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Report by Greg Fisher There were 27 boats sailing the Snipe Colonial Cup in Annapolis this past weekend. Many of the heavy hitters were sailing...Pete Commette, Henry Filter, Augie Diaz to name a few. Unfortunately the wind was just too light to make it happen on Saturday but Sunday allowed three races in some of the toughest conditions Annapolis can toss out- light, lumpy with every Tom, Dick and brother Harry out in their powerboat. When the smoke cleared, Hal Gilreath of Jacksonville won, followed by John McRae of Boston. Nicolas Grannucci was third followed by Commette (4th), Diaz (5th), Filter (6th), Bryan Stout (7th), Lee Griffith (9th). A special note should be made about Bryan Stout who is 14 years old and obviously already a tough sailor. He came up through the Optimist ranks and sailed this regatta with his Dad Alex crewing. Alex crewed this same regatta over 20 years ago for Jonathan Bartlett of North sails Chesapeake! Congrats Bryan!
Report by Chris Snow
27 Snipes gathered October 30/31 for what has become a traditional rite of Fall here in Southern California, the Carolyn Nute Regatta at Mission Bay Yacht Club. Whether they came for Saturday night costume party or the tight racing on Mission Bay you can be sure a lot of fun was had by all. The motto of the Snipe class is “Serious Sailing…Serious Fun” and this event takes that to the limit. The theme of this year’s event has to be the youth movement in the class. Two of the top five finishers are still in High School. The team of Adam Roberts and Nick Martin won the event. These guys are hot off finishing 5th in the Nationals and are on their way to Japan next summer for the World Championships. Adam is one of the top skippers on the Point Loma HS Sailing Team that has won both the Fleet and Team Racing HS Nationals the last two years in a row. 4th overall was another PLHS driver, Tyler Sinks. Tyler and Briana Provancia are a solid team (Briana crewed on the winning boat at the Snipe Junior Nationals). Tyler is hot off winning both the Sabot and CFJ Nationals. These guys were pushed are by some “more experienced” sailors in the top five. Chuck Sinks and long time Snipe sailor and master of Mission Bay finished second with Aine Fretwell crewing. Aine has been working with us here at North Sails One Design and is an excellent skipper in her own right. Dave Tillson and John Fretwell were third. These guys have been making the rounds on the circuit. They sailed the whole winter circuit last year as well as the Western Hemispheres in Brazil. Look for them to make a move to the top Nationally soon. 5th overall was Doug Hart with Snipe class executive director Jerelyn Biehl upfront. Doug had a couple of missteps in this regatta as he is always challenging right at the front of the fleet. Doug also is qualified for the Worlds in Japan next summer and is starting his training program now. All the top five in this regatta used North Sails from our loft here in San Diego. The AP-3+ main and BR-1D+ jib are currently the combination of choice. We have been refining the details on these sails and feel at the moment that we have a very good all around set of sails the work well for a wide range of crew weights and conditions. For more information on North Sails for your Snipe please contact Chris Snow or Greg Fisher. Complete results at http://www.obyc.com/snipe/fleet495/results/2004/halloween.html.
Report by Chris Snow
Doug Hart and Zack Brown, using North Snipe sails
won the Herb Shear Spring Invitational sailed last weekend in San Diego,
CA at Mission Bay YC. Doug and Zack used the North
AP-3+ main and BR-1D+
jib. Conditions for the regatta were suprisingly mixed. 25 boats raced
in this season opener for the California Snipe fleet. Boats came from
ad far away as San Francisco.
