Sailing News

John ‘WOODY’ Winning, 70 Years Young
Australian 18 Footers League President and legendary 18ft Skiff champion John ‘Woody’ Winning celebrates his 70th birthday this week but you would never know it

Mark Foy Trophy 2022
When the 2022 Mark Foy Trophy international 18 footer skiff regatta is contested on Lake Garda, Italy from July 18-20, it will become the 14th regatta

DAVID WITT Champion 18 footer sailor who ‘ticks all the boxes’
For 130 years 18 footer sailors have been regarded as talented larrikins who like to challenge the elements, go fast, win at all costs, have

JAMIE MEARS 18 Footers Lose a Champion
The 18 footers class lost one of its champion sailors last month when UK and European champion Jamie Mears lost his life following a tragic

GAMBLING ON THE 18S
The nature of the boats and the men who have sailed them over the past 130 years always made 18 footer racing unique in the

MYRA TOO & BILL BARNETT TWO GREAT 18 FOOTER CHAMPIONS
Champion 18 footer skipper, designer and boat builder Bill Barnett won the 1948-49 Australian Championship on Sydney Harbour in a 6ft beam boat he designed