The Junior Snipe World Championship is held every two years in odd numbered years at a sailing club selected by the Board of Governors of the Snipe Class International Racing Association (SCIRA). The World Championship is formally recognised by World Sailing.
Trophies
Vieri Lasinio Di Castelvero Trophy is the sailing trophy awarded to the winning helm.
Qualification
The event is open to contestants under 22 years old (not having their 22nd birthday during the calendar year the regatta is held) and limited to 10 skippers from any country. In addition to the limit of 10 entries per country, the following skippers have automatic bids: Current Junior World Champion Junior European Champion First Junior from Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship One additional skipper from the host country, providing that it does not have among its other representatives the Junior World, Junior European or First Junior at WH&O Championship.
All skippers must be citizens, or bonafide residents for at least one year, of the country they represent.
Particaption and venue
Edition Hosts Sailor Boats No Day/Month Year Host club City Country No. Boats Mix 1 29 Aug - 2 Sep 1973 San Remo 39 2 7-12 Jul 1975 Kokkola 14 3 1976 4 1978 San Diego 5 7-14 Sep 1980 Ciutadella de Menorca 6 1982 North Sydney 12 7 1984 Montevideo 8 1986 Riva del Garda 19 9 14-19 Nov 1988 St. Petersburg 15 25 10 1990 Los Nietos 13 24 11 1992 Motala 26 12 1994 Mikkabi 48 13 4 24 21 0 3 13 1996 Cartagena 50 14 4 25 21 0 4 14 1998 São Paulo 42 12 3 21 17 0 4 15 1999 Almeria 44 12 3 22 20 1 1 16 2001 Mentor 40 11 3 20 18 2 0 17 2003 Moscow 52 15 4 26 18 3 5 18 12-20 Aug 2005 Rio de Janeiro 26 8 4 13 12 0 1 19 2007 Sanremo 40 12 3 20 14 2 4 20 2009 San Diego 42 11 4 21 19 1 1 21 2011 & Rungsted 38 13 4 19 15 1 3 22 14-20 Sep 2013 Rio de Janeiro 54 8 4 27 21 1 5 23 2015 Talamone 72 13 4 36 29 3 4 24 1-6 Aug 2017 A Coruña 46 7 4 23 17 3 3 25 2019 Ilhabela 30 0 3 15 12 1 2 N/A 2021 Matosinhos Delayed due to COVID-19 26 25-31 Jul 2022 Matosinhos 76 7 4 38 28 4 6 27 2-7 Jan 2024 Miami 92 19 6 46 27 6 13 28 21-25 Jul 2026 Melilla 106 13 6 53 36 7 10
Winners Source: Year Skipper/Crew Country 1973 Kimmo Suortti & Juha Hyttinen 1975 Heikki Haimakainen & Timo Karlsson 1976 Torkel Borgstrom & Fernando Asad 1978 Torben Grael & Eduardo Mascarenhas 1980 Louis Martinez & Andres Longarela 1982 Steve Bloemeke & Gregg Morton 1984 Horacio Carabelli & Luis Chiapparo 1986 Horacio Carabelli & Chris Schewe 1988 Kenichi Nakamura & Sinichi Murata 1990 Cristobal Saubidet & Andres Onis 1992 Fernando Garcia-Lago Soler & Francisco G. Fraga 1994 Luis Calabrese & Jorge Engelhard 1996 André Fonseca & Pablo Furlan 1997 André Fonseca & Roberto Paradeda 1999 Lucas Gomez & Marcos Montanaro 2001 Raul de Valenzuela & Jose LaTorre Martinez 2003 Mikee Anderson-Mitterling & Graham Biehl 2005 Victor Demaison & Mario Tinoco 2007 Mario Tinoco do Amaral & Matheus Goncalves 2009 Mario Tinoco do Amaral & Matheus Goncalves 2011 Alvaro Martinez & Gabriel Mauricio Utrera 2013 Lucas Mesquita & Douglas Gomm 2015 Antonio Lopez Montoya & Gregorio Belmonte Cuenca 2017 Tiago Brito & Antônio Rosa 2019 Gustavo Luis Abdulklech & Leonardo Motta 2022 Samuel Beneyto Lancho & Rafael Del Castillo Diaz 2024 Justin Callahan & Mitchell Callahan 2026 Juan José Fernández Maldonado & Álvaro Rodríguez Sánchez
References
External links SCIRA