Report courtesy North Sails Argentina We have just came back from the Snipe South American Championship, in Porto Alegre Brazil. The results:
For more information on the best sails for your Snipe contact North’s Snipe experts. *partial inventory
Report by Chris Snow Snipe District 6 is Snipe sailing what Texas is to high school football. A lot of good Snipe sailors come from these parts… Last weekend District 6 held it’s annual Championship. This year the venue was across town from the San Diego fleet’s roost on Mission Bay. The regatta was held out of San Diego Yacht Club and competed for in the open water of the Pacific Ocean off Zuniga Jetty. 24 boats raced in the event with many of the boats making the long trek over Point Loma from Mission Bay! Furthest traveled in the regatta has to go to Charles Heimler who drove all the way down from the Bay are to sail with his daughter Elizabeth. Charles is a great competitor and always a lot of fun to sail with. One of the big high points of this event was the large number of junior sailors competing. Anyone watching high school sailing knows that Southern California sailors are hot and having them sailing Snipes is great! Among the local juniors sailing were Brian Van Der Spek, Caleb Paine, Graham Biehl, Zach Brown, Danielle Richards, Nick Martin and Adam Roberts. These kids are the ones to look out for in the future! The regatta overall was won by the new team of Doug Hart and Jerelyn Biehl. These names are synonomous with the Snipe class, Doug is a National Champion in the class and is always at the top of the standings in any Snipe regatta be it a local Mission Bay event or the Worlds or Western Hemispheres, events he has represented the US in a number of times. Jerelyn is the Executive Director of the class and, yes, she can sail like she means it! Jerelyn not only does a great job running the class but is a top competitor herself, placing high in many International events. Doug and Jerelyn used the standard North set up of the BR-1D+ Jib and AP-3+ main sail. Second overall was the junior team of Adam Roberts and Nick Martin. Adam is hot of winning both the High School fleet racing Nationals AND Team Racing Nationals with his team from Point Loma High School. With scores of 1, (23), 19, 1,1,2,2, for a total of 26 point the Nick and Adam show was only 6 points behind Doug and Jereyln counting their 19th. These guys used a new set up we have been working which is basically a flatter set up for flatter water and lighter teams. While these sails are still in the development stages, the results so far look pretty promising and we hope to have these sails out and ready for sale in the very near future. Our idea here is that a lot of Snipe sailing is done on inland lakes and bays and a little flatter set of sail should help with pointing and generally make the sails easier to trim. Complete results for this event are available at http://www.sdyc.org/raceinfo/event_pages/snipe_districts.htm For more information on the best sails for your Snipe contact North’s Snipe experts.
Women Snipe Sailors invade San Diego Bay!
Paradeda's, North Sails sweep 2001 Snipe World Championships! Report by Chris Snow
Brazilian cousins Alexandre and Eduardo Paradeda have just won the
2001 Snipe World Championships in Punte del Este, Uruguay. Using North
San Diego sails they won by a large margin of 16 points over fellow
Brazilians Federico and Felipe Vasconcellos. Third was Argetininans
Christian and Alejandro Noe. The second place also used North Sails
built Alexandre and Eduardo relied primarily on our AP3+ main and BR-1D+
dacron jib. Conditions varied throughout the regatta and they had speed
to maintain or improve their position at all times. The current North
American Champions, the Paradeda's came to the US last Spring and won
the Midwinter Circuit and NA's using these same designs. They also helped
us update the
Top Americans at the regatta were the team of Bill Hardesty and Jon
Rogers of the Mission Bay fleet who finished fifth overall. Bill and
Jon were leading the regatta after the first day but a few missteps
in the competitive fleet and a 20% penalty in the final race moved them
down to Results like these prove there is a difference and that North Sails are the fastest Snipe sails in the world! Whether your goal is the next Worlds in Sweden or just the local club Championshiip one thing is for sure: North Snipe sails can get you there! For more information or to order your set of the North Sails contact Greg Fisher or Chris Snow. We would love to help you improve your Snipe sailing.
2001 Snipe Junior Worlds Report by David Hochard Mentor Harbor Yacht Club was the host for the Junior Snipe Worlds for 2001 in Cleveland, Ohio. With twelve countries and twenty teams competing the regatta was ready to begin after the opening ceremonies. The first day brought a cold front down from Canada that provided very breezy conditions. It became too windy, by the starting time, so racing for the day was
canceled, due to large surf in the channel. The next day brought warmer
conditions with plenty of breeze to provide some great racing. A northeast
breeze with 6-12 knots and with lots of chop from the day before, set
the As the breeze increased the fleet began to spread out due to boat speed differences and again the same countries dominated by the end of the day. By the last day the results began to spread out as consistency in a big regatta began to pay off. Bryan Lake and Graham Biehl found themselves in contention to win the regatta and were faced with an interesting start in the last race. We found ourselves in sixth with the desire to move up. The final race being held in heavy winds of 15-20 knots from the southwest began to be a challenge for the whole fleet. At the start everyone was extremely aggressive as everybody knew who they had to beat. As the start neared, puffs began to reach 20+ knots, which allowed for excellent reach legs. In the end, after a breezy race and lots of hard fun sailing the results were determined. Spain took first and second while USA received second and fourth with Argentina in fifth. The racing was extremely close and challenging. Mentor Harbor Yacht Club provided some great sailing and was an excellent venue for the 2001 Snipe Junior Worlds. 1st Spain David Hochart is a member of Misssion Bay Yacht Club , San Diego,
CA. He and crew Piet van Os finished 4th overall at the 2001 Jr. Worlds.
