Sailing - Snipe Freaks!

Fast Snipe sailing at sunset after big storm in Rosario, Argentina. --- Serious sailing, serious fun! ---

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• sailing
• yachting
• snipe
• dinghy
• rosario
• argentina

[gurlsingerfan]

I love the Snipes, they are beautiful little boats, but like so many things they really can't be enjoyed if your over 40! Oh well, still great fun to watch!

[SnipeFreak]

Hi. Thanks for the comment. But please allow me to disagree. Snipe is one of the few dinghy classes in which you can sail no matter your age. That's why the Master regattas are so popular.

[SnipeFreak]

Thanks to everybody for the kind comments. We really had fun making this video.

Regarding the music... :( ... a couple of months ago I received a mail from YouTube about AC/DC's copyright, bla, bla, bla...

So they automatically cut the audio track, and prompted me to use "one of our multiples copyright free tracks" and that kind of %$&#!!!

I will upload the original version (with better video quality too) to some online server when I have some time, and post the link here.

Happy sailing!!!

[mspoirier]

which one is the most performant, snipe or 470?

[SnipeFreak]

They are totally different boats... 470s are faster in all conditions, have spinnaker and trapeze harness for the crew. They are extremely expensive, due to the fact that it is an Olympic Class. A 470 hull remains competitive only for a year or two.

The Snipe is a heavier boat, but can be very fast in certain conditions. A good hull can be competitive for a lot of years. There still are wooden boats in very good condition that can beat a modern one in a slow wind flat-water condition.

[SnipeFreak]

And some people say Snipes are one of the most technical One Design classes, backed up by the fact that most Star champions have started their careers in Snipes.

[arturomarinaltamiran]

Hermoso video,felicitaciones.

Chile

[ringydingydo]

I love this vid... reminds me of my Snipe 19991, yellow on one side and white on the other...really like the Back in Black track but I understand...

[Beamacedo]

no debríais de ir llegados mucho más adelante?

[Blackhatchetsdrummer]

go for it snipes are great and the people who sail them are great people you will find out =]

[gurlsingerfan]

That's incredible! Okay, I was wrong...that gives me incentive to do a little shopping for one of these...as I said, I have always liked the looks and feel of them, they just seem more like a real boat than some of the little "board boats"

[Blackhatchetsdrummer]

i was just at snipe north americans where "old man" gonzolo diaz who is 89 won a race got a 6th and a couple other good finishes. so not really =]

[andrewpoophead]

lol, love the tatoos, but i liked it when you had back in black in the backround

[ggiersch93]

ey Black Shadow, muy buen video!!