Open Snipe World Championship

The Open Snipe World Championship is an annual international sailing regatta for Snipe (dinghy), organized by the host club on behalf of the Internal Snipe Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body.

Entry is limited to the best national boats under an established quota based on the number of properly registered boat owners submitted to the SCIRA office by each National Secretary on the dues paid members for that year.

The following formula is used ("Registered Boats" must include: owner's name, address, fleet number and hull number to which the member has paid dues upon): Additionally, the following skippers have an automatic entry to the championship that is not included in their home country's quota: If the total entrants do not meet a total of 80 boats, those unassigned entry slots will be re-allocated to a pool of qualified entrants by SCIRA and the organizing authority.

The Commodore Hub E. Isaacks Trophy is awarded to the fleet of the winning skipper,[93] while the O’Leary Trophy is awarded to the person who crews for the winning skipper in the majority of races sailed in the World Championships.

[95] It is named after Hub E. Isaacs, of Dallas, Texas, first commodore of the Snipe Class International Racing Association (SCIRA), who donated the trophy.