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US Snipe Sailor
Winter 2015
If your e-mail is like mine you have just been covered up recently with e-mails concerning the Snipe Midwinter Circuit. Perhaps too many. Left unattended for a couple of days over the Thanksgiving holiday, my inbox filled up and shut down. And I’m told Facebook exploded with comments. Whew!!
For those fortunate enough to have missed the electronic exchanges of ideas, here are the basics in a nutshell: for 25 years or more the Midwinter Championship, a regatta that has been held for 75 years, has led off our annual “Spring Vacation,” followed by the Don Q Regatta in Miami. After this boats would be shipped to Nassau for the Bacardi and Gamlin regattas, giving Snipe sailors the opportunity to compete in a truly international event almost on our doorstep. The Circuit is and has been a bellwether event that other classes envy, and it has attracted the very best Snipe sailors in the country year after year, as well as Northern Europeans escaping the snows at home. In recent years, however, entries in the three venue, four regatta Snipe Midwinter Circuit (the Southern Circuit) have been somewhat less than we would have hoped, especially for the two Nassau regattas which draw the Europeans, but few US sailors.
Thinking to “change the equation,” District 4 Governor Steve Lang has floated the idea that perhaps we should alter the schedule by holding the two Nassau regattas first, followed by the Don Q in Miami and then the Clearwater Midwinters, leaving the dates unchanged. The response to this proposal has been nothing short of overwhelming. Many have written in support of the change, while the minority of the respondents object.
In fairness to those who support the change, change simply for the sake of change can frequently lead to a positive outcome. Those opposed, on the other hand, cite hard fact to support their position, the most germane of which is the unreliability of ship borne transportation from Nassau to Miami, a situation which has become worse in the years since the tragedy of 9-11-01 with the addition of TSA screening in addition to customs and security.
If SCIRA USA is going to support then proposed change in schedule, it goes without saying that this transportation problem must be worked out.
In the meantime, stay tuned. It is a healthy sign that so many of our fellow sailors care as much as they do and take the time to express their opinion. May it always be so.
For the coming year, dates and events are unchanged, so make your plans to be in Clearwater March 18 for the start of the best-ever Midwinter Championship and as many of the Circuit events as you can make.
And if the winter blahs make you feel you can’t wait that long, there other regattas in sunny Florida including the Miami Snipe Invitational
on New Year’s Day and the Gaspar/Florida State Championship in St. Pete on Jan. 10.
Not to be outdone, Snipers in District 6 are getting an early start on the year by holding their District Championship in February.
So, as we wrap up another great Snipe year, the Board of SCIRA USA wish all Snipers everywhere a Happy Holiday Season and the Best Serious Sailing-Serious Fun New Year ever! - bc
SCIRA USA2812 Canon Street
San Diego, CA 92106619-222-0252
Danielle Richards, Executive Administratordanielle@odmsail.com
Sherri Campbell, SCIRA Financessherri@odmsail.com
Jerelyn Biehl, SCIRA Executive Directorjerelyn@odmsail.com or scira@snipe.org
Brainard Cooper, US National Secretary
Winter 2015 2
SCIRA US Perpetual FundFor over 25 years, the SCIRA USA Perpetual Fund has generated income for the purposes of promoting the class and making grants to junior sailors from the US representing our country at international Snipe events. Its partial impact is demonstrated in the follow-ing quote:
“Thank you SCIRA for the generous grant to my crew… and I. Without your grant, our amazing trip may not have been possible. Thank you so much.”
The letter excerpted above was received at the US SCIRA office from one of the junior sailors who represented SCIRA USA at the recent Junior Worlds in Rio de Janiero. The grant came specifically from the Perpetual Fund.
We’d like to thank the 2014 Perpetual Fund donors listed below. Consider a donation for 2015 to help support SCIRA USA junior sailors.2014 SCIRA USA Premium Memberships
Premium Platinum Members
John Beall, Fleet 1
Martin Bebb, Fleet 68
Lee Bradley, Fleet 330
Charlie Bustamante
Vince Casalaina, Fleet 12
Peter Commette, Fleet 7
Tarasa Davis, Fleet 330
Henry Davis, Fleet 309
Peter Devlin, Fleet 554
Berkley Duck, Fleet 409
Past Commodore Peter Fenner, Fleet 1
Sigrid Festersen, Fleet 309
Jose Fuentes, Fleet 532
Hal Gilreath, Fleet 630
