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		A. Bestrzynski
1952			H. P. Fretheim
1954		Didier Poissant	G. Bossuet
1956			J. Marsden
1958				Société Nautique de Genève
1960				Société Nautique de Genève
1962			Bobo Almkvist	Stockholm Snipe Club
1964
1966		Antun Grego	Simo Nikolić
1968	Karşıyaka Spor Kulübü			Clube Desportivo Nun’Alvares
1970				Clube Desportivo Nun’Alvares
1972		Félix Gancedo
1974		Félix Gancedo	Javier Otero
1976
1978		Félix Gancedo
1980
1982
1984	Göteborgs Kungliga Segelsällskap
1986		Fernando Rita
1988
1990		Félix Gancedo
1992	Gamlakarleby Segelförening
1994
1996				Kongelig Norsk Seilforening
1998	Sport Club do Porto
2000		Birger Jansen
2002
2004
2006	Segelföreningen i Björneborg
2008	Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria			Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria
2010
2012
2014
2016				Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria
2018	Segelföreningen i Björneborg			Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria
2021
2023

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  European Championship Trophy.

References[]

External links[]

• Results
• 2016 Europeans website
• 2014 Europeans website
• 2010 Europeans website