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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 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 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
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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 Envy, 1954
© John Steamer Stanley collection Smirnoff, 1972 was the first Bruce Farr designed skiff to win the world title
© Archive Honda Marine, a triple winner in 2018, 19 and 2020
© Frank Quealey Komutu, 1950 world champion
© Archive Bruce Farr, his designs won four consecutive worlds during the 1970s
© Archive Intrigue, 1952 and 1954 world champion
© Graham Mander collection Daniel Boone, 1952
© Robin Elliott collection Start of Race 2 at the 1954 Worlds
© Frank Donghi collection Russell Bowler's earlier Benson and Hedges
© Archive Benson and Hedges, changed the method of hull construction in 1977
© Archive Komutu, skimer winner of the 1950 worlds
© Archive Travelodge International, 1973, skippered by Roger Welsh, was the first USA team to win a race at the worlds
© Frank Quealey Dave Porter's KB
© Archive Taipan, radical dersign in 1960
© Tom Cuneo collection Jenny and Culex on the Brisbane River
© Archive Aberdare, four times Australian champion
© Archive Tangalooma and Aberdare show the comparison between the old style boats and the 7ft beamers of the 1930s (Tom Cuneo collection)
© Archive Venom 1961 world champion
© Archive WLTH at the Giltinan Championship
© Suellen Hurling / Live Sail Die Culex III, 1949-50 Australian champion
© Tom Cuneo collection
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