Snipe Bulletin Fall 2012

Volume 30, Fall 2012

速

速

Snipe Bulletin Official newsletter of the Snipe Class International Racing Association

TM

12_USSnipeFallAd.pdf

2

9/2/12

10:56 AM

10%

Fall Discount thru November 21, 2012

US Womens Nationals US Pan-Am Trials US Master Nationals

C

M

Y

CM

MY

CY

CMY

K

www.quantumsails.com/snipe +619-226-2422 gszabo@quantumsails.com eheim@quantumsails.com

photo credit: Fried Elliott: friedbits.com

SCIRA Board of Governors

Commodore Don Bedford San Diego, California, USA don@bedfords.org

Vice Commodore Ricardo Lobato Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ricardo@lobato.biz Secretary Pietro Fantoni Moruzzo, Udine, Italy pfantoni@hotmail.com

International Rules Committee Giorgio Brezich Trieste, Italy 34143 Giorgio.brezich@tin.it General Secretary - Europe Zbigniew Rakocy Poznan, Poland zrakocy@wp.pl

General Secretary - Western Hemisphere & Orient Gweneth Crook N. Vancouver, Canada gwenethcrook@hotmail.com

Snipe Bulletin

Editor: Jerelyn W. Biehl Publication Information

SNIPE BULLETIN (ISSN 08996288 & PMA #40612608) is published quarterly and is part of membership of the organization.

Subscriptions are available for $10.00 per year

by Snipe Class International Racing Association, Incorporated (not for profit), 2812 Canon Street, San Diego, CA 92106 USA. The SNIPE SILHOUETTE and the INTERNATIONAL SNIPE CLASS CREST and the SNIPE BULLETIN are Trademarks of the Snipe Class International Racing Association. The SNIPE SILHOUETTE and the INTERNATIONAL SNIPE CLASS CREST marks are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

US POSTMASTER: Executive Director Jerelyn Biehl 2812 Canon St. San Diego, CA 92106 USA +619-224-6998 scira@snipe.org

Treasurer Renee Bartell Costa Mesa, CA, USA

Snipe Bulletin

MADE IN THE USA

Fall 2012

Send address changes to: SNIPE BULLETIN 2812 Canon Street San Diego, CA 92106 USA CANADA POST: Send address changes to: Bleuchip International P.O. Box 25542 London, ON N6C 6B2

2

In This Issue...

Regatta Reports

From the Commodore -

European Championship & Jr Results East European Championships Nationals UK US Women’s Italy Finland Piada Trophy Summer European Circuit

Articles

Latest in Rules Changes Open Championships?

Snipe Today

Reports & Calendar 2012 Membership Numbers 2012 Racing Calendar

The Count: 29 numbers have been issued since the last issue; Brazil 12; Finland 1; Argentina 1; Portugal 1; Japan 4 and 10 issued to builders.

Numbered Snipes: 31113 Chartered Fleets: 891

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

We have had a couple of occurrences this summer that should be mentioned. The first is the retraction of the change to the battens for the main sail. This was voted in last year to be initiated in 2013. The proposed changed 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 personally feel that this rule will benefit the Class, our Board of Governors spent endless hours speaking to many sailors and sail makers and determined that this is not the right time for the change. Like I said, I do think it is a simple change that will improve the boat and help the sails last longer – however, the discussion of the change needs to include more people, better visibility, and more time for everyone to plan. We have made much greater changes in the boat such as the dagger board and the total weight of the boat. If we make this change then I hope we would minimize the impact, let sail makers plan better and help snipe sail buyers to plan better as well.

The second issue was the announcement that the Snipe would no longer New National Secretary Portugal:Pedro Manuel Andrade: be included in the Pan American Games. Of course this only directly affects those in the Western Hemisphere but I assure you it would have a far pedro.mpf.andrade@gmail.com reaching effect on the entire class. Many countries use the Snipe as a trainS n i p e B u l l e t i n ing boat for double-handed sailing. In my mind, some of the most successful countries can found in South American and the Caribbean and I would say the results have been impressive! Many successful Snipe sailors have come from those countries and I think they have helped to move the competition in our class to a very high level. I did ask the Executive Council of the PanAm Games to reconsider their decision as did many other Snipe sailors and their sailing representatives. We recently received word that we are back in the 2015 PanAm Games! I do wish to stress that we all need to continue to inform our national sailing authorities of the importance of the Snipe and how it fits into our own communities and development programs.

Cover photo: Marjory Bravard and TM

Volume 30, Fall 2012

®

Official newsletter of the Snipe Class International Racing Association

Stephanie Muto sail upwind during the US Women’s Nationals in Hyannis, MA. Photo

by Alex Pline.

Next Issue deadline: December 1 3

I am also looking forward to traveling to Málaga Spain for the Women’s Worlds at the end of September and watching some fantastic racing!

See you on the water, -don

Fall 2012

Snipe Bulletin

Around the Snipe World Snipes in the Pan Am Games

Recently the Snipe Class had a scare - the elimination from the Pan American Regional Games.

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

The Pan Am Games have been in existence with sailing since 1951 and the Snipe has been the only class to sail in every Games. Other classes have come and gone, but the Snipe has remained strong and in the early days when there were not limits on entries, the Snipe was the class with the largest participation.

In recent years ISAF has pushed for regional games to become country qualifiers for the Olympic Games and to make the push toward Olympic classes only. Yet this latest oust of the Snipe did not reflect ISAF’s intent.

Am countries and the networking through the various MNAs (Member National Authorities), Commodore Don Bedford and National Secretaries from mostly our South American countries with immense help from Raul Rios of Puerto Rico, our team was able to work a subtle networking and contact the heads of PASAF and work toward an adherence to previously agreed upon minutes, which stated a year ago that the classes sailed at the Mexico Games would also be sailed in the Canadian Games.

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

Thanks again for the teamwork and cooperation throughout the Snipe nation.

Because of the strength of the Snipe Class through the Pan

Opening the European Championship - an Opinion letter

At a meeting of European National Secretaries held recently in Cervia, there was discussion of a radical change to the Deed of Gift of the European Championship: the possibility of making the regatta open, giving voice to what some Snipe sailors have long demanded. Until recently, the topic was considered a provocation, if not completely taboo.

For many dinghy classes (420, Star, 505, Fireball … it could be interesting try to collect a list) the Europeans are open, and for 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: the first, wider, covers a regatta in which any member of the class can participate, with no selections of any kind. Everyone is eligible: 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 members of a European SCIRA country, but with no restriction on numbers, determined by “quotas” for each country.

