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The Snipe is a racing sailboat, with early examples built with wooden hulls and more recent ones with hulls made from fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, a spooned raked stem , an angled transom , a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller with an extension and a retractable daggerboard .
Snipe (dinghy) (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Sailboat types built by Nickels Boat Works" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The following is a partial list of Snipe fleets. Fleets are the basic organizational structure of the Snipe class, [1] a 2-person, one design racing dinghy governed by the Snipe Class International Racing Association (SCIRA), and recognized by the World Sailing as an International Class. The Association consists of sailors organized into Fleets ...
Snipe (dinghy) (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Sailboat type designs by William F. Crosby" This category contains only the following page.
When the fleet is large enough, the Snipe Nationals are held in two parts. The first is an elimination series called the Crosby Series , where the Crosby Memorial Trophy is awarded. After three races, the top 33 boats sail in the Heinzerling Series which determines the national champion.
A couple and their dog had to be rescued as water began to fill their sailboat while they were 90 miles off Florida’s Gulf Coast, according to a news release from the US Coast Guard.
The Snipe having failed to be selected for Olympic Games, it was hoped that a modern, high-performance boat might succeed. [ 1 ] At the time, scows were very much the thing, especially the Fireball , and so Holt drew up a flat-bottomed planing design, considerably lighter than the International Snipe, with a pivoting centreboard and a bold new ...
Huffaker and her coworkers are still “in shock” over the impacts of Helene in East Tennessee. She advises visitors and homeowners to regularly check wcud.org and newportutilities.com for updates.