SCIRA

{{Short description|Snipe Class International Racing Association}}

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|headquarters = 2812 Canon Street, San Diego, CA 92106

|commodore = Martín Bermúdez de la Puente

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The Snipe Class International Racing Association (SCIRA) is the governing body for the Snipe class in the sport of sailing, recognized as an international class by World Sailing.

History

SCIRA was established in November 1932, and Hub E. Isaacks of Snipe fleet number 1 at Dallas Sailing Club was the first commodore.{{cite web |url=https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/skeckler/snipe/ |title=International Snipe Class |website=Snipe Sailing in Texas}} In March 1933, SCIRA chartered fleet number 8 to the Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club in Dover Harbour, Kent, becoming the first fleet established outside the United States.{{cite web |url=https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/168891 |title=80th Anniversary celebration of Dover Snipe Fleet No 8 |website=Yachts & Yachting}} By 1936, the Snipe class became the world's largest racing class.{{cite web |url=https://www.atlantayachtclub.org/Resources/Documents/Scuttlebutt/09_Nov.pdf |title=Scuttlebutt |website=Atlanta Yacht Club}}

Board officers

Jerelyn Biehl, the paid, full-time executive firector, runs the class association office.{{cite web |url=https://www.snipe.org/authorities/board-officers |title=Class Officers, Board Members and Executive Director |website=Snipe.org}}

The SCIRA Board of Governors holds bi-annual meetings, usually during the World Championship.

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Officer

!Name

!Tenure

!Period

Commodore

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Martín Bermúdez de la Puente

|2 years

|2025–26

Vice commodore

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Paola Prada

|2 years

|2025–26

Secretary

|{{flagicon|USA}} Taylor Scheuermann

|2 years

|2025–26

Treasurer

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Yannick Laumans

|4 years

|2023–26

Rules chairman

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Antonio Bari

|4 years

|2023–26

General secretary – Europe

|{{flagicon|POR}} Manuel Stichini Vilela

|2 years

|2025–26

General secretary – WH&O

|{{flagicon|CHI}} Alberto Prieto

|2 years

|2025–26

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Officer

!Name

!Tenure

!Period

Chief measurer

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Luis González Álvarez

|3 years

|2025–28

Chief information officer

|{{flagicon|USA}} Don Bedford

|No limit

|2013–

Vice Rules chairman

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|No limit

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Executive director

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jerelyn Biehl

|No limit

|1993–

Legal counsel

|{{flagicon|USA}} Leigh Savage

|No limit

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Past commodores

Former SCIRA commodores:[https://www.snipe.org/images/2018Rules/2018_2020SnipeRulebookDIGITAL.pdf Past Commodores]

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! Period !! Commodore

1933{{flagicon|USA}} Hub E. Isaacks
1934{{flagicon|USA}} M. J. Davis
1935{{flagicon|USA}} A. H. Bosworth
1936{{flagicon|USA}} M. S. A. Reichner
1937{{flagicon|USA}} Harry Lund
1938{{flagicon|USA}} G. Q. McGown, Jr.
1939{{flagicon|USA}} Taver Bayly
1940{{flagicon|USA}} H. R. Schuette
1941{{flagicon|USA}} Perry Bass
1942–43{{flagicon|USA}} C. R. Miller
1944{{flagicon|USA}} W. G. Green
1945{{flagicon|USA}} George Becker
1946{{flagicon|USA}} Charles Heinzerling
1947–48{{flagicon|USA}} Donald R. Simonds
1949{{flagicon|USA}} Harold Griffith
1950{{flagicon|USA}} Roy T. Hurley
1951{{flagicon|USA}} John T. Hayward
1952{{flagicon|USA}} Owen E. Duffy
1953{{flagicon|USA}} Carl Zimmerman
1954{{flagicon|USA}} Ted A. Wells
1955{{flagicon|USA}} Eddie Williams
1956{{flagicon|USA}} Harold L. Gilreath
1957{{flagicon|USA}} Terry Whittemore
1958{{flagicon|USA}} Fred Schenck
1959{{flagicon|USA}} Alan Levinson
1960{{flagicon|USA}} Edward Garfield
1961{{flagicon|GBR}} F. V. G. Penman
1962{{flagicon|USA}} Sam W. Norwood
1963{{flagicon|USA}} Floyd E. Hughes
1964–65{{flagicon|USA}} A. F. Hook

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! Period !! Commodore

1966–67{{flagicon|BAH}} Basil Kelly
1968–69{{flagicon|USA}} Robert Schaeffer
1970{{flagicon|ESP}} Ángel Riveras
1971{{flagicon|USA}} William M. Kilpatrick
1972{{flagicon|USA}} Richard L. Tillman
1973–74{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph M. Swanson
1975{{flagicon|USA}} Stuart L. Griffing
1976{{flagicon|SWE}} Svend Rantil
1977{{flagicon|USA}} Dan Williams
1978{{flagicon|USA}} Bruce Colyer
1979{{flagicon|BRA}} Flavio Caiuby
1980{{flagicon|USA}} Gonzalo E. Diaz Sr.
1981{{flagicon|USA}} Paul F. Festersen
1982{{flagicon|ESP}} Arturo Delgado
1983{{flagicon|USA}} Douglas DeSouza
1984{{flagicon|USA}} Eugene T. Tragus
1985{{flagicon|ARG}} Roberto J. Salvat
1986–87{{flagicon|BER}} Wayne Soares
1988{{flagicon|USA}} Jerry Thompson
1989{{flagicon|FIN}} Per Ole Holm
1990{{flagicon|USA}} Peter Fenner
1991{{flagicon|USA}} R. Means Davis
1992{{flagicon|Japan}} Fujiya Matsumoto
1993{{flagicon|USA}} Terry Timm
1994{{flagicon|URU}} Horacio Garcia Pastori
1995{{flagicon|BAH}} Jimmie Lowe
1996{{flagicon|ITA}} Giorgio Brezich
1997{{flagicon|USA}} Gonzalo Diaz Jr.
1998{{flagicon|Japan}} Akibumi Shinoda
1999{{flagicon|USA}} Lee Griffith

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! Period !! Commodore

2000{{flagicon|CAN}} Id Crook
2001{{flagicon|BRA}} Bertel Bojlesen
2002{{flagicon|NOR}} Birger Jansen
2003{{flagicon|USA}} Brainard Cooper
2004{{flagicon|Japan}} Jiro Yamamoto
2005{{flagicon|BRA}} Henrique Motta
2006–07{{flagicon|BAH}} Robert Dunkley
2008–09{{flagicon|URU}} Pedro Garra
2010–11{{flagicon|POR}} Luis Pessanha
2012–13{{flagicon|USA}} Don Bedford
2014–15{{flagicon|BRA}} Ricardo Lobato
2016–17{{flagicon|CAN}} Gweneth Crook
2018–19{{flagicon|ITA}} Pietro Fantoni
2020–22{{flagicon|ARG}} Luis Soubié
2023–24{{flagicon|POL}} Zbigniew Rakocy

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File:Theodore Wells.png|Ted Wells, 1954 commodore.

File:Birger Jansen 2014-07-05.jpg|Birger Jansen, 2002 commodore.

File:Pietro Fantoni 2017.JPG|Pietro Fantoni, 2018-19 commodore.

References