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Show news JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Races 4 & 5
A perfect North East breeze replaces the light wind conditions
Posted today at 9:40 am 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 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 13 Preview
A great opportunity for teams to show form ahead of the JJs
Posted on 4 Feb 18ft Skiff Season Point Score - Race 17
First win by a Queensland team since at least the 1950s
Posted on 1 Feb 18ft Skiff Balmain Cup
Victory for Lazarus Capital Partners
Posted on 31 Jan 18ft Skiffs: Queen of the Waves
An annual tradition in Australian 18 footers sailing
Posted on 27 Jan President's Trophy Season Pointscore Race 16
Australian 18ft skiff champion Balmain continued their winning form
Posted on 25 Jan 2025-26 Australian 18ft skiff Championship overall
The Balmain team lift the title after another sensational day's racing
Posted on 19 Jan 2025-26 Australian 18ft skiff Championship day 2
Germans become the first international team win a heat of the title in its 114-year-old history
Posted on 18 Jan 2025-26 Australian 18ft skiff Championship day 1
Strong winds earlier in the day forced race officials to alter the race schedule
Posted on 17 Jan Rag & Famish Hotel 2025-26
Young 18ft skiff team's big rookie season
Posted on 15 Jan GC Sails 18ft Skiff Team
A new Queensland team on the move
Posted on 11 Jan 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Races 7 and 8
The Yandoo team continue to show their class in all conditions
Posted on 21 Dec 2025
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JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 4 & 5 - Action for the Race 4 winner
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 4 & 5 - Vaikobi and Balmain action
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 4 & 5 - Smeg leads a downwind charge
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 4 & 5 - Unfortunate finish for GC Sails in Race 4
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 4 & 5 - Spinnaker run in Race 4
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 4 & 5 - Yandoo, series leader
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 4 & 5 - Close action at the weather mark
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 4 & 5 - Yandoo and ASCC in close contest during Race 5
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 4 & 5 - First race winner shows her top speed
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 4 & 5 - Lazarus, winner of Race 5
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 4 & 5 - Another good performance by the consistent kiwi ASCC team
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 4 & 5 - Black Knight chases Yandoo down the spinnaker run
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 4 & 5 - Shaw and Partners at the weather mark
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 3 - Approaching the finish
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 3 - Battling mid fleet
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 3 - ASCC leads fellow New Zealander Shaw and Partners to finish third
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 3 - Germany's Black Knight chases the leaders
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 3 - At the finish line
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 3 - Spinnaker run in Race 3
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 3 - Killer Coffee Co and GC Sails upwind
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 3 - Sixt and Berlin Bears
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 3 - Spinnakers in light wind
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 2 - Race for a position on the podium
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 2 - Group at Obelisk
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 2 - Team USA Andoo and Brisbane 18s
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 2 - Rounding the Obelisk mark
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 2 - First spinnaker run to Obelisk
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 2 - The Yandoo crew handled the conditions brilliantly
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 2 - Germany's Black Knight
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 2 - Yandoo looking for wind to cross the finish line
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