANDREA, 017-01-Y C SANREMO ASS SPORT D, FERRARIS ERICA, 698-01-VELADOC R T ASS SPORT D 65,0 19 17 5 13 (21) (20) 1 10

15 ITA 30403 GEMINI ANDREA, 160-04-CIRCEO YACHT VELAC ASS, RUGGIERO FRANCESCA, 159-04-ASS SPORT DIL NAUTICA S 71,0 12 (22) 14 (19) 13 13 16 3

16 ITA 30213 PRATI CARLO, 330-11-C.N.CERVIA AMICI VELA A, SELLERI STEFANO, 330-11-C.N.CERVIA AMICI VELA A 74,0 16 13 (18) (26) 11 10 9 15

17 BRA29143 JUETZ BIBI, IATE CLUBE CHARITAS, SABINO FELIPE, IATE CLUBE CHARITAS 76,0 10 10 (19) 6 17 15 (ocs) 18

18 ITA 26819 PIAZZA ANDREA, 159-04-ASS SPORT DIL NAUTICA S, BARTOLETTI SILVIA, 407-14-C.U.S.TRENTO ASS SPORTI 83,0 8 16 (26) (21) 16 19 8 16

19 ITA 30625 TOZZI ROBERTO, 634-04-PLANET SAIL BRACCIANO S, BORRELLI GIUSEPPE, 634-04-PLANET SAIL BRACCIANO S 89,0 9 (25) 23 12 14 16 15 (dnf)

20 ITA 30222 PERDISA ALBERTO, CV RAVENNATE, PROSPERI MARCO, CN RIMINI 98,0 17 (27) 12 24 (29) 23 20 2

21 ITA 28864 MORANI MARCO, 136-04-R.C.C. TEVERE REMO ASSS, ROMANI MARCO, 085-02-C VELA TALAMONE ASS SPO 100,0 18 19 10 17 (20) (21) 17 19

22 ITA 30707 STELLA GIOVANNI, 334-11-C V PUNTA MARINA ASS SP, MORICHELLI D'ALTEMPS ILARIA, 674-05-YACHT CLUB CAPRI ASSSP 108,0 13 20 17 20 (24) 17 21 (26)

23 NOR 3 HAGA JORN, STRAVENGER YACHT CLUB, MORPHEW MICHELLE, WINCHESTER BOAT CLUB 117,0 (27) 23 21 18 19 22 (ocs) 14

24 ITA 29531 PAPETTI BERNARDO, 616-02-FREE BLUE FIOR VELA ASS, BALDI LORENZO, 616-02-FREE BLUE FIOR VELA ASS 122,0 22 18 15 (31) (26) 24 22 21

25 ITA 8 CIUFO CLAUDIO, 159-04-ASS SPORT DIL NAUTICA S, SIMEONI SILVIA, 137-04-CDV ROMA - ASS SPORT DI 124,0 24 24 20 22 (27) (30) 11 23

26 ITA 30099 BAROLDI DIEGO, 389-14-C.V.GARGNANO SOCIETÀ CO, ARLATI CHIARA, 411-14-VELA CLUB CAMP GARDA AS 124,0 20 21 24 (28) 22 25 (ocs) 12

27 ITA 30540 COSENTINO ANDREA, 1275-12-YCCORTINAD'AMPEZZO ASS, DE PAOLI ALBERTO, 389-14-C.V.GARGNANO SOCIETÀ CO 145,0 21 26 27 25 23 (28) 23 (dnf)

28 ITA 30683 PESCI STEFANO, MILONE FEDERICO, 058-02-C.N.CASTIGLIONCELLO ASS 146,0 28 28 25 (29) (31) 27 18 20

29 ITA 28863 PEPE GIAN MARCO, 328-11-C V RAVENNATE ASS SPORT, PEPE FRANCESCO, 328-11-C V RAVENNATE ASS SPORT 147,0 23 (30) (29) 23 25 26 26 24

30 ITA 30075 STILLI ULDERICO, 634-04-PLANET SAIL BRACCIANO S, NOIA GIUSEPPE, 634-04-PLANET SAIL BRACCIANO S 159,0 (31) (29) 28 27 28 29 25 22

31 ITA 29189 TOCCHIO GIAN PAOLO, 161-04-ASS.VELICA BRACCIANO SP, SASSO ANTONELLA, 161-04-ASS.VELICA BRACCIANO SP 174,0 29 31 30 (32) (32) 32 27 25

32 ITA 29770 BIONDI ENRICO, 092-02-C.V.PIETRABIANCA ASS SP, TALENTI SARA, 092-02-C.V.PIETRABIANCA ASS SP 184,0 (dns) (dns) dns 30 30 31 dnf 27


2012 Snipe Racing Calender

International Events

VM-Snipen September 1-2 Stavanger, NorwaySouth Brazilians September 5-9 Irai, Curitiba, Brazil TBCWorld Masters September 11-16 Santiago de la Ribera, SpainNorth Americans September 14-16 Toronto, CanadaWomen’s Worlds September 18-23 Malaga, SpainChallenge LeBour* September 29-30 Platte Taille, BelgiumVikingSnipen September 29-30 Oslo, NorwayBaerum Hostcup October 13-14 Oslo, NorwaySemana de Buenos Aires October 13-14 YC Buenos AiresNorth Brazilians November 15-18 Salvador, Brazil TBCWestern Hemisphere & OrientNovember 19-25 Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina

+Summer Circuit*Yves LeBour

National Championships

US Masters September 21-23 Mission Bay, CaliforniaColumbian Youth September 29-30 PortilloArgentina October 5-8 CordobaSpain October 7-17 Los Nietos, Murcia

2013

South Americans March 24-30 Montevideo, UruguayGerman Open May 24-26 Lake Caldonazzo, ItalyJunior World September 14-20 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilSenior Worlds September 21-29 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil



Country BoatsPaid

Mem-bers

Argentina 32 65

Bahamas 14 26

Belgium 39 56

Bermuda 0 1

Brazil 111 141

Canada 7 24

Chile 15 32

Colombia 1 2

Croatia 10 29

Cuba 0 0

Denmark 4 12

Eduador 16 19

Finland 28 49

France 22 44Germany 9 12Italy 137 320Japan 356 208

Mexico 0 0

Norway 90 113

Paraguay 0 0

Poland 29 34

Portugal 20 40

Puerto Rico 2 2

Russia 0 0

Spain 183 296

Sweden 27 46

US Virgin Islands 0 0

United Kingdom 13 22

United States 351 489

Uruguay 10 16

Total 1526 2097

2012 Dues Paidas of August 31, 2012

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