Please select your home edition
Edition
Selden 2020 - LEADERBOARD

18ft Skiffs - Images from a torrid day on Sydney Harbour

by Sail-World.com on 16 Oct 2016
Thurlow Fisher - 18ft Skiffs - Major A. Frizelle Trophy - October 16, 2016 Michael Chittenden
Michael Chittenden was out on the water for the Major A. Frizelle Trophy - the second race of the 18ft skiff 2016-17 season.

Sailed in in a healthy breeze, officials tried starting the fleet in the Storm Rig configuration, but even that was too much for most competitors.

A few hardy souls made it to the start line and then had a sail before the race was abandoned. Two masts were broken.

Images shot from the Camera Cat.















North Sails Loft 57 PodcastSCIBS 2025 ExhibitorsCyclops Marine 2023 November - FOOTER

Related Articles

Bird Island Race Finish and Standings
The Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore event took place on Saturday The Bird Island Race, the fourth event in the Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore (ACSBWPS), took place on Saturday 16 November under overcast skies and windy conditions.
Posted today at 6:06 am
Gloves off! (Or is that actually gloves on?)
Gloves off, bare-knuckle street fighter style, or tape the hands up and go the padded mitts Well now... Isn't that actually a really good point. Normally, you'd say it was gloves off, time to get physical in a bare-knuckle street fighter sense.
Posted on 17 Nov
Vendée Globe Day 8: Play it again Sam!
Goodchild on the rise again as Sébastien Simon takes the lead Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil), the French skipper who grew up in Les Sables d'Olonne with the Vendée Globe as the backdrop to his life, is Sunday's new leader of the solo non-stop round the world race.
Posted on 17 Nov
18ft Skiff Sixt Spring Championship Race 5
Another brilliant exhibition by the Rag & Famish Hotel team in the strong north-east wind The Rag & Famish Hotel team of Harry Price, Max Paul and Finn Rodowicz continued their domination of the 2024-25 Australian 18 Footers League with another brilliant exhibition in the strong north-east wind conditions on a near-deserted Sydney Harbour.
Posted on 17 Nov
Vendée Globe Sunday Morning Update
Damage for Louis Burton on Bureau Vallée, is West now Best? One of the expected front runners, Louis Burton reported to race control that he had found deck cracks on Bureau Vallée. Meanwhile, the western group is making good progress in strong winds, and we discuss the VMG numbers and why they're important.
Posted on 17 Nov
Lee leads 16ft Skiff NSW Titles
Wrap of NSW 16ft and 13ft Skiff titles Port Hunter round An uncooperative seabreeze and a procession of shipping movements prevented any racing from being completed on a disappointing Day 2 of the NSW 16ft and 13ft Skiff Titles being sailed at Port Hunter 16ft Sailing Skiff Club, Newcastle Harbour, today.
Posted on 17 Nov
Vendee Globe Day 7 - Deck cracks on Bureau Vallée
Le Cam ventures into Groupama Corner; "Big crack" on Bureau Vallée The casualty count in the Vendée Globe Race is potentially about to increase with the news that one of the expected front runners Louis Burton has just reported to race control that he had found deck cracks on his foiling IMOCA Bureau Vallée.
Posted on 17 Nov
Pics of BWPS Bird Island Race finishers
The clouds cleared as the leaders approached the finish line The clouds cleared late this afternoon as the front runners in the Audi Centre Sydney BWPS Bird Island Race passed Sydney Heads, closing on the finish line.
Posted on 16 Nov
Vendée Globe Day 7: the African king?
The six times Vendée Globe starter seems to have benefited from a radical easterly option Jean Le Cam, at 65 the oldest and most experienced skipper among the 39 solo racers still competing, leads the Vendée Globe singlehanded non-stop race around the world as the tenth edition completes its first week at sea tomorrow Sunday.
Posted on 16 Nov
Giancarlo Pedote in the Vendée Globe update
"Trust in your strategy in the hope that it pays off!" This Saturday, as he prepares to tackle his sixth day at sea in the Vendée Globe, some 500 miles offshore of the Western Sahara, Giancarlo Pedote is currently at front of the pack after a spectacular comeback late yesterday.
Posted on 16 Nov