18ft Skiffs
Jumping around Europe

The 18ft Skiffs are a full carbon high-speed sailboat class that are sailed by three athletes on each skiff.
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The wildest boat

Welcome to the international 18ft Skiffs homepage. Here you’ll find the latest events and information on 18ft Skiff racing in Europe.

Interested to start sailing? Find your nearest contact and buy a boat in Buy and Sell.

JJG 2024 Pictures Online

Take a look at the best of the best. A very detailed one: Maybe you want to see how the […]

Looking forward to Garda?

We have a whopping 17 boats coming to Lake Garda for the European Championships. Be sure to come and watch! […]

Team Black knight with exceptional JJG performance

The Bavarian Team Black Knight had an exceptional performance the the JJ Giltinan Trophy 2024 – the world championships of […]

German Team in Sydney

The Black Knight Racing Team of Heinrich von Bayern, Tom Martin and Andy Martin are racing the Australian fleet in […]

Winter Training in Cadiz

Sailing the 18ft Skiff is one of the hardest things one can learn. It’s fast, unstable and tricky. And when […]

Action in Aarhus

This years 18ft Skiff Grand Pri was closed with spectacular sailing in Aarhus Denmark. It is one of the best […]

News channel

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Next Events

May 2025

Thursday May 1 – Sunday May 4

German Grand Prix, Ammersee

Saturday May 10 – Sunday May 11

Tegernsee Skiff Regatta

June 2025

Saturday June 7 – Sunday June 8

Campione proposed

Sunday June 22 – Thursday June 26

Europeans at Garda proposal

August 2025

Friday August 29 – Sunday August 31

Aarhus Grand Prix Option 1

September 2025

Saturday September 6 – Sunday September 7

Aarhus Grand Prix Option 2

Thursday September 25 – Sunday September 28

Weymouth Grand Prix proposed
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Our main events

18ft skiffs are sailed all around the world with hot-spots in Australia, Europe and New Zealand

Summer in Australia and summer in Europe means double the fun while racing at the worlds best locations

Mark Foy Regatta
The Mark Foy is the Official World Championship for the 18ft skiffs

JJ Giltinan Regatta
This is the biggest event in the Australian league calendar and is regularly the highest attendance event in the world

European Championships
This event brings together sailors from across the continent to race to be the champions of Europe. Containers regularly visit from New Zealand and Australia. It takes place in Torbole, ITA, for some guaranteed No2 rig racing.

Meet the boat

3 sailors

On triple trapeze

Unlimited
spinnaker size

typically 61–73 m2 (660–790 sq ft)

Unlimited main
Unlimited jib

Typically 26–32 m2 (280–340 sq ft)
9.28 m2 (99.9 sq ft)

18ft long

LWL: 5.49 m (18.0 ft)
LOA: 8.9 m (29 ft)
Beam: 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in)

175 kg

Weight ready to sail:
175 kg

Watch the action

18ft Skiffs jumping at Lake Garda

Full video on YouTube.

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