2001 Snipe Nationals: North 1,2,4 Crosby Series
(Prelim.) Report by Chris Snow The North Sails-powered team of Bill Hardesty and Chelsea Wheeler have won the Crosby Series which is the warm up regatta for the U.S. Nationals starting today at Cascade Locks, Oregon. With all firsst place scores and a drop race of a second Hardesty and Wheeler truly dominated this event. North Sails were on the second place boat sailed by Henry Filter and Lorie Stout and on the 4th place boat sailed by Doug Hart and Jeff Baker. For more information on North Snipe sails please contact Chris Snow or Greg Fisher.
North Sails 1,2,3 in Snipe District 6 Championships Report by Chris Snow District 6 Champs - Southern California
With one of Southern California's weather anomalies, the Catalina
Eddy, in place and the race course located close to the high bluffs
of Point Loma conditions were great for Snipe sailing with many shifts,
holes and even the odd patch of kelp to deal with. This was not a stereotypical
"go right" San Diego weekend. The lead and positions were
constantly changing even right up At the end of Sunday's sailing the duo of Bill Hardesty and Jon Rogers snatched the regatta from Doug Hart/Jeff Baker in the last race. Hardesty/Rogers who were tied with Hart/Baker going into the last race dramatically blasted off the line at the pin end crossed the fleet shortly thereafter on port and held on to beat Hart and Rogers across the line and win the regatta. Both these teams will be sailing at the US National next month and at the Worlds in Uruguay in November. Third overall was a newcomer to Southern California, Daniel Glomb
sailing with crew Chad Hough. Sailing heavy at 340 pounds in light to
moderate conditions. These guys stayed consistent and kept plugging
away through the light and lumpy spots to have a great regatta! We look
forward to seeing Daniel who is living, working and improving his English
in San Diego (he is We wish the two Southern California junior teams of Dave Hochart/Piet
van Os and Bryan Lake/Graham Biehl the best of luck as they head out
next week to the Junior Worlds in Cleveland! Thanks the Jeff Johnson
and the SDYC race committee who did a outstanding job and to Jerelyn
and Sean Biehl for providing support to the juniors, race committee
and the fleet in general. The top three teams in the regatta used the North AP-3 Main and BR-1D+ Jib combination. Recent wins by these sails include the overall Winter Circuit, North Americans, Herb Shear invitational. For more information on North Snipe sails contact, Chris Snow or Greg Fisher or your closest North loft.
2001 Colonial Cup - Clinic and Regatta Report by Henry Filter
Colonial Cup 2001 Greg Fisher of North Sails ran a superb on the water clinic on Thursday and Friday before the Colonial Cup. Thursday had 8 boats in attendance with clear skies and a 5 - 10 knot north westerly breeze. Greg shot some excellent video showing various light air techniques in tacking , gybing and straight line speed. Friday had 14 boats in attendance with more emphasis on straight line speed. The weather was overcast with lots of rain and a breeze of about 10 - 15 out of the east. Greg again shot some excellent video which helped everyone walk away with some new found knowledge. Thanks Greg, for an awesome seminar! Look for Greg's new book, Sailboat racing with Greg Fisher. If you race at all, its a must read! Saturday morning began with more overcast skies, some rain, and very little wind. The RC postponed for about _ hour as most competitors were towed to the starting line. At the gun of the first start, skies were still overcast, the rain had subsided, and the breeze was about 4-6 knts out of the N/NE. Henry Filter led from start to finish, followed by Ted Pinkerton, Augie Diaz and Kevin Funsch. In race 2, Diaz took the bullett followed by John MacRae, Paul Cronin, Filter in 4thand Lee Griffith in 5th. After 2 races, it looked like Diaz , Filter and Macrae were starting to mount a consistent drive. But, with the skies clearing and the breeze oscillating in the 4-8 knt range out of the same N/NE direction, consistency was not something many competitors would have. After a 6,11 in race one and two, Pedro Lorson dominated races three, four and five with three 2nd's. While Filter and MacRae faded big time with an 8,6,6 and a 10,13,16 respectively. The real turning point in the regatta was in race 5 on the last run to the finish. Funsch was in 1st half way down the run, followed by Lorson, Filter and Cronin. The leaders