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2024-25 Season Preview
91st season of continuous 18ft skiff racing The Australian 18 Footers League’s 91st continuous season of 18ft skiff racing on Sydney Harbour will commence next Sunday (20
October 16, 2024
91st season of continuous 18ft skiff racing The Australian 18 Footers League’s 91st continuous season of 18ft skiff racing on Sydney Harbour will commence next Sunday (20
Rod Zemanek doesn’t have the same high profile in 18 footer history as many other leading skippers over the past 100 years, but he was
35-year wait will come to an end in January 2025 When the 2024-25 Australian 18 footer Championship is sailed on Waterloo Bay, Brisbane next January, it will become
Second only to the immortal Chris Webb” William J. ‘Billo’ Hayward was not only one of the great champion 18 footer skippers at the NSW (now
An incredible club in a league of its own As the Australian 18 Footers League prepares to celebrate its 90th birthday of 18 footer racing on Sydney
A great Australian sailing photo-journalist, editor and author When Bob Ross passed away recently Australia lost one of its greatest sailing and yachting photo-journalists, magazine founder
25-year challenge for the European Championship The Australian 18 Footers League will continue its international 18ft skiff program when a strong 10-team challenge heads off for
SIMON NEARN30-year journey to the top of the class Simon Nearn was living In the UK when his association with the 18ft skiffs began. Over the
Outstanding 2023-24 performance by the young, rookie team One of the real highlights of the Australian 18 Footer League’s 2023-24 Sydney Harbour season was the
A period of New Zealand-led design & innovation Following the first major change in the 18 footers from the big boats of the early