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    • Brisbane Boatbuilder and Sailor JH Whereat
    • Viv Ebsary, Pioneering Biomedical Engineer and 18-Footer Skipper
    • The Lewellin Cup
    • Kathleen Farr, a Pioneering Lady Skipper
    • Fury: The Travels of a 16' Skiff
    • What Happened To All The Boats?
    • The Earliest 18-Footers
    • Fins and Centreboards
    • Bail Boy Billy
    • The Tom Keddie Memorial Shield
    • Auckland 1939- The Second World's Championship for 18-Footers
    • The First World's Championship for 18-Footers in 1938
    • The Story of ADVANCE's Coat of Arms
    • The Bish Bolton Story
    • Newcastle 10-Footers
    • Horses for Courses: Open Boats and Raters
    • The 1913 INTERSTATES and THE WESTANA GALE
    • The Port Macquarie Regatta
    • Why Did 18-footers Stay Gaff-rigged For So Long?
    • Centenary of Britannia 1919-2019
    • The Story of the Brisbane 22-Footers
    • Wee Georgie Robinson versus Chris Webb
    • The Anglo-Australian Shield
    • The Intercolonial Challenges of the 1890's
    • What's a Ringtail?
    • Mark Foy's Catamaran 1894
    • Sandbaggers and 18-Footers
    • Balmain Regatta
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    • Square Rig on Open Boats
    • Selected Images
    • Gaff or Gunter?
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  • About
  • Yarns
    • The Gosford Easter Regatta
    • KISMET Trophies return to Sydney Flying Squadron
    • Part 2 of the Whereats: Alf "Toby" Whereat
    • The 1931 Queen of the Harbour Race
    • Brisbane Boatbuilder and Sailor JH Whereat
    • Viv Ebsary, Pioneering Biomedical Engineer and 18-Footer Skipper
    • The Lewellin Cup
    • Kathleen Farr, a Pioneering Lady Skipper
    • Fury: The Travels of a 16' Skiff
    • What Happened To All The Boats?
    • The Earliest 18-Footers
    • Fins and Centreboards
    • Bail Boy Billy
    • The Tom Keddie Memorial Shield
    • Auckland 1939- The Second World's Championship for 18-Footers
    • The First World's Championship for 18-Footers in 1938
    • The Story of ADVANCE's Coat of Arms
    • The Bish Bolton Story
    • Newcastle 10-Footers
    • Horses for Courses: Open Boats and Raters
    • The 1913 INTERSTATES and THE WESTANA GALE
    • The Port Macquarie Regatta
    • Why Did 18-footers Stay Gaff-rigged For So Long?
    • Centenary of Britannia 1919-2019
    • The Story of the Brisbane 22-Footers
    • Wee Georgie Robinson versus Chris Webb
    • The Anglo-Australian Shield
    • The Intercolonial Challenges of the 1890's
    • What's a Ringtail?
    • Mark Foy's Catamaran 1894
    • Sandbaggers and 18-Footers
    • Balmain Regatta
  • Mutt's Tales
  • 18-FOOTERS
  • Fleets
  • Videos
  • OOPS!
  • 24-Footers
  • 22-Footers
  • Models
  • People
  • West Australian 18-footers
  • Boatbuilding
  • The Boatbuilders
  • 16-Footers
  • 14-Footers
  • 12-Footers
  • 10-Footers
  • 8-Footers
  • 6-footers
  • Rigs and Sails
    • Square Rig on Open Boats
    • Selected Images
    • Gaff or Gunter?
  • Blog
  • Contact

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 May....

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16-foot skiffs at The Gosford Easter Regatta in 1946. This new YARN tells the history of the Regatta illustrated by a group of images from the 1946 Regatta attended by eight 18-footers from Sydney as well as fifty 16-foot skiffs and fourteen VJs

....and from April....

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BRITANNIA (left) and KISMET (right) are often mistaken for each other in black and white photos. This image joins many others on the Fleets Page

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Two new images of KERIKI from the Hall Collection are now up on KERIKI's entry on the 18-FOOTERS Page

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The YARNS Page has a new yarn KISMET Trophies return to Sydney Flying Squadron about how a bunch of trophies won by KISMET has been donated to the SFS and what the Squadron plans to do with them.

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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.

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Books


​Both books are described and are available on the Books Page

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