Photographs of Skiffs

The Lundie Collection held by the Sydney Heritage Fleet includes:

Photographs of skiffs dating from early 1900s to 1990s. Many of these photographs have names of skiff and skipper written on the back of the photo.
Photographs of people and places associated with skiff sailing. Some of these photographs have names written on the back of the photo, many photos are not captioned.

Digitization of a sample of images from the collection has been undertaken and high resolution (1200 dpi) digital images are available for sale.

For further information contact the Maritime Records and Research Centre’s Curator on 02 9298 3850 or mrrc@shf.org.au

Low resolution samples of the photos are shown below.

: 6 foot dinghies, Balmain 6 ft Dinghy Sailing Club, early 1900's.

: 18 foot skiffs coming up to the buoy.

: 18 foot skiffs racing on Sydney Harbour.

: 18 foot skiffs, Brisbane 1952.

: ACE, 18 foot skiff, 1946.

: AJAX beats MYRA by 1 second in Australian Title, Sydney.

: AJAX, 12 foot skiff, 1950.

: AJAX, 18 foot skiff, 1957.

: AJAX, 18 foot skiff, 1958.

: ARAKOON, 18 foot skiff off Balls Head, Sydney.

: ARAWATTA, 18 foot skiff off Balls Head, Sydney.

: ARGUS, 18 foot skiff, Brisbane 1958.

: ARLINE, H. C. PRESS, 18 foot skiffs, 1920/1930.

: AVALON, 18 foot skiff, 1924.

: BORONIA, 16 foot skiff, Easter 1947.

: BRACKS SLACKS, 18 foot skiff, 1968.

: BRITANNIA, 18 foot skiff, 1936.

: BRITANNIA, 18 foot skiff, 1936.

: BUCANEER, 18 foot skiff, Auckland, January 1954.

: BUCANEER, 18 foot skiff, Auckland.

: BUCANEER, 18 foot skiff, Brisbane march 1954.

: BUCCANEER, 18 foot skiff, Auckland 1954.

: CANOPUS, 18 foot skiff, Auckland.

: CANOPUS, 18 foot skiff, Auckland.

: CRESCENT leading other 18 footers in New Zealand 1954.

: CRESCENT, 18 foot skiff, reverse side, season 1905-06.

: CRESCENT, 18 foot skiff, season 1905-06.

: CRESCENT, 18 foot skiff, season 1905-06.

: CULEX III leads BUCANEER, 18 foot skiffs, September 1950.

: CULEX III, 18 foot skff, Brisbane 1949.

: CULEX III, 18 foot skiff at opening of season September 1950.

: DESDEMONA, 18 foot skiff.

: DESDEMONA, 18 foot skiff.

: EFFIE, 18 foot skiff. Ferry in background P.S. NARRABEEN.

: EVELYN, 16 foot skiff Championships Brisbane, 1953.

: FLYING FISH, 18 foot skiff, Brisbane.

: FLYING FISH, 18 foot skiff, October 1949.

: FLYING FISH, 18 foot skiff.

: FLYING FISH, 18 foot skiff.

: FLYING FISH, JENNY III, 18 foot skiffs, 1950.

: FLYING FISH, YENDYS, 18 foot skiffs on Sydney Harbour 1938.

: FLYING FISH, YENDYS, 18 foot skiffs on Sydney Harbour 1938.

: GERARD, 10 foot skiff, 1927.

: GERARD, 10 foot skiff, 1927.

: GERARD, 10 foot skiff, 1930.

: GERARD, 10 foot skiff, Anniversary Day 1934.

: GERARD, 10 foot skiff, reverse side, Anniversary Day 1934.

: H. C. PRESS, 18 foot skiff, 1959.

: H. C. PRESS, 18 foot skiff, 1964.

: H. C. PRESS, 18 foot skiff. Ferry KARAGA. Circa 1920's.

: HAPPY DAY, 10 foot skiff, 1928.

: HAPPY DAY, 10 foot skiff, 1933.

: HAPPY DAY, 10 foot skiff, Reverse side, 1933.

: JAN, MARGAREITA and SCAMP, 18 foot skiffs, Manly, Brisbane 1950.

: JEAN, 18 foot skiff, Sydney Harbour.

: JEAN, 18 foot skiff, Sydney Harbour.
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: JENNY III, 18 foot skiff, 1950.

: JENNY VI, 18 foot skiff, Australian and World Champion 1956.

: KIWI, 18 foot skiff, 1930/34.

: KIWI, 18 foot skiff, 1930/34.

: MARJORIE TOO winning the 18 Footer sailing League Handicap on Sydney Harbour, 23/10/1949.

: TOOGARA-BUCCANEER-18-foot-skiffs-1957-LC011

: MYRA III and BUCCANEER, 3rd heat Australian 18 foot Championships, Brisbane, January 1951.

: N.S.W., 18 foot skiff, Skipper - Harry Thompson 1924/36. Ferry DEE WHY.

: PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, 16 foot skiff, Brisbane, 1953.

: SAM LANDS (left), 18 foot skiff, 1957.

: SHAMROCK (right), 14 foot skiff off Longnose Point, Balmain.

: STELLA, skiff.

: Sydney Flying Squadron start of 18 footers, 29 October 1960.

: TOOGARA, 18 foot skiff, Brisbane River, 1960.

: TOP WEIGHT, STAMINA, MISS JANTZEN, 18 foot skiffs, Sydney Harbour.

: TOP WEIGHT, TOP DOG, 18 foot skiffs rounding buoy, Sydney Harbour.

: UNIQUE

: UNIQUE, ACE, IRENE
UNIQUE, ACE, IRENE, 18 foot skiffs, 1950/51.

: WALLABY
WALLABY, 10 foot skiff, 1936.

: World 18 foot Championships
World 18 foot Championships, Start of race, Auckland, 1954