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Etchells World Championship Day 4 - Tight at the top By Tracey Johnstone, 9:18 PM Thu 23 Feb 2012
Etchells World Championship - The overall leader name may have changed but the racing is far from complete. The top of the 74-boat scoreboard is very tight after six races and one drop. Roulette is in the lead with 13 points. The Roulette team is a coalition of talented sailors. On the helm is 2006 Etchells World Champion and American sailor, 54-year-old Jud Smith. ...[more]

Etchells Worlds 2012 day 4 images by Andrea Francolini By Andrea Francolini images, 6:07 PM Thu 23 Feb 2012
The Etchells Worlds day 4 was a summer day right out of the brochure with a light north easter blowing and flats seas. Andrea Francolini images from today's racing ...[more]

Etchells Worlds 2012 Day 4 - Champagne sailing + results By www.sail-world.com, 5:39 PM Thu 23 Feb 2012
It's getting to the business end of the 2012 Etchells Worlds 2012 being sailed in the waters off Sydney Heads. There was a general recall for the first race of the day. The second start under Black Flag, was clear. ...[more]

Etchells Worlds 2012 Day 4 Results By www.sail-world.com, 12:32 PM Thu 23 Feb 2012
Getting to the business end of the 2012 Etchells Worlds being sailed off Sydney Heads. Today the worst race drop comes into play. Hit refresh on this story at any time for the latest news. ...[more]

Etchells World Championship - Red wine? By Tracey Johnstone, , 6:40 AM Thu 23 Feb 2012
Etchells World Championship - Early this week a little bit of gossip was whispered in ear of the event writer; something about a couple of gentlemen Etchells sailors having a long-standing red wine bet based on their results at each Championship. So what can a writer do when the whisperer is unsure of the details but go to the source to find out if it is truth or fiction. ...[more]

Etchells Worlds 2012 Day 3 - More images by Ingrid Abery By Ingrid Abery images, 9:25 PM Wed 22 Feb 2012
More images from day 3 of the Etchells World Championship from photographer Ingrid Abery. ...[more]

Etchells Worlds 2012 day 3 images by Ingrid Abery By Ingrid Abery images, 9:16 PM Wed 22 Feb 2012
The Etchells World Championship continued off Sydney today and photographer Ingrid Abery captured the action. ...[more]

Etchells Worlds 2012 - Overall lead to Aussie Tom King By Tracey Johnstone, 8:57 PM Wed 22 Feb 2012
Etchells World Championship - Tom King stamped his name on Sydney back in September 2000 and it seems like he intends doing it again in 2012 as he steered his Iron Lotus team to overall lead today. Australian skipper King and crew of Ivan Wheen, David Edwards and Owen McMahon have delivered consistent results in the first four races of the championship with a second, sixth, third and second. ...[more]

Etchells Worlds Day 3 - Who is the King after four races? By Sail-World.com, 2:11 PM Wed 22 Feb 2012
Etchells Worlds 2012. It was a crazy day offshore yesterday with Etchells racing being impossibleas the winds gusted into the mid 30’s against a two knot set. ...[more]

Etchells Worlds 2012 day 2 abandoned By Tracey Johnstone, 2:41 PM Tue 21 Feb 2012
The Etchells Worlds 2012 race committee abandoned racing for today. It is intended that there will two races tomorrow. Then two races on Thursday, two on Friday and one on Saturday. 'The forecast for tomorrow looks absolutely perfect and improving as the week goes on. We are confident we can get back on track,' said PRO Wilson. ...[more]

Etchells Worlds Day 2 – Horror seas means racing abandoned By www.sail-world.com, 1:06 PM Tue 21 Feb 2012
Etchells Worlds Day 2. Fleet held in Watson's Bay. As Principal Race Officer Ross Wilson explained 'The conditions today with wind against a two knot south flowing set, are huge. We are in no hurry to drop the AP; we are very concerned if if we start racing we might sink half the fleet. ...[more]

Etchells Worlds 2012 - Magpie on form + Day 1 Video By Tracey Johnstone, 7:19 AM Tue 21 Feb 2012
Etchells Worlds 2012 - On day one of competition, the Aussie team of Graeme Taylor, Grant Simmer, and Steve Jarvin aboard Magpie, were back on form. Taylor finished fourth in race one and then a firm first in race two of the day to place first overall with five points. ...[more]

Etchells Worlds Day 1 images by Ingrid Abery By Ingrid Abery images, 8:56 PM Mon 20 Feb 2012
Etchells Worlds 2012 images from day one racing by photographer Ingrid Abery. ...[more]

2012 Victorian Moth Sate Championship - To be continued .... By Leigh Dunstan, Melbourne , 4:25 PM Mon 20 Feb 2012
The 2012 KA Sail Victorian Moth State Championships started in a challenging fashion with the first four races sailed in 0-15 knots ...[more]

Etchells Worlds 2012 day 1 - Taylor leads after two races By Sail-World.com, 3:09 PM Mon 20 Feb 2012
The Etchells Worlds 2012 started with the three committee boats hanging in the south flowing tide which was 1.5 to 2 knots on the start line. ...[more]

Etchells Worlds 2012 - 27 years and still on the bow By Tracey Johnstone, 8:00 AM Mon 20 Feb 2012
For the Etchells Worlds, it’s been 27 years since the Sydney Etchells Fleet hosted and in the ensuing years, many of the competitors have raced on other boats, in other classes and at other events. One competitor from the 1984 Etchells World Championship who has done the full circle finishing back in Sydney, at the Etchells Worlds, on the start line today and still on the bow, is Paul Westlake. ...[more]

Etchells World Championship 2012 - All set By Tracey Johnstone, 4:59 PM Sun 19 Feb 2012
It’s been last minute jitters around the hardstand at the Etchells World Championship 2012. Most teams have their paperwork in order and have headed out to participate in this afternoon’s practice race. ...[more]

Etchells Worlds 2012 - Mr Consistency looking for second title By Rob Kothe and the Sail-World Team, 8:07 AM Sun 19 Feb 2012
Sailing at the 2012 Etchells World Championshups there are two U.S. World Champion skippers Jud Smith (2006) and Vince Brun (2000) looking for their second World Championship crown, along with three Aussie skippers, John Bertrand (2010), Peter McNeil (2004) and Cameron Miles (1999). ...[more]

Etchells Worlds 2012 - Tom Slingsby adds Olympic thinking By Tracey Johnstone, 5:35 PM Sat 18 Feb 2012
Whether they are amateur or professional sailors, for the fleet of 74 boats carrying 238 crew, their goal is the 2012 International Etchells Class World Championship honours. ...[more]

Etchells World Championship - Karyn Gojnich, a woman of many talents By Tracey Johnstone, 9:10 PM Fri 17 Feb 2012
Etchells World Championship - Italian skipper Marco Cimarosti realised in January that his regular Etchells third man would be unable to race in the Championship in Sydney. Limited to a maximum total weight of 285 kilos per team and with a lack of experience at racing offshore of Sydney Heads, Cimarosti asked his sailing friend and crew member, Federico Lauro, for help. ...[more]

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