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

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

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

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

Two months ago, a dejected French photographer, Christophe Favreau believed that he probably wasn’t going to make it to Sydney for the JJ Giltinan 18

William ‘Bill’ Fisher was a foundation member of the League and sailed his boat Australia in the club’s first. After coming to the new League