Manly 16ft Skiff Sailing Club

A week after Rob Napper collected his fifth Australian 16ft Championship title crewing aboard IMEI, son Ash has skippered Manly boat Brace to victory in the national Flying 11 titles at St [...]

Joel Beashel has become the youngest skipper to take out the Australian 16ft Championship, winning the title 63 years after his famous grand-father Ken etched his name on the trophy. Still [...]

One thing is certain at the Australian 13ft Championships on Hervey Bay: a Manly Skiff Club boat will take out the title. The hard part is predicting which of a range of contenders will be left [...]

Modern Construction Concepts are daring to dream about pulling off one of the more remarkable Australian 16ft Championship victories after lighting up the first four heats of the nationals in [...]

Keep an eye out for the hammerheads and turtles and embrace everything Hervey Bay throws at you – on and off the water. That’s the advice from eight-time Australian 16ft champion – and [...]

Has there ever been a more dramatic finish to a NSW 16ft Skiff Championship in its 118-year history? It’s hard to recall a more eventful weekend after an overnight protest, a storm and an [...]

The winners of this weekend’s 13ft/16ft NSW Championships will have done it the hard way following a hectic shoot-out that will test mind, body and craft. With only one heat of the States [...]

Burnt out after a prolonged stint travelling the globe in the 49er class, the then 22-year-old walked away from the sport to pursue other interests – including ironman triathlon events [...]

At Manly 16ft Skiff Club, a record number of females are entering the various classes on the back of the path paved by some of Australia’s finest women sailors. The likes of former Flying [...]

The Port Jackson Championship is regarded as one of the most unforgiving races on the 16ft skiff calendar. One small mistake or miscalculation and your day can be over as Sydney Harbour shows [...]