by Gweneth Crook Oakville Yacht Squadron, on Lake Ontario, was founded in 1946 and started with a fleet of Snipes. In 1959 they acquired land on the other side of the 16 Mile Creek and built a new club house that is where the current club sits. The old club house went to an organization called Trafalgar Oakville Water-Air Rescue…
By Gweneth Crook What is a SCIRA Rep, who is the SCIRA Rep and what do they do? All major Snipe Championships have a SCIRA Representative who is assigned to…
Commodore Pietro Fantoni has confirmed the Long Range Planning Committee for SCIRA consisting of: Chairman: Don BedfordGweneth Crook and Ricardo Lobato. All are past Commodores of SCIRA and…
by Gweneth Crook I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and Happy New. My time as Commodore is winding down. It has been…
by Gweneth Crook, SCIRA Commodore Merry Christmas Fellow Snipe Sailors. I wish you, your family and friends a very Merry Christmas and a fair winds New Year wherever you are!…
By Gweneth Crook, SCIRA Commodore Let me introduce myself. I grew up sailing Snipes and come from a Snipe family. My parents' first big purchase after they immigrated to Canada…
By Gweneth Crook, SCIRA Commodore Happy New Year! I have heard that people are asking about the 2016 decals, who chose the colours? One of the duties of the…
By Gweneth Crook I recently had the opportunity to attend the Pan American Games in Toronto at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club. The City of Toronto did an excellent job…
By Gweneth Crook – SCIRA Vice-Commodore While in Japan at the 2014 Masters Championship it was brought to my attention that the rotation for this championship was not following…
[caption id="attachment_8835" align="alignnone" width=""]Gweneth Crook with Past Commodores Doug De Souza, Don Bedford, Brainard Cooper[/caption]By Gweneth Crook, SCIRA Vice-Commodore District 6 Snipe Championships (regatta report) were held this…
– Commodore Ricardo Lobato – Brazil– Vice Commodore Gweneth Crook – Canada– Secretary – Pietro Fantoni – Italy– European General Secretary – Zbigniew Rakocy – Poland–…
Gweneth Crook, Snipe sailor and Secretary Western Hemisphere & Orient - 1) Your first time on a sailing boat? I know it was a Snipe but the exact age?? I…
By Gweneth Crook, Secretary WH&O The Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship was recently held at Yacht Club Olivos in Argentina. After the races one day all the sailors gathered for…
By Gweneth Crook, Secretary WH&O When the Board voted to increase the age of participation at the Masters there was an overwhelming response from you, the sailors. The discussion started…
By Gweneth Crook, General Secretary - Western Hempisphere & Orient. There was a lot of discussion at the Id Crook Memorial Snipe World Masters regarding the recent decision…