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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 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 6
The expected wind and reality on Sydney Harbour vastly differ
Posted today at 8:23 am
18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 6 Preview
Time-honoured championship continues
Posted on 27 Nov
18ft Skiff NSW Championship Races 1 and 2
Racing for the W. C 'Trappy' Duncan Trophy
Posted on 23 Nov
18ft Skiff NSW Championship preview
Giltinan champion favoured to take another title
Posted on 19 Nov
18ft Skiff SIXT Spring Championship Race 6
Spring Championship final race and Club Championship Race 3 on Sydney Harbour
Posted on 16 Nov
18ft Skiff SIXT Spring Championship Race 6 preview
$7,800 prizemoney on offer!
Posted on 13 Nov
18ft Skiff SIXT Spring Championship Race 5
World champion Yandoo team faultless in the 20-knot southerly winds
Posted on 9 Nov
History-making day for the League 18 footers
Female skippers take all the honours on Sunday
Posted on 7 Nov
18ft Skiff SIXT Spring Championship Race 4
A history-making day for the Australian 18 Footers League on Sydney Harbour
Posted on 2 Nov
Sixt team leads 18ft Skiff Spring series
Pre-season preparation pays off for young team
Posted on 29 Oct
18ft Skiff SIXT Spring Championship Race 3
A great 3-buoys race developed after an unpromising start to the day
Posted on 26 Oct
18ft Skiffs: Lazarus 18ft Skiff Racing Team
Aiming to create a record for Lazarus
Posted on 23 Oct
18ft Skiff SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
Also the first race of the Club Championship on Sydney Harbour for the Alf Beashel Memorial Trophy
Posted on 19 Oct
18ft Skiffs: SIXT Spring Championship, Race 1
An unfortunate opening to the Australian 18 Footers League's 2025-26 summer season
Posted on 12 Oct
SailMedia Livestream
Taking Sydney Harbour 18ft skiff racing to the world
Posted on 9 Oct
John 'Woody' Winning, 50 years in the 18s
One of the three greatest influencers on the 134-year-old iconic Australian sport
Posted on 7 Oct
2025 European 18ft Skiff Circuit wraps up
Conditions tested crews across the fleet in Plymouth, UK
Posted on 6 Oct
David Porter, King of Sydney Harbour in the 1970s
During one of the greatest eras in the 134-year history of the 18ft Skiff class
Posted on 21 Sep
The Kitchen Maker 18ft Skiff Racing
Long-time sponsor ready for the 2025-26 season
Posted on 14 Sep
The Vaikobi 18ft Skiff Team 2025
One of the young teams expected to be amongst the leading group this season
Posted on 7 Sep
The Sixt 18ft Skiff Team 2025
Young team hoping for a more settled start to the 2025-26 season
Posted on 30 Aug
Ultra-high performance sailing and hemp extract
Bulwarks and Bulldust welcomes Jack Macartney into the Captain's Chair
Posted on 23 Aug
Bulwarks and Bulldust – Show 3 Season 2
Show Three of Season Two - Joel Turner of GC Sails - is now up and running
Posted on 15 Aug
How the Australian 18 Footers League began
The evolution of Australia's leading 18 footer club
Posted on 13 Aug
Vaikobi Launches Custom Teamwear Program
To Elevate Team Identity and Performance
Posted on 7 Aug
Rockport Crew's 25th Year Reunion
Record-breaking 18ft Skiff team celebrate in London
Posted on 29 Jul
New Zealand: 18 footer innovators
Strong contributors to the 18ft Skiff's evolution over the years
Posted on 23 Jul
18ft Skiffs: Queensland 18 footer history
Decades of successful ideas and achievement
Posted on 2 Jul
18ft Skiff European Championships
Germany's Black Knight takes the title by a single point
Posted on 27 Jun
Western Australia's 18 footers history
An on-off situation between the 1890s and 2013
Posted on 11 Jun
Links
18ft Skiff UK Nationals Attendance
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18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 6
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18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 6
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18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 6
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18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 6
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18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 6
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18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 6
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18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 6
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18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 6
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18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 6
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18ft Skiff Club Championship - Yandoo on the way to victory in Race 1 of the championship
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18ft Skiff Club Championship - Fisher and Paykel has had two very good results in the championship
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18ft Skiff Club Championship - Sotheby's Ballard Property in last Sunday's racing
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18ft Skiff Club Championship - Lazarus was second in Race 1 of the series
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18ft Skiff Club Championship - Challenging for the lead as previous leader has a nose dive capsize
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18ft Skiff Club Championship - Consistency has been successful for young Sixt team
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18ft Skiff Club Championship - Close finish to Race 5 last Sunday
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18ft Skiff Club Championship - Balmain heading for victory in Race 3
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 1 - A big day for female skippers Emma Rankin (Club Marine) and Bec Hancock (Sotheby's Ballard Property)
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 1 - The Oak Double Bay leads a tightly bunched group at the weather mark
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 1 - Heading for victory
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 1 - Sotheby's Bllard Property leads the fleet across the harbour in Race 2
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 1 - Seve Jarvin watches on as Max Nearn and Ryan Ewings prepare to round the weather mark
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 1 - Club Marine home ahead of Rag and Famish Hotel in Race 2
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 1 - Heading for the Harbour Bridge under spinnaker in Race 1
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 1 - Balmain finishes third ahead of Yandoo in Race 2
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 1 - Balmain came from behind to take out Race 1
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 1 - Guess who just won Race 2 of the NSW Championship
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 1 - Balmain wins Race 1 from Smeg
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 1 - Yandoo and Shaw and Partners in Race 1
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A wild card for the 18ft Skiff NSW Championship - Andoo
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