US Snipe Masters Championship 2009

The Atlanta Yacht Club hosted Snipe Week 2009 the last week in October highlighted by the US Masters Championship. To compete in the Masters, the skipper must be at least 45 and the combination of skipper and crew must be at least 80. What you see is a lot of couples sailing together and a lot of older skippers sailing with much much younger crews. To keep it civilized, there are just two races a day and the fleet comes in if the winds get over 15. Its still Serious Sailing, but theres Serious Fun too. Coinciding with the Masters was the First Annual Snipe Wooden Boat Rally. There were some amazingly well restored boats on display that week and their owners were more than willing to tell you the provenance of their boats and all the tricks they learned to make the restoration possible. Theres not a Snipe event around that does not provide just as much fun off the water as they do on the water. This year there was Snipe Bingo one night and a chicken feed with a mountain band another night.