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FIJI AND THE JJ GILTINAN 18 FOOTER CHAMPIONSHIP
[Source: Frank Quealey / Australian 18 Footers] While Australia and New Zealand were the driving forces behind the first 32 years of the JJ Giltianan 18 Footer Championship, we mustn’t
18ft Skiffs: Oak Double Bay-4 Pines takes out the Spring Championship
The Oak Double Bay-4 Pines team of Jacob Marks, Alex Marinelli and Marc Chapon (standing in for regular bowman Matt Doyle) became the 2023-24 Australian 18 Footer League…
18 Foot Skiff Racing Returns to Auckland Harbour with Aussie Influence
…Collins and Matt Steven won the 2018, 2019 and 2020 JJ Giltinan World Trophy, the Kiwi contingent has been missed from sailing at the top level of the 18 Footers.
Harry Price & ‘The Rag’ – A Winning Combo
One of the highlights of the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2021-22 season was the performance of the talented rookie Rag & Famish Hotel team of Harry Price, Josh McKnight…
18 Footers AUS: Yandoo Trophy
Australian 16 Footer champion Lee Knapton won his first 18ft Skiff race when he teamed with Ricky Bridge and Mike McKensey in Mojo Wine to win a remarkable Race 4
18 Footers AUS: Major A. Frizelle Trophy
…The brilliant conditions of last week’s opening race of the season were duplicated today when the Australian 18 Footers League’s Major A.
18ft Skiffs: NSW Championship, Races 1 and 2
…lead after the first two races sailed on the opening day of the 2023-24 NSW 18ft Skiff Championship, conducted by the Australian 18 Footers League on Sydney Harbour today.
18ft Skiffs: High achiever in an era of champions
Hugh Stodart is one of those champion 18 footer skippers whose statistical record doesn’t truly reflect his talent and successes, and therefore doesn’t get the recognition that his…
18ft Skiffs: Spring Championship, Race 5
…the concluding leg of the course to grab a last minute victory in Race 5 of the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2023-24 Spring Championship on Sydney Harbour today.
John Steamer Stanley, Great 18s Historian & Hobart Race Survivor
Since the birth of the 18 footer class on Sydney Harbour in January 1892, there has been an incredible number of stories about the competitors, the clubs, the rules, the
Looking for a future world 18ft skiff champion
The current success of the young talent in the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2023-24 season fleet has the club excited about the future of the sport on Sydney…
18ft Skiff 100th Australian Championship, Races 6 and 7
The Andoo team of Seve Jarvin, Matt Stenta and Sam Newton became a deserved winner of the 2021-22 100th Australian 18 Footer Championship which concluded on Sydney Harbour today.
18ft Skiffs: Club Championship, Race 14
…Price, Josh McKnight and Harry Hall tamed a wild, windswept Sydney Harbour with some brilliant sailing to win Race 14 of the Australian 18 Footers League’s Club Championship today.
The Man they call “Bucko” – a decade of influence in the 18s
Regular viewers of the Australian 18 Footer League’s Sail Media livestream coverage of 18ft Skiff Racing on Sydney Harbour will hear the insightful comments of Andrew Buckland without knowing…
Balmain 18ft Skiff Racing Team
As we approach the start of the Australian 18 Footer League’s 2023-24 season, with Race 1 of the Spring Championship to be sailed on Sunday, October 8, the…
18 Footers: Queen of the Harbour
[Source & Header Image: Frank Quealey. Australian 18 Footers League] Annika Rose became the 18ft Skiffs’ Queen of the Harbour when she teamed with John Winning Jr., Andrew Hay and
Australian 18ft Skiffs – Finport Finance Team take the win on opening day
The Australian 18 Footers League’s 89th consecutive 18ft skiff racing season began on Sydney Harbour on Sunday 8 October, when the club staged Race 1 of the 2023-24…
18ft Skiffs: Myra Too & Bill Barnett
Champion 18 footer skipper, designer and boat builder Bill Barnett won the 1948-49 Australian Championship on Sydney Harbour in a 6ft beam boat he designed and built himself, named…
18ft Skiffs: Team Barnabas
…top of 18ft skiff championship point scores and has produced a total of eleven World, six Australian and five international 18 footer victories for Trevor Barnabas, and his son Trent.
18ft Skiffs – Club Championship, Race 13
…73rd JJ Giltinan World 18ft Skiff Championship is held on Sydney Harbour, today’s Burrawang Village Hotel-sponsored Australian 18 Footers League Club Championship took on more importance than ever.
