Masters Snipe World Championship

Main article: Snipe World Championships

The Masters Snipe World Championship is an annual international sailing regatta for Snipe (dinghy), organized by the host club on behalf of the Internal Snipe Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body. The trophy awarded for the World Championship is Commodore Hub E. Isaacks and O'Leary Trophies. The class got recognised status by World Sailing in 1958.

Trophies

Id Crook Memorial Trophy is the sailing trophy awarded at the. The Id Crook Memorial Trophy is awarded to the winning skipper and crew. Canada donated it to the Snipe Class International Racing Association (SCIRA).[1] It's named after Canadian Id Crook, SCIRA's commodore, in 2000.

The regatta venue rotates among North America, Europe, South America and Japan. No races to be run in wind velocity exceeding 15 knots.

The helm must be at least 45 years of age in the year of the regatta. The combined age of the skipper and crew must be at least 80 years in the year of the regatta.

As we as the main title 4 sub divisions are awarded prizes for helms with the following ages:

  • Apprentice Master Division (45-54 years)
  • Master Division (55-64 years)
  • Grand Master Division (65-74 years)
  • Master Legends Division (75 years old and onwards)

The Master Legends Division was created in 2015

Events

Edition Hosts Sailor Boats Ref.
No Day/Month Year Host club City Country No. Nat. Cont. Boats Mix
1 21-25 Oct 1986  Atlanta Yacht Club Lilburn, Georgia  United States
2 1987  Yacht Club Santo Amaro São Paulo  Brazil
3 - 1988  Oakville Harbour Yacht Club Oakville, Ontario  Canada
4 - 1991  Real Club de Regatas de Santiago de la Ribera Santiago de la Ribera  Spain
5 - 1992  Clube Internacional da Marina de Vilamoura Vilamoura  Portugal
6 27-31 Jul 1994  Kaiyo Yacht Harbor Gamagori  Japan
7 - 1996  Vestfjorden Seilforening Oslo  Norway
8 - 1998  Club Nautico Cordoba Villa Carlos Paz  Argentina 56 9 4 28 21 0 7
9 - 2000  Horsens Sejlklub Horsens  Denmark 126 14 4 63 46 0 17
10 - 2002  St. Petersburg Yacht Club St. Petersburg, Florida  United States
11 2-7 Aug 2004  Associazione Sportiva Nautica Sabazia Lake Bracciano  Italy 166 16 4 83 44 2 37
12 3-7 Oct 2006  Royal Nassau Sailing Club Nassau, Bahamas  Bahamas
N/A - 2008  Societa Triestina della Vela Trieste  Italy CANCELLED LOW ENTRIES
13 19-26 Sep 2010  Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 106 7 4 53 38 0 15
14 10-16 Sep 2012  Real Club de Regatas de Santiago de la Ribera Santiago de la Ribera  Spain 154 14 4 77 54 0 23
15 25-31 Aug 2014  Fukuoka City Yacht Harbor Fukuoka  Japan 72 9 4 36 33 0 3
16 - 2016  Royal Nassau Sailing Club Nassau, Bahamas  Bahamas 70 10 5 35 19 1 15
17 24-30 Jun 2018  Associação Naval de Lisboa Vilamoura  Spain 154 15 4 77 50 1 26
N/A 2020  St. Petersburg Yacht Club St. Petersburg, Florida  United States CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
N/A 8-15 Aug 2021  St. Petersburg Yacht Club St. Petersburg, Florida  United States CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
18 16-22 Oct 2023  Club Náutico Puerto Sherry Puerto Sherry  Spain 222 16 4 111 70 1 40
19 9-13 Dec 2025   Frutillar  Chile

Winners

Year Venue Skipper & Crew Country
1986 Atlanta Yacht Club Ken Simons & Bill Simons  United States
1987 Yacht Club Santo Amaro Ivan Pimentel & Ricardo Lebreiro  Brazil
1989 Oakville Harbour Yacht Club Ivan Pimentel & Luis Pesnovich  Brazil
1991 Real Club de Regatas de Santiago de la Ribera Félix Gancedo & Carlos Llamas  Spain
1992 Clube Internacional da Marina de Vilamoura Paulo da Silva Santos & Fernando Silva  Brazil
1994 Kaiyo Yacht Harbor Kazunori Shinka & Tetsuji Nakatani  Japan
1996 Vestfjorden Seilforening Birger Jansen & Marianne Stigar  Norway
1998 Club Náutico Córdoba Bibi Juetz & Felipe Vasconcellos  Brazil
1999 Horsens Sejlklub Flemming Christiansen & Morten Ullmann  Denmark
2002 St. Petersburg Yacht Club Augie Diaz & John Kehoe  United States
2004 Associazione Sportiva Nautica Sabazia Augie Diaz & Lisa Griffith  United States
2006 Royal Nassau Sailing Club Augie Diaz & Pam Kelly  United States
2008^ Società Triestina della Vela
2010 Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro Paulo da Silva Santos & Rodrigo Inacio  Brazil
2012 Real Club de Regatas de Santiago de la Ribera Augie Diaz & Justine O’Connor  United States
2014 Fukuoka City Yacht Harbor Takeyasu Sugiyama & Hirotaka Kaneda  Japan
2016 Royal Nassau Sailing Club Ernesto Rodriguez & Kathleen Tocke  United States
2018 Associação Naval de Lisboa (Vilamoura) Damián Borrás & Jordi Triay  Spain
2020^^ St. Petersburg Yacht Club
2023 Club Náutico Puerto Sherry Damián Borrás & Sara Franceschi  Spain
2025 Cofradía Náutica de Frutillar

^The 2008 championship could not be completed due to wind conditions and the inability to achieve 3 races, which is the minimum for a Championship.[2]
^^The 2020 championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References

  1. ^ SCIRA Canada. "Deed of gift" (PDF). Snipe. Canada: Snipe Class International Racing Association (SCIRA). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2016. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ SCIRA (2009). "World Masters-Not enough races". Snipe. Snipe Class International Racing Association (SCIRA). Archived from the original on December 21, 2016.