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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.
Snipe class sailing competitions (1 C, 9 P) Snipe class sailors (4 C, 67 P) Pages in category "Snipe (dinghy)" 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 ...
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 ...
Snipe (dinghy) (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Sailboat types built by Jibetech" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
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.
c.104 boats built to date, but newest number is 51. Active club in Dun Laoghaire with up to 31 boats racing every week of the summer season [1] 1896: GBR/ IRL: Nipper: unknown, less than 12 ft: Cleg Foley of Ringsend: Cleg Foley of Ringsend: Sutton Golf Club and Boat Club, near Dublin: no active fleets: Sailed at Cush Point, now home of Sutton ...