Celebrating the Australian 18-Footer and other Open Boats
Have a look at the MENU, lots of YARNS, lots of images and heaps of information about Aussie open boats
New in February....
ALERT (1903) joins the list on the 18-FOOTERS Page, with some additional photos when she was renamed BEN-MY-CHREE
A new Yarn Part 2 of the Whereats: Alf "Toby" Whereat is up on the YARNS Page, telling the story of the man who revolutionised 18-footer sailing in the 1930s with the design and build of this boat ABERDARE
....and from January....
This 18-footer on the edge features on the OOPS! Page
18-footer CROWS NEST and another boat off Taylor Bay around 1950, image joins others on the Fleets Page
There's two versions of this image now up on the Fleets Page, and they each reveal different details
The Police Boys Club 18-footer Sylvia Chase (1946) joins the list on the 18-FOOTERS Page
Don't forget to have a squiz at our sister-site www.historicskiffs.org.au the official website of the Australian Historical Sailing Skiff Association Inc. The site features the activities and the history of the AHSSA and its fleets of replicas of historical 18-footers and 10-footers.
