Etchells 22 Class International

A Brief History of the Etchells Class In 1965 Yachting Magazine sponsored a design competition based on the International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU- now ISAF) specifications for a new three-man Olympic keelboat. Skip Etchells, yacht designer and boat builder from Greenwich, Connecticut, USA, followed the results of this competition with interest, but not until trials were set for the fall of 1966 in Kiel, Germany, did he decide to design and build a contender. The result of Skip’s effort... more