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18ft Skiff

The ultimate three-man, winged & trapeze flying machine. Developed in Australia over the last two decades to what it is today, the 18ft Skiff now has a good UK circuit.

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Show news SIXT 18ft skiff team's success
2025-26, a season of victory & consistency
Posted on 10 May Christian Fries 18ft Skiff GP at Lake Ammersee
Germany hosts the first round of the European 18ft Skiff circuit
Posted on 8 May 18 Footer Tradition
Tradition has played an important part in 18ft skiff racing's history
Posted on 22 Apr UK 18ft Skiff invitational at Weston
This season sees a lot of boat and crew changes
Posted on 20 Apr USA 18ft Skiff Challenge - a brief history
2026 saw first US competitor at JJ Giltinan World Championship since 2019
Posted on 10 Apr Vaikobi - THE choice of champions and pundits
No puppies were harmed in the creation of this show. Watch the show now to see what we mean...
Posted on 30 Mar German 18ft Skiff Record Breaker
Black Knight sets JJ Giltinan Record
Posted on 19 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Race 9
German team win their first race in a JJ Giltinan championship regatta
Posted on 15 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Race 8
The Yandoo team of John Winning Jr, Fang Warren and Lewis Brake have already won
Posted on 14 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 lay day 2
Shaw and Partners still close enough to keep Yandoo's crew on their toes
Posted on 13 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Races 6 & 7
Two more outstanding performances by the brilliant Yandoo crew
Posted on 12 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Races 4 & 5
A perfect North East breeze replaces the light wind conditions
Posted on 11 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Race 3
Lack of wind for the Alan Cole Memorial Trophy
Posted on 10 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 lay day
Races 3 and 4 are predicted to have less dramatic conditions than Race 2
Posted on 9 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Race 2
Totally opposite conditions to the opening race but the result was the same
Posted on 8 Mar Sydney Harbour Regatta overall
Drama and then winners announced
Posted on 8 Mar Sydney Harbour Regatta Day 2
There is plenty to celebrate here with so many women involved out racing
Posted on 8 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Race 1
A day dominated by light wind strength and a number of changes of direction
Posted on 7 Mar Sydney Harbour Regatta Day 1
Racing away in a fluky light nor 'easterly breeze
Posted on 7 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Invitation Race
An absorbing contest which wasn't decided until the final one hundred metres
Posted on 6 Mar International boost for JJ Giltinan Worlds
USA challenge adds another country to the 2026 championship
Posted on 5 Mar Shows, Spectating and Season Highlights
The Dinghy Show, Sydney SailGP and upcoming JJ Giltinan Trophy make for a packed schedule
Posted on 3 Mar Vaikobi 18ft Skiff Racing
A personal partnership with Australia's 18s
Posted on 3 Mar Queensland's 2026 Giltinan Challenge
Looking to build on the 18ft Skiff Australian Nationals' top-10 results
Posted on 26 Feb School mates become rival skippers at the JJs
Talented teenagers Ben Crafoord and Jacob Marks are set for the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds
Posted on 24 Feb 18ft Skiff Club Championship & Season Point Score
Yandoo and Sixt formalise their victories as the two series end
Posted on 22 Feb 18ft Skiff Club Championship Finale this Sunday
Last race before the 2026 Giltinan Championship
Posted on 20 Feb 18ft Skiff Season Point Score - Race 19
A hard-fought victory for the reigning world 18ft skiff champion Yandoo team
Posted on 15 Feb Shaw and Partners set sights on 18ft success
Supporting two brand new, Van Munster-built 18ft skiffs
Posted on 13 Feb 18' Skiff Queen of the Waves & Club Champs Race 13
Emma Collins and her Vaikobi team crowned Queen of the Waves
Posted on 8 Feb
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Sixt 18ft skiff racing team racing downwind in a southerly at the Giltinan Championship
© SailMedia Spinnaker action for the Sixt 18ft skiff racing team in a NE wind on Sydney Harbour
© SailMedia Sixt 18ft skiff racing team on a southerly spinnaker run in 2024-25 season
© SailMedia Sixt skiff in front of a Sydney Harbour water spray
© SailMedia Christian Fries 18ft Skiff Grand Prix at Lake Ammersee, Germany
© Diessner-Segel-Club / Jagoo Pravesh Christian Fries 18ft Skiff Grand Prix at Lake Ammersee, Germany
© Diessner-Segel-Club / Jagoo Pravesh Christian Fries 18ft Skiff Grand Prix at Lake Ammersee, Germany
© Diessner-Segel-Club / Jagoo Pravesh Christian Fries 18ft Skiff Grand Prix at Lake Ammersee, Germany
© Diessner-Segel-Club / Jagoo Pravesh Christian Fries 18ft Skiff Grand Prix at Lake Ammersee, Germany
© Diessner-Segel-Club / Jagoo Pravesh Christian Fries 18ft Skiff Grand Prix at Lake Ammersee, Germany
© Diessner-Segel-Club / Jagoo Pravesh Christian Fries 18ft Skiff Grand Prix at Lake Ammersee, Germany
© Diessner-Segel-Club / Jagoo Pravesh Christian Fries 18ft Skiff Grand Prix at Lake Ammersee, Germany
© Diessner-Segel-Club / Jagoo Pravesh Christian Fries 18ft Skiff Grand Prix at Lake Ammersee, Germany
© Diessner-Segel-Club / Jagoo Pravesh Christian Fries 18ft Skiff Grand Prix at Lake Ammersee, Germany
© Diessner-Segel-Club / Jagoo Pravesh Christian Fries 18ft Skiff Grand Prix at Lake Ammersee, Germany
© Diessner-Segel-Club / Jagoo Pravesh Christian Fries 18ft Skiff Grand Prix at Lake Ammersee, Germany
© Diessner-Segel-Club / Jagoo Pravesh Christian Fries 18ft Skiff Grand Prix at Lake Ammersee, Germany
© Diessner-Segel-Club / Jagoo Pravesh Christian Fries 18ft Skiff Grand Prix at Lake Ammersee, Germany
© Diessner-Segel-Club / Jagoo Pravesh Christian Fries 18ft Skiff Grand Prix at Lake Ammersee, Germany
© Diessner-Segel-Club / Jagoo Pravesh Christian Fries 18ft Skiff Grand Prix at Lake Ammersee, Germany
© Diessner-Segel-Club / Jagoo Pravesh The Kitchen Maker 4 seconds from victory at the JJ Giltinan World Championship
© SailMedia The Kitchen Maker downwind in a North east breeze at the 2015 JJs
© Frank Quealey The 2018 NSW champions in action
© Frank Quealey Racing to the weather mark in the 2024 JJs
© SailMedia The Kitchen Maker in the 2015-16 season
© Frank Quealey Light wind spinnakers at the JJs
© SailMedia The Kitchen Maker with the spinnaker in a southerly during the 2012-13 season
© Frank Quealey The Kitchen Maker rounding the Shark Island mark in a south wind
© Frank Quealey Sydney Harbour traffic problem for The Kitchen Maker in 2012-13
© Frank Quealey UK 18ft Skiff invitational at Weston
© Tom Helme
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