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The 18 ft Skiff has come a long way in more than 100 years of continuous development. [2] From heavy boats carrying a crew of ten or more, to today's high-tech, light-weight, high performance design. Parts of the history of the early days of skiff sailing, between 1892 and 1945, is found on the pages of the Australian 18 Footers League .
In the early 20th century 18-foot skiff racing had gained ground as a spectator sport. The radical innovations introduced by Aberdare in 1933 (a narrow beam, reduced sail area, reduced crew, and flat bottom) made it significantly faster than contemporary designs, leading Aberdare to win four consecutive Australian championships. [1]
Many of today's skiff classes are based in Australia and New Zealand in the form of 12 ft (3.66 m), 13 ft (3.96 m), 16 ft (4.88 m) and 18 ft (5.49 m) skiffs. The 29er , 49er , SKUD and Musto Skiff are all considered to have developed from the skiff concept, all of which are sailed internationally.
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 226.0 sq ft (21.00 m 2) and in fact was the first design equipped with a spinnaker bow chute. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 6 ] The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick D-PN of 82.6 and a RYA PN of 879.
The boat has a draft of 3.83 ft (1.17 m) with the centerboard extended and 7 in (18 cm) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer. [1] For sailing the design may be equipped with a spinnaker of 178 sq ft (16.5 m 2). It has adjustable jib fairleads and jib roller furling.
The boat has a draft of 2.75 ft (0.84 m) with the daggerboard extended and 0.25 ft (0.076 m) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer or car roof rack. [ 1 ] The boat has a reinforced transom to allow the fitting of a small outboard motor .
The O'PEN Skiff is a single-handed training and racing sailboat.The hull is built of thermoformed, molded polyethylene, with a two-section mast and aluminum boom.It has a catboat rig, with a K.Film polyester, fully-battened mainsail; a raked stem, an open transom; a transom-hung, composite epoxy rudder, controlled by a tiller with an extension and a retractable, composite epoxy daggerboard.
The 59er dinghy was put into production in Australia and the UK in 2002. It is a non-trapeze, 4.7-metre (15 ft 5 in) sailing dinghy, rigged with an asymmetrical spinnaker. It is designed for a crew weight of 145 to 180 kg (320 to 400 lb).
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