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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| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center" colspan="4"|Board of governors |
| bgcolor="#CEDFF2" align="center" colspan="4"|Voting members |
| 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 |
| bgcolor="#CEDFF2" align="center" colspan="4"|Non-voting members |
| 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
| |No limit | |
| Executive director
|{{flagicon|USA}} Jerelyn Biehl |No limit |1993– |
| Legal counsel
|{{flagicon|USA}} Leigh Savage |No limit | |
Past commodores
Former SCIRA commodores:[https://www.snipe.org/images/2018Rules/2018_2020SnipeRulebookDIGITAL.pdf Past Commodores]
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| {| class="wikitable" ! 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.