Class News

Etchells Miami: Florida State Championship

By: Jeff Nehms The International Etchells 2024 Biscayne Bay Regatta Series continued in Miami on February 3-4. The 30th year anniversary of the Florida State Championship, the third event of the four-regatta series, attracted 34 boats. Winning the 2024 Florida State...

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Thirty-six Boats for the Sid Doren Memorial

The International Etchells 2024 Biscayne Bay Series continued in Miami on January 13-14. The Sid Doren Memorial, the second event of the four-regatta series, attracted 36 boats. Winter weather across the Midwest caused several DNCs due to flight delays and...

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Lifted Wins 2023 Etchells West Coast Spring Series

Lifted Wins 2023 Etchells West Coast Spring Series

By Casey Coffin, SDYC Communications Coordinator May 21, 2023The final of four events in the 2023 Etchells West Coast Spring Series was the US Nationals/Orca Bowl, held this weekend, May 19-21, at the San Diego Yacht Club. Twenty-two boats, including several teams...

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Midwinters West Opens West Coast Spring Series in San Diego

Etchells San Diego - Fleet 13 and San Diego Yacht Club hosted Etchells Midwinters West this last weekend. Congratulations to Jim Cunningham, Steve Hunt, Erik Shampain, and Serena Vilage for their first place overall and to top Corinthian team Steve Wright, Joe Markee,...

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Lifted Lifts the Winter Series Trophy

February 26, 2023 (Miami, FL) - In keeping with the theme of the 2022/2023 Biscayne Bay Etchells Winter Series, Mid-Winters Championships was a weekend of challenging weather among stiff competition with yet another skipper stepping onto the top of the podium. Yet it...

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Double-header weekend for Etchells Sailors in Miami

February 6, 2023 (Miami, FL) - With Gale Warnings up and down the Floridian coastline on Saturday, it was an easy decision for the Race Committee to call off the first day of racing for Florida States, the third regatta in the Biscayne Bay Regatta Series and another...

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Stella Blue wins 2021 US Nationals

Steve Benjamin topped 30 teams to win the 2021 Etchells U.S. National Championship held June 18-20 in Marblehead, MA. With crew Michael Menninger, Ian Liberty, and Dave Hughes, Benjamin posted a 10-2-17 before making their move to the top, closing with two bullets to...

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Updated Etchells Class Rules

The changes approved by the Class members to the Etchells Class Rules have also been approved by World Sailing. New updated version of the Class Rules effective March 1, 2021 can be viewed using this link.

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2020 Long Island Sound Championship

Etchells Fleet 15 and the Shelter Island Yacht Club were very excited to host the 2020 Long Island Sound Championship on for September 25-27, 2020. Due to continuing Covid-19 restrictions, the previously scheduled Etchells North American Championship was not held in...

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ACCs at Marblehead cancelled

Unfortunately, the regatta originally scheduled for July 24-26 has been cancelled. Organizers of the Helly Hansen National Offshore One-Design Regatta series, in conjunction with Marblehead Racing Association, have canceled the 2020 edition of the NOOD at Marblehead...

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2020 West Coast Spring Series/US Nationals

Message from the San Diego Fleet 13 fleet captain regarding the status of the WCSS and US Nationals: Sailors and friends, while this was foreseeable, all hoped that this communication wouldn't have to be sent.  It would have been a beautiful day of racing the Bill...

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International Class meeting summary

The Special General Meeting of the International Etchells Class Association was held on December 7, 2019. The required quorum was established to open the meeting. Two changes to the Class Rules were proposed and discussed by those present. The changes include the...

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