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....
An unidentified 10-footer on a very empty Harbour. The 10-Footers Page now has this shot as well as many others of 10-footers.
This shot of Scot and HC Press working upwind joins other great shots on the Fleets Page.
The Fleets Page has this great shot of Pastime, Arline and HC Press running into Rose Bay with everything up.
The YARN on The Anglo-Australian Shield raced for in 1898 has been updated with new information....spoiler alert, there were two Shields!
....and from February....
18-footer Acme pictured in 1922. Lots of evidence of an ill-prepared crew.....details on the Selected Images Page.
The 10-Footers Page has this shot of Cornstalk stowing their spinnaker. Sometime between 1911 and 1930.
18-footers wait at Clark Island for the start on a fresh day between 1923 and 1925. The unusual ship that appears in this and 3 other images on the Fleets Page has been identified as the Naval coal lighter Mombah.
The story of Orlando "Lan" Taylor is up on the People Page. Lan ran 22-footers and 18-footers out of the federal Boatsheds in Lavender Bay from the 1890's to 1939.
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 new site will feature the activities and the history of the AHSSA and its fleets of replicas of historical 18-footers and 10-footers.