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 March....
The North Coast Champion 18-footer HASTINGS spent the whole of the 1927-28 season in Sydney, and her story is now up on the 18-FOOTERS Page.
JM Firth's ZENA (1905) is now listed on the 18-FOOTERS Page. Note the lack of lee-cloths.
18-footer MASCOTTE features on the OOPS! Page with a fairly minor oops! with the possibility of it worsening.....
....and from 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
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.
