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    • Australian 16-foot Championships 1934-35
    • The 4th Queen of the Harbour Race 3 December 1932
    • The 12-foot Skiff Championship of Australia 1930-31
    • A Balmain 10-ft Dinghy Club Race in the 1929-30 Season
    • The Canvas Dinghies
    • 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
  • Books
  • About
  • Yarns
    • Australian 16-foot Championships 1934-35
    • The 4th Queen of the Harbour Race 3 December 1932
    • The 12-foot Skiff Championship of Australia 1930-31
    • A Balmain 10-ft Dinghy Club Race in the 1929-30 Season
    • The Canvas Dinghies
    • 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 September....

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Another series of images from the one race, this time the 2nd heat of the Australian 16-foot Championships 1934-35 is now up on the YARNS Page

....and from August....

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A newly discovered series of 16 images from the The 4th Queen of the Harbour Race 3 December 1932 is now up on the YARNS Page 

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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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