Past Commodore Lee Griffith, Fleet 256
Donald Hackbarth, Fleet 330
Mark Hasslinger, Fleet 532
Tom Henderson, Fleet 330
Thomas Hunt, Fleet 654
Andrew Klein, Fleet 77
Carolyn Krebs, Fleet 495
Eric Krebs, Fleet 495
John Lally, Fleet 77
Andrea Levinson, Fleet 705
Gilmore O’Neill, Fleet 777
Michael Papp, Fleet 828
Andrew Pontious, Fleet 12
Neal Snebold, Fleet 77
Eugene Soltero, Fleet 1
Berta Swanson, Fleet 77
Doug Swenson, Fleet 210
Premium Gold Memberships
Robin Baker, Fleet 51
Renee Bartell, Fleet 495
Kathy Bronaugh, Fleet 330
George Buck, Fleet 495
Ned Daly, Fleet 532
Packy Davis, Fleet 12
Henry Filter, Fleet 532
Martin Fraser, Fleet 777
Doug Hart, Fleet 495
Matthew Heywood, Fleet 762
Robert Hunt, Fleet 654
Philip Lee, Fleet 309
Harry Levinson, Fleet 77
Michael Mack, Fleet 12
Eliot Payson, Fleet 640
Lisa Foulke Pline, Fleet 532
George Rood, Fleet 309
Greg Saldana, Fleet 520
Dave Schibler, Fleet 495
Steve Snider, Fleet 68
William Swanton, Fleet 77
John Tagliamonte, Fleet 244
Jim Tomassetti, Fleet 18
Bill Welch, Fleet 801
Sherry Welch, Fleet 801
Peter Wolcott, Fleet 231
Joel Zackin, Fleet 231
Premium Silver Membership
Ellen Booth, Fleet 18
Robert Bowden, Fleet 495
Jim Bowers, Fleet 77
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Larry Briggs, Fleet 567
Larry Bull, Fleet 330
Mike Choquette, Fleet 68
J. Scott Cline, Fleet 142
Tom Colligan, Fleet 444
Charles Courtsal, Fleet 103
Robert Coyle, Fleet 244
Carol Cronin, Fleet 17
Norman Dahl, Fleet 103
Gary Derrick, Fleet 14
Ian Elliott, Fleet 330
Martin Fetsch, Fleet 532
Patrick Flood, Fleet 309
Cameron Fraser, Fleet 777
Jack Gannon, Fleet 77
Neil Gerren, Fleet 110
Richard Grant, Fleet 137
Ernest Hardy, Fleet 244
Brian Hetherington, Fleet 532
Kevin Hetherington-Young, Fleet 77
R. Douglas Howson, Fleet 12
Stephan Irgens, Fleet 705
Monica Irgens, Fleet 705
Robert Jackman, Fleet 495
David James, Fleet 444
James Lampros, Fleet 533
Steve Lang, Fleet 801
David Lence, Fleet 7
Dee Lockwood, Fleet 533
Dick Loomis, Fleet 12
Pedro Lorson, Fleet 258
Jim MacKenzie, Fleet 210
John MacRae, Fleet 244
Theresa Manning, Fleet 24
John Marx, Fleet 10
Shan McAdoo, Fleet 554
Terry McSweeney, Fleet 747
Stephen Milt, Fleet 77
Ava Moore, Fleet 330
Michael Otto, Fleet 190
Jaime Peva, Fleet 532
Ken Redler, Fleet 495
Bryan Reich, Fleet 7
Phil Richmond, Fleet 532
John Rose, District 7
Rick Scofield, Fleet 309
Chris Scofield, Fleet 309
Robert Smith, Fleet 532
Steve Stewart, Fleet 495
Jim Stillson, Fleet 1
William Thomas, Fleet 567
David Tillson, Fleet 495
Simon Verghese, Fleet 77
Kenneth Voss, Fleet 7
Chuck Wahl, Fleet 567
Darryl Waskow, Fleet 256
Mark Williams, Fleet 1
William Worster, Fleet 433
Clifford Wright, Fleet 444
Perpetual Fund Donors
Mr. William Brush
Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Bustamante
Mr. Tom Colligan
Mr. Brainard Cooper
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Courtsal
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Dalgleish
Mr. Jno Disch
Mr. William Felder
Mrs. Sigrid L. Festersen
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick M. Flood
Mrs. Jane Flood
Mr. & Mrs. Jose Fuentes
Mr. Neil Gerren
Mr. & Mrs. John Gondring
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Grant
Mr. David Haggart
Mr. Philip Lee
Mr. & Mrs. John MacRae
Mr. & Mrs. John G. Mauel
Mr. Todd S. McBride
Mr. Terry McSweeney
Ms. Laura D. O’Leary
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Recker
Mr. Harrison Reisinger
Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rood
Mr. Frederic C. Scofield
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith
Mr. Bill Swanton
Mr. Douglas G. Swenson
Mr. Richard Tillman
Mr. Gustav Wirth
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Winter 2015
Month Date Event Host Sanc-tioned
January 1-4 Miami Snipe Invite Miami, FLJanuary 10-11 Gaspar/Florida State Championship St. Petersburg Yacht ClubJanuary 24-25 Las Vegas Regatta Mission Bay Yacht Club YJanuary/Feb 31-1 Comodoro Rasco Coconut Grove Sailing ClubFebruary 6-8 District 6 Championship - Worlds Qualifier San Diego Yacht Club QFebruary 21-22 Georgia State Championship Valdosta Yacht ClubFeb/March 28-1 E.E. Manning Series Alamitos Bay Yacht ClubMarch 16-18 Snipe Midwinters Clearwater Yacht ClubMarch 21-23 Don Q Rum Keg Coconut Grove Sailing ClubMarch 25-29 Bacardi/Gamblin/Kelly Royal Nassau Yacht ClubJuly 3-5 SCIRA North American Championship Royal Hamilton Yacht Club Y, QJuly 10-16 Pan American Games Toronto, ON, CANAugust 7-14 SCIRA USA Junior & Special Junior National
Championship & Classic Boat & National Cham-pionship
Mission Bay Yacht Club Y, Q
August 14-15 GFU Mission Bay Yacht Club
SCIRA US Racing Calendarwww.snipeusa.com
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