Etchells Class

The competitors for the Etchells North American Championship in San Diego left the dock Sunday morning for the final two races of the regatta with a lot of work still in front of them to determine the winner. In Race 7, John Dane (Here We Go Again) was the race leader around every mark and through the finish, and jumped back into contention for the Championship. Meanwhile Peter Duncan (Oatmeal) climbed from 8th around the first mark to 3rd place by the end of the downwind leg, and would hold on to finish 3rd taking over the regatta lead, 2 points ahead of Luke Lawrence (Bayou Hustler).

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Competition Tightens at Etchells North Americans in San Diego

05/17/2025

The 2025 Etchells North American Championship continued with 3 more races on Saturday. Conditions were more favorable for racing today with wind in the 8 - 12 kt range. Several dark clouds and rain cells moved across the course creating extra shifty conditions throughout the day. The regatta is utilizing Varakos RaceSense for electronic starts which has worked out very well for the competitors and race committee. The fleet appreciated the efficiency of automated OCS calls and the resulting extra sailing time rather than overly competitive starts ending in general recalls. Race 4 was a clean start, Race 5 had one OCS and Race 6 had three.

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Cooke, Masfen, and Wilkinson (NZL) Top Position at Etchells North Americans Day 1

05/16/2025

Day one of the Etchells North American Championship started off under an AP flag with mostly cloudy skies. After an almost 90 minute delay, Race 1 got underway at 12:55 with a course bearing of 235 with 1.2 nm legs. Wind was 6-9 kts and trending left. Race 1 finished right where the 2024 North Americans ended, with John Dane in first place, fitting of their boat name “Here We Go Again”. Dane is competing in this regatta with past Etchells World Champion Bill Hardesty and Star World Champion Eric Doyle.

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2025 Etchells North American Championship Set to Kick Off Friday May 16th in San Diego

05/15/2025

San Diego Yacht Club welcomes 39 teams competing in the 2025 Etchells North American Championships - a 3-day regatta May 16-18. Local sailor Ben Mitchell will be one of 3 crew sailing with Paul Dorsey on Adjudicator this weekend. "We have about 40 boats. It is a really deep fleet. All the top teams from the US are here, so all of us local sailors will have our hands full with the competition that's here this weekend. The weather looks nice. I think we're going to have decent breeze. And I'm looking forward a really competitive event."

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Q1 2025 Etchells Newsletter

03/31/2025

Check out the Q1 newsletter featuring a new layout!

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Magpie match races to win Etchells World Championship 2025

01/14/2025

Magpie AUS1486 skippered by Graeme Taylor with James Mayo have defended their title in the 2024 Etchells World Championship with crew member Ben Lamb with a classic match race to finish off the series.

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Etchells World Championship 2025 - Magpie Holds On To Lead

01/13/2025

Magpie AUS1486 skippered by Graeme Taylor, with James Mayo and Ben Lamb have maintained their lead in the Etchells World Championship 2025 with a 7, 1, 2 with a total of 17 (now with one drop). The next closest, DanEgerous USA1473 closed the gap once the drop came into play, on 19 points, then Flying Higher AUS1518 on 26 points.

“One more day,” said Graeme Taylor of today’s sailing, not wanting to elaborate until the job is done.

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Etchells World Championship 2025 - Lightning and Lack of Wind

01/12/2025

A storm front with gale force wind and lightning, which then resulted in a lack of wind resulted in no racing on the third day of the Etchells World Championship 2025 from the Royal Brighton Yacht Club.

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