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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 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 Sydney Harbour Marathon
Part of the Australian 18 Footers League's 90th Anniversary celebrations
Posted on 1 Feb 18ft Skiff League's big weekend of celebration
The 90th anniversary of 18 footer racing on Sydney Harbour
Posted on 29 Jan 18ft Skiffs: 90th anniversary of the League
On Saturday 1st February the club will host the 'Skiff Sydney Harbour Marathon'
Posted on 26 Jan 18ft Skiff NSW Championship overall
The Rag & Famish Hotel team clinch the title after an exciting final day
Posted on 22 Dec 2024 Sunday's racing to decide 18ft Skiff NSW champion
It will all come down to two short course races in Sydney Harbour
Posted on 18 Dec 2024 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 3
The race for the title will go down to the final day
Posted on 15 Dec 2024 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Races 5 & 6 preview
Rag & Famish Hotel and Finport Finance share the lead going into Sunday's racing
Posted on 11 Dec 2024
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Aeolus, a Challenge Cup winner in 1906-07
© Andy White collection Yelkie, 1896
© Andy White collection Chesty Bond, with the tallest mast, at the 1987 worlds in Perth, WA
© Frank Quealey Westana, Chris Garland, 1911-12 Australian champion
© ANMM Hall collection Mele Bilo, 1921-22 Australian champion PS BandW
© Andy White collection NSW entry Chesty Bond , without wings, on the Swan River at the 1980 Australian Championship
© Archive Chris Garland, next to Mele Bilo
© Andy White collection Australian II at Perth in 1907
© Perth Flying Squadron collection Olinda, built in NSW, was sold to Perth in 1897
© Hall, ANMM Court Yachts with the sliding frame 'wings' at the 1980 Australian Championship
© Archive Parrys at the 1979 Worlds
© Frank Quealey Onboard the 18 feet skiff Slam sailed by Grant Rollerson along with experienced crew members Anthony (Jack) Young and Peter Nicholson in Sydney Harbour. The 18ft Skiff is considered the fastest class of sailing skiffs
© Christophe Launay Parrys Esplanade, skippered by Andrew Crisp in 1984
© Archive Slam contesting the 2010 Giltinan Championship
© Frank Quealey Tom's Tyres, a part of the WA fleet in the early 1980s
© Archive Chook Fraser's son, Jim Fraser receives the 1958 World champions ribbon on Jantzen Girl III
© Archive South Sydney Rabbitohs 2014 Premiership champions with the JJGiltinan Trophy
© Frank Quealey Chook Fraser, a member of the 1911-12 Kangaroos team
© Archive George (Wee Georgie) Robinson, builder and skipper of Britannia
© Archive Chook Fraser, for'ard hand on Arawatta, looking up towards the top of the mast
© Archive George (Wee Georgie) Robinson, built Britannia in 1919
© Archive James J. Giltinan, early 1900s
© Archive James J Giltinan, in later years
© Archive Joe Pearce, later years
© Archive JJ Giltinan World 18 Footer Championship Trophy
© Archive Joe Pearce, sailing Top Dog (TD) at the 1948 Worlds in Auckland
© Archive Joe Pearce, prepares Top Dog for a League race in the 1940s
© Archive De'Longhi-Rabbitohs, later boat
© Frank Quealey Chook Fraser, skippered Defiance in the 1930s
© SFS collection Joe Pearce, 1930s
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