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.
After the war, he secured a position at Sparkman & Stephens, a yacht design firm in New York City, before launching his own boatbuilding company, Old Greenwich Boat Co., situated in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. For over 30 years, starting in the 1940s, Etchells crafted some of the fastest Star-class sailboats ever.