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spring__2012:Snipespring__2012:Snipe Bulletin Bulletin Winter Winter 05 05 3/12/2012 3/12/2012 3:53 3:53 PM PM Page Page 1 1 TTMM SVolume 30,nSpring 2012i p e B u l l e t i n SVolume 30,nSpring 201i2 p e BOfficial newsuletter of thle SnipelClasseInternatitonal Raicing Asnsociation S n i p e BOfficial newsuletter of thle SnipelClasseInternatitonal Raicing Asnsociation ®® spring__2012:Snipe Bulletin Winter 05 3/12/2012 3:53 PM Page 2 US Nationals US Womens Nationals US Pan-Am Trials US Master Nationals www.quantumsails.com/snipe +619-226-2422 [email protected] [email protected] photo credit: Fried Elliott: friedbits.com MADE IN THE USA SCIRA Board of Governors Snipe Bulletin Editor: Jerelyn W. Biehl Commodore International Rules Committee Publication Information Don Bedford Giorgio Brezich SNIPE BULLETIN (ISSN 08996288 & PMA San Diego, California, USA Trieste, Italy 34143 #40612608) is published quarterly and is part [email protected] [email protected] of membership of the organization. Subscriptions are available for $10.00 per year General Secretary - Europe by Snipe Class International Racing Zbigniew Rakocy Association, Incorporated (not for profit), 2812 Canon Street, San Diego, CA 92106 Poznan, Poland USA. [email protected] Vice Commodore The SNIPE SILHOUETTE and the INTERNA- Ricardo Lobato General Secretary - Western Hemisphere TIONAL SNIPE CLASS CREST and the SNIPE Rio de Janeiro, Brazil & Orient BULLETIN are Trademarks of the Snipe Class [email protected] Gweneth Crook International Racing Association. The SNIPE N.Vancouver, Canada SILHOUETTE and the INTERNATIONAL [email protected] SNIPE CLASS CREST marks are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Secretary Pietro Fantoni US POSTMASTER: Moruzzo, Undine, Italy Send address changes to: [email protected] SNIPE BULLETIN 2812 Canon Street Executive Director San Diego, CA 92106 USA Jerelyn Biehl Treasurer 2812 Canon St. CANADA POST: Renee Bartell San Diego, CA 92106 USA Send address changes to: Costa Mesa, CA, USA +619-224-6998 Bleuchip International [email protected] P.O. Box 25542 London, ON N6C 6B2 Snipe Bulletin Spring 2012 2 spring__2012:Snipe Bulletin Winter 05 3/12/2012 3:53 PM Page 3 In This Issue... From the Commodore - As the Snipe sailing season gets Regatta Reports going I have had a great deal of cor- Comodoro Rasco respondence from many sailers and fleets. Here in San Diego (USA) we Articles are lucky enough to sail all year Snipe sailors going for Gold long and we have been very active Snipe Circuit in Italy in rejuvenating out fleet. Snipe Today Building a Snipe in Belgium As I spoke of last time, I feel the fleet is the heart of Snipe sailing. Reports & Calendar It is where people interact with each other.While SCIRA and each 2012 Membership Numbers National Secretary can help with commonalities like rules, major 2012 Racing Calendar regattas and membership, it is the fleets that have a real effect at keeping small boat racing alive and encouraging new people to join SCIRA Update in our races.Yes, I feel the fleet captain and those who organize Call for regatta bids the fleets have the biggest impact on if Snipes are a success or not. New National Secretaries I’ve hear of fleets in Italy, Spain, Poland, the US, Brazil and many The Count: 14 numbers have been issued since the last issue; other countries that all have different challenges at building their Brazil 3; Japan 4, ARG 2, USA 1, fleets. I can tell the your SCIRA Board of Governors are very ESP 4 interested in helping countries and fleets in promoting Snipe rac- ing. Please feel free to speak to your National Secretary or reach Numbered Snipes: 31066 or to a member or the Board to tell them what works for you Chartered Fleets: 887 fleet or what you think would benefit sailing in your area. Cover. photo: Team racing on Lake Ledro in Italy, 2007. Also, I would like to pass along that the Technical Committee is looking at the rule changes approved in 2011.We look to clarify our rules to be sure that the SCIRA rules are intended to work With the major Snipe Championships with the ISAF rules to only change every four years.We need to being held in later months this year, first get the ISAF rule changes and confirm our rule changes are this gives everyone a chance to do a not in conflict; then we plan to be able to roll them out in 2013 little more practicing before the big- with the new ISAF rules.The Technical Committee is forming the ger events. The European,WH&O, intent of the Board changes from last year into specific rules World Master and Women’s Worlds changes that would be implemented in our rule book.We weigh will all begin starting in August going the balance of