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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 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 Bulwarks and Bulldust – Show 4 Season 2
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 A look back at the 2003 18ft Skiff JJ Giltinan
The closest of 76 regattas in the greatest championship
Posted on 30 Mar Winnings JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship Day 7
The Yandoo team of Tom Needham, Fang Warren and Lewis Brake wrap up the win
Posted on 16 Mar Winnings JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship Day 6
Yandoo in pole position going into Sunday's final race
Posted on 15 Mar Winnings JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship Day 5
A critical race going into the weekend's final two races
Posted on 13 Mar Winnings JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship Day 4
Races 5 and 6 were light and shifty
Posted on 12 Mar Winnings JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship Day 3
Light winds and low visibility no barrier for the faultless Yandoo team
Posted on 11 Mar Winnings JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship Day 2
Defending champions score second consecutive win
Posted on 9 Mar
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Battling for the lead at the 2024 Giltinan Championship
© SailMedia On the way to second place in last Sunday's club championship
© SailMedia Noakes Youth at the 2022 Giltinan Championship
© Frank Quealey Southerly spinnaker run during Race 7 of the 2024 Giltinan Championship
© SailMedia Noakes Youth during the 2022-23 season
© Frank Quealey The Lazarus crew make it look easy during the 2024 Giltinan Championship
© SailMedia Mark Foy Trophy at Lake Garda, Italy in 2022
© Marcus Ashley Jones Lazarus just ahead of defending champion Andoo at the 2024 Giltinan Championship
© SailMedia Heading for the finish line off Double Bay last Sunday
© SailMedia Crew battles the 30knot westerly winds that swept across Sydney Harbour during the opening race of the season two weeks ago
© SailMedia Tim was in the bow of Shaw and Partners when runner-up in 2019-20 Australian Championship
© Frank Quealey Tom in action just a few races into his 18 footers career in 2020
© Frank Quealey Lazarus team in action last Sunday
© SailMedia Lazarus team, from left Tim Westwood, Tom Cunich, Marc Chapon
© Frank Quealey Lazarus in action at the 2022 Giltinan Championship
© Frank Quealey A wild ride to the finish line for the winner - 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 1 and SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
© SailMedia Close up look for patrons on the League's spectator ferry - 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 1 and SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
© SailMedia Battle for second place up the first beat - 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 1 and SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
© SailMedia Yandoo races past Neilsen Park beach - 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 1 and SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
© SailMedia Determined finish for the Club Marine team - 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 1 and SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
© SailMedia About to take off for the Sixt crew - 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 1 and SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
© SailMedia Lazarus and Vaikobi on the first spinnaker run - 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 1 and SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
© SailMedia Fisher and Paykel, home in fourth place - 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 1 and SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
© SailMedia Sixt heads to the wing mark - 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 1 and SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
© SailMedia Race start - 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 1 and SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
© SailMedia Crew in control - 2025 SIXT Spring 18ft skiff Championship
© SailMedia Gotcha4Life team near the rocks - 2025 SIXT Spring 18ft skiff Championship
© SailMedia Crew in trouble, men overboard - 2025 SIXT Spring 18ft skiff Championship
© SailMedia Crew in litle bit of trouble - 2025 SIXT Spring 18ft skiff Championship
© SailMedia Great exhibition by the Lazarus Capital Partners team - 2025 SIXT Spring 18ft skiff Championship
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