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Report by Brian Bissell If there was one job you were really grateful you didn't have it was being the PRO at Snipe Nationals on Lake Dillon, CO. I've never sailed in a place more difficult to run good races. 180 degree windshifts were common. Wind velocity would go from 18 to 0 and back to 18 on the same leg. The lake is so deep in some spots that anchoring marks is near impossible. Nevertheless, Frank Keisling with the help of Brainard Cooper did the absolute best with what they were given. For more information about our Snipe sails, please contact our Snipe Experts. Snipe Sails
Report by Brian Bissell We are excited to report that the new AP-4 Snipe main powered Chad Coberly to win the 2007 Midwest Districts this past weekend!!!! See below Chad's comments about the new sails... "I am happy to report that the new sails paid off- we Won the Districts this weekend! We felt pretty fast- it was blowing 12-17 - we won 3 out of 4 races - a couple in pretty convincing style- that new main definitely worked well in that medium breeze- It flattend and twisted off nicely and I just played the vang as you have been saying and we were trucking upwind and down for that matter- It was a pretty good fleet of 24 boats and we felt we had speed even on Mike Blackwood who is usually faster than us especially when it starts to blow given our light weight- we were pretty much pulling away from everyone on all points of sail!" For more information about our Snipe sails, please contact our Snipe Experts. Snipe Sails
Report by Brian Bissell . Photo/content source Scuttlebutt.
The young team from Mexico of Jorge Murrieta and Andres Akle dominated the action on the water. Their Pan Am training program is strict and they are rounding into excellent form. Snipe sailing around the world is undergoing a resurgence based on the participation of top caliber youth sailors and these young gentlemen are emblematic of that process.
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Report by Robby Brown We sailed the Dead of Winter regatta last weekend in very light breeze on Saturday and the sailing had to be cancelled on Sunday due to very big breeze. In the end Colin and Karen Park sailed an excellent regatta wining with a comfortable lead exhibiting superior sailing and great boat speed followed by David Mendelblatt also comfortably in second. Third, fourth and fifth were hotly contested between Jim Richter, Chris Klotz and Robby Brown with the three positions being decided by a point. Robby wanted to get some sailing in on Sunday really looking forward to the breezier conditions and needing two more races to allow him to drop an OCS. As it were, Jim Richter beat Chris on a tie breaker and Robby by a point. Congratulations to everyone on a nice regatta and especially to the North Sailors on their strong showing.
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Interview by Brian Bissell
PD: Three important points to make these three championships were: 1. To sail consistently,2. to run equally in the whole championship, and 3. to never give up the objetive! I think that we have also a great group of friends and sailors in Uruguay that support us all the time, and it's very important. As the North Sails representative in Uruguay, which designs did you sail with for each of your three latest victories?
PD: We use the AP-4 Main with a BR1D+ Jib in the Pre Panamerican Games and in the Western Hemispheres. I believe you saw a wide range of wind and wave conditions throught those three regattas. Which is your favorite condition to sail in? PD: My Favorite conditions to sails are between 10 and 14 knots and we have really good results in these conditions. Do you practice very much in the snipe or do you mainly just race these days? What does your training consist of? PD: I've been sailing with Eduardo for 3 years. We had a year of hard training that was the first year. And then we compete in all the championships that we could, national and international as Hemisphere 2004, World 2005, South Americans Champinship and other regatas in the last 3 years. Last year we sailed all the championships, but due to work we didn't have time to practice much. In these days the training only consist in sailing and add hours in the boat What is your favorite thing to do besides sailing? PD: I don`t have any other favorite thing to do, only sailing, It's my hobbie. I enjoy so much! Also, I was looking over your tuning notes and I noticed that your spreader length measurements are a little longer than what we are used to. Just to make sure we are comparing apples to apples, where are measuring from to get 44cm. That measure is from the side of the mast, to the centre of the hole of the spreader top. Thanks a lot Pablo and one more time congratulations for winning the 2006 Western Hemispheres!
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Report by Brian Bissell The 2006 Snipe North Americans took place this past weekend on Gull Lake in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was a very well organized event thanks to Chad and Michelle Coberly as they complimented the seriously tough lake sailing with seriously fun on-land activities. The first day of racing was very light. The race committee was only able to get one race off before the breeze completely shut off. Day two had medium to heavy breeze with the true wind direction coming down the lake lengthwise. We remained consistent but were only able to break the top 5 in one race. This put us in 7th overall but the top 10 were all very close. On the last day, the wind direction switched so that windward and leeward marks were very close to shore. This made for some very puffy and shifty conditions. It was the type of sailing where two boats could almost be sailing the same angle on opposite tacks. This meant that you were never out of a race, but you were never securely in it either. One bad shift or sailing into a hole could cost you 10 boats. My crew, Bryan Stout, a local high school sailor from Annapolis and very good Snipe skipper himself, did an excellent job of finding the puffs on the lake. The combination of good boat speed, connecting the puffs and staying in the pressure enabled us to win both races on Sunday. This jumped us up to 3rd place overall and qualifies us for the Snipe World Championship in Portugal, September '07. The real story of the regatta was that all 4 of the Stout family were crewing on different boats and all ended up in the top 10. When Augie Diaz, in his trophy acceptance speech, mentioned that he thought it was great that the youngest Stout won the family award by half a point, Bryan's dad Alex promptly shouted "He's so grounded!" We were using the AP-5 main and a BRD1H jib. Henry Filter, who finished in 5th, used the AP-5 main, the mylar jib and a BRD1H+ jib. Top 5: For more information about our Snipe sails, contact the North's Snipe Experts!To order your fast Snipe sails online, click here. Snipe Sails
Tyler Sinks and Ben Todter, both of San Diego Yacht Club, won the 2006 Snipe Jr. Nationals held last weekend at Erie Yacht Club in Erie, PA.. Tyler and Ben are two hot, upcoming junior sailors and are just off a second place finish in the 420 division of the 2006 US Sailing Youth Championships. This win qualified Ben and Tyler to sail in the 2007 Snipe Junior Worlds. Tyler and Ben used the North AP-3+ main and BR-1D+ jib to power their boat to the win. Look for more good news from this team in the near future. Nice going guys!
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The 2006 Colonial Cup took place this weekend in Annapolis at the Severn Sailing Association. People came from as far away as New Jersey, Georgia and Florida for the event. There were 21 boats in attendance. It was close racing the whole time with the exception of the free clinic provided by Augie Diaz on Saturday in the 18-25 knot breeze and triangle, windward, leeward courses. He won all 4 races!! Saturday was medium to light air and shifty. My crew Alexis Rubin and I, both sailing our first Snipe regatta, were able to hit a few shifts correctly and put a few good races together. We climbed from 4th overall on Saturday to 2nd by the end. We used the new AP-5 Main and felt fast in every range of breeze. In the 18-25, the flatter bottom section and twist up top let us depower just enough. In the lighter wind, it was nice having a twistier main as well to keep from stalling the leech. As a newcomer to the Snipe fleet, I was impressed with how friendly everyone was. Peter Commette led a debrief at the end of Saturday's racing where everyone asked Augie and Peter questions about how they went so fast. There weren't any secrets and I think everyone walked away from it a better snipe sailor. Thank you to Principal Race Officer, Steve Podlich and his crew for running a great regatta.
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This year’s fleet contained representatives from six countries and was sailed by the current SCIRA Commodore and four past SCIRA Commodores. The wind was a steady 18 knots the whole time.
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You just won the 2006 Snipe Western Hemispheres, Snipe Argentinian Nationals, and the Snipe Pre PanAm Games. Can you name three common factors that have helped you in your recent winning streak?
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