I personally am in favor of changing the Europeans’ D.o.G. so as to enable the participation of anyone: Open in the broadest sense, Europeans or not. At first I was a bit perplexed, I am now convinced.

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

Currently, the Deed of Gift of the European Championship reads as follows: The European Championship is open to: 1.

2.

3.

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

Snipe Bulletin

Fall 2012

Jerelyn Biehl SCIRA Executive Director

4.

One women’s team per country 5.

One junior team per country 6.

Host country may have 3 additional entries: 1 junior, 1 for the host club or fleet, and one additional for the country.

The above are in addition to the entries in #7 below.

7.

Four skippers from any European country in good standing with SCIRA, preferably the National Champion for the current year or his alternates, plus one additional skipper for each 25 boats on which dues have been paid to SCIRA, up to a maximum of twelve skippers.

8.

The host country may have 3 more boats for a total of 15 skippers.

The present system thus provides a quota of boats per country, in proportion to the number of Class members. Probably the system was created to avoid the risk that the organizers had not found a sufficient number of charter boats, or that too many skippers wanted to attend the regatta.

The original D.o.G. of the European Championshipreflected, perhaps unwittingly, an elitist concept of participation in international events: only the best specialists in the Snipe class can attend an international regatta. For them to represent their country is an honor and an exclusive privilege.

Now the situation has changed.

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

By contrast, the Snipe class can boast a long history and tradition and excellent internal organization. Those who already sail Snipes are closely tied to the class. At major regattas we find often the same friends, and it is a bit unusual to find new faces. continued on page 8

4

From the Rules Committee 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 in Rungsted 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 to last for shorter periods of time when used in regattas sailed in heavy conditions. This was the case of the Junior World sailed 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 current Class rules. Several years ago the Board, upon the proposal of Rules Committee, decided to increase the cloth weight and also adopted the use of laminates hoping to find a way to produce better sails. The goal was not reached with the laminates as the problems of longer lasting sails was not reached. After an exchange of opinions with Rules Committee members, sailmakers, and many top sailors attending the Worlds, I arranged a proposal that was submitted to the Boards attention. Commodore Pessanha and the other attendees where sensible to the matter and decided to vote in favour of the adoption 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 used only in regattas up to National Championships level and no longer in the International Championships.

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

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

Happy sailing,

Giorgio Brezich Rules Committee Chairman

5

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

Fall 2012

Snipe Bulletin

Snipe Jr & Sr European Championships – Cervia, Italy Hartigh), as well as the Norwegian Sandvig and the Dane Persson.

August 6-14

After more than a week of sailing in Cervia, both the Junior and Senior European Championship were dominated Regarding the boats, it was inteby the Spanish crews who proved to be the best in the resting debut for the very nice continent. new DB Marine, which was used

by Triay/Michel. Equally among The Junior Championship saw all nine scheduled races completed, with the clear victory of Guerrero & Del Riego the top ten were Ax, Persson and Zeltic. (five bullets) preceding Ruiz Sanchez/Hernandez and Martinez Doreste/Cabrera.

About the sails, you must record the new Ulmer Kolius Spain used by Valenzuela, but also the Italian Speed Sails of Poggi, and Zaoli sails with Italy’s Laser Youth World Champion Giovanni Coccoluto three boats in the top ten including Sanchez and Triay. In the top posiwith Pietro Parisi as crew was able to fight until the end tions were also North Japan and Quantum San Diego. for the second place and won one race with authority.

Slower speed on the reaches and tight control by the Spaniards, especially in the last day of the regatta, made the The Snipe has once again demonstrated itself as a boat which demands excellent boathandling and tactics, features enhanced in Cervia, a very young Italians nervous and penalized them too. Italians technical race course.

Marco/Ilaria Rochelli, Hermes Ferialdi/Federica Biondi, Pittani/Cerni and Collinucci/Raulli also posted some good Alberto Perdisa finishes. These young people, if they devote more time to Snipe, will certainly be able to compete at a high level.

The Senior Europeans saw nine races completed of the eleven planned. It was a spectacular championship fought very hard, with winds mainly from the east at 8 to 12 knots. With current from the north the waves were short due to the shallow waters off Cervia. The upwind legs were difficult to understand and the strategy was never obvious, enhancing the technical level of the best teams.

On the last day of racing, thanks to aggressive but precise strategy the team of Raul De Valenzuela /Antolin Alexandre de Ona overtook defending champion Francisco “Paco” Sanchez with sister Marina as crew, who initially seemed ready to reconfirm the title with three bullets.

On the last day what looked like a Spanish championship also saw the improvement of Italian teams with Gianpiero Poggi/Eugenia Vanni authors of good positions that raised them to the third step of the podium.

Rayco Tabares/Gonzalo Morales had long battled with Sanchez for the win but due to an OCS in the seventh race they finished fourth. Jordi Triay/Mas Barcelo and Francisco Palacio/Alvaro Martinez (current Junior World Champions) also fought for the podium until the end of the Championship.

Other teams that also had some good races included Pietro Fantoni/Michelle Morphew, Andrea Zaoli/Davide Ortelli, and Paolo Lambertenghi/Silvia Pederiva, who all finished in the top 15. A little bit under their usual standard were the Belgians (Janssens, Peeters and Den

Snipe Bulletin

Another Perspective We will start from the end: we are on the podium and around us only foreigners. It’s wonderful: we have ended third, 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 started with 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 guaranteed our 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 them back!” Actually the big Spanish team arrived well trained and with a good experience of the sailing court, an element we Italians for sure did not have.

Considering we are strongly against sailing championships in August – and considering the number of participants 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 to repeat the experience of Muggia, Trieste (where we sailed the Italian National Championship in 2011 with extremely weak winds); on the contrary, we found a very technical sailing course, where nothing could be taken for granted, with choppy waves, current, wind shifts, change in wind strength, all elements which have taken all sailors very busy.

We have sailed never giving up and, thanks also to our sailmakers, Olimpic and Speed Sails - with the latter we have created new sails which allowed us to be really fast - after being a bit more confident with the sailing course, 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 only with 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 championship). Personally we are not in favour of 3 races per day, which often are reduced in too short courses, just to finish the race, but in Cervia the regattas have been managed at best, with an average length of 1 hour /1 hour and 15 minutes, with buoys always well positioned and with no reduction in length (which we believe should 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, despite we have felt the lack of social events, of moments for a technical de-briefing and to share impressions and with other teams, the occasion to know other sailors and people, an important added-value for such international regattas.

