All the latest news plus some history from the Australian 18 Footers League Ltd
2018-19 Australian 18ft skiff champion James Dorron showed the skills that gave him the title when, as stand-in skipper for the injured John ‘Woody’ Winning, he led the Yandoo team of Fang Warren and Lewis Brake to an outstanding victory…
Last Sunday’s Race 1 of the Australian 18ft skiff Championship resulted in a well-deserved win for the Andoo team of John Winning Jr, Seve Jarvin and Peter Harris, and the 2023 JJ Giltinan champions are favourites to add the national…
Cordukes Clubhouse Trophy – Sunday, 14 January 2024 – Sydney Harbour Current Giltinan 18ft skiff champion Andoo, skippered by John Winning Jr, with Seve Jarvin on the sheet and Peter Harris standing in for Sam Newton in the bow, survived the strengthening…
Despite a lack of interstate competition, the battle for victory in the 2023-24 Australian 18ft skiff Championship will be as tough as ever when the defending champion Finport Finance team of Keagan York, Matt Stenta and Phil Marshall line against…
Brisbane 18 footers sailing is fortunate to have someone like David Hayter heading up the efforts to return Queensland to its former glory days in Australia’s iconic sailing class. David Hayter, a four-times Australian International 14ft Skiff champion, who will be…
Age is just a number written on a piece of paper when it comes to the newly-crowned 2023-24 NSW 18ft skiff champion John ‘Woody’ Winning, who skippered Yandoo to victory in the eight-race series which concluded on Sydney Harbour last…
NSW Championship, Races 7 and 8Today’s Trophy: R. Watt Memorial TrophyToday’s Race Sponsor: The Kitchen MakerSydney Harbour Andoo and Finport Finance shared the race honours, but it was the Yandoo team of John ‘Woody’ Winning, Fang Warren and Lewis…
Yandoo & The Rag set to battle it out Sunday’s final two races of the 2023-24 NSW 18ft skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour promise to be a head-to-head battle between Yandoo and Rag & Famish Hotel as the pair strive…
Today’s Trophy: Sid Barnett Jr Memorial TrophyToday’s Race Sponsor: Rag & Famish HotelSunday, 10 December 2023 A last minute decision by skipper Harry Price to sail his first 18ft skiff race of the season proved successful when he steered…
The present leaderboard at the 2023-24 NSW 18ft skiff Championship is unclear because of a complicated protest, relating to last Sunday’s Race 4, which is due to be held prior to next Sunday’s two races in the series on Sydney…
Today’s Trophy: Alice Burton Memorial Trophy Today’s Race Sponsor: 18 Footers Bar & Restaurant Sunday, 3 December 2023 In contrast to the light, variable conditions of last Sunday’s opening day of the 2023-24 NSW 18ft skiff Championship, today’s…
NSW Championship, Races 1 and 2 Today’s Trophy: W.C. ‘Trappy’ Duncan Mem. Trophy Today’s Race Sponsor: Marine Outlet The defending champion Andoo team of John Winning Jr, Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton hold a narrow lead after the first…
The race towards the 2024 JJs begins this weekend The recently completed Australian 18 Footers League Spring Championship produced some exciting fleet racing over the past six weeks and a magnificent spectacle of unbelievable spinnaker action in a 28-knot ‘black…
Spring Championship, Race 6Today’s Trophy: Yandoo TrophyToday’s Race Sponsor: NoakesSunday, 19 November 2023 The Oak Double Bay-4 Pines team of Jacob Marks, Alex Marinelli and Marc Chapon (standing in for regular bowman Matt Doyle) became the 2023-24 Australian 18…
Can the young team beat the defending champions? Next Sunday’s final race of the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2023-24 Spring Championship on Sydney Harbour is expected to go right down to the final leg of the course with just four…
Sunday, 12 November 2023 Sydney Harbour The Australian 18 Footers League took a step back into history on Sydney Harbour today when it staged a non-point score Sponsors’ Race, with each competing skiff carrying a fourth hand representative of the…
Looking for a future world 18ft skiff champion The current success of the young talent in the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2023-24 season fleet has the club excited about the future of the sport on Sydney Harbour and the prospects…
Today’s Trophy: Chris Webb Memorial Trophy Today’s Race Sponsor: Finport Finance Sunday, 5 November 2023 The Smeg 18ft skiff team of Nathan McNamara, Jed Ctuikshank and Jack Taylor used its superior downwind speed over the concluding leg of the course…
2023-24 Spring Championship Young 18ft skiff teams take up the challenge The 2023-24 Australian 18 Footers League’s Spring Championship has produced some close, exciting racing in each of the four races sailed so far and the outcome is far from…
Today’s Trophy: Eric Bowen Memorial Trophy Today’s Race Sponsor: Rag & Famish Hotel Sunday, 29 October 2023 – Sydney Harbour The current world 18 footer champion Andoo team of John Winning Jr, Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton demonstrated their skill…
