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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 USA 18ft Skiff Challenge - a brief history
2026 saw first US competitor at JJ Giltinan World Championship since 2019
Posted on 10 Apr Vaikobi - THE choice of champions and pundits
No puppies were harmed in the creation of this show. Watch the show now to see what we mean...
Posted on 30 Mar German 18ft Skiff Record Breaker
Black Knight sets JJ Giltinan Record
Posted on 19 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Race 9
German team win their first race in a JJ Giltinan championship regatta
Posted on 15 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Race 8
The Yandoo team of John Winning Jr, Fang Warren and Lewis Brake have already won
Posted on 14 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 lay day 2
Shaw and Partners still close enough to keep Yandoo's crew on their toes
Posted on 13 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Races 6 & 7
Two more outstanding performances by the brilliant Yandoo crew
Posted on 12 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Races 4 & 5
A perfect North East breeze replaces the light wind conditions
Posted on 11 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Race 3
Lack of wind for the Alan Cole Memorial Trophy
Posted on 10 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 lay day
Races 3 and 4 are predicted to have less dramatic conditions than Race 2
Posted on 9 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Race 2
Totally opposite conditions to the opening race but the result was the same
Posted on 8 Mar Sydney Harbour Regatta overall
Drama and then winners announced
Posted on 8 Mar Sydney Harbour Regatta Day 2
There is plenty to celebrate here with so many women involved out racing
Posted on 8 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Race 1
A day dominated by light wind strength and a number of changes of direction
Posted on 7 Mar Sydney Harbour Regatta Day 1
Racing away in a fluky light nor 'easterly breeze
Posted on 7 Mar JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds 2026 Invitation Race
An absorbing contest which wasn't decided until the final one hundred metres
Posted on 6 Mar International boost for JJ Giltinan Worlds
USA challenge adds another country to the 2026 championship
Posted on 5 Mar Shows, Spectating and Season Highlights
The Dinghy Show, Sydney SailGP and upcoming JJ Giltinan Trophy make for a packed schedule
Posted on 3 Mar Vaikobi 18ft Skiff Racing
A personal partnership with Australia's 18s
Posted on 3 Mar Queensland's 2026 Giltinan Challenge
Looking to build on the 18ft Skiff Australian Nationals' top-10 results
Posted on 26 Feb School mates become rival skippers at the JJs
Talented teenagers Ben Crafoord and Jacob Marks are set for the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds
Posted on 24 Feb 18ft Skiff Club Championship & Season Point Score
Yandoo and Sixt formalise their victories as the two series end
Posted on 22 Feb 18ft Skiff Club Championship Finale this Sunday
Last race before the 2026 Giltinan Championship
Posted on 20 Feb 18ft Skiff Season Point Score - Race 19
A hard-fought victory for the reigning world 18ft skiff champion Yandoo team
Posted on 15 Feb Shaw and Partners set sights on 18ft success
Supporting two brand new, Van Munster-built 18ft skiffs
Posted on 13 Feb 18' Skiff Queen of the Waves & Club Champs Race 13
Emma Collins and her Vaikobi team crowned Queen of the Waves
Posted on 8 Feb 18ft Skiff Club Championship Race 13 Preview
A great opportunity for teams to show form ahead of the JJs
Posted on 4 Feb 18ft Skiff Season Point Score - Race 17
First win by a Queensland team since at least the 1950s
Posted on 1 Feb 18ft Skiff Balmain Cup
Victory for Lazarus Capital Partners
Posted on 31 Jan 18ft Skiffs: Queen of the Waves
An annual tradition in Australian 18 footers sailing
Posted on 27 Jan
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1971 Travelodge International (USA) - winner of Race 4 at Auckland
© Archive Travelodge sailing in the United States in 1969 - featured on US sailing magazine cover in 1972
© Archive Andoo USA team at the JJ Giltinan World Championship 2026
© SailMedia AFS, Howie Hamlin, in 1997
© Bob Ross The Black Knight's crew during the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026
© SailMedia Spectacular spinnaker run direct to Clark Island for The Black Knight during the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 9 - JJ Giltinan champion Yandoo flys the blue ribbon
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 9 - Bllack Knight powers to victory in Race 9 of the Giltinan Championship
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 9 - Champagne for the champion Yandoo team
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 9 - GC Sails chases Black Knight down the second spinnaker run
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 9 - Blue ribbon handed to Yandoo's winning crew by 1996 champion Stephen Quigley
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 9 - Shaw and Partners New Zealand a great third placing in the NE wind conditions
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 9 - Balmain and Club Marine crews work hard on the spinnaker run
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 9 - Racing for the early lead to the Beashel Buoy weather mark
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 8 - Yandoo won overall with a race to spare
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 8 - Crowded mark rounding
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 8 - Spinnaker drop
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 8 - Leaders head for the finish line
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 8 - Shaw and Partners leads the race to the weather mark
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 8 - Rounding marks were tough all day
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 8 - Spinnakers off Double Bay
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 8 - Yandoo and Shaw and Partners NZ head upwind
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 8 - Spinnaker run
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 8 - Yandoo and Shaw and Partners duel
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 8 - Lazarus under spinnaker
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 8 - Close finish for fourth place
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 8 - GC Sails in third place overall
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 8 - Light wind spinnaker run
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 8 - Lazarus leads under spinnaker
© SailMedia JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship 2026 Race 8 - First spinnaker run
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