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 organizing this event.

Giampiero Poggi and Eugenia Vanni, ITA 29685 Pan di Stelle

Fall 2012

6

Snipe Jr & Sr European Championships – Cervia, Italy

2012 Junior Europeans - Final Results 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

Jose Maria Guerrero Macias/Andres Del Riego Jose Manuel Ruiz Sanchez/Jesus Franco Hernandez Jorge Martinez Doreste/Juan Curbelo Cabrera Giovanni Coccoluto/Pietro Parisi Marco Rochelli/Ilaria Rochelli Hermes Ferildi/Federica Biondi Juan Manresa/Cristian Vidal Carbonell Ludovico Pittani/Matteo Cerni Ignacio Bentham Muniz/Pablo Martinez Iribarne Marc Vallespir Castillo/Alejandro Gonzales Gurrea David Solana Durto/Nicolas deBari Damento Ordinas Alessandro Collinucci/Vittoria Raulli Riccardo Renier/Alberto Grossato Suresh Puggiotto/Edoardo Marangoni Marc Capo/Carles Llamas Vallespir Diogo Pinto/Francisco Pinto Luca Pisetta/Marcus Froesa Santiago Donati/Marco Rigobello Daniel Stefani/Michael Oradini Leonardo Franzini/Luca Cattarozzi

ESP31053 ESP28038 ESP30965 ITA15790 ITA30268 ITA30705 ESP28898 ITA30983 ESP29715 ITA30969 ESP28210 ITA20685 ITA30303 ITA29774 ESP25010 POR29994 ITA26342 ITA28817 ITA30194 ITA26819

2-1-1-3-1-1-(5)-1-(dnf) 1-3-(4)-(6)-3-3-2-2-2 (6)-(9)-6-5-2-4-1-5-1 4-4-3-1-(dsq)-2-(7)-7-4 (8)-7-2-8-6-6-(9)-4-3 7-2-(10)-2-7-(8)-4-8-8 (13)-8-5-4-4-(10)-8-6-6 2-5-(16)-9-8-5-10-(11)-9 12-12-8-7-5-7-(19)-10-(dnf) 5-10-17-10-12-11-3-(19)-(dsq) 10-11-12-15 (dnf)-(dnf)-11-9-5 11-6-11-13-(dnf)-(dnf)-12-15-7 14-13-7-12-9-9-(17)-12-(15) (dnf)-16-9-11-13-12-(18)-3-13 (160-14-15-14-10-13-6-(16)-14 9-(17)-13-(16)-11-15-14-14-10 17-15-14-(18)-14-14-16-(18)-12 (18)-(19)-18-17-15-18-15-17-11 19-18-(20)-(20)-16-16-13-13-17 15-20-19-19-(dnf)-17-(20-20-16

11 18 24 25 36 38 43 50 61 70 75 75 76 77 86 86 102 111 112 126

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

32.

33.

34.

35.

Raul De Valenzuela/Alejandre de Ona Antolini Paco Sanchez Ferrer/Marina Sanehez Ferrer Giampero Poggi/Eugenia Vanni Rayco Tabares/Gonzalo Morales Quintana Jordi Triay Pons/Lluis Mas Barcelo Francisco Palacio Iglesias/Eloj Fernandez Ruiloba Alvaro Martinez Iribarne/Gabriel Utrera Maria Jose Guerrero/Andres del Riego Juan Tiscar Deben/Gerardo Prego Menor Pietro Fantoni/Michelle Morphew Andrea Zaoli/Davide Ortelli Paolo Lambertenghi/Silvia Pederiva Roberto Vidal/Jose Pardo Galdo Teo Matheu/Pedro Cabrer Bart Janssesn/Eva Jacobs Jan Peeters/Nathalie Janssens Jose Manuel Ruiz Sanchez/Franco Hernandez Jesus Enrico Michel/Randi Stray Ulrik Sandving/Tanya Heglund Thierry Den Hartigh/Fabienne Wackens Marco Rochelli/Ilaria Rochelli Dirk DeBock/Rosemie DeBlieck Antonio Bari/Alessandro Bari Jaime Miranda/Enrique Macineira Victor Campos Perez/Carmen Mateo Andrea Milla/Francesca Ruggiero Fabio Rochelli/Daniela Semec Hermes Ferialdi/Federica Biondi Ignacio Benthem Muniz/Pablo Martinez Francesco Rossi/Gianfranco Filippini Chiara Magliocchetti/Erica Ferraris Guy Celia/Charlotte Hambrouck Steffen Skjonberg/Anette Melsom Myhre Wim Ghys/Vann Van Daele Jonathan Persson/Charlotte Karlskov Jensen

ESP29609 ESP29724 ITA29685 ESP31078 ESP31097 ESP28622 ESP30768 ESP31053 ESP30987 ITA15790 ITA28765 ITA30009 ESP29093 ESP28262 BEL30897 BEL30008 ESP28038 ITA31098 NOR30498 BEL30265 ITA30268 BEL30400 ITA29894 ESP28760 ESP28676 ITA30200 ITA30983 ITA30705 ESP29715 ITA29510 ITA29863 BEL30344 NOR30660 BEL30758 DEN30229

2-(26)-(10)-3-4-3-1-6-2 4-1-1-(dsq)-1-9-2-(14)-10 9-3-(13)-(22)-5-8-3-7-1 (10)-6-10-1-6-1-(ocs)-10-3 8-2-4-2-9-(23)-(ocs)-4-8 1-13-2-13-2-5-6-(18)-(17) (14)-4-3-14-3-2-10-1-(15) (22)-(14)-8-4-7-7-4-12-13 6-17-5-5-(25)-12-(ocs)-11-16 3-19-14-7-10-(25)-14-(21)-7 5-18-11-12-(19)-10-11-13-(22) 13-22-(32)-(28)-23-14-7-2-6 (19)-16-17-(dsq)-18-4-5-8-19 23-7-(25)-8-8-6-23-(31)-5 17-12-7-11-13-21-13-(34)-(25) 16-9-(dsq)-17-12-13-9-(19)-14 (34)-27-18-10-22-16-8-3-(dsq) 7-(28)-(34)-21-15-28-18-5-11 (28)-25-12-9-16-19-22-(28)-21 11-5-22-(24)-21-22-24-20-(34) 25-21-15-15-27-(34)-33)-9-18 21-15-21-18-20-(35)-16-(26)-20 (33)-10-6-19-26-(41)-25-23-24 24-23-29-6-(35)-31-(dnf)-16-4 (35)-(34)-20-27-24-17-12-22-23 15-29-(31)-20-(36)-24-17-15-26 26-11-16-16-17-(40)-(30)-29-28 20-30-35-(37)-(40)-26-15-27-9 18-(38)-30-32-30-11-19-24-(36) 12-(31)-23-23-33-15-27-(37)-31 31-24-9-31-(34)-29-(32)-17-27 30-8-36-29-(39)-(37)-21-25-12 (37)-32-26-26-11-27-26-(36)-32 32-36-24-(38)-14-33-20-35-(dns) 27-33-33-25-32-20-(ocs)-33-(37)

