| Audi Etchells Worlds fleet - Red Hot |
| FREMANTLE, AUSTRALIA-(5-11-2006) Audi Etchells World Championship 2006 |
| The Etchells One Design class attracts some of the world's best sailors, and the upcoming 2006 Audi Etchells Worlds in Fremantle, Western Australia is no exception. The event will be sailed from November 17th to 25th, and it has attracted 'a red hot fleet' according to Etchells sailor John Bertrand. |
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| Courtesy of Steb Fisher Photography |
| Photo of Australian Championships 2006 |
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| Peter McNeill new Etchells World Champion |
| MOOLLOOLABA, AUSTRALIA-(7-8-2004) Etchells Worlds Championship |
| Moolloolaba, Australia - Lake Macquarie yachtsman Peter McNeill today became the seventh Australian to win the prestigious Etchells World Championship when he outsailed a star-studded international fleet of 85 boats off Mooloolaba on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. |
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| Two points separate top two boats going into final race |
| MOOLLOOLABA, AUSTRALIA-(6-8-2004) Etchells Worlds Championship |
| Moolloolaba, Australia - Just two points separate the two leading boats Tom Pepper XVIII, skippered by Peter McNeill, and Pacesetter, steered by Cameron Miles, going into tomorrow’s eighth and final race of the ACE Etchells World Championship 2004 being sailed off Mooloolaba on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. |
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| Spectacular day on the water at Etchells Worlds |
| MOOLLOLABA, AUSTRALIA-(5-8-2004) Etchells World Championships |
| Moollolaba, Australia - Strong winds, collisions, disqualifications, wild broaches, torn sails, protests, some minor injuries to the sailors, and even a whale on the race course, provided a spectacular fourth day of sailing in the ACE Etchells World Championship 2004 off Mooloolaba on the Queensland Sunshine Coast today. |
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| Lake sailor’s narrow overall lead in Etchells Worlds |
| MOOLLOLABA, AUSTRALIA-(4-8-2004) Etchells World Championships |
| Moollolaba, Australia - Lake Macquarie sailmaker Peter McNeill holds a narrow overall points lead after today’s fourth race of the ACE Etchells World Championship, being sailed off Moolooolaba on the Queensland Sunshine Coast. |
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| Two young sailors winners today in Etchells Worlds |
| MOOLLOLABA, AUSTRALIA-(3-8-2004) Etchells World Championships |
| Moollolaba, Australia - Two young skippers, Julian Plante and Lucas Down, and their lightweight crews made yachting history at the ACE Etchells World Championship 2004 at Mooloolaba today when they outsailed many of the worlds’s most experienced yachtsmen to each win a heat of the eight race regattas. |
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| Conner names Bertrand as favourite |
| MOOLOOLABA, AUSTRALIA-(30-7-2004) Etchells Worlds Championship |
| Mooloolaba, Australia - American yachtsman Dennis Conner today named his America’s Cup rival of near 21 years ago, Australian John Bertrand, as the skipper to beat in next week’s ACE Etchells World Championship at Mooloolaba on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. |
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| ACE Etchells Worlds wide open after final lead-up regatta |
| MOOLOOLABA, AUSTRALIA-(25-7-2004) Etchells World Championships |
| Mooloolaba, Australia - New Zealander Cameron Appleton today won the final lead-up regatta, but the competition remains wide open for the ACE Etchells World Championship 2004 which starts in a week’s time at Mooloolaba on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. |
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| Kiwi champion shows form in Etchells Pre-Worlds |
| MOOLOOLABA, AUSTRALIA-(24-7-2004) Etchells World Championships |
| Mooloolaba, Australia - New Zealand America’s Cup deputy helmsman Cameron Appleton today showed he will be a force to reckoned with in the ACE Etchells World Championship 2004, due to start in nine days time at Mooloolaba on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.< |
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| Grant Wharington’s bid for unique yachting double |
| MOOLOOLABA, AUSTRALIA-(23-7-2004) Etchells World Championships |
| Mooloolaba, Australia - Victorian yachtsman Grant Wharington, already well known as a highly talented and versatile sailor, is aiming at a unique double – taking line honours in a major ocean race and winning a world championship, all within just over a week of sailing off the Australian East Coast. |
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| Strong winds cause Etchells Pre-Worlds regatta to be abandoned |
| MOOLLOOLABA, AUSTRALIA-(18-7-2004) Etchelles World Championship |
| Moolloolaba, Australia - Strong winds off the Sunshine Coast of Queensland today forced the Race Committee to abandon the second day of competition in the ACE Etchells Pre-Worlds Regatta #2. |
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| Bertrand & Brown lead in ACE Etchells Pre-Worlds |
| MOOLLOOLABA, AUSTRALIA-(17-7-2004) Etchells World Championship |
| Moolloolaba, Australia - John Bertrand and Rob Brown, one of his crew of Australia II in their famous America’s Cup victory in 1983, head the leader board after the first day of racing in the ACE Etchells Pre-Worlds Regatta #2 at Mooloolaba on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. |
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| Bertrand, Conner prepare for ACE Etchells Worlds and sign the flag for charity |
| MOOLLOOLABA, AUSTRALIA-(15-7-2004) Etchells World Championship |
| Moolloolaba, Australia - High profile international yachtsmen Australian John Bertrand and American Dennis Conners will contest this weekend’s ACE Etchells Pre-Worlds Regatta #2 at Mooloolaba on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast – and lend their support to a local charity. |
