After the war, he got a job in New York City with Sparkman & Stephens, the yacht design firm, before establishing his own boatbuilding company, Old Greenwich Boat Co., based in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. For more than 30 years beginning in the 1940s, Etchells built some of the fastest Star-class sailboats ever.
Following World War II, he began working for Sparkman & Stephens, a yacht design firm in New York City, before establishing his own boatbuilding company, Old Greenwich Boat Co., based in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. For over 30 years, starting in the 1940s, Etchells built some of the fastest Star-class sailboats ever.