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18ft Skiffs: New 18s turn 30
With the 2023-24 Australian 18 Footers League season about to get underway with Race 1 of the annual Spring Championship on October 8, it’s time to take a…
18 Foot Skiffs: Line up of champions in the League’s 2023-24 fleet
For the past 88 years, the Australian 18 Footers League on Sydney Harbour has been the home of some of the world’s greatest sailing talent and the 2023-24…
NSW Championship, Races 3 and 4
…on Sydney Harbour today when Races 3 and 4 were conducted by the Australian 18 Footers League, and resulted in wins for Rag & Famish Hotel and Finport Finance, who now…
Club Marine claims 2026 SIXT Spring 18 footer title
A seventh placing in Race 6 was enough to give the Club Marine team of Emma Rankin, Cameron Walker and Daniel Watson victory in the 2026 SIXT Spring 18 footer…
JJ Giltinan 18 Foot Skiff Championships still wide open and for the taking
…with just three more races to be sailed, as the 27-boat fleet focuses on winning the coveted JJ Giltinan World 18 footer trophy currently being contested on Sydney Harbour.
18ft Skiffs: The Oak Double Bay-4 Pines
One of the real highlights of the Australian 18 Footer League’s 2023-24 Sydney Harbour season was the outstanding performance of the young, rookie team on The Oak Double…
18ft Skiffs: Christophe Favreau, French photographer loves the 18s
The Australian 18 footer community loves to see Christophe back in Sydney each year and, hopefully, with the worst of the pandemic behind us, the 2023 JJ Giltinan Championship will…
100th Australian Championship 2022, Race 2 and 3
Gusty 18-23 knots South-South-Easterly winds produced spectacular, action-packed 18ft Skiff racing for the large spectator fleet on day two of the 100th Australian 18 footer Championship…
18 Foot Skiffs: When things go pear shaped
The competitors racing the 18ft skiffs each weekend in the Australian 18 Footers League’s fleet on Sydney Harbour are very talented and prepared to go ten-tenths to claim…
18ft Skiffs: Kevin Wadham, multi class sailing star
The period from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s was one of the greatest, probably THE greatest, periods of racing in the 132-year history of 18 footer racing…
18′ Skiffs – The Golden Era
The 1970s is often referred to as the ‘Golden Era of 18ft Skiff Racing’ as it produced large, competitive fleets at both the Australian 18 Footers League and Sydney Flying…
The Yandoo and Fisher & Paykel 18ft skiff racing teams take out the two major club racing championships
The Yandoo and Fisher & Paykel 18ft skiff racing teams took out the two major club racing championships conducted over the 2023-24 season by the Australian 18 Footer League, which…
John “Woody” Winning, 70 Years Young
Australian 18 Footers League President and legendary 18ft Skiff champion John ‘Woody’ Winning celebrates his 70th birthday this week but you would never know it
Charmaine Hill is the 18 Foot Skiff 2022 Queen of the Harbour
Charmaine Hill is the 2022 Queen of the Harbour after teaming with Michael Coxon, Ricky Bridge and Zac Barnabas in Smeg to win the Australian 18 Footers League’s annual…
18 Foot Skiffs and the 1980’s – A Decade of Innovation
Despite the problems, it’s important that we don’t let the ‘negatives’ override the wonderful accomplishments and progress made within the evolutionary iconic 18 footer class during the 80s.
18 Footers AUS: Alf Beashel Memorial Trophy
The brilliant conditions which have prevailed for the opening races of the 2014-2015 Australian 18 Footers League season continued today for Race 1 of the Club Championship on Sydney…
18 Footers AUS: Cordukes Clubhouse Trophy
…The champion Gotta Love It 7 skiff continued her domination of the Australian 18 Footer League’s 2014-2015 Season with another brilliant victory
18 Footers AUS: NSW Championship, Race 1
[Frank Quealey 18footers.com.au] Following a three-week layoff over Christmas-New Year, the Australian 18 Footers League’s 18ft Skiff fleet returned to Sydney Harbour today to contest…
NSW 18ft Skiff Championships: Will the feeling of déjà vu continue?
Fluctuating winds and a number of start and racing incidents affected Day One of the 2023-24 NSW 18ft skiff Championship, which was conducted by the Australian 18 Footers League…
18 Footers AUS: R. Watt Memorial Trophy
…18ft Skiff Racing was back on Sydney Harbour today when the Australian 18 Footers League staged the R. Watt Memorial Trophy 3-Buoys race as
