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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 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
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 2025
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 2025
SailMedia Livestream
Taking Sydney Harbour 18ft skiff racing to the world
Posted on 9 Oct 2025
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
2025 European 18ft Skiff Circuit wraps up
Conditions tested crews across the fleet in Plymouth, UK
Posted on 6 Oct 2025
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 2025
The Kitchen Maker 18ft Skiff Racing
Long-time sponsor ready for the 2025-26 season
Posted on 14 Sep 2025
The Vaikobi 18ft Skiff Team 2025
One of the young teams expected to be amongst the leading group this season
Posted on 7 Sep 2025
The Sixt 18ft Skiff Team 2025
Young team hoping for a more settled start to the 2025-26 season
Posted on 30 Aug 2025
Ultra-high performance sailing and hemp extract
Bulwarks and Bulldust welcomes Jack Macartney into the Captain's Chair
Posted on 23 Aug 2025
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Memories of a teenage 18 footer team 36 years ago
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Beachgoers get a good look at The Rag in a north east wind
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Ben and The Rag team lead narrowly from Andoo
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Crew on alert with guest skipper Seve Jarvin
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Podium teams at the NSW Championship
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Tight battle between Rag and Famish and Smeg off Neilsen Park
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The Rag and Smeg into the bottom mark
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Light wind at the finish of a Spring Championship race
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Rag and Famish leads Sixt during the Spring Championship
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Light wind at the NSW Championship
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The late George Calligeros with 1990s skipper David Gibson
© Frank Quealey
Rag and Famish Hotel leads Yandoo at the state titles
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Rag and Famish Hotel and Club Marine working out of Athol Bay
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Crew have eyes for the weather mark just ahead of Yandoo
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Queensland's Big Foot on Sydney Harbour
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Spinnaker run for the top three Queensland boats
© Brisbane 18s
Big Foot at the previous nationals on Sydney Harbour
© Frank Quealey
GC Sails 18ft Skiff Team 2025-26
© Brisbane 18s
Dave Hayter's first JJ in 2019
© Frank Quealey
The top three boats at the recent Queensland titles
© Brisbane 18s
Team Vic racing against new team mate Brisbane 18s at the 2025 Giltinan Championship
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 4 - Desperately looking for wind
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 4 - Close spinnaker action
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 4 - Big moment for the Club Marine team
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 4 - Champion heads to victory in the final race
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 4 - Lazarus on a windless harbour
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 4 - Dead heat for 2nd in Race 7
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 4 - Smeg heads a group into the weather mark
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 4 - Sixt leads The Oak Double Bay on the first lap of Race 8
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 4 - Full spectator ferry
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