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Show news 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 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Final Day Preview
Champion team heading for another title
Posted on 18 Dec 2025 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Races 5 and 6
Alice Burton Memorial Trophy day
Posted on 14 Dec 2025 18ft Skiff Academy Success
Graduates who have what it takes
Posted on 10 Dec 2025 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Races 3 and 4
A double race victory to the Yandoo team
Posted on 7 Dec 2025 Balmain 18ft Skiff Team on top
Consistency has taken the talented team to the top
Posted on 3 Dec 2025 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 6
The expected wind and reality on Sydney Harbour vastly differ
Posted on 30 Nov 2025 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 6 Preview
Time-honoured championship continues
Posted on 27 Nov 2025 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Races 1 and 2
Racing for the W. C 'Trappy' Duncan Trophy
Posted on 23 Nov 2025 18ft Skiff NSW Championship preview
Giltinan champion favoured to take another title
Posted on 19 Nov 2025 18ft Skiff SIXT Spring Championship Race 6
Spring Championship final race and Club Championship Race 3 on Sydney Harbour
Posted on 16 Nov 2025 18ft Skiff SIXT Spring Championship Race 6 preview
$7,800 prizemoney on offer!
Posted on 13 Nov 2025 18ft Skiff SIXT Spring Championship Race 5
World champion Yandoo team faultless in the 20-knot southerly winds
Posted on 9 Nov 2025 History-making day for the League 18 footers
Female skippers take all the honours on Sunday
Posted on 7 Nov 2025 18ft Skiff SIXT Spring Championship Race 4
A history-making day for the Australian 18 Footers League on Sydney Harbour
Posted on 2 Nov 2025 Sixt team leads 18ft Skiff Spring series
Pre-season preparation pays off for young team
Posted on 29 Oct 2025 18ft Skiff SIXT Spring Championship Race 3
A great 3-buoys race developed after an unpromising start to the day
Posted on 26 Oct 2025 18ft Skiffs: Lazarus 18ft Skiff Racing Team
Aiming to create a record for Lazarus
Posted on 23 Oct 2025
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Shaw and Partners on a NorEaster run in 2023-24
© Frank Quealey Spectacular spinnaker run for Shaw and Partners in 2024-25
© SailMedia Shaw and Partners rounding mark action at the recent Australian Championship
© SailMedia Shaw and Partners NZ crew in action
© Adam Mustill The new Shaw and Partners skiff in an early hit out
© SailMedia Shaw and Partners on a SE spinnaker run in 2019-20
© Frank Quealey A winning wave fom Emma Collins, Queen of the Waves - Queen of the Waves & 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 13
© SailMedia Yandoo ws too good in the club championship - Queen of the Waves & 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 13
© SailMedia Lazarus and Shaw and Partners staged a strong battle for a podium finish - Queen of the Waves & 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 13
© SailMedia the 18 footers bar and restaurant was in third place - Queen of the Waves & 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 13
© SailMedia Downwind dash - Queen of the Waves & 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 13
© SailMedia Podium placegetters behind Yandoo in the club championship race - Queen of the Waves & 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 13
© SailMedia Shaw and Partners was consistent in both races - Queen of the Waves & 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 13
© SailMedia Tight rounding - Queen of the Waves & 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 13
© SailMedia Rag and Famish Hotel leads a group just behind the leader to the wing mark - Queen of the Waves & 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 13
© SailMedia Gotcha4Life sailed well in both races - Queen of the Waves & 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 13
© SailMedia An anxious moment for both crews - Queen of the Waves & 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 13
© SailMedia An urgent repair was needed - Queen of the Waves & 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 13
© SailMedia Club Marine, Lord Mayors Cup winner
© SailMedia Coming into the bottom mark
© SailMedia Consistent Vaikobi
© SailMedia The Kitchen Maker
© SailMedia Smeg, on the improve
© SailMedia New Australian champion, Balmain
© SailMedia Series leader Yandoo
© SailMedia Fisher and Paykel
© SailMedia Sixt
© SailMedia Shaw and Partners Financial Services, runner up in nationals
© SailMedia Lazarus Capital Partners
© SailMedia Sothebys Ballard Property
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