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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 2026-27 season preview
Race 1 of the annual SIXT Spring Championship kicks things off
Posted on 2 Oct The Kitchen Maker 2026-27 18ft skiff team
Three regular competitors return to the 18s
Posted on 23 Sep MarkSetBot: Nearly 800 Improvements
Focused on One Thing, Better Racing
Posted on 8 Sep Victory for Ben Crafoord's youth team
Some of the best young talent as the 18ft Skiff racing begins on Sydney Harbour next month
Posted on 6 Sep Tom's new 18ft Skiff Team for 2026-27
Lazarus Capital Partners Racing's 7th Season
Posted on 30 Aug 1970s, a golden decade for Kiwi 18 footers
An incredible level of talented competitors and designers
Posted on 26 Aug 18ft Skiff young team set for challenge
Rag & Famish Hotel team represents more than a successful sponsor and sport association
Posted on 12 Aug SMEG Australia's 30 years of 18ft Skiff Racing
Championship winning record for League's long term partner
Posted on 22 Jul 2026 18ft Skiff European and Mark Foy Championship
Exciting young talent emerging in the 18s at Lake Garda
Posted on 6 Jul Take the long way home
A few days ago, my phone lit up with a WhatsApp call from Michael 'Spiesy' Spies
Posted on 1 Jul The Kings of the Lowriders
Well before SailGP, there was Grand Prix 18-Foot Skiff Sailing, so what links the two?
Posted on 16 Jun Mondiale VGL to deliver 18ft Skiff fleet to Europe
The partnership will see Mondiale VGL manage the complex international movement of boats
Posted on 12 Jun Patrick Corrigan, AM
A 'Blue Ribbon' 18ft skiff sponsorship partner
Posted on 20 May SIXT 18ft skiff team's success
2025-26, a season of victory & consistency
Posted on 10 May Christian Fries 18ft Skiff GP at Lake Ammersee
Germany hosts the first round of the European 18ft Skiff circuit
Posted on 8 May 18 Footer Tradition
Tradition has played an important part in 18ft skiff racing's history
Posted on 22 Apr UK 18ft Skiff invitational at Weston
This season sees a lot of boat and crew changes
Posted on 20 Apr USA 18ft Skiff Challenge - a brief history
2026 saw first US competitor at JJ Giltinan World Championship since 2019
Posted on 10 Apr Vaikobi - THE choice of champions and pundits
No puppies were harmed in the creation of this show. Watch the show now to see what we mean...
Posted on 30 Mar German 18ft Skiff Record Breaker
Black Knight sets JJ Giltinan Record
Posted on 19 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Race 9
German team win their first race in a JJ Giltinan championship regatta
Posted on 15 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Race 8
The Yandoo team of John Winning Jr, Fang Warren and Lewis Brake have already won
Posted on 14 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 lay day 2
Shaw and Partners still close enough to keep Yandoo's crew on their toes
Posted on 13 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Races 6 & 7
Two more outstanding performances by the brilliant Yandoo crew
Posted on 12 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Races 4 & 5
A perfect North East breeze replaces the light wind conditions
Posted on 11 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Race 3
Lack of wind for the Alan Cole Memorial Trophy
Posted on 10 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 lay day
Races 3 and 4 are predicted to have less dramatic conditions than Race 2
Posted on 9 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Race 2
Totally opposite conditions to the opening race but the result was the same
Posted on 8 Mar Sydney Harbour Regatta overall
Drama and then winners announced
Posted on 8 Mar Sydney Harbour Regatta Day 2
There is plenty to celebrate here with so many women involved out racing
Posted on 8 Mar
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Yandoo start the 2026-27 season as defending NSW and Giltinan World champion
© SailMedia Interesting moment for the NSW champion team, The Kitchen Maker, in 2017-18
© Frank Quealey Along Shark Island to the wing mark
© SailMedia Heading for a race victory during the Giltinan Championship
© SailMedia Winning the Mark Foy Trophy at Lake Garda, Italy in 2022
© Marcus Ashley Jones Lazarus at the 2022 Giltinan Championship
© Frank Quealey Marcus Ashley-Jones led team in 2021-22 season
© Frank Quealey Run from the Beashel Buoy during the 2024 Giltinan Championship
© SailMedia Lazarus crew pushes hard to windward
© SailMedia Lazarus crew in action during the 2024-25 season
© SailMedia Benson and Hedges crosses Travelodge at the 1974 18ft Skiff worlds in Auckland..
© Jenny Farrell Smirnoff (Don and Jim Lidgard and Ian Harrison) cross John Lasher's UFO, at 1974 18ft Skiff worlds in Auckland
© Jenny Farrell Bridge City Marine (Ted Bland) didn't make the NZ team, but won the Invitation Race - 1974 18ft Skiff Worlds in Auckland
© Jenny Farrell Travelodge (McDell brother and Peter Brook) at the 1974 18ft Skiff worlds in Auckland
© Jenny Farrell Captain Morgan (Wayne `Rowdy` Innes, Gary Horne and Gil Littler) was third - 1974 18ft Skiff Worlds in Auckland
© Jenny Farrell Benson and Hedges crosses Travelodge at the 1974 18ft Skiff worlds in Auckland
© Jenny Farrell Aussie, with the red and blue maltese cross insignia, during the 1970-71 season
© Archive KB and Captain Morgan at the 1974 worlds (archive)
© Archive Color 7 on the run to victory in 1977
© Bob Ross Travelodge New Zealand in smooth action to windward in 1974
© Archive Smirnoff, 1972 world champion
© Archive Travelodge New Zealand, 1974 world champion
© Archive Travelodge New Zealand's 1974 team
© Archive Travelodge powering to windward in 1974
© Archive Travelodge NZ at the 1979 worlds
© Bob Ross Travelodge NZ at the 1976 worlds on Sydney Harbour
© Bob Ross Booth Holden was the last of the 4-handers at Auckalnd in 1974
© Frank Quealey Benson and Hedges (foam) and Color 7 (timber) at the 1977 worlds in Auckland
© Archive The 2022-23 Rag and Famish Hotel in action
© Frank Quealey The Rag and Famish Hotel team receive the blue ribbon for winning the 2001 JJ Giltinan Championship
© Frank Quealey
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