Etchells Australian titles - Six times World Champion joins fleet

9:30 PM Mon 10 Jan 2011 GMT

'Perfect Balance Crew (L-R) Skipper Mark Bulka, Stewart Nichols and Glenn Ashby - Rex Gorell Prestige Etchells Australian Championships 2011' Teri Dodds &copy

The Etchells One Design fleet in Australia is probably the best in the world. Sailors who will be competing in the Rex Gorell Prestige Etchells Australian Championship in Geelong, Victoria this week, include a long list of America?s Cup sailors, World Champions and Olympians and the list continues to grow as more and more high performance sailors from other classes sail Etchells as part of their cross training. Now six times A Class Catamaran World Champion Glenn Ashby is returning to the Etchells Class. Mark Bulka, Stuart Nicolls and Glenn Ashby won the 2004 Australian National Championships in Adelaide and ...

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