21 28 36 37 37 42 46 55 72 74 80 87 87 89 94 99 104 105 124 125 130 131 133 137 145 146 153 162 164 164 168 170 180 194 203

2012 European Championship - Top 35 of 43 Final Results

7

Fall 2012

Snipe Bulletin

Opening the European Championship - an Opinion letter Why the numbers are down

continued from page 4

Some people might argue that with an Open Europeans the national and local racing activity would diminish or disappear, if the Apart from the isolated case of Spain, where, thanks to the challenger series was no longer needed to qualify. Of this I am not activity of some clubs and some fleets, there is a large partici- convinced, because anyone who is interested in an international pation at the regattas, in other countries there is a contraction event is generally interested in training and racing in any regatta of and a decrease in the number of sailors. their own country.

In Portugal the economic crisis is making its effects, while in the Scandinavian countries there is a lack of support from the federations and a lack of generational change. In Italy there is a decrease in the number of participants in the regattas, probably due to rising costs of travel.

At the last Europeans (43 boats and 8 countries), Sweden, France, Britain, Portugal and Croatia were not represented. If it 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), there would have been a low number of participants in the European Championship. Maybe a bad record.

Is it true that the cause of these problems is only the economic crisis and the fragmentation of the sailing world in a myriad of classes? And is it true that the solution to these problems is an Open Championship? Obviously not, because the topic is broader and more complex, and more generally it involves the promotion of the class. But to make open a signature event is a step for exposing the Snipe to new sailors and therefore renewing itself.

Spreading the word about Snipes

We all know what a Snipe is: a technical boat, which relies on tactics and strategy, and where to go fast you must be athletic and fit, where the speed difference is smaller than in other dinghies and you can have fun on the water and on the land.

Snipe equipment remains competitive for years and is relatively inexpensive (this is a strength in a time of economic crisis!).

Do other sailors know what a Snipe is? How can they learn what a Snipe is?

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

A large class with many major regattas with a lot of boats increases the number of members and sailors who want to compete in large regattas. A large regatta gets even larger with a ripple effect.

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

Moreover, a regatta with 80 boats has a greater impact on the media (sailing magazines, website) than a 40 boat elitist regatta. Our Class has more members and European countries than many other classes. The Snipe class is really an International Class, but today it has far fewer boats participating in its European Championship compared to other classes not really so international as the Snipe.

Snipe Bulletin

Fall 2012

Too Many Boats?

The risk (if any) that at a European Championship there are too many boats can be solved by dividing the fleet into gold and silver divisions, as in other classes.

Would the clubs be able to organize regattas with many boats? To answer we must separate the issue into two aspects: the costs and logistics.

To organize an international event, there are fixed costs (eg. international jury, measurers, race committee) that can be more easily covered by 80 teams instead of 40. The income from entry fees is obviously more. And it is also easier to find sponsors and support from the local authorities if it is an event with a big numerical impact and importance to the media.

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

Personally my only reservation about an open championship is the problem for chartering boats. Most who take part in a Europeans usually sail their own boats. Europe is a continent where, perhaps with a triple deck trailer, you can organize transportation and share the traveling expenses.

Open Worlds and WH&O? A different question.

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

The organization of boat transportation or the creation of new charter boats, perhaps with the help of some Snipe builders, is a key point for the development of the Class and the organization of international events.

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

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

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

Pietro Fantoni SCIRA Secretary

8

UK Nationals - Alan and Liz Prevail In 2012 Shoreham UK delivered again on their promise of serious sailing for the snipe fleet with a classic event that all competitors will remember forever…

giant ‘pick-up sticks’ .

Her majesty excelled at pickup stick but was not amused when we tried to pressgang her to go Snipe sailing on Sunday morning…

Towing out of the river in no wind we encountered an unexpected swell hiding the boat in front and a full on wind that appeared at the harbour mouth under a big black cloud.

From then on a white knuckle adventure ensued with those who spotted the large yellow start mark hiding in the wave troughs having a distinct advantage up the first beat. A 5-knot current ensured that the long beat was over all too quickly and then the downhill ride against the tide commenced! Hiking over the back of my transom I saw the first 4 boats capsize at the gybe mark and carefully gybed through the carnage only to realize that the next mark was dead downwind and two more gybes were going to be required … survival sailing was definitely going to 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.... 90 minutes 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 another race (I think she could not see what was happening: ) we all headed 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 sailing club joined us to celebrate her diamond jubilee and to play

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

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

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

cellent cus High quality Advanced tteeecchnology Exxc sttomer care

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

Unfortunately, although worldwide crisis caused a little less attendance of our SNIPE friends, the fight among the Baltic Sea waves was exciting till the very end, also due to changeable winds. 5 from planned 10 races were held and once again the Cup went to the crew: Piotr Mańczak and Przemysław Blaszka. If they will succeed in two years, there will be the third time they hold the Cup in their hands.

Championships in football) that is why after Sunday races we watched all together the fascinating final between national teams of Italy and Spain.

All participants of the regatta were very satisfied of hospitable welcome and good stay conditions in National Sailing 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 participants received prizes and were awarded with commemorative diplomas.

