Summer 2008 - United States Snipe Sailing

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Bob and Sandy Rowland Win 2007 Minneford Bob and Sandy Rowland, of the Cowan Lake Snipe Fleet, are repeat winners of the Minneford Trophy for the 2007 season. Emblematic of the US boat owner having on file the highest net point score in fleet races for the official racing season of SCIRA, the Minneford trophy is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, trophy of the Snipe Class International Racing Association in the United States. It was first awarded to J. M. Martin of the Dallas Sailing Club in 1932. Eight fleets turned in point scores for 2007, from 71 skippers (up from seven fleets and 65 skippers last year). If you haven’t been racing fleet races, make plans now to do so this season, so that you can compete for the Minneford Perpetual Trophy for 2008. Bob began sailing when he was 8 years old in a Sailing Seashell (pram) in the Chain of Lakes in Illinois. In his teens, while sailing C Scows, he met Sandy and invited her on the boat as the third crew when conditions were windy. When they got married and moved to Ohio, the local Cowan Lake Fleet wasn’t racing C Scows, so they had to choose between Thistles and Snipes for competition. Wanting to be free to travel to regattas without looking for a third crew, they bought a Snipe and have been sailing and traveling to regattas ever since. Through their years of sailing Snipes, they have sailed several other classes. They raced FJs, won the Rhodes Bantams Internationals 2 times, and won the Windmill Nationals once. They found they really liked Y Flyers, when they participated in the Championship of Champions at Carlyle IL when it was sailed in Y Flyers. They have won the Y Flyer Nationals 3 times and the Internationals 2 times. They now limit themselves to Y Flyers and Snipes, choosing the closest regatta when there is a conflict. Since the busy season for their company, The Sailors’ Tailor, happens to be the racing season, it’s difficult taking time off for longer trips. “We’ve made so many great friends locally and across the country sailing Snipes through the years. It’s great to participate in a sport that allows us to work as a team striving for the same goal. The keen, tight competition of Snipe sailing has taught us that you have to be sharp at all times, because any time you make a mistake, there is always another Snipe right there to take your place. Selecting the Snipe was a good fun lifetime decision.” Having won the Minneford several times, it’s clear that in addition to their regatta travels, they find time to race at home on Cowan Lake (home of the Riff Raff Regatta), participating in 28 Fleet races this year. Sandy says: “We have the Minneford hanging in our showroom, and people from all boat classes really marvel at how many years that trophy goes back, and how old the Snipe Class is! Here are the complete results for 2007: Skipper Fleet Races Score Robert Rowland Cowan Lake (OH) 28 1722.00 Joe Norton Green Lake (WI) 12 1693.70 Clifford Wright Seattle (WA) 24 1678.40 John Buckley Lincoln (NE) 9 1663.67 Jim Bowers Winchester (MA) 16 1660.00 John MacRae Cottage Park (MA) 12 1656.00 John Fry Seattle (WA) 9 1655.10 Tom Townsend Indianapolis (IN) 18 1633.70 William Thomas Lincoln (NE) 14 1629.00 Chris Scofield Iowa/Nebraska (IA) 12 1623.58 Jay Carey Cowan Lake (OH) 27 1620.00 Ted Garman Seattle (WA) 20 1614.80 Andrew Zeratsky Green Lake (WI) 9 1612.10 Bob Coyle Cottage Park (MA) 22 1611.00 Pat Keane Lincoln (NE) 13 1599.54 Art Rousmaniere Winchester (MA) 30 1591.00 