SCIRA

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.

Snipe Class International Racing Association
SportSailing
AbbreviationSCIRA
Founded1932 (1932)
AffiliationWorld Sailing
Headquarters2812 Canon Street. San Diego, CA 92106
CommodoreLuis Soubié
Official website
www.snipe.org

History

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

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 Luis Soubié 2 years 2020-21
Vice Commodore Zbigniew Rakocy 2 years 2020-21
Secretary Martín Bermúdez de la Puente 2 years 2020-21
Treasurer Sue Roberts 4 years 2018-21
Rules Chairman Gus Wirth 4 years 2021-24
General Secretary – Europe Reino Suonsilta 2 years 2019-21
General Secretary – WH&O Paola Prada 2 years 2021-22
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 2017-
Executive Director Jerelyn Biehl No limit 1993-
Legal Counsel Leigh Savage No limit

Commodores

Former SCIRA commodores:[6]

PeriodCommodore
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
  
PeriodCommodore
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
1980Gonzalo 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
  
PeriodCommodore
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
2020-21 Luis Soubié
  • Ted Wells, 1954 commodore.
  • Birger Jansen, 2002 commodore.
  • Pietro Fantoni, 2018-19 commodore.

References
  1. "What does SCIRA stand for?".
  2. "International Snipe Class". Snipe Sailing in Texas.
  3. "80th Anniversary celebration of Dover Snipe Fleet No 8". Yachts & Yachting.
  4. "Scuttlebutt" (PDF). Atlanta Yacht Club.
  5. "Class Officers, Board Members and Executive Director". Snipe.org.
  6. Past Commodores
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