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

Worth attention is the fact, that the regatta was organized during EURO 2012 (European Rafał Zakrzewski

Snipe Bulletin

Fall 2012

10

A NEW SNIPE IS BORN REVERSE ENGINEERING In collaboration with POLITECNICO DI MILANO

WATER TANK TEST In collaboration with UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES

CNC TECHNOLOGY For a perfect hull symmetry

OPTIMIZATION OF THE PROJECT In collaboration with UNIVERSITY OF GENOVA

SIMPLY THE BEST Perfect symm e Optimization try of the hull o Maximum len f the bow’s volumes g New compas th of the hull s New splashr box ail New remova ble New ergonom jib system area ic hiking pos ition

Your lighthouse in the seas of snipe TRIESTE - ITALY ph. +39 3204916736/+39 3206696290 - info@dbmarine.it

www.dbmarine.it

2012 Snipe Women’s US National Championship The regatta slogan said “We Can [SNIPE] It,” and that’s exactly what twenty boats did in Hyannis for the 2012 Snipe Women’s US National Championship. They “sniped” it up on Nantucket Sound for three days of Serious Sailing, Serious Fun®. The largest women’s fleet in recent history, this year’s roster included sailors from the west coast, east coast and Midwest. There were both junior and senior teams. There were mother-daughter and sister-sister teams. Olympians and Olympic hopefuls peppered the fleet of fierce competitors.

All four Traveling Snipe Fleet boats were put to use. Every competitor wore a smile, but each team fought with intensity for every inch on the race course.

Hyannis Yacht Club social aspects included lots of post-sailing patio relaxing in an ideal setting, while socializing with friends and watching the ferries.

Competitors enjoyed the best “chowdah” on Cape Cod Friday night, a Captain’s Table buffet and raffle Saturday night, and complimentary “Rummonade” regatta beverages from Ipswich Brewery.

When dreaming of this regatta last winter, the race organizBeautiful engraved cuters feared hurricane season and the notorious Hyannis ting board trophies were subsiSouthwest sea breeze could pose problems, so they estabdized by Soundview Millworks and lished a risk mitigation strategy with a two and half days of awarded to the top five teams. The top junior team official racing (rather than the standard two days), plus the of Charlie Bess and Kristen Walker, and top US overall team option to sail “inside” Lewis Bay’s protected waters. However, of Carol Cronin and Kim Couranz were the lucky recipients of what was delivered the days of August 24-26 were perfect Italian handmade silver Snipe charms. open ocean sailing conditions under bright blue skies. The One of the most important aspects series included nine races with of the Women’s Nationals is fleet two drops, in predominately building, and this year’s regatta capiEasterly winds ranging from 5-15 talized on exposing experienced and knots. The race committee talented sailors to the class. Many received many compliments for thanks go to the Mystic Lake Snipe their course set ups as well as Fleet, which contributed over half of their commitment to ensure as the boats sailed in this regatta, the many races as possible.

SCIRA representative Harry Levinson, and multiple irreplaceable The first day of sailing on Friday Boat Boys. Speaking of Boat Boys, saw two races in light and shifty conditions. Saturday was Bruno Mello deserves huge credit for all his TSF efforts and valuable another story. The fleet started to sort itself out after four support both on land and on the water. long races on Saturday in conditions ranging from light to heavy, with the breeze building steadily throughout the day.

As a class, let’s continue to support the Women’s US National The team of Carol Cronin and Kim Couranz were untouchChampionship! able with a picket fence of all “1”s on their scoresheet for For photos and full scores, visit the day. Following these warriors, other teams were in the http://www.hyannisyachtclub.org/Yachting/Snipes-2012.aspAugust 31, hunt with multiple photo finishes, and the top ten teams had 2012 the hope of placing right through to the end on Sunday.

Ultimately, Cronin/Couranz defended their US Women’s Bridget Wiatrowski Championship title, with Cara Valvolotis and Erin Pierce in 2nd, Aine McLean Fretwell and Aime Heim in 3rd, Kathleen Photo credit: Alex Pline.

Tocke and Jessica Claflin in 4th, and Charlie Bess and Kristen Walker in 5th. Congratulations to all the competitors, espeUpper photo: Lisa and Lexi Pline. Great to see Lisa (2nd 1996 cially those that took home hardware!

Women’s Worlds) back in the boat and with her daughter crewing!)

Left: the fleet gets off to a great start in Hyannis.

Snipe Bulletin

Fall 2012

12

Kai Saarhelo & Jaakko Mikkonen new Finnish Champions Tampere, Finnish Nationals Aug 24-26 The 63rd Finnish Nationals were organized in Tampere, the hometown of famous Bjurström brothers, one of the best Snipe sailors ever at 70-80’s. Rikard’s son Robert has continued the family tradition in 3rd generation with his wooden boat Turbo Joker. 22 Snipes from Nykarleby, Pori, Turku, Tampere, Lappeenranta and Helsinki Fleets were present.

During the weekend the SCIRA Finland also celebrated SCIRA 80th Anniversary in form of nice dinner.

Speciality in Finland is the championship regatta with other Classic One Design Classes 505 (20 boats) and Lightning (20) - an idea for smaller Snipe countries to organize a bigger Championship Regatta with wider publicity in local media and better interest at local YCs. This reguires some guidance towards YC for the rules of multiple Championship but can be organized with good will.

Naturally some flexibility is needed from classes, sailors and hosting club. By us this is also a strong message to the local Federation that Snipe Class class among other non-olympic classes 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 the sailors have plenty of time for waiting the wind on shore and update the latest news between friends. Finally at 5 pm race committee takes the AP down and the first race can be started after one hour in very light and shifting conditions.

For the most of the teams the first race is just about to avoid big mistakes. The pre-assumed top teams still rule the first 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 scheduled races Race Committee can finally organize only two. Wind is making some tricks and good for the race some new teams can be seen in the lead, e.g Määttä with brand new Zeltic

13

31099, Cederberg with his “Max Load”, Toija, Mikkonen and Lehtinen family Hanna-Leena and NS Juha with their new SkipperSnipe “Kungen”. Anyhow, after the second day still same top 4 teams are in the lead – within 2 points!

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

Sunday - Day 3

Last day. Sun is shining, shorts are enough and Windguru is forecasting 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 the two leading boats. Ville wins before Kai. Mr Snipe in Finland with over 50 years experience, Claus Carpelan 30874 with his new crew Julia Raerinne following next before the team Kotisalo 30588 with their DB Marine Persson with fresh Italian experience from Europeans. You can feel the heat as only one point differes the leading teams before the last start. 30900 takes another shot start heading to the right whereas major fleet considering the right side would be the best. At the first mark 30900 is leading already more than 200 meters and the question is more or less, who would be the second and third. Finally team of ex NS Reino Suonsilta with his wife Tarja (30460) manages to keep second position before 30874 which guarantees the victory for 30900, Tinoco’s World Champion boat in Rungsted last year.

