Category: Sailing News

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Vaikobi leads the Sixt Spring Series

Great consistency is a winning formulaSince the beginning of last season’s (2023-24) 18 footer campaign, the Vaikobi team of Kirk Mitchell (skipper), Andrew Stephenson (sheet hand) and

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Sixt Spring Championship, Race 2

Sixt Spring Championship, Race 2Mick Scully Memorial TrophyToday’s Race Sponsor: The Kitchen MakerSunday, 27 October 2024Sydney Harbour Race 2 of the 2024 Sixt Spring 18 footer

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Sixt Spring Championship Continues

 18s fleet hoping for better sailing conditions After being battered by a 20-25 knot southerly wind on Sydney Harbour last Sunday, the Australian 18 Footers League fleet returns

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Sixt Spring Championship & Club Championship, Race 1

18ft SkiffsSixt Spring Championship, Race 1Club Championship, Race 1Alf Beashel Memorial TrophySunday, 20 October, 2024Sydney Harbour The Australian 18 Footers League’s 91st season of 18ft skiff

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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

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18 Footer Nationals Go To Brisbane

  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

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William ‘Billo’ Hayward

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

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Vale Bob Ross

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