Kathleen Tocke is curled up in the bottom of the Snipe, ­thinking she might die, fearful she might not. The supercrew had a bad reaction to seafood, and to say she is not at her best is to put it ...

When John Muhlhausen of Marietta climbed aboard his Snipe class sailboat on Lake Allatoona last month, he marked a journey that began in 1946 on Long Island Sound, Connecticut. This year, the ...

For more than 30 years, the Snipe—a hard-chine 15-footer almost a century old—has been my teacher. I first stepped into one as a newbie 20-something, as a crew for the most demanding skipper I’ve ever ...

Tyler Mowry was sailing upwind during last weekend’s U.S. Snipe National Championship when he suddenly realized what he was up against. “You look around see three former world champions and four past ...

DILLON – For about five hours Saturday, the wind on Dillon Reservoir behaved oddly. Well, oddly for Dillon, which means it was almost predictable.Then, right around 5 p.m., an afternoon thunderhead ...

Carol Cronin and Kim Couranz have been the dominant American female team on the Snipe circuit for nearly a decade now. The Severn Sailing Association duo has claimed five United States Women’s ...

There has been considerable discussion and debate about how the United States trains its junior sailors. Some have suggested the current model, which features youngsters racing in Optimist and Club ...

Members of the Snipe class, both locally and nationally, have created an impressive template for other established dinghy classes for how to increase participation. Creative thinkers among veteran ...

DILLON – The U.S. Snipe nationals culminated on the Dillon Reservoir Friday after more than 60 teams duked it out for five consecutive days.The Florida tandem of Ernesto Rodriguez and Megan Place won ...

In nearly four decades of sailing, Stevie Dickinson has competed in just about everything that floats. Optimist, Comets, Lasers, Tornadoes, Snipes, IODs, Etchells, J-24s, Sunfish and fitted dinghies .

This week I thought it would be interesting to go back some 50 years and recall who brought home the pickle dishes in the 1940-1960s. I called Seymour Beek and Dave Ullman and asked them what were the ...