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

Classes come and classes go but Snipe is forever

Kai Saarhelo

!"#!$%&'()$*'+&,-$%'..-+$/0+1'0($ !"#$#%&'()*+%,%&#-#.(/0%1%23#-+% 45#'/0'%67)%,%8."9#-:%,%6'(#3"#% % ;< =-0>#/$'0%&"/(?(%@%A#B'"0-%C('D09%% % % E< !"03'(%F#/3(/"%@%G#'"/0--#%A('D#33(HI#/"0-%C'#$"?"?% K< F#B"(%L(?*0--"%@%I#/"0-#%M0.0?% % % % N< =7D"0%I"#O%@%4#3*-00/%&(?P0% % % % Q< C(:#/%A'0D(%@%R-#$(%A'0D(%% % % % S< !#(-(%T#.B0'30/D*"%@%6*'"93"#/%G"('0--"% % % U< I#."'%R'#/"?%@%L#3P(%M)#'(O"?% % % % J< =/$'0#%V#(-"%@%I#5"$0%8'30--"% % % % W< =-B0'3(%$0%!#(-"%@%=//#%G(9?#% % % % ;X< F'#/?09?(%A'#/?*"%@%G#330(%C#??*"% % % ;;< R0$'#/%4#B#-"/%@%G#'P(%G('"?% % % % ;E< =/3(/"(%C#'"%@%=-099#/$'(%C#'"% % % % ;K< Y"P(-#%I09P(5"?%@%I":#/#%I09P(5"?% % % ;N< M30Z#/(%T(/D*"%@%T7?#%I0'0:#% % % % ;Q< 2D('%M3#'#:%@%2#/%M3#'#:% % % % % ;S< F'#/?09?(%L(99"%@%A"#/Z'#/?(%F"-"))"/"% % % ;U< G"'(9-#5%L0-:#/(5"?%@%G-#$0/%4/0O05"?% % % Fall 2012 ;J< =/$'0#%G"--#%@%M".(/0%F'#3"?0--"% % % %

% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

% E% % J% % J% % KQ% % KQ% % KS% % KJ% % KW% % KW% % NX% % NX% % N;% % N;% % NE% % NE% % NK% % NK% Snipe Bulletin % NN%

Italian Champions 2012: Enrico Michel - Stefano Longhi IEnrico Michel and Stefano Longhi won the Snipe Italian Championship. A victory reached the last day of racing, when we 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 bet on 39 crews taking part to this Championship, considering the notoriously windy location, instead, along with the best teams, we had significant participation, with many crews came from almost all Italian snipe districts.

The Circolo Vela Arco is pretty anomalous compared to other sailing 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 have little to do with sailing, there aren’t stretches of sun-beds, and there are no un-sailed boat. This kind of people are not there because the club is not a restaurant, it’s a sail-racing club indeed, with a huge space for trarilers and boats ... although a little ‘distant from the shore-line.

Coming back to the Championship, Tuesday afternoon Gino Costantini prepares Measurements and begins to work on it.. it is really hot.

Wednesday: measurement-day! With Giuliano Demattè and Antonio Bari help, Gino measures boats and sails throughout the day.

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

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

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

Finally arrives Thursday, and Championship start.

The course is located on the left, towards Torbole, the air is still warm 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 located far-away .. southwards .. it’is a double-triangle. There are many capsizes.

According with many racers, the wind is pretty beyond the limits as settled by SCIRA rules, but the Race Committee says that wind-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 ‘s almost 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 race despite the wind speed, and the problem with the windward mark, but this part of the lake is deep more than 250 m, and the bottom 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, with pouring rain and cold.

The RC sent us on water at 10.30AM but when we finally arrived on the starting line, the RC sent us back on shore, because of a problem with the coures positioning, even though someone said that the wind-speed was over the limit again.

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

Snipe Bulletin

Fall 2012

14

Italian Champions 2012: Enrico Michel - Stefano Longhi Photo left: the backdrop of Lake Garda is always breathtaking.

Below: tight mark roundings keep racing exciting.

Once on land hot tea for all again and imperial event-dinner with two large patio-heaters that heat up too much!

I was able to sell 100 tickets for the first Class-Lottery, that yielded â&#x201A;Ź 500.00 on our meager budget, thanks to the generosity of competitors.

So prizes for everyone, and the set of Murphy & Nye sails goes to Stefano Longhi.

Sunday and finally its not raining. On the shore there is more wind than past days but it seems to fall, so the RC is considering waiting.

After that we go out and, sailing on the previous days course, 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 soon that the day is tricky for wind-gradient from north versus the 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 finally dying and the RC, wisely, reduces the course, giving the finishing at the end of downwind leg, and we return under-tow, indeed.

Prizegiving was succinct and essential because it is very late and many guys have a long journey ahead.

Also notable is the buffet of the prizegiving, which replaces a dinner.

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

http://sciraitalia.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/risultati_snipe.pdf http://snipe.it/category/tecnica/video/

http://www.slidebox.it/CircoloVelaArco/Campionato-ItalianoAssoluto/25148624_G6NRvJ#!i=2062240104&k=jXHvcR9 Andrea Piazza NS Italy

All photos courtesy of Roberto Vuilleumier/Promovideo.tv

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

15

Fall 2012

Snipe Bulletin

SNIPE TODAY www.snipetoday.org

SNIPE TODAY www.snipetoday.org

Sailing the Snipe in different countries is a great opportunity and a privilege. You can know and sail with people of different backgrounds, cultures and languages

Snipe Today is a site for all Snipe sailors that includes stories, video, photos, and opinions from sailors around the world. It offers a new exciting way to share information about Snipe sailing.

And it is open to the contributions of the entire Snipe family.

Anybody can write an article, send news, photos, videos or post a comment, in any language. Sometimes the article could be translated, sometimes no ... The only thing that counts is the â&#x20AC;&#x153;language of sailing Snipesâ&#x20AC;?!

Snipe Today is independently produced by Snipe sailors for Snipe sailors.We encourage contributions to the site!

The site will premiere on January 1st 2012. Please contact us for more information. editor@snipetoday.org

Pietro Fantoni Carol Cronin

Snipe Bulletin

Fall 2012

16

Piada Trophy 2012 Talamone, July 6-8, 2012.

After five successful editions in the waters of Cervia, the Piada Trophy arrived in Talamone for 2012.

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. Several will compete in the upcoming European Championships, and for these teams two long trips in a month would be too onerous.