improving the boat while not wishing to unduly dis- through November. There will be lots rupt those sailing at the local level.We have had great success with of regattas to report in the upcoming gradual rule changes but that is the task of the Technical Snipe Bulletin or SnipeToday online Committee each four years. issue. Keep sending information to keep abreast of your fellow Snipe Lastly, please send in your dues as soon as you can.This help each sailors! country to qualify more boats to international regattas as well as help to keep our operations running smoothly. If it was not for SCIRA we would not have a common set of rules to measure and sail by and, well, our boats would certainly but of much lesser value.Thank you for you support. Next Issue deadline: And, I hope to see you on the water, June 1 -don 3 Spring 2012 Snipe Bulletin spring__2012:Snipe Bulletin Winter 05 3/12/2012 3:54 PM Page 4 Around the Snipe World Remembering Svend Rantil SCIRA recently learned that Past Commodore Svend Rantil left us.We are trying to find out more. Svend was SCIRA Commdore in 1976 and was instrumental in establishing the Snipe Junior World Championship. Many of us had the pleasure of meeting him at the recent Snipe Worlds held in Landskrona, Sweden, his home country, when he stopped by to wish the com- petitors fair sailing. Fair sailing now to you, Svend. SCIRA Long Range Regatta Grid SCIRA will be looking for venues for upcoming events for the coming years. Based upon the rotation the Class instituted many years ago, if one of the major events falls in your area and you think you’d be interested in hosting, take a look at the bid form, avail- able on the Snipe website, and contact your National Secretary. 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 ESP submitted North Hub Isaacs bid: Set for America or World Championship Southern Japan European venue Vieri Lasinio Junior ESP submitted North bid: Set for Snipe World America or Southern Japan Championship European venue Yamaguchi Women’s WH/Japan No.European WH/Japan World Championship venue venue venue Id Crook World WH/Japan No. European WH/Japan Masters Championship venue venue venue Northern Southern Northern European European European European Championship venue venue venue North South South Western Hemis & American or American or American or Orient Championship Japan venue Japan venue Japan venue National Secretaries - Welcome Welcome aboard to the new National Secretaries and thank you to the retiring NS who gave, in some cases, years of service to SCIRA: Incoming Outgoing Argentina: Luis Soubie Francisco Agusti Colombia: Francisco Castillo Camila Maria Isaza Finland: Juha Lehtinen Reino Suonsilta France: Jerome Thomas Sylvie Le Bour-Boisaubert Italy: Andrea Piazza Alberto Perdisa Japan: Yoshinori Kurihara Yasushi Kuwano Uruguay: Pablo Defazio Maria Emilio Tato A full list of National Secretaries with the contact information can be found on the website. Links to national websites can also be found there.Take a trip around the Snipe World through the internet! Snipe Bulletin Spring 2012 4 spring__2012:Snipe Bulletin Winter 05 3/12/2012 3:54 PM Page 5 spring__2012:Snipe Bulletin Winter 05 3/12/2012 3:54 PM Page 6 Snipe Sailors Go for Gold Throughout the history of the Class, the Snipe has served as In the women’s 470, Lara both a beginning point and a cross-trainer for aspiring Dallman-Weiss and Cara Olympians and legends in the yachting world. The names Valvolotis (USA) made Torben Grael, Santiago Lange, Mark Reynolds, Paul Elvstrom their World Championship are synonymous with the Snipe and Olympic medals. A highly debut and Japan’s Yuka tactical boat with an emphasis on tuning, the Snipe continues Yoshisako and Noriko to attract sailors wanting to improve their skills and race at a Okuma found themselves in high national and international level. an impressive 14th place at the finish of the Worlds in While it would seem that Snipe Perth. sailors would be most attracted to a double-handed boat like the You don’t have to travel to 470, history has demonstrated Perth or London to find a that the Snipe compliments the talented group of women performance and training of sailors. You can simply attend sailors in almost all of the a Women’s Snipe World Championship. Sailors from every women’s Olympic disciplines. Olympic discipline were represented at the 2011 Women’s Snipe Worlds – 470, Laser Radial, RSX, & Match Racing. 2009 Snipe The tradition of the Snipe sailors Women’s World Champion Marina Gallego is currently the #2 in the Olympic Classes contin- ranked 470 skipper in Spain. She found herself in good company at ues today. Over fifty Snipe sailors were a part of the ISAF World Cup circuit in 2011.