Mike Recker Iowa/Nebraska (IA) 10 1587.00 Sue Lodico Winchester (MA) 17 1587.00 Andrew Davis Winchester (MA) 18 1579.00 William Worster Cowan Lake (OH) 27 1576.00 John Lally Winchester (MA) 35 1573.00 George Rood Iowa/Nebraska (IA) 8 1572.38 Bruce Kitchen Cowan Lake (OH) 17 1570.00 Ken Kinas Green Lake (WI) 14 1568.30 Jennifer Rousmaniere Winchester (MA) 17 1561.00 Katia Smith Seattle (WA) 7 1558.90 Andy Klein Winchester (MA) 28 1554.00 Harry Levinson Winchester (MA) 18 1549.00 Jim Russell Lincoln (NE) 11 1542.91 Mac Jacob Cowan Lake (OH) 11 1528.00 Robert Ewoldt Lincoln (NE) 10 1525.70 www.snipeus.org
Skipper Fleet Races Score Mary Jane Bumby Green Lake (WI) 7 1519.30 Jack Wagener Lincoln (NE) 13 1518.31 Charles Fawcett Seattle (WA) 19 1512.80 John Tagliamonte Cottage Park (MA) 11 1509.00 Tom Colligan Seattle (WA) 15 1496.10 Rick Scofield Iowa/Nebraska (IA) 11 1482.64 Joseph Frey Lincoln (NE) 5 1481.80 John Lees Winchester (MA) 19 1480.00 Wendy O’Toole Cowan Lake (OH) 15 1472.00 Martha Rogers Seattle (WA) 8 1449.50 Tug Townsend Indianapolis (IN) 14 1443.10 Charles Higginson Lincoln (NE) 7 1441.00 Robert Whitman Cowan Lake (OH) 15 1436.00 Chuck Lewis Lincoln (NE) 5 1435.20 Jack Gannon Winchester (MA) 6 1432.00 Bill Townsend Indianapolis (IN) 14 1421.80 Robert Recker Iowa/Nebraska (IA) 10 1419.30 Carey Nelson Cowan Lake (OH) 20 1419.00 Steven Rice Cowan Lake (OH) 11 1415.00 Gene Sartori Winchester (MA) 8 1407.00 Charles Hagedorn Winchester (MA) 9 1405.00 Eric Kelley Seattle (WA) 7 1367.10 Alex Campisteguy Seattle (WA) 15 1366.90 Jim Foreman Cowan Lake (OH) 6 1358.00 Alan Spring Cowan Lake (OH) 10 1352.00 Frank Workman Indianapolis (IN) 9 1347.80 Richard Lazarus Winchester (MA) 7 1338.00 Martha Smith Seattle (WA) 5 1331.80 Martin Fraser Medford (MA) 5 1318.00 Peter Harding Iowa/Nebraska (IA) 5 1311.20 Neal Snebold Winchester (MA) 5 1305.00 Bill Swanton Winchester (MA) 5 1303.00 Tobey King Seattle (WA) 6 1297.80 Doug Winkler Lincoln (NE) 5 1293.60 Peter Crawford Lincoln (NE) 10 1287.60 Mark Schultz Iowa/Nebraska (IA) 8 1280.13 Frank Wilder Indianapolis (IN) 6 1267.20 Randy Nelsen Lincoln (NE) 5 1250.20 Bill Gustafson Lincoln (NE) 7 1248.29 Rajesh Kumar Lincoln (NE) 5 1193.40 US SNIPE SAILOR Summer 2008 Fleet Building in Atlanta Peggy Davis, of Atlanta Snipe Fleet #444, wrote to tell us of a fleet building activity they conducted in conjunction with a recent Opti regatta at the Atlanta Yacht Club. Peggy says: “Here’s a good suggestion for other fleets to use to attract new members. At the Atlanta Yacht Club’s Opti regatta May 3-4, we put out copies of the (International) Snipe Bulletin, the US Snipe Sailor, lots of the Snipe promotional brochures, and had the attached flyer (below) posted on several walls. “After trophy presentations, we had our boats in the water, ready to take out anyone who wanted to sail a Snipe. Three of the clubs represented did not have Snipe fleets, and one other has a nearly dead fleet we are trying to reinvigorate. Several of our own Opti sailors went out also. It was a very successful event!” Local Snipe sailor Tarasa Davis, past member of the Olympic Sailing Team, sails at our Halloween all-snipe Regatta Sail a SNIPE on Sunday!!! Opti sailors or their families May 4 – after trophy presentations Our local Snipe fleet would like for you to experience the boat we love. It’s perfect for very young sailors to crew, and especially good for teenagers and women to skipper. With over 30,600 boats and 883 fleets worldwide, Snipes offer competition few classes can rival.
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