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18ft Skiff

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 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
The link between two great Australian sports
A unique connection between brute strength and beauty
Posted on 25 May
The last 18' skiff champion before one design
Michael Spies won the 1993 and 1995 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championships
Posted on 14 May
Smeg's 29 years of 18ft Skiff sponsorship success
It all began when a Trevor Barnabas-led team raced a skiff named Omega Smeg-2UE
Posted on 7 May
The 18ft Skiff 'Big Boat Era'
The original 18 footers which raced from the 1890s to the mid-1930s
Posted on 23 Apr
Links
18ft Skiff UK Nationals Attendance
see the full nationals attendance table here

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Yandoo recovering from a disappointing first work - SIXT Spring Championship Race 6
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First spinnaker run - SIXT Spring Championship Race 6
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Race start - SIXT Spring Championship Race 6
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Sixt crew relax after taking the Spring Championship title - SIXT Spring Championship Race 6
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Don't make a mistake now - SIXT Spring Championship Race 6
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Good fleet racing throughout the race - SIXT Spring Championship Race 6
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Racing to a Spring Championship series victory - SIXT Spring Championship Race 6
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Killer Coffee Co before retiring - SIXT Spring Championship Race 6
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Moments prior to spinnaker problems - SIXT Spring Championship Race 6
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The challengers battle behind the race leader - SIXT Spring Championship Race 6
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Henry Larkings and the Balmain crew on the way to a club championship win - SIXT Spring Championship Race 6
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Race for second place off Nielsen Park - SIXT Spring Championship Race 6
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Balmain, a worthy club championship winner - SIXT Spring Championship Race 6
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Balmain's crew in action last Sunday - 2025 SIXT Spring Championship
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The Kitchen Maker and Fisher and Paykel in Race 2 - 2025 SIXT Spring Championship
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Fisher and Paykel has been consistent throughout the Spring series - 2025 SIXT Spring Championship
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Gear failure last Sunday has cost Lazarus Capital Partners a winning chance - 2025 SIXT Spring Championship
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Club Marine crew battles in a NE wind - 2025 SIXT Spring Championship
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The fleet race to Obelisk in a southerly - 2025 SIXT Spring Championship
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Rag and Famish Hotel performed well in light winds - 2025 SIXT Spring Championship
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Race 2 in the Spring series was costly for Vaikobi - 2025 SIXT Spring Championship
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New and old together on Sydney Harbour - 2025 SIXT Spring Championship
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Series leader in action during the SIXT Spring Championship
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Killer Coffee Co grabs a narrow lead at the 3-buoys mark last Sunday - 2025 SIXT Spring Championship
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Shortly after the start of Race 5 - 2025 SIXT Spring Championship
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The action which has Club Marine in second place at the moment - 2025 SIXT Spring Championship
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Sotheby's Ballard Property and Lazarus performed well in the light winds in Race 4 - 2025 SIXT Spring Championship
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Close racing in last Sunday's Spring Championship Race 5 - 2025 SIXT Spring Championship
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Yandoo on the way to victory last Sunday - 2025 SIXT Spring Championship
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A wild ride for the winners as they head for Obelisk - 2025 SIXT Spring Championship
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