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RS Sailing 2021 - LEADERBOARD
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 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 Winnings JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship Day 1
A great opening race on Sydney Harbour for the 28 teams
Posted on 8 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Invitation Race
Yandoo prepares to defend the title
Posted on 7 Mar 18ft Skiff Club Championship race 13
Harry Price, Max Paul and Finn Rodowicz already had Club Championship won prior to today's race
Posted on 2 Mar Australian 18 Footers League Season Point Score
Who will win the 90th anniversary series in 2025?
Posted on 26 Feb The Rag & Famish Hotel 18ft Skiff Team
Australian champion team eyes the JJ Giltinan Trophy
Posted on 26 Feb 18ft Skiff Season Point Score race 17
The Yandoo team gave an outstanding performance of crew work
Posted on 23 Feb 18ft Skiff Club Championship race 12
Another outstanding victory from the Rag & Famish Hotel team
Posted on 16 Feb 18ft Skiffs build up to the 'Big One'
Less than one month to go before the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship
Posted on 12 Feb 2025 Giltinan 18s, just like old times
New Zealand sent four boats to the original World 18 footers championship in 1938
Posted on 9 Feb Successful 90th Anniversary celebrations
A superb weekend for the Australian 18 Footers League
Posted on 5 Feb 18ft Skiff Queen of the Harbour
A 10-12 knot North-East breeze, perfect sailing conditions for 18ft skiff racing
Posted on 2 Feb
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18ft Skiff UK Nationals Attendance
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1935, Dee Why
© Archive Top Dog, Alruth, Shamrock during the 1940s
© Archive Irelands Boatshed became the League's original clubhouse
© John Stanley Collection Travelodge sponsor had many world champions and a long association with the League 18s
© John Stanley Collection 1996, AEI-Pace Express, first Giltinan world champion for new one design boats
© Bob Ross Yandoo, 2024 and Giltinan world champion
© SailMedia 2016, Smeg, long-term sponsor and Giltinan champion
© Australian 18 Footers League Scene from the live stream video coverage which goes worldwide
© SailMedia 1940s, Alruth, Irene, Marjorie, Swansea
© Archive Selection race for the world championship, late 1960s-early 1970s
© John Stanley Collection Aberdare, 1930s boat that led to the formation of the League
© Archive 1984 Chesty Bond
© Bob ross Spectator ferry at the 1979 world championship
© Archive Chesty Bond and helicopter during the Ocean Challenge
© Australian 18 Footers League League fleet racing in the 1950s
© Archive 1935, seven ferries on hand to watch the 18 footers
© John Stanley Collection Club Champion, Rag and Famish Hotel
© SailMedia Queen of the Waves winner during the League's earlier days
© Archive 1938, Hope, Dee Why Riptide at World Championship
© John Stanley Collection David Witt accepts the blue ribbon for the Rockport 1999 worlds victory
© Frank Quealey Rockport crew battles with the big spinnaker on a SE run
© Frank Quealey Rockport's 1999 Giltinan winning crew immediately after the last race
© Frank Quealey UK's Rockport and USA's Emery Worldwide at the 1999 Giltinan Championship
© Bob Ross Tim Robinson (UK) in 1999
© Frank Quealey The crew drive Rockport on a two-sail leg
© Bob Ross Rockport crew from left Tim Robinson, David Witt and Zeb Elliot
© Bob Ross Rockport's 1999 JJ Giltinan World Championship crew reunion in Cowes
© Rockport team Rockport crew checks out the opposition during the 1999 JJ Giltinan Trophy
© Frank Quealey Light wind at the 1999 JJ Giltinan Trophy
© Bob Ross Komutu, skimer winner of the 1950 worlds
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