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Snipe Class International Racing Association
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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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www.snipe.org |
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.
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]
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
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Voting Members
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Officer
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Name
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Tenure
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Period
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Commodore
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Zbigniew Rakocy
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2 years
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2023-24
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Vice Commodore
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Martín Bermúdez de la Puente
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2 years
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2023-24
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Secretary
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Reino Suonsilta
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2 years
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2023-24
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Treasurer
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Sue Roberts
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4 years
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2023-26
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Rules Chairman
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Gus Wirth
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4 years
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2023-26
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General Secretary – Europe
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Yannick Laumans
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2 years
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2023-24
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General Secretary – WH&O
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Paola Prada
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2 years
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2023-24
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Non Voting Members
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Officer
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Name
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Tenure
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Period
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Chief Measurer
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Luis González Álvarez
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3 years
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2018-20
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Chief Information Officer
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Don Bedford
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No limit
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2013-
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Vice Rules Chairman
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No limit
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Executive Director
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Jerelyn Biehl
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No limit
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1993-
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Legal Counsel
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Leigh Savage
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No limit
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Former SCIRA commodores:[6]
Period |
Commodore
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1933 |
Hub E. Isaacks
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1934 |
M.J. Davis
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1935 |
A.H. Bosworth
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1936 |
M.S.A. Reichner
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1937 |
Harry Lund
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1938 |
G.Q. McGown, Jr.
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1939 |
Taver Bayly
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1940 |
H.R. Schuette
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1941 |
Perry Bass
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1942-43 |
C.R. Miller
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1944 |
W.G. Green
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1945 |
George Becker
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1946 |
Charles Heinzerling
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1947-48 |
Donald R. Simonds
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1949 |
Harold Griffith
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1950 |
Roy T. Hurley
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1951 |
John T. Hayward
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1952 |
Owen E. Duffy
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1953 |
Carl Zimmerman
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1954 |
Ted A. Wells
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1955 |
Eddie Williams
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1956 |
Harold L. Gilreath
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1957 |
Terry Whittemore
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1958 |
Fred Schenck
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1959 |
Alan Levinson
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1960 |
Edward Garfield
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1961 |
F.V.G. Penman
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1962 |
Sam W. Norwood
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1963 |
Floyd E. Hughes
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1964-65 |
A.F. Hook
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Period |
Commodore
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1966-67 |
Basil Kelly
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1968-69 |
Robert Schaeffer
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1970 |
Ángel Riveras
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1971 |
William M. Kilpatrick
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1972 |
Richard L. Tillman
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1973-74 |
Ralph M. Swanson
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1975 |
Stuart L. Griffing
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1976 |
Svend Rantil
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1977 |
Dan Williams
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1978 |
Bruce Colyer
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1979 |
Flavio Caiuby
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1980 |
Gonzalo E. Diaz, Sr.
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1981 |
Paul F. Festersen
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1982 |
Arturo Delgado
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1983 |
Douglas DeSouza
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1984 |
Eugene T. Tragus
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1985 |
Roberto J. Salvat
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1986-87 |
Wayne Soares
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1988 |
Jerry Thompson
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1989 |
Per Ole Holm
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1990 |
Peter Fenner
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1991 |
R. Means Davis
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1992 |
Fujiya Matsumoto
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1993 |
Terry Timm
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1994 |
Horacio Garcia Pastori
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1995 |
Jimmie Lowe
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1996 |
Giorgio Brezich
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1997 |
Gonzalo Diaz, Jr.
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1998 |
Akibumi Shinoda
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1999 |
Lee Griffith
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Period |
Commodore
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2000 |
Id Crook
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2001 |
Bertel Bojlesen
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2002 |
Birger Jansen
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2003 |
Brainard Cooper
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2004 |
Jiro Yamamoto
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2005 |
Henrique Motta
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2006-07 |
Robert Dunkley
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2008-09 |
Pedro Garra
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2010-11 |
Luis Pessanha
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2012-13 |
Don Bedford
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2014-15 |
Ricardo Lobato
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2016-17 |
Gweneth Crook
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2018-19 |
Pietro Fantoni
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2020-22 |
Luis Soubié
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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.