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18ft Skiffs: Simon Nearn, 30-year journey to the top of the class
…sailing and competing against the world’s best 18ft skiff sailors, he is now the Commodore of the Australian 18 Footers League, the world’s leading body for the class.
Jamie Mears – The loss of a champion
The 18 footers class lost one of its champion sailors last month when UK and European champion Jamie Mears lost his life following a tragic mountain bike accident in Italy.
18ft Skiffs: Sponsor’s Race
The Australian 18 Footers League took a step back into history on Sydney Harbour today when it staged a non-point score Sponsors’ Race, with each competing skiff carrying a…
18 Footers AUS: Mick Scully Memorial Trophy
After a wild storm with winds gusting to 106 klms per hour hit Sydney Harbour yesterday, conditions on the harbour returned to a brilliant 12-15 knot South-East wind for today’s
18ft Skiffs: Tony Russell, controversial world champion
The world of 18 footer sailing, and many of the men who sailed the boats, in the early years of the 20th century was a far-removed type of sailing…
18ft Skiffs: Yandoo set to take Spring Championship
The John ‘Woody’ Winning-led Yandoo team of sheet hand Fang Warren and bowman Josh Porebski has taken an almost unbeatable lead in the Australian 18 Footers League Spring Championship…
The Kitchen Maker 18ft Skiff Racing Team
The Australian 18 Footers League is always aware of the need to develop a good relationship with its sponsorship partners, so it’s no surprise that The Kitchen Maker will…
18 Footers AUS: W.C ‘Trappy’ Duncan Memorial Trophy
[Frank Quealey | 18footers.com.au. 30 November 2014] Strong wind specialists David Witt, Tom Clout and Matt Wark thrived on the conditions today to bring home their 18ft Skiff, Smeg, winner
18ft Skiffs: Mark Foy Trophy, 2023
Four top Australian 18ft skiff teams, representing the Australian 18 Footers League, will contest the 2023 Mark Foy Trophy regatta at Lake Garda, Italy from 26th-30th June when they…
18ft Skiffs: Spring Championship, Race 1
The Shaw and Partners Financial Services team of Jim Colley, Charlie Wyatt and Tom Quigley, took out the opening race of the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2022-23 season…
Latest 18ft Skiff for Rag & Famish Hotel
The latest in a line of Rag & Famish Hotel 18ft skiffs, dating back to 1996, was launched in the rigging area alongside the Australian 18 Footers League clubhouse in Double…
18ft Skiffs: Andoo sets the benchmark
The Andoo team of John Winning Jr, Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton have set a high benchmark to the rest of the 18 footer fleet competing in the NSW Championship…
Queen of the Harbour Race History – 18ft Skiffs
The Australian 18 Footers League’s 2021-22 season comes to a close on Sunday when the club will conduct the time-honoured Queen of the Harbour race on Sydney…
Andoo Still On Top After This Weekend’s 18ft Skiff Races in Sydney
…form it has shown over the first two days racing with another impressive display in today’s Races 4 and 5 of the Australian 18 footer Championship on Sydney Harbour.
‘Woody’ Took the Wind Out of His Son ‘Herman’ Sails
Legendary 18 footer sailor and former JJ Giltinan world, Australian and NSW champion John ‘Woody’ Winning (Yandoo), along with Fang Warren and Josh Porebski, lowered the colours of the previously…
John (Woody) Winning Lines Up As Skipper for His 36th JJ Giltinan Championship
When John (Woody) Winning lines up as skipper of Yandoo for Race 1 of the 73rd JJ Giltinan World 18 footer Championship on Sydney Harbour on Saturday, March 4, it…
18ft Skiffs: Club Championship, Race 1 & Spring Championship, Race 3
The first championship-style race of the 2022-23 Australian 18 Footers League season was sailed on Sydney Harbour today in a 10-15 knot North east breeze and was…
18ft Skiffs: Spring Championship, Race 4 for Eric Bowen Memorial Trophy
…3-buoys handicap system to come from behind over the final lap of the course and take out Race 4 of the 18 footer Spring Championship on Sydney Harbour today.
Tech2 Wins Third Consecutive Club Champs
Jack Macartney, skipper of Tech2, became only the fifth skipper in the 87-year history of the Australian 18 Footers League to win three consecutive Club Championship titles when he…
JJ Giltinan Official Report: Invitation Race
The 2017 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship regatta began on Sydney Harbour today when the Australian 18 Footers League conducted the traditional Invitation Race for all 26 regatta entrants. Unfortunately
