Snipe Class International Racing Association
Snipe Class International Racing Association![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e3/Scira_logo.png/100px-Scira_logo.png) |
Sport | Sailing |
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Abbreviation | SCIRA |
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Founded | 1932 (1932) |
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Affiliation | World Sailing |
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Headquarters | 2812 Canon Street. San Diego, CA 92106 |
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Other key staff | Jerelyn Biehl (Executive Director) |
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Commodore | Zbigniew Rakocy |
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SCIRA is the acronym by which the Snipe Class International Racing Association is known.[1] SCIRA is the governing body of the Snipe international class in the sport of sailing recognized by the International Sailing Federation.
History[edit]
SCIRA was established in November 1932, and Hub E. Isaacks of Snipe fleet number 1 at Dallas Sailing Club was the first commodore.[2] 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.[3] By 1936, the Snipe Class became the world's largest racing class.[4]
Board officers[edit]
Jerelyn Biehl, the paid, full time Executive Director, runs the Snipe Class International Racing Association (SCIRA) office.[5]
The SCIRA Board of Governors holds bi-annual meetings, usually during the World Championship.
Board of Governors |
Voting Members |
Officer | Name | Tenure | Period |
Commodore | Zbigniew Rakocy | 2 years | 2023-24 |
Vice Commodore | Martín Bermúdez de la Puente | 2 years | 2023-24 |
Secretary | Reino Suonsilta | 2 years | 2023-24 |
Treasurer | Sue Roberts | 4 years | 2023-26 |
Rules Chairman | Gus Wirth | 4 years | 2023-26 |
General Secretary – Europe | Yannick Laumans | 2 years | 2023-24 |
General Secretary – WH&O | Paola Prada | 2 years | 2023-24 |
Non Voting Members |
Officer | Name | Tenure | Period |
Chief Measurer | Luis González Álvarez | 3 years | 2018-20 |
Chief Information Officer | Don Bedford | No limit | 2013- |
Vice Rules Chairman | | No limit | |
Executive Director | Jerelyn Biehl | No limit | 1993- |
Legal Counsel | Leigh Savage | No limit | |
Commodores[edit]
Former SCIRA commodores:[6]
Period | Commodore | 1933 | Hub E. Isaacks | 1934 | M.J. Davis | 1935 | A.H. Bosworth | 1936 | M.S.A. Reichner | 1937 | Harry Lund | 1938 | G.Q. McGown, Jr. | 1939 | Taver Bayly | 1940 | H.R. Schuette | 1941 | Perry Bass | 1942-43 | C.R. Miller | 1944 | W.G. Green | 1945 | George Becker | 1946 | Charles Heinzerling | 1947-48 | Donald R. Simonds | 1949 | Harold Griffith | 1950 | Roy T. Hurley | 1951 | John T. Hayward | 1952 | Owen E. Duffy | 1953 | Carl Zimmerman | 1954 | Ted A. Wells | 1955 | Eddie Williams | 1956 | Harold L. Gilreath | 1957 | Terry Whittemore | 1958 | Fred Schenck | 1959 | Alan Levinson | 1960 | Edward Garfield | 1961 | F.V.G. Penman | 1962 | Sam W. Norwood | 1963 | Floyd E. Hughes | 1964-65 | A.F. Hook | | | Period | Commodore | 1966-67 | Basil Kelly | 1968-69 | Robert Schaeffer | 1970 | Ángel Riveras | 1971 | William M. Kilpatrick | 1972 | Richard L. Tillman | 1973-74 | Ralph M. Swanson | 1975 | Stuart L. Griffing | 1976 | Svend Rantil | 1977 | Dan Williams | 1978 | Bruce Colyer | 1979 | Flavio Caiuby | 1980 | Gonzalo E. Diaz, Sr. | 1981 | Paul F. Festersen | 1982 | Arturo Delgado | 1983 | Douglas DeSouza | 1984 | Eugene T. Tragus | 1985 | Roberto J. Salvat | 1986-87 | Wayne Soares | 1988 | Jerry Thompson | 1989 | Per Ole Holm | 1990 | Peter Fenner | 1991 | R. Means Davis | 1992 | Fujiya Matsumoto | 1993 | Terry Timm | 1994 | Horacio Garcia Pastori | 1995 | Jimmie Lowe | 1996 | Giorgio Brezich | 1997 | Gonzalo Diaz, Jr. | 1998 | Akibumi Shinoda | 1999 | Lee Griffith | | | Period | Commodore | 2000 | Id Crook | 2001 | Bertel Bojlesen | 2002 | Birger Jansen | 2003 | Brainard Cooper | 2004 | Jiro Yamamoto | 2005 | Henrique Motta | 2006-07 | Robert Dunkley | 2008-09 | Pedro Garra | 2010-11 | Luis Pessanha | 2012-13 | Don Bedford | 2014-15 | Ricardo Lobato | 2016-17 | Gweneth Crook | 2018-19 | Pietro Fantoni | 2020-22 | Luis Soubié | 2023-24 | Zbigniew Rakocy | |
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Ted Wells, 1954 commodore.
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Birger Jansen, 2002 commodore.
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Pietro Fantoni, 2018-19 commodore.
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