New in April 2024....
One of a sequence of shots of the 10-footer Nina in strife on the Brisbane River in 2005 now up on the Gallery Page
The 1993 replica of the 10-footer Commonwealth of 1907 has been restored and will compete in the 32nd Historical 10-ft skiffs Australian Championships 4-6 May at Teralba on Lake Macquarie. The whole story is on the News Page.
The campaign for a plaque on the gravesite of Joe Donnelly (1839-1917) is nearing completion and the plaque (pictured on the News Page) will be in place sometime in May. And check out the video on Joe on the Videos Page.
The Australian Historical Sailing Skiff Associationwas established in 1990 by a group of skiff enthusiasts. The objects of the Association "shall be to acquire, restore, build replicas of, sail, race, display and promote historical Australian skiffs and other open boats which the Association considers worthy of promotion".
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Since then the major activity of the Association (usually abbreviated to AHSSA) has been racing fleets of replicas, first with a fleet of 10-footers and since 1995 with a fleet of 18-footers. Currently the AHSSA has an active fleet of 10-footers racing in Brisbane, a less active fleet occasionally racing on Lake Macquarie NSW and a fleet of 18-footer replicas racing every Summer Saturday out of the Sydney Flying Squadron. The AHSSA is the recognised Class Association for historical skiffs with Australian Sailing.
This is a growing site and will be regularly added to.
For a look into the history of the 18-footers, 10-footers and other Australian open boat classes, see our companion site www.openboat.com.au
This is a growing site and will be regularly added to.
For a look into the history of the 18-footers, 10-footers and other Australian open boat classes, see our companion site www.openboat.com.au