Cancel any appointments you have for April 5 and make sure you’re at the Manly Skiff Club – or watching Sail Media’s livestream – for the final club championship heats of the season. [...]
When the kite halyard snapped as Modern Conception Constructions made its way to the start line for the first of two Manly club championship heats on Saturday, skipper Kurt Hansen thought his [...]
There is no take without the give. The sailors in the 16s and 13s fleets bring sponsors along for the ride, providing constant feedback on results, producing media content/exposure and creating [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Whether he’s dressed in a business suit or wetsuit, Hugh Skeen is seeing the growth of the 13ft skiff class first-hand. By day, the 20-year-old dons the shirt and tie for work as a [...]
A quick glance at the results from Saturday’s first pointscore race of the season tells you all you need to know about the conveyor belt of quality sailors emerging from Manly 16ft Skiff [...]
WELCOME TO THE SEASON Manly 16ft Skiff Club’s 2024/25 season officially kicked off last Saturday with a non-pointscore race in a dying southerly, with 17 boats facing the starter’s [...]