lost track of the 5-7 place boats and when they gybed over to the finish they looked up to see Diaz , Stout and Griffith give them a hard fight for the finish. At the finish, it was Diaz taking the gun with Lorson 2nd and Stout in 3rd. Diaz had gone from 7th to 1st on the last leg. This was extremely impressive as Diaz had finished 11th in the previous race, and a 7TH in race 5 would have put all the competitors very close. But instead, at the end of the day and after 5 races, Diaz led with 17points, Lorson was in 2nd with 23, Filter in 3rd with 25. With only 2 races left to sail on Sunday, and one throw out after 6 races, Diaz appeared to be untouchable if he could discard his 11th. As usual, on Saturday night the competitors were treated to lots of beer, good food and a fun evening. Sunday dawned with cloudy skies and winds building in the 10 - 20 knot range. After 3 general recalls and the hoisting of the Z flag, the fleet finally got off the line to a clean start. A big left shift a minute off the line caught many off guard including Diaz, Lorson, and Filter, who rounded the weather mark back in the pack. But not Kevin Funsch, who sailed a great race and led from start to finish. The first reach was a screamer with puffs in the 15 -18 knot range. Up the last beat behind Funsch was Lee Sackett , top Junior and representative at the 2000 Western Hemisphere Championship, who sailed a great comeback race to finish 2nd, followed by Filter, Pimmental, Reinke and Diaz. Going into the last race, with the throw out firmly in place, Diaz had all but mathematically clinched the series. Diaz would show that he did not need to know how to add, just sail fast. In the last race, John Manderson showed his heavy air stuff and led at the weather mark. But at the gybe mark, it was Filter and Diaz in the 1st and 2nd position. These two teams went on to lead, only to change positions at the last leeward mark with Diaz getting the inside overlap about half way down the run. Diaz cemented the regatta with the bullett, followed by Filter, Reinke and Pimmental. With a good last day Pimmental and Reinke finshed 3rd and 4th overall, with Lorson filling the 5th place position. The RC did an outstanding job running 7 great races. Many competitors commented that with only 19 boats sailing this regatta was like "sailing in a mini Heinzerling series, we were not long on quantity, but we sure had great quality." Many thanks go out to Barb Evans and Liz Filter for putting on a great event. See you all in the fall at the Frigit Digit.
North 1,2 at the Herb Shear Snipe Regatta! Report by Chris Snow Herb Shear Snipe Regatta, Mission Bay, CA 31 Snipes gathered last weekend for the Herb Shear regatta on Mission Bay in San Diego, CA. This annual regatta is in held in memory of Herb Shear who for many years was one of the class's largest boatbuilders, building the Chubasco Snipe in El Cajon very near to San Diego. Herb son and Mike and his family are still very active in sailing and Mission Bay Yacht Club. Light air (this is Southern California after all) was the theme for the weekend. With the breeze blowing across the Bay rather than down it the conditions were quite shifty and positions were constantly changing in each race. When the dust settled two sailors using North Sails came out on top. Randy Lake with Piet van Os and Melanie Roberts crewing won the event followed by Doug Hart with Jeff Baker crewing. Both sailors used our AP-3 mainsail and BR-1D jib combination. This combination of sails has really been performing well having also just won the Winter Circuit and North American Championships. We are very pleased with the recent improvements we have made to these sails. They really seem to make the sails easier to use. We have recently updated our tuning guide and are ready to help you
have a great season of Snipe sailing. Please contact your closest Snipe
representative for more information.
North Wins the D-4 Championships! Report by Ethan Bixby - North Sails Gulf Coast Top 5 at the D-4 Championships: Congratulations!
North Snipe Sails Dominate 2001 North Americans !!!!
The Brazilian Alexandre Paradeda together with Bill Hardesty have been working directly with our San Diego loft for a few years now, helping with the development of Snipe sails and the results show that they are right on target for the 2001 Snipe Worlds in Uruguay. Top 6:
North powered boats have also won:
Check out the new 2001 Snipe inventory from North! For more information contact Bill Hardesty or Chris Snow.
