Aussie Rules

Day One 2016 Etchells World ChampionshipHosted by the Royal London Yacht Club See Ingrid Abery’s photo gallery here (5th September, Cowes UK) The 2016 Etchells World Championship started in earnest today, with two intensely competitive races in the Central...

Glitterati Gather in Cowes

Sunday 4th September Cowes, UK – 250 guests attended the Etchells World Championship Gala Reception, hosted by the Royal London Yacht Club. The Medina Marching Band opened proceedings, and Regatta Director, David Franks, welcomed the sailors to the regatta. As...

Kiwis win Etchells Open European Championship

After two days of tricky shifting breeze in the Solent, the New Zealand Team racing Feng Shui of Andrew Wills, Anatole Masfen and Matthew Kelway,  has won the 2016 Etchells Open European Championship. The team from Royal Akarana Yacht Club scored no worse than a...

Kiwis on Top

DAY ONE – Etchells Open European Championship For the first day of the 2016 Etchells Open European Championship, Principal Race Officer, Phil Lawrence, prophesied that it might be a long day and he was spot on. The wind behaved worse than a wayward child,...

The Gertrude Cup Final Day 2016

The Royal Thames Yacht Club’s Etchells Invitational Gertrude Cup was completed on Wednesday August 3rd after a nine-race program  which saw incredibly close racing amongst the 14 teams competing, teams from 13 different yacht clubs around the world. Like the New...