Snipe European Championship

The Snipe European Championship is an international sailing regatta in the Snipe class and the most important European competition of the class.^[1] It was previously called the Europe and Africa Snipe Class Championship.

It takes place every two years, on alternate years with the World Championship, since 1950, when the first edition was sailed in Santa Margherita Ligure (Italy). The trophy has evolved over the years from 1 representative per country to an open event since 2014. The trophy is awarded to the fleet of the first European boat.

Champions

Year	Host	Skipper	Crew	Fleet
1950	Yacht Club Italiano	Raymond Martin du Pan	A. Bestrzynski	Club Nautique des Faces Pâles
1952	Skovshoved Sejlklub	Eric Barfod	H. P. Fretheim	Vestfjordens Seilforening
1954	Cercle de la Voile d'Arcachon	Didier Poissant	G. Bossuet	Cercle de la Voile du Noroit
1956	Royal North Sea Yacht Club	Frank Penman	J. Marsden	Northwich Sailing Club
1958	Port of Plymouth Sailing Association	Raymond Fragnière	René Glutz	Société Nautique de Genève
1960	Landskrona Segelsällskap	Raymond Fragnière	Marcel Kaenel	Société Nautique de Genève
1962	Real Club Náutico de Palma	Viggo Lison Almkvist	Bobo Almkvist	Stockholm Snipe Club
1964	Yacht Club Sanremo	Nils Monstad	Thor Borgen	Vestfjordens Seilforening
1966	Karlshamns Segelsällskap	Antun Grego	Simo Nikolić	Jedriličarski Klub Galeb
1968	Karşıyaka Spor Kulübü	Paulo da Silva Santos	Fernando da Silva	Clube Desportivo Nun’Alvares
1970	Jedriličarski Klub Galeb	Paulo da Silva Santos	Fernando da Silva	Clube Desportivo Nun’Alvares
1972	Clube de Vela Atlântico	Félix Gancedo	Rafael Parga	Real Club Mediterráneo
1974	Hangö Segelförening	Félix Gancedo	Javier Otero	Real Club Mediterráneo
1976	Société des Régates du Havre	Per Brosted	Jan Skotte	Skanderborg Sejl- & Motorbådsklub
1978	Real Club Náutico de Valencia	Félix Gancedo	Carlos Llamas	Real Club Mediterráneo
1980	Espergærde Sejlklub	Flemming Rasmussen	Keld Schultz	Espergærde Sejlklub
1982	Società Triestina della Vela	Jorge Haenelt	Laureano Wizner	Real Club Mediterráneo
1984	Göteborgs Kungliga Segelsällskap	Jorge Haenelt	Laureano Wizner	Real Club Mediterráneo
1986	Real Club de Regatas de Santiago de la Ribera	Fernando Rita	Antonio Andreu	Club Marítimo de Mahón
1988	Juelsminde Sejlklub	Jorge Haenelt	Martín Wizner	Real Club Mediterráneo
1990	Clube de Vela Atlântico	Félix Gancedo	Jesús Vilar	Real Club Mediterráneo
1992	Gamlakarleby Segelförening	Carlos Llamas	Javier Gutiérrez	Real Club Mediterráneo
1994	Club Marítimo de Mahón	Damián Borrás	Javier Magro	Club Marítimo de Mahón
1996	Kolding Sejlklub	Kristoffer Spone	Janett Krefting	Kongelig Norsk Seilforening
1998	Sport Club do Porto	Aureliano Negrín	David Martín	Real Club Náutico de Arrecife
2000	Åsgårdstrand Seilforening	Birger Jansen	Liv Ulveie	Vestfjordens Seilforening
2002	Reale Circolo Canottieri Tevere Remo	Alexey Krylov	Evgenyi Ryzhikov	Moscow Sailing School
2004	Société Nautique de Larmor-Plage	Francisco Sánchez Ferrer	Javier Jiménez	Real Club de Regatas de Santiago de la Ribera
2006	Segelföreningen i Björneborg	Pablo Fresneda	César Travado	Club Náutico Roquetas de Mar
2008	Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria	Gustavo del Castillo	Felipe Llinares	Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria
2010	Vestfjordens Seilforening	Francisco Sánchez Ferrer	Marina Sánchez Ferrer	Real Club de Regatas de Santiago de la Ribera
2012	Circolo Nautico Cervia "Amici della Vela”	Raúl de Valenzuela Santaella	Antolín Alejandre de Oña	Club de Mar de Almería
2014	Yacht Club Kamień Pomorski	Raúl de Valenzuela Santaella	Antolín Alejandre de Oña	Club de Mar de Almería
2016	Real Club de Regatas de Santiago de la Ribera	Gustavo del Castillo	Rafael del Castillo	Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria
2018	Segelföreningen i Björneborg	Gustavo del Castillo	Rafael del Castillo	Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria
2021^	Jedriličarski klub ˝Split˝	Jordi Triay	Cristian Vidal Carbonell	Club Marítimo de Mahón
2023	Circolo Vela Gargnano	Jordi Triay	Enric Noguera Serra	Club Marítimo de Mahón
2025	Capable Planet Clube Náutico

^In 2021 the open championship was won by Ernesto Rodriguez and Kathleen Tocke (USA), not eligible for the European title.^[2]

European Championship Trophy.

References

^ "European Championship Trophy Deed of Gift" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
^ "2021 Snipe Open European Championship".