Joint leaders in the 2023-24 Spring Championship Thirty nine season veteran, the legendary 18ft skiff skipper John ‘Woody’ Winning, and three-race rookie skipper, Jacob Marks are the two skippers leading their teams at the half-way mark of the 2023-24 Australian…
Club Championship, Race 1 Today’s Trophy: Mick Scully Memorial Trophy Today’s Race Sponsor: Fisher & Paykel Sunday, 22 October 2023 The first championship race of the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2023-24 season was staged on Sydney Harbour today, when the…
EMMA RANKIN Academy graduate stars in her 18ft skiff debut Twenty four-year-old Emma Rankin is 163cm tall and weighs just 62kg, but she showed everyone, on Sydney Harbour last Sunday week, that she is up for the challenge when she…
18ft Skiffs Spring Championship, Race 2 Today’s Trophy: Alf Beashel Memorial Trophy Today’s Race Sponsor: Royal Oak Hotel Double Bay Sunday, 15 October 2023 Sydney Harbour The Lazarus team of Tom Cunich, Marc Chapon and Finn Rodowicz produced a great…
18ft Skiffs Spring Championship, Race 1 Today’s Race Sponsor: Yandoo Today’s Trophy: Major Arthur Frizell Trophy Sunday, 8 October 2023 Sydney Harbour The Australian 18 Footers League’s 89th consecutive 18ft skiff racing season began on Sydney Harbour today, when the club…
The Australian 18 Footers League will commence its 89th consecutive season of 18 footers racing on Sydney Harbour next Sunday (October 8) when up to 19 teams will contest Race 1 of the six-race Spring Championship over one of the 3-buoys…
The sponsoring partnership continues The Australian 18 Footers League is always aware of the need to develop a good relationship with its sponsorship partners, so it’s no surprise that The Kitchen Maker will be lining up for its 13th consecutive…
Ambitious young champions aim for the podium As we approach the start of the Australian 18 Footer League’s 2023-24 season, with Race 1 of the Spring Championship to be sailed on Sunday, October 8, the Balmain team is looking to…
Changing 100 years of 18 footer tradition With the 2023-24 Australian 18 Footers League season about to get underway with Race 1 of the annual Spring Championship on October 8, it’s time to take a quick look at the success…
Honouring a pioneer boat builder in the 18s One of the famous boat names in the 18 footers 131-year history is ‘Donnelly’, which originated in the 1890s, to honour a pioneer boat builder, and remained on Sydney Harbour until the…
Line up of champions in the League’s 2023-24 fleet For the past 88 years, the Australian 18 Footers League on Sydney Harbour has been the home of some of the world’s greatest sailing talent and the 2023-24 season, which will…
MICHAEL COXON Four times world 18 footer champion, but …… Now that four-times world 18 footer champion Michael Coxon has decided to hang up his wetsuit, it’s a good time to reflect on his 18 footer career and a record…
The world of 18 footer sailing, and many of the men who sailed the boats, in the early years of the 20th century was a far-removed type of sailing to the professional racing and competitors who steer their high-tech machines…
Long history of partnerships in an iconic Australian sport Long-term sponsorships in sport are rare and any sport which has been fortunate enough to have one must be either lucky or be doing something ‘right’, or both. To have two…
When Iain Murray graduated from the Cherub and 12ft skiff classes to join the 18 footer ranks as a 17-year-old in the 1976-77 season, with the sponsorship support of local TV station Channel 7 for his self-designed and built Color…
Australian 18ft skiff champion wins in Italy The 2022-23 Australian champion Finport Finance 18ft skiff team of Keagan York, Matt Stenta and Phil Marshall added the Mark Foy Trophy to its 2023 record with a narrow victory this week over…
The League’s search is on for 2023-24 season Female participation in sport in 2023 is reaching very high levels of achievement and spectator approval as the girls show their skills against each other and male opposition. 18ft skiff racing is…
18ft skiffs return to Lake Garda Four top Australian 18ft skiff teams, representing the Australian 18 Footers League, will contest the 2023 Mark Foy Trophy regatta at Lake Garda, Italy from 26th-30th June when they take on the best of…
THE BEASHELS An incredible sailing family The 18 footer class has a rich tradition of family generational competition and one of the most prominent families in all skiff racing is the Beashel family which, for five generations, also has an…
Mark Foy fathered the sport of 18 footer racing when he staged a regatta, featuring his spectator-driven concept, on Sydney Harbour in January 1892, but Foy was far more than a ‘one-trick pony’. Born in the southern Australian state of…
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