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Wooden Snipes in USA Museums

Snipe #1 "Adelaide" (Restored)

• Originally owned by Jimmy Brown and father, Pass Christian, Mississippi
• Built by Jimmy Brown and father, Pass Christian, Mississippi (1931)
• Located at Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, New York

Snipe #4105

• Originally owned by Edward McHenry, Hornell, New York
• Built by Thompson Brothers Boat Manufacturing Company, Cortland, New York (1941)
• Located at Finger Lakes Boating Museum, Geneva, New York

Snipe #6025 "Good News"

• Originally owned by Ted Wells, Wichita, Kansas
• Built by Varalyay Boat Works, Gardena, California (1946)
• Located at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut

Snipe #8048

• Originally owned by George Cartland, Kalamazoo/Onekama, Michigan
• Built by Emmons, Brewerton/Central Square, New York (1950)
• Located at Finger Lakes Boating Museum, Geneva, New York

Snipe #10398 "Dee Doo"

• Originally owned by Judy Jarecki, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Built by Varalyay Boat Works, Gardena, California (1955)
• Located at Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, Michigan

Snipe (Hull Number Unknown)

• Originally owned by Tony Hulman, Terre Haute, Indiana (President of Hulman Co. and owner of Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
• Built by Thompson Brothers Boat Manufacturing Co., Peshtigo, Wisconsin
• Located at Clabber Girl Museum, Bake Shop and Country Store, Terre Haute, Indiana (on display summers only)

Snipe (Hull Number Unknown)

• Originally owned by Kenneth Coates, Winans Lake/Hamburg Township, Michigan
• Built by Thompson Brothers Boat Manufacturing Co., Peshtigo, Wisconsin (1935)
• Located at Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Early Records of Snipe Class Registration

The Rudder magazine published Snipe class news from 1931 through part of 1947, after which the independently published Jib Sheet magazine assumed this task. The monthly issues reported not only Snipe fleet news, but also recorded registrations of Snipes and fleets with SCIRA. Excerpts of selected issues containing Snipe class news have been obtained from the Archives and Collections Society [A&CS] of Picton, Ontario CANADA . Most January issues of The Rudder have been received, from 1933 through 1947, reporting the total number of Snipes registered with SCIRA at the end of the preceeding year. This information is reported below, to help owners of older Snipes "bracket" the year in which their boat was built/registered, and to form a baseline of the development of the class. We hope you will find this information interesting and useful.

Note [1]: 3166 Snipes registered -- December 1938
Note [2]: 4558 Snipes registered -- December 1941
Note [3]: 6661 Snipes registered -- July/August 1947 [Jib Sheet]