2017 Etchells World Championship Preview

09/25/2017

The 2017 Etchells World Championship, hosted by The San Francisco Yacht Club, kicks off on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 with the first of five days of racing on San Francisco Bay (9 races are scheduled). Fifty-one teams representing ten countries will be competing in the area known as the Berkeley Circle. This is the fourth time that the Etchells World Championships are being held in San Francisco Bay.

2017 North American Championship Concludes

08/22/2017

After taking the lead yesterday at the Etchells North American Championship, Scott Kaufman and his team of Jesse Kirkland, Lucas Calabrase, and Austen Anderson closed out the series today to win the 2017 title.

After several contenders found themselves in the teens after the first race of the day, the stage was set going into the eighth and final race of the event. Kaufman’s lead had narrowed, but the chasing pack faltered again, and with Kaufman coming in second in the race, all questions were erased.

Shroud Stabilizer Loop

08/15/2017

Is it permissible to use rope or elastic to tighten or stabilize the shrouds by deflecting them toward each other?

2017 Annual General Meeting announcement

07/28/2017

INTERNATIONAL ETCHELLS CLASS ASSOCIATION Notice: 2017 Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday, September 25, 2017 1730 at the San Francisco Yacht Club, Belvedere, California, USA

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Election of governors and proposed rule changes

11/02/2016

The voting is now open for the election of governors and also for two proposed changes to the class rules. Owner/Active class members are requested to complete the ballot no later than December 10, 2016.

2016 World Championship update

09/06/2016

Congratulations to John Bertrand, Ben Lamb and Paul Blowers on winning the 2016 Etchells World Championship. Link through the headline for more details.

2016 World Championship begins today

09/05/2016

Measurement completed, registration completed, practice race completed, country flags raised, now ready to race.

Message from Class Chairman, Gary Gilbert

08/16/2016

The 2016 Etchells World Championship and one design class measurement clarifications

2016 Annual General Meeting Notice

07/09/2016

INTERNATIONAL ETCHELLS CLASS ASSOCIATION Notice 2016 Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday, September 4, 2016 1730 at the Royal London Yacht Club, Cowes, GBR

2016 World Championship online entry active

04/20/2016

Preparations are accelerating for the world championship in Cowes. The Notice of Race is posted and the online entry registration process is open. Go to www.etchellsworlds.org for more information.