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

Two international stars of the class sailed: the reigning world champion, Brazilian Alexandre Tinoco with crew Gabriel Borges, and twice world champion American Augie Diaz with crew Kathleen 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 beautiful shores 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 the body 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 disappointment 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 separates him from the reigning world champion.

Paolo Lambertenghi, the good skipper from Torbole, with crew Christian Miorelli, finished 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, was fourth, 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 on these waters that they know very well.

a race, all also had some excellent races.

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

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., was excellent The courses were always very well set and with the correct length.

The effort of the staff of the sailing club Talmone led by Alessandro Testa, was extraordinary, without imperfection both on the sea and on land where we were always greeted with fresh fruit and drinks. The Friday dinner in the beautiful setting of the clubhousewas excellent, usually characterized by a bingo, with prizes: quality wines and sails offered by Zaoli, always generous on these occasions.

With this event Talamone confirms its ability to organize international races in a setting of rare beauty that has ravished foreign sailors.

Viva Talamone e viva il Piada Trophy!

Alberto Perdisa

17

Risultati SNIPE Punteggi presi in considerazione 2 scarti No Numero BRA 1 31066 USA 2 30288 3 ITA 30009 4 ITA 15790 5 ITA 30983 6 ITA 1 7 ITA 29555 8 ITA 29894 9 ITA 30774 10 ITA 29510 11 ITA 30200 12 ITA 30224 13 ITA 29722 14 ITA 30701 15 ITA 30403 16 ITA 30213 BRA 17 29143 18 ITA 26819 19 ITA 30625 20 ITA 30222 21 ITA 28864 22 ITA 30707 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

NOR 3 ITA 29531 ITA 8 ITA 30099 ITA 30540 ITA 30683 ITA 28863 ITA 30075 ITA 29189 ITA 29770

Nome

Punti

1

2

3

4

5

6

TINOCO DO AMARAL ALEXANDRE, ICRJ, PORTILHO BORGES GABRIEL, ICRJ

6,0

1

1

1

1

1

1

DIAZ AUGIE, CORAL REEF YACHT CLUB, TOCKE KATHLEEN, BUFALO CANOE CLUB

12,0

2

2

2

2

2

2

LAMBERTENGHI PAOLO, 397-14-C.V.TORBOLE SOC COOP SP, MIORELLI CHRISTIAN, 385-14-FRAGLIA VELA RIVA ASS S FANTONI PIETRO, 351-13-CIRCOLO VELA MUGGIA ASS, GORGATTO MARINELLA, 348-13-Y C ADRIACO ASS SPORT D ROCHELLI FABIO, 354-13-S.V.BARCOLA GRIGNANO AS, SEMEC DANIELA, 354-13-S.V.BARCOLA GRIGNANO AS ZAOLI ANDREA, 017-01-Y C SANREMO ASS SPORT D, ORTELLI DAVIDE, 017-01-Y C SANREMO ASS SPORT D GRANCHI FRANCESCO, 092-02-C.V.PIETRABIANCA ASS SP, BACCHI MATTEO, 092-02-C.V.PIETRABIANCA ASS SP BARI ANTONIO, 407-14-C.U.S.TRENTO ASS SPORTI, BARI ALESSANDRO, 407-14-C.U.S.TRENTO ASS SPORTI LONGHI STEFANO, 349-13-SOC.TRIESTINA VELA ASS, LONGHI STEFANO, 349-13-SOC.TRIESTINA VELA ASS ROSSI FRANCESCO, 648-11-C.U.S. BOLOGNA ASS SPOR, FILIPPINI GIANFRANCO, 648-11-C.U.S. BOLOGNA ASS SPOR MILLA ANDREA, 634-04-PLANET SAIL BRACCIANO S, FRATICELLI SIMONE, 634-04-PLANET SAIL BRACCIANO S PROSPERI GIUSEPPE, 1578-11-ASS.SPORT.DILCENTROVEL, BIONDI FEDERICA, 1333-11-RICCIONE 151 H20 SPORT PANTANO MARCO, 330-11-C.N.CERVIA AMICI VELA A, FONTANA FRANCESCO, 328-11-C V RAVENNATE ASS SPORT VACCHINO ANDREA, 017-01-Y C SANREMO ASS SPORT D, FERRARIS ERICA, 698-01-VELADOC R T ASS SPORT D GEMINI ANDREA, 160-04-CIRCEO YACHT VELAC ASS, RUGGIERO FRANCESCA, 159-04-ASS SPORT DIL NAUTICA S PRATI CARLO, 330-11-C.N.CERVIA AMICI VELA A, SELLERI STEFANO, 330-11-C.N.CERVIA AMICI VELA A

21,0 22,0 36,0 37,0 47,0 52,0 52,0 53,0 55,0 63,0 64,0 65,0 71,0 74,0

3 (11) 4 5 7 15 14 6 (25) (26) (30) 19 12 16

3 6 (12) 7 9 8 4 11 (15) (14) 5 17 (22) 13

(6) 4 3 (ocs) 8 (22) (16) 9 7 13 11 5 14 (18)

3 4 11 (16) 5 7 15 8 10 14 9 13 (19) (26)

4 (8) (15) 3 9 7 6 12 5 10 (18) (21) 13 11

6 3 7 4 9 12 5 (18) 8 11 14 (20) 13 10

JUETZ BIBI, IATE CLUBE CHARITAS, SABINO FELIPE, IATE CLUBE CHARITAS

76,0

10

10

(19)

