16ft Skiff News

For all the trophies, titles and honours Manly 16ft Skiff Club accumulates each year, the collective smiles on the faces of Swap Day participants probably best sums up what the place is about. [...]

Leaders Modern Concept Constructions adopted the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) theory to take the sting out of the contest early en route to a maiden club championship victory on Saturday. In [...]

After a season with a variety of conditions, there’s a lot happening going into the final day of racing for the Club Championships. Let’s break down the talking points before we hit the water. [...]

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. [...]

  Their bodies might have been screaming for mercy, but there was nowhere else a group of Manly Skiff Club greats would rather have been as they turned back the clock at the annual Old [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]