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| Ten New Zealand boats for Etchells Worlds |
| MOOLOOLABA, AUSTRALIA-(7-7-2004) Etchells World Champipnship |
| Mooloolaba, Australia - Ten New Zealand boats are among the 80 yachts nominated for next month’s Etchells World Championship 2004 to be sailed off Mooloolaba on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. |
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| Strong Sydney fleet team for Etchells Worlds |
| MOOLOOLABE, AUSTRALIA-(5-7-2004) Etchells World Championship |
| Mooloolabe, Australia - The Sydney Etchells fleet's allocation for next month's Etchells World
Championship at Mooloolaba on the Queensland Sunshine Coast has been
increased to 11 boats, with the team now also including Sir James Hardy. |
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| Dennis Conner set to menace Mooloolaba |
| MOOLOOLABA, AUSTRALIA-(1-7-2004) Etchells Worlds Championship |
| Mooloolaba, Australia - Dennis Conner and John Bertrand, the rival skippers of the 1983 America’s Cup Match, will clash again in the Etchells World Championship 2004 to be sailed off Mooloolaba on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast from 1-8 August. |
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| Competitors Announced for 2003 MasterCard International Etchells World Championships |
| SOUTH NORWALK, CT. USA-(8-9-2003) Etchells World Championship |
| South Norwalk, CT. USA - The Coastal Fairfield County Sports Commission announced today at a luncheon in Bridgeport that the 2003 MasterCard International Etchells World Championships is just days away and preparations for the event are starting to heat up. |
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| International Etchells Class Sailboats Staging Their World Championship in Coastal Fairfield County |
| NORWALK, CT, USA-(28-6-2003) Etchells World Championship 2003 |
| Norwalk, CT, USA - The Coastal Fairfield County Sports Commission announced today that one of the most prestigious events in sailing, The 2003 MasterCard International Etchells World Championship, will be held in the waters of Long Island Sound off the coast of Greenwich, Connecticut Sept. 18th to Sept. 27th. |
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| Oracle Bmw racing gives Chris Dickson two wins on his birthday |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(5-11-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - The Oracle BMW Racing crew gave skipper Chris Dickson a fantastic birthday present on Sunday, winning both races, and leapfrogging up the leaderboard to finish Round Robin Two in second place. |
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| GBR Challenge to Sail Against Stars and Stripes |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(5-11-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - Peter Harrison's GBR Challenge will be up against Dennis
Conner's Stars and Stripes for the Louis Vuitton Challenger Series
Quarterfinal. |
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| Australian first heat winner Etchells World Championship |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(4-11-2002) Etchells World Championship 2002 |
| Auckland, NZL - Young Brisbane sailor Mark Bradford showed his
all round helming skills in winning today's first race of the International
Etchells World Championship being sailed on Auckland's Hauraki Gulf. |
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| Under siege, Conner comes through to keep Etchells N.A. Title |
| LONG BEACH, CA.-(7-9-2002) 2002 Etchells North American Championship |
| Long Beach, CA. - Backed into a corner by a pair of old rivals, Dennis
Conner reached deep into his seabag Saturday and pulled out a clutch
performance to successfully defend his Etchells North American
Championship. |
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| Connor carries 6-point lead into day of Etchells N.A.`s |
| LONG BEACH, CA.-(6-9-2002) 2002 Etchells North American Championship |
| Long Beach, CA. - In a notoriously predictable venue that has thrown a
kaleidoscope of conditions at competitors in the 2002 Etchells North
American Championships this week, a veteran sailor from San Diego has
emerged as the most reliable factor in the 38-boat fleet. |
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| Blame Hernan --- No wind, no racing for Etchells |
| LONG BEACH, CA.-(5-9-2002) Etchells North American Championship |
| The early stages of the 2002 Etchells North American
Championships have seen fog, giant ocean swells and a dramatic finish, but
Thursday's racing was abandoned for lack of an element no regatta can do
without: wind. |
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| Courtesy of Rich Roberts |
| t was more a rowing contest than a sailboat race Thursday. |
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| Conner rides a roller coaster to opening win at Etchells NA Championship |
| LONG BEACH, CA.-(4-9-2002) Etchells North American Championship 2002 |
| A 38-boat fleet rode a roller coaster of swells
through the first race of the 2002 Etchells North American Championship
Wednesday, led by Dennis Conner in defense of the title he won at Holland,
Mich. last year. |
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| Courtesy of Rich Roberts |
| The Artie Means/Will Stout entry from San Diego, with Dave Gould,
takes a pounding but finished 11th Wednesday.
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| Conner defends Etchells North American Title at Long Beach |
| LONG BEACH, CA.-(2-9-2002) Etchells North American Championship 2002 |
| Long Beach, CA. - The event is the 2002 Etchells North American
Championships Wednesday through Saturday at the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club,
but the entry list of 35 boats includes competitors from Europe and Asia
and one who will soon be taking up temporary residence in New Zealand. |
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