2017 Etchells Australasian Championship

06/11/2017

An array of conditions greeted the 39 starters in the 2017 Line 7 Etchells Australasian Championship. One crew managed them better than anyone else. So with three individual race wins and a pair of seconds from the seven that were held from Friday to Sunday, the crew to have their name inscribed as the 21st winners of the Mooloolaba Yacht Club’s annual classic is, Magpie. In second place was the fast finishing Iron Lotus, and in third were the social media favourites, Gen XY.

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2017 Worlds Alert

05/15/2017

Early registration rates end on June 22 for The 2017 Etchells Worlds, sailed this year on San Francisco Bay and hosted by The San Francisco Yacht Club. The Worlds events kick off on September 22 and run through September 30.

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2017 North American Championship

05/04/2017

Regatta website full of details and news for the event at San Diego Yacht Club. August 16-19.

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Inside the Classes: Etchells

03/20/2017

Still tweaked, after all these years, but the Etchells class continues to deliver highly competitive and cerebral racing. Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta San Diego overall winner Argyle Campbell explains the nuances of this enduring one-design.

While modern one-design classes come and go, the Etchells endures, aging well as the ultimate tinkerer’s keelboat. Whether you sail it simple or sail it complex, the outcome is always the same: You’re only as fast as your last adjustment.

This long, slender classic came to the stage in the late 1960s, and while its lines remain true to its namesake designer Skip Etchells, its intricacies and the experience required to sail it to its potential are ever changing and ever elusive. Great sailors have gone to great lengths to master it, only to relinquish. Even greater sailors continue to unlock its mysteries today.

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2017 Victorian States Championship

03/16/2017

2017 Brighton Land Rover Etchells Victorian Championship held at Royal Brighton Yacht Club. Congratulations to Jeanne-Claude Strong and her crew of Marcus Burke, Seve Jarvin and Tiana Witty for their win.

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Election of governors and proposed rule change voting result

12/20/2016

The election of ten governors for 2017-2018 is complete. Two proposed rule changes were also voted on. See the full article for the details.

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