2001 SNIPE WINTER CIRCUIT Paradeda's and North Snipe sails roll to victory in Winter Circuit.
When it was all over last Friday, the clear winners and recipients of the Zimmerman Trophy were cousins, Alexandre and Eduardo Paradeda from Porte Alegre, Brazil. These guys won 7 of the 18 races outright with many seconds and thirds to run away with the overall event. Because every race in each regatta counts towards the overall circuit great boatspeed is key to a good result. Eduardo and Alexandre clearly had the advantage of breakaway boatspeed. Using the latest designs from North Sails One Design they were able to start conservatively throughout the series and let their speed get them to the top of the fleet. Alexandre is a long time Snipe and shared with us his set up for the Snipe. While very similar to the numbers we have been using, his setting are being added to our Snipe tuning guide. Alexandre and Eduardo used three sails primarily in their win of the Circuit.
BR-1D+ Jib: We have dramatically improved the performance of the BR-1 jib by changing the cloth in the body of the sail to a slightly heavier style. Up to now the standard Dacron Snipe cloth has been a 2.6 oz. cloth. We have found a new fabric that weight .5 oz. more yet stretches 25% less. This makes the dacron jib much more stable and longer lasting. Our BR-1D+ jib design is also available in heavier 130 cloth for heavy air locales and we also offer a mylar jib the ZS-1 for those preferring a mylar jib. North Sails Snipe Winter Circuit Results Summary Midwinters, Clearwater, FL: 1st Overall Circuit: 1st Next up is the 2001 North American Championships, also being held in Nasaau..Stay tuned for details For more information on North Snipe sails contact Chris Snow or Greg Fisher. For complete results and more information about the regatta go to www.snipe.org
2001 SNIPE CIRCUIT: MIDWINTERS (Clearwater) Report by Chris Snow Team Paradeda sweeps first event of Snipe Winter Circuit! Cousins Alexandre and Eduardo Paradeda have won every race of the
first event of the Snipe Winter Circuit, the Snipe Midwinters sailed
March 18-20 at Clearwater Yacht Club in Clearwater, Florida. The duo
used the latest The ARG-8 is our fuller main and is a great sail in moderate to strong winds and big waves. Just recently we made the main slightly fuller in the head making it more powerful and easier to use in choppy conditions. The fuller head makes the sail more forgiving when the sheet is eased in big waves and/or puffs. This sail is also a great choice for heavier crews. The BR-1+ is our standard BR-1 jib using a new construction. We just
have not been satisfied with the durability of any of the Snipe jib
on the market and this sail features strong 130 cloth in the head and
foot and slightly Alexandre and Eduardo, who are from Porto Alegre, Brazil, sail the
boat beautifully. The boat is always perfectly flat and upwind rarely
do they hit a wave. The sails are trimmed constantly in concert with
the steering to Their set up is slightly different than the standard set up used by
most of us in the US. We plan to incorporate some of these set up ideas
into out tuning guide shortly. Stay tuned for full details! For complete resulta and more information on the 2001 Circuit, click here!
2001 SCYA MIDWINTERS Report by Chris Snow What is billed as the largest regatta anywhere on the planet took place last in Southern California weekend. The 72nd annual SCYA Midwinters on February 17th and 18th brought together sailors of all backgrounds for two days of great sailing all over Southern California and even into Arizona and Nevada. Every active one design class in Southern California had an event and this even included model yachts and landsailors! Southern California weather in mid-February can be less than ideal for sailing and this year the wind delivered less than a perfect performance. The wind was light at all the venues with mostly overcast conditions and some rain at times. Great performances however were delivered in this event by many sailors using North One Design sails. Top among these were:
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Alexandre
Paradeda and Bill Hardesty, both using exclusive North Sails inventory
finished first and second on the 2001 Snipe North Americans. 
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races sailed over 2 weeks in three different locations is what makes
up the traditional winter pilgrimage called the Snipe Winter Circuit.
Starting in Clearwater, FL and finishing in Nassau, Bahamas, the 2001
version of the Circuit attracted some of the best sailors in the Snipe
class from around the world. Sailors from the U.S., Norway, Argentina,
Bahamas and Brazil sailed this great event in a wide range of conditions
from 20+ knots to less than 5. Tempuratures throughout the events were
nice and warm (especially Nassau) with lots of sun and great Snipe class
hospitality. 
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