International B14 Association of Australia

18ft skiff champion Julian Bethwaite designed the B14 in 1986. The design of the boat is modelled on his two-handed 18ft skiff 'Prime III' which incorporated many innovative concepts such as the asymmetrical spinnaker and the two-man crew. The blend of skiff ideas, such as hiking racks, retracting spinnaker pole, asymmetric spinnaker, flexible topmast and a dish-like cockpit makes the B14 an attractive boat. In the initial development of the boat a weight equalisation system was used. This however... more