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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 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 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 2
Wins for Rag & Famish Hotel and Finport Finance
Posted on 8 Dec 2024 18ft Skiff NSW Championship re-starts on Sunday
Following the abandonment of Races 1 and 2 due to a severe electrical storm
Posted on 4 Dec 2024 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 1
Intense electrical storm accompanied by heavy rain and hail cancels racing
Posted on 1 Dec 2024
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2016 JJ Giltinan Championship-winning Smeg Team (from left, Ricky Bridge, Lee Knapton, Mike McKensey)
© Frank Quealey Smeg's 2000 team in action
© Frank Quealey Smeg heads into the teeth of a nor'easter on Sydney Harbour
© Frank Quealey Smeg and Sydney Harbour in 2024-25
© SailMedia Lee Knapton's 2016 Giltinan champion
© Frank Quealey Smeg winning the 2021 Giltinan Championship
© Frank Quealey Smeg's 2024-25 team
© Frank Quealey David Witt drives Smeg to the bottom mark in 2014-15
© Frank Quealey 2021-22 Smeg team in action
© Frank Quealey Smeg during the 2023-24 season
© Frank Quealey On the way to a win in Race 5 of the Giltinan Championship
© SailMedia First Giltinan championship for Smeg in 1996-97
© Frank Quealey JJ Giltinan champions with the trophy in 2021
© Jessica Crisp Heading for the bottom mark off Clark Island
© SailMedia Aerial view of Team Smeg in 2024-25
© SailMedia A 1920's fleet close to spectators
© Archive Defiance crew in 1925
© Archive Kismet, 1913 Australian champion
© John Stanley Collection Galloping Ghosts Cover
© Archive Australian Championship, on the Brisbane River in 1929-30
© Archive Alf Beashel's 1976 diagram showing measurements in the Big Boat Era
© Archive Keriki in a squall on Sydney Harbour during the 1920s
© ANMM Mark Foy Interstate Challenge Cup
© SFS Lady Chelmsford spectator ferry at the 1921 Australian Championship
© Archive Chris Webb's championship-winning crew of the early 1900s ()
© John Stanley Collection Britannia, which was reported to regularly carry 2,800 sq ft of sail
© Archive NSW team to the 1921-22 Australian Championship in Perth WA
© Archive Interstate Challenge Cup brochure
© John Stanley Collection The Big Boat (Tangalooma) meets the new type (Aberadare) in the early 1930s on the Brisbane River
© John Stanley Collection Chris Webb c1890
© John Stanley Collection
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