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{{Short description|Snipe Class International Racing Association}}
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|abbrev       = SCIRA
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|founded      = {{Start date|1932}}
|aff          = [[World Sailing]]
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|headquarters = 2812 Canon Street. [[San Diego]], CA 92106
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|commodore    = {{flagicon|POL}} Zbigniew Rakocy
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* {{flagicon|USA}} Jerelyn Biehl ({{Small|Executive Director}})}}
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'''Snipe Class International Racing Association''' ('''SCIRA''') is the [[sport governing body|governing body]] of the [[Snipe (dinghy)|Snipe]] [[international class]] in the [[sailing (sport)|sport of sailing]] recognized by [[World Sailing]].
== History ==
SCIRA was established in November 1932, and Hub E. Isaacks of [[List of Snipe fleets|Snipe fleet]] number 1 at [[Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club|Dallas Sailing Club]] was the first [[Commodore (yacht club)|commodore]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/skeckler/snipe/ |title=International Snipe Class |website=Snipe Sailing in Texas}}</ref> In march, 1933, SCIRA chartered fleet number 8 to the [[Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club]] in [[Port of Dover|Dover Harbour]], [[Kent]], becoming the first fleet established outside the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/168891 |title=80th Anniversary celebration of Dover Snipe Fleet No 8 |website=Yachts & Yachting}}</ref> By 1936, the Snipe Class became the world's largest racing class.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atlantayachtclub.org/Resources/Documents/Scuttlebutt/09_Nov.pdf |title=Scuttlebutt |website=Atlanta Yacht Club}}</ref>
== Board officers ==
Jerelyn Biehl, the paid, full time Executive Director, runs the Snipe Class International Racing Association (SCIRA) office.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.snipe.org/authorities/board-officers |title=Class Officers, Board Members and Executive Director |website=Snipe.org}}</ref>
The SCIRA Board of Governors holds bi-annual meetings, usually during the [[Commodore Hub E. Isaacks and O'Leary Trophies|World Championship]].
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 90%"
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| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center" colspan="4"|'''<span style="color:#000000;">Board of Governors</span>'''
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| bgcolor="#CEDFF2" align="center" colspan="4"|'''<span style="color:#000000;">Voting Members</span>'''
|-
!Officer
!Name
!Tenure
!Period
|-
|Commodore
|{{flagicon|POL}} Zbigniew Rakocy
|2 years
|2023-24
|-
|Vice Commodore
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Martín Bermúdez de la Puente
|2 years
|2023-24
|-
|Secretary
|{{flagicon|FIN}} Reino Suonsilta
|2 years
|2023-24
|-
|Treasurer
|{{flagicon|GBR}} Sue Roberts
|4 years
|2023-26
|-
|Rules Chairman
|{{flagicon|USA}} Gus Wirth
|4 years
|2023-26
|-
|General Secretary – Europe
|{{flagicon|BEL}} Yannick Laumans
|2 years
|2023-24
|-
|General Secretary – WH&O
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Paola Prada
|2 years
|2023-24
|-
| bgcolor="#CEDFF2" align="center" colspan="4"|'''<span style="color:#000000;">Non Voting Members</span>'''
|-
!Officer
!Name
!Tenure
!Period
|-
|Chief Measurer
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Luis González Álvarez
|3 years
|2018-20
|-
|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
|
|-
|}
== Commodores ==
Former SCIRA [[Commodore (yacht club)|commodore]]s:<ref>[https://www.snipe.org/images/2018Rules/2018_2020SnipeRulebookDIGITAL.pdf Past Commodores]</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
! Period !! Commodore
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| 1933 || {{flagicon|USA}} Hub E. Isaacks
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| 1934 || {{flagicon|USA}} M.J. Davis
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| 1935 || {{flagicon|USA}} A.H. Bosworth
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| 1936 || {{flagicon|USA}} M.S.A. Reichner
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| 1937 || {{flagicon|USA}} Harry Lund
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| 1938 || {{flagicon|USA}} G.Q. McGown, Jr.
