It’s early April on Miami’s Biscayne Bay, with an 18-knot easterly, gnarly chop and ribbons of sargassum seaweed—tough fare for racing any boat. We’re at the 2023 Don Q Snipe Regatta, heading uphill ...

The Colonial Cup is one of the oldest, most respected and best-attended events on the Snipe class circuit. Every year, the top competitors in the class travel to Annapolis to compete in the popular ...

Snipe class legend Ernesto Rodriguez captured the Colonial Cup championship for the third straight year. However, the Miami resident did not do so in his normally dominating fashion. In fact, ...

Bahamian sailors Gavin McKinney and Ann Flaherty emerged as the overall champion and hauled away the Dudley Gamblin Memorial Cup at the 2026 Bahamas Snipe Winter Championships, hosted by the ...

Scott Lindley is the USA Optimist Class Development Program Director and Head Coach at Southern Yacht Club, which has him watching a lot of sailing. In ...