6

17

PIAZZA ANDREA, 159-04-ASS SPORT DIL NAUTICA S, BARTOLETTI SILVIA, 407-14-C.U.S.TRENTO ASS SPORTI TOZZI ROBERTO, 634-04-PLANET SAIL BRACCIANO S, BORRELLI GIUSEPPE, 634-04-PLANET SAIL BRACCIANO S PERDISA ALBERTO, CV RAVENNATE, PROSPERI MARCO, CN RIMINI MORANI MARCO, 136-04-R.C.C. TEVERE REMO ASSS, ROMANI MARCO, 085-02-C VELA TALAMONE ASS SPO STELLA GIOVANNI, 334-11-C V PUNTA MARINA ASS SP, MORICHELLI D'ALTEMPS ILARIA, 674-05-YACHT CLUB CAPRI ASS SP HAGA JORN, STRAVENGER YACHT CLUB, MORPHEW MICHELLE, WINCHESTER BOAT CLUB PAPETTI BERNARDO, 616-02-FREE BLUE FIOR VELA ASS, BALDI LORENZO, 616-02-FREE BLUE FIOR VELA ASS CIUFO CLAUDIO, 159-04-ASS SPORT DIL NAUTICA S, SIMEONI SILVIA, 137-04-CDV ROMA - ASS SPORT DI BAROLDI DIEGO, 389-14-C.V.GARGNANO SOCIETÀ CO, ARLATI CHIARA, 411-14-VELA CLUB CAMP GARDA AS COSENTINO ANDREA, 1275-12-YCCORTINAD'AMPEZZO ASS, DE PAOLI ALBERTO, 389-14-C.V.GARGNANO SOCIETÀ CO PESCI STEFANO, MILONE FEDERICO, 058-02-C.N.CASTIGLIONCELLO ASS PEPE GIAN MARCO, 328-11-C V RAVENNATE ASS SPORT, PEPE FRANCESCO, 328-11-C V RAVENNATE ASS SPORT STILLI ULDERICO, 634-04-PLANET SAIL BRACCIANO S, NOIA GIUSEPPE, 634-04-PLANET SAIL BRACCIANO S TOCCHIO GIAN PAOLO, 161-04-ASS.VELICA BRACCIANO SP, SASSO ANTONELLA, 161-04-ASS.VELICA BRACCIANO SP BIONDI ENRICO, 092-02-C.V.PIETRABIANCA ASS SP, TALENTI SARA, 092-02-C.V.PIETRABIANCA ASS SP

Fall 2012

83,0 8 89,0 9 98,0 17 100,0 18 108,0 13 117,0 122,0 124,0 124,0 145,0 146,0 147,0 159,0 174,0 184,0

(27) 22 24 20 21 28 23 (31) 29 (dns)

7

(7)

20

17 21 15 20 24 27 25 (29) 28 30 dns

15 (ocs)

20 (24) 17 18 (31) 22 (28) 25 (29) 23 27 (32) 30

19 (26) (27) 22 23 (31) 25 28 (32) 30

22 24 (30) 25 (28) 27 26 29 32 31

(4)

2 (dnf) 4 1 5 6 13 5 (10) (dnf) 3 (17) (24) 8 (19) 7 14 11 6 9 12 13 1 10 16 3 9 15

16 (26) (21) 16 19 8 (25) 23 12 14 16 15 (27) 12 24 (29) 23 20 19 10 17 (20) (21) 17

23 18 24 21 26 28 (30) (29) 31 (dns)

8

(dnc) (dnc)

21

18 16 (dnf) 2 19 (26)

(ocs) 14 22 21 11 23 (ocs) 12 23 (dnf) 18 20 26 24 25 22 27 25 dnf 27

Snipe Bulletin

2012 Snipe Racing Calender International Events VM-Snipen September 1-2 South Brazilians September 5-9 World Masters September 11-16 North Americans September 14-16 Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Worlds September 18-23 Challenge LeBour* September 29-30 VikingSnipen September 29-30 Baerum Hostcup October 13-14 Semana de Buenos Aires October 13-14 North Brazilians November 15-18 Western Hemisphere & Orient November 19-25 +Summer Circuit *Yves LeBour

Stavanger, Norway Irai, Curitiba, Brazil TBC Santiago de la Ribera, Spain Toronto, Canada Malaga, Spain Platte Taille, Belgium Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway YC Buenos Aires Salvador, Brazil TBC Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina

National Championships

US Masters Columbian Youth Argentina Spain

September 21-23 September 29-30 October 5-8 October 7-17

Mission Bay, California Portillo Cordoba Los Nietos, Murcia

South Americans German Open Junior World Senior Worlds

March 24-30 May 24-26 September 14-20 September 21-29

Montevideo, Uruguay Lake Caldonazzo, Italy Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2013

2012 Dues Paid Argentina Bahamas Belgium

Bermuda

Boats Paid

Members

14

26

32 39 0

65 56 1

Brazil

111

141

Chile

15

32

Croatia

10

29

Denmark

4

12

28

49

Canada Colombia Cuba

7 1 0

Eduador

16

France

22

Finland

Germany Italy

Mexico

2 0

19 44 12

137

320

0

0

356 90

113

Poland

29

34

Puerto Rico

2

2

Portugal Russia Spain

Sweden

US Virgin Islands United Kingdom United States

Uruguay

Total

19

0

20 0

40

0

0

351 10

6,

0

296

13

6 6LGHZLQGHU VWLOO GRPLQDWLQJ LGHZLQGHU VWLOO GRPLQDWLQJ -XQLRU DQG 6HQLRU -XQLRU DQG 6HQLRU 6QLSH :RUOG &KDPSLRQVKLS

G &KDPSLRQVKLS 5XQJVWHG 'HQPDUN

0

183 27

//HDGLQJ SURGXFHU LQ WKH ZRUOG HDGLQJ SURGXFHU LQ WKH ZRUOG

208

Norway

Paraguay

6LGHZLQGHU 6 LGHZLQGHU

: '( ,

Japan

9

24

0 $ 67

Country

Andrea Foglia; 2x Snipe Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World Champion is seen here during the recent London Olympics in the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Radial.

Andrea was one of several Snipe sailors competing in the Olympic Games.

Photo courtesy of OnEdition.

( 1' 5

as of August 31, 2012

46 22

489 16

1526 2097 Fall 2012

Snipe Bulletin

SCIRA 2812 Canon Street San Diego, CA 92106 USA

.

T S FA

PRE-SORTED STANDARD U.S. Postage

PAID

San Dimas, CA Permit No. 410

JAPAN NATIONALS ‘11 ... 1,2,3,4,5,6 MID LAND JAPAN ... 1,2,3,4,5,6 NORTH SAILS CUP JAPAN ... 1,2,3,4,5,6 SAN DIEGO HERB SHEAR ... 1,2,3 So. CALIFORNIA MIDWINTERS ... 1,3 EE MANNING ... 1,2,4,5 IBERIAN NATIONALS ... 1 SAN DIEGO LAS VEGAS ... 1,2,3,4,5

Learn more about North Sails’ fast Snipe designs. Call us today!

northsails.com

ARGENTINA + 54 11 4725 0200 Federico Calabrese federico@ar.northsails.com EUROPE +34 9865 48132 Hugo Rocha hugo@od.northsails.com JAPAN +81 45 770 5666 Kei Takakuwa kei@jp.northsails.com USA EAST +1 410 280 3617 Allan Terhune allan@od.northsails.com USA WEST +1 619 226 1415 Chris Snow chris@od.northsails.com