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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
Links
18ft Skiff UK Nationals Attendance
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Battling for the lead at the 2024 Giltinan Championship
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On the way to second place in last Sunday's club championship
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Noakes Youth at the 2022 Giltinan Championship
© Frank Quealey
Southerly spinnaker run during Race 7 of the 2024 Giltinan Championship
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Noakes Youth during the 2022-23 season
© Frank Quealey
The Lazarus crew make it look easy during the 2024 Giltinan Championship
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Mark Foy Trophy at Lake Garda, Italy in 2022
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Lazarus just ahead of defending champion Andoo at the 2024 Giltinan Championship
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Heading for the finish line off Double Bay last Sunday
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Crew battles the 30knot westerly winds that swept across Sydney Harbour during the opening race of the season two weeks ago
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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
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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
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Close up look for patrons on the League's spectator ferry - 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 1 and SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
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Battle for second place up the first beat - 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 1 and SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
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Yandoo races past Neilsen Park beach - 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 1 and SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
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Determined finish for the Club Marine team - 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 1 and SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
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About to take off for the Sixt crew - 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 1 and SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
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Lazarus and Vaikobi on the first spinnaker run - 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 1 and SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
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Fisher and Paykel, home in fourth place - 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 1 and SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
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Sixt heads to the wing mark - 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 1 and SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
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Race start - 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 1 and SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
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Crew in control - 2025 SIXT Spring 18ft skiff Championship
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Gotcha4Life team near the rocks - 2025 SIXT Spring 18ft skiff Championship
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Crew in trouble, men overboard - 2025 SIXT Spring 18ft skiff Championship
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Crew in litle bit of trouble - 2025 SIXT Spring 18ft skiff Championship
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Great exhibition by the Lazarus Capital Partners team - 2025 SIXT Spring 18ft skiff Championship
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