Class News

Spring is on us and the UK class is coming out of hibernation with rumours of some teams out dusting off the cobwebs already. Events coming up 18ft Skiff Invitational @ Weston Sailing Club The weekend of the 18th-19th April sees the first class gathering of 2026. The weekend will follow the format of on the water traiing sessions, short course racing and plenty of off the water tuning and tweaking over beers and BBQ. We are excited for the future at Weston Sailing Club with 2

A steep learning curve but worth every minute! For years we had watched the 18's on Sydney harbour, seen glamorous images of 18's racing on iconic Lake Garda and even admired pictures from closer to home in the UK. In 2025 we took the decision to move from watching to trying to tick racing an 18 off the bucket list! It was to be honest hard to know where to start. We could see social media activity from some UK teams, class websites and event reports from 2024 but we had neve