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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 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Races 7 and 8
The Yandoo team continue to show their class in all conditions
Posted on 21 Dec 2025 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Final Day Preview
Champion team heading for another title
Posted on 18 Dec 2025 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Races 5 and 6
Alice Burton Memorial Trophy day
Posted on 14 Dec 2025 18ft Skiff Academy Success
Graduates who have what it takes
Posted on 10 Dec 2025 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Races 3 and 4
A double race victory to the Yandoo team
Posted on 7 Dec 2025 Balmain 18ft Skiff Team on top
Consistency has taken the talented team to the top
Posted on 3 Dec 2025 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 6
The expected wind and reality on Sydney Harbour vastly differ
Posted on 30 Nov 2025 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 6 Preview
Time-honoured championship continues
Posted on 27 Nov 2025 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Races 1 and 2
Racing for the W. C 'Trappy' Duncan Trophy
Posted on 23 Nov 2025 18ft Skiff NSW Championship preview
Giltinan champion favoured to take another title
Posted on 19 Nov 2025 18ft Skiff SIXT Spring Championship Race 6
Spring Championship final race and Club Championship Race 3 on Sydney Harbour
Posted on 16 Nov 2025 18ft Skiff SIXT Spring Championship Race 6 preview
$7,800 prizemoney on offer!
Posted on 13 Nov 2025 18ft Skiff SIXT Spring Championship Race 5
World champion Yandoo team faultless in the 20-knot southerly winds
Posted on 9 Nov 2025 History-making day for the League 18 footers
Female skippers take all the honours on Sunday
Posted on 7 Nov 2025 18ft Skiff SIXT Spring Championship Race 4
A history-making day for the Australian 18 Footers League on Sydney Harbour
Posted on 2 Nov 2025 Sixt team leads 18ft Skiff Spring series
Pre-season preparation pays off for young team
Posted on 29 Oct 2025 18ft Skiff SIXT Spring Championship Race 3
A great 3-buoys race developed after an unpromising start to the day
Posted on 26 Oct 2025 18ft Skiffs: Lazarus 18ft Skiff Racing Team
Aiming to create a record for Lazarus
Posted on 23 Oct 2025 18ft Skiff SIXT Spring Championship Race 2
Also the first race of the Club Championship on Sydney Harbour for the Alf Beashel Memorial Trophy
Posted on 19 Oct 2025 18ft Skiffs: SIXT Spring Championship, Race 1
An unfortunate opening to the Australian 18 Footers League's 2025-26 summer season
Posted on 12 Oct 2025 SailMedia Livestream
Taking Sydney Harbour 18ft skiff racing to the world
Posted on 9 Oct 2025 John 'Woody' Winning, 50 years in the 18s
One of the three greatest influencers on the 134-year-old iconic Australian sport
Posted on 7 Oct 2025 2025 European 18ft Skiff Circuit wraps up
Conditions tested crews across the fleet in Plymouth, UK
Posted on 6 Oct 2025 David Porter, King of Sydney Harbour in the 1970s
During one of the greatest eras in the 134-year history of the 18ft Skiff class
Posted on 21 Sep 2025 The Kitchen Maker 18ft Skiff Racing
Long-time sponsor ready for the 2025-26 season
Posted on 14 Sep 2025 The Vaikobi 18ft Skiff Team 2025
One of the young teams expected to be amongst the leading group this season
Posted on 7 Sep 2025 The Sixt 18ft Skiff Team 2025
Young team hoping for a more settled start to the 2025-26 season
Posted on 30 Aug 2025 Ultra-high performance sailing and hemp extract
Bulwarks and Bulldust welcomes Jack Macartney into the Captain's Chair
Posted on 23 Aug 2025 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 2025 How the Australian 18 Footers League began
The evolution of Australia's leading 18 footer club
Posted on 13 Aug 2025
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 4 - Desperately looking for wind
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 4 - Close spinnaker action
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 4 - Big moment for the Club Marine team
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 4 - Champion heads to victory in the final race
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 4 - Lazarus on a windless harbour
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 4 - Dead heat for 2nd in Race 7
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 4 - Smeg heads a group into the weather mark
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 4 - Sixt leads The Oak Double Bay on the first lap of Race 8
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 4 - Full spectator ferry
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 4 - The Oak and Club Marine in Race 8
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship - Balmain and Vaikobi were runners-up in the races on Day 2
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship - Spinnaker action on Day 1 of the championship
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship - Yandoo and Shaw and Partners - two of the big guns for the major championship in March
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship - Spinnaker run on Day 2
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship - Sotheby's Ballard Property in full flight
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship - Smeg and The Oak Double Bay in close action
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship - Club Marine's crew were big improvers in the championship
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship - Rag and Famish Hotel leads Yandoo downwind
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship - Lazarus was rocks and diamonds in the series
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship - Shaw and Partners and Vaikobi headed for the bottom mark on Day 2
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship - Close moment for Yandoo and Rag and Famish Hotel
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship - Killer Coffee Co, a spectacular sight on the harbour
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship - Battling for a spot on the podium for two long-term sponsors - Smeg and Rag and Famish Hotel
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 3 - A confident look on the faces of the winning Yandoo team
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 3 - Balmain was second in Race 5
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 3 - A good day for the Vaikobi team
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 3 - Is that a new manouvre for sheet hand Fang Warren on Yandoo
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 3 - Emma and Bec fighting it out in Race 5
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 3 - Gotcha4Life and Sotheby's Ballard at the bottom mark
© SailMedia 18ft Skiff NSW Championship Day 3 - Fisher and Paykel had a spectacular spinnaker run in Race 5
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