|-
| 1939 || {{flagicon|USA}} Taver Bayly
|-
| 1940 || {{flagicon|USA}} H.R. Schuette
|-
| 1941 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Perry Richardson Bass|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
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| 1949 || {{flagicon|USA}} Harold Griffith
|-
| 1950 || {{flagicon|USA}} Roy T. Hurley
|-
| 1951 || {{flagicon|USA}} John T. Hayward
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| 1952 || {{flagicon|USA}} Owen E. Duffy
|-
| 1953 || {{flagicon|USA}} Carl Zimmerman
|-
| 1954 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ted A. Wells]]
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| 1955 || {{flagicon|USA}} Eddie Williams
|-
| 1956 || {{flagicon|USA}} Harold L. Gilreath
|-
| 1957 || {{flagicon|USA}} Terry Whittemore
|-
| 1958 || {{flagicon|USA}} Fred Schenck
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| 1959 || {{flagicon|USA}} Alan Levinson
|-
| 1960 || {{flagicon|USA}} Edward Garfield
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| 1961 || {{flagicon|GBR}} F.V.G. Penman
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| 1962 || {{flagicon|USA}} Sam W. Norwood
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| 1963 || {{flagicon|USA}} Floyd E. Hughes
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| 1964-65 || {{flagicon|USA}} A.F. Hook
|}
|width="30"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
! Period !! Commodore
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| 1966-67 || {{flagicon|BAH}} [[Basil Kelly (sailor)|Basil Kelly]]
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| 1968-69 || {{flagicon|USA}} Robert Schaeffer
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| 1970 || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Ángel Riveras]]
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| 1971 || {{flagicon|USA}} William M. Kilpatrick
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| 1972 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dick Tillman|Richard L. Tillman]]
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| 1973-74 || {{flagicon|USA}} Ralph M. Swanson
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| 1975 || {{flagicon|USA}} Stuart L. Griffing
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| 1976|| {{flagicon|SWE}} Svend Rantil
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| 1977 || {{flagicon|USA}} Dan Williams
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| 1978 || {{flagicon|USA}} Bruce Colyer
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| 1979 || {{flagicon|BRA}} Flavio Caiuby
|-
| 1980 || {{flagicon|USA}}Gonzalo E. Diaz, Sr.
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| 1981 || {{flagicon|USA}} Paul F. Festersen
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| 1982 || {{flagicon|ESP}} Arturo Delgado
|-
| 1983 || {{flagicon|USA}} Douglas DeSouza
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| 1984 || {{flagicon|USA}} Eugene T. Tragus
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| 1985 || {{flagicon|ARG}} Roberto J. Salvat
|-
| 1986-87 || {{flagicon|BER}} Wayne Soares
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| 1988 || {{flagicon|USA}} Jerry Thompson
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| 1989 || {{flagicon|FIN}} Per Ole Holm
|-
| 1990 || {{flagicon|USA}} Peter Fenner
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| 1991 || {{flagicon|USA}} R. Means Davis
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| 1992 || {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Fujiya Matsumoto]]
|-
| 1993 || {{flagicon|USA}} Terry Timm
|-
| 1994 || {{flagicon|URU}} [[Horacio García (sailor)|Horacio Garcia Pastori]]
|-
| 1995 || {{flagicon|BAH}} Jimmie Lowe
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| 1996 || {{flagicon|ITA}} Giorgio Brezich
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| 1997 || {{flagicon|USA}} Gonzalo Diaz, Jr.
|-
| 1998 || {{flagicon|Japan}} Akibumi Shinoda
|-
| 1999 || {{flagicon|USA}} Lee Griffith
|}
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|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
! Period !! Commodore
|-
| 2000 || {{flagicon|CAN}} Id Crook
|-
| 2001 || {{flagicon|BRA}} Bertel Bojlesen
|-
| 2002 || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Birger Jansen]]
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| 2003 || {{flagicon|USA}} Brainard Cooper
|-
| 2004 || {{flagicon|Japan}} Jiro Yamamoto
|-
| 2005 || {{flagicon|BRA}} Henrique Motta
|-
| 2006-07 || {{flagicon|BAH}} [[Robert Dunkley (sailor)|Robert Dunkley]]
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| 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
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| 2020-22 || {{flagicon|ARG}} Luis Soubié
|-
| 2023-24 || {{flagicon|POL}} Zbigniew Rakocy
|}
|}
<gallery>
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.
</gallery>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Snipe (dinghy)]]
[[Category:Class associations of World Sailing|Snipe]]
[[Category:International sports organizations]]