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2025 Scott Construction NZ ILCA Championships - Nelson - Final Day Report

Mon 20 Jan 2025 8:04am

Champions crowned - But boy it was tight!

Final Results

Day 4 Photos from livesaildie.com

Prizegiving photos from livesaildie.com

On the "its never like this in Nelson" theme mentioned yesterday, the 104 boat ILCA fleet sailed out in a fresh Easterly, which one local was heard to say were conditions he had never raced in over 20 years! The course was set for the Easterly and the first race was 2 minutes from starting when, lo and behold, the "real" fresh Nelson sea breeze, virtually absent for the last 3 days, decided to push the Easterly out, and after the course was relaid all fleets enjoyed great racing in the fresh NW sea breeze with a nice chop, perfect conditions for the for the ultimate 2 races of the championships.



 
In the ILCA 7 it could not have been any closer. After 10 races Caleb Armit and Dylan Forsyth were tied on points and both counting identical results; 4 firsts, 3 seconds and 2 thirds, so the championship came down to who had beaten who in the last race. In the last race there was a big right hand shift on the first beat that saw most of the top sailors back in the pack at the first mark including Caleb and Dylan. It was Caleb who managed to recover the best to finish 2nd which, with Dylan back in 5th, proved sufficient to secure him the championship. Both deserve congratulations for pushing each other throughout the series and it certainly bodes well for continuing NZ's long legacy at world level in the class. George Pilkington wrapped up 3rd overall, and the U21 title, with a 2nd and 3rd on the day, while Zach Stibbe was highly a commendable 4th overall and second U21.

 
The battle for overall ILCA 7 master supremacy also came down to the last race. The shift that decided the overall championship also played out for the masters. GM Andrew Dellabarca picked the first beat perfectly led at the first mark and was never headed, winning the race to secure him 5th overall and the masters title by a single point from Nelson local, Apprentice Tim Pitcaithly. Leading Master Kris Decke was a few point back in 7th overall while leading GGM was David Giles in 19th overall.


 
The final result of the ILCA 6 open fleet was a contrast, with 2024 Olympian Greta Pilkington dominating the fleet with 4 firsts and 4 seconds to win by a convincing margin. There was however a very tight contest for the minor overall placings. Ex ILCA 6 mens world champion George Lane did enough to secure second overall by a single point from Greta's younger brother, and leading youth, Tom Pilkington, who in turn was just 2 points ahead of 4th placed Arran Begic. Arran was second in the youths ahead of Beau Utting and dual race winner Sam Clarke. Chloe Turner continued her great form with two top ten places on the final day to secure the top Youth girl title from Kate Rasmussen  and Rose Dickey. Miro Luxford was the unlucky sailor of the day, winning the first race but then falling foul of the dreaded OCS in the last race to drop him down the standings.

 
In the ILCA 6 masters it was another overall result that came down to the wire. In the end it was also decided on count back, in favour of defending champion Phil Wild (M). Both he and second overall Josh Edmonds (AM) won 4 races but Phils four seconds vs Josh's three was just enough to see Phil again secure the title. Leading GM, and winner of two races, was Hamiltons Werner Henning. He held out an ultra consistent Hamish Atkinson, who was 2nd GM and 4th overall, and GM Roger Winton, 5th overall and winner of a couple of races. Graeme Tee from Whakatane was the leading GGM in 7th overall while Sandra Williams from the host club, and contest organiser extraordinaire, led the women masters.

 
To round out the close contests the final result of the ILCA 4 was also extremely close. Brooke Mundy secured the title with two 2nd places on the final day, holding off a late run by Lucy Luxford, who found the conditions on the final day to her liking, winning both races, but in the end falling just a single point short of the title. Ellie Tapper, Madison Smith and Louis Yang had a great battle for the 3rd spot on the podium, with Ellie doing enough to secure it in the final races.
 
So thanks to Nelson Yacht Club for being a wonderful host club with a fantastic vibe around the boat park. We all got to enjoy a quality contest and interesting conditions, with all 10 races completed on schedule and deserving champions crowned in every category. We can all now look forward to next year contest in the Bay of Islands, January 14th to 18th 2026.
 
Nick Page 

2025 Scott Construction NZ ILCA Championships - Nelson - Day 3 Report

Sat 18 Jan 2025 6:16pm
Results

Photos - Suellen and livesaildie.com

More of the same - but its great!

We woke to 100% cloud cover and no wind, not a good sign for a sea breeze, but the cloud eventually burnt off and a light sea breeze again filled in, although the start of racing had to be delayed until 3pm. As in the past 2 days it was pretty light, patchy and shifty but all fleets completed 3 good quality races to keep the contest on track. The tide continued to be a factor, with a number of general recalls, black flag starts and unfortunately a few OCS's.

While it could have been dubbed "moving day"  it was more a consolidation day for many of the leaders in all the fleets.

In the ILCA 6, 2024 Olympic rep Greta Pilkington continued her dominance, winning the days first 2 races and establishing a strong 17 point lead over the rest of the fleet. In a near repeat of yesterday Sam Clark (Y) again won a race, but struggled in the first two races to drop to 6th overall. Beau Utting had a super impressive day with two thirds and a forth to move into 4th, tied on points with ex World Champ George Lane in 5th. The two leading Youths boys improved their overall standings, with Greta's brother Tom moving up to 2nd overall and Arran Begic to 3rd, after both posted solid results in all 3 races. Chloe Turner continued her very impressive run of results to remain leading Youth Girl in 8th overall and notably only one place behind the second open women sailor, UK visitor Coco Barrett.

In the ILCA 7 it was Dylan Forsyth's day, with two wins and a second to move him into a three point lead overall over Caleb Armit, who split two thirds with an OCS in the days second race. U21's George Pilkington and  Zach Stibbe continued their battle for U21 supremacy and remain 3rd and 4th overall, but George had by far the better of the day with a race win and two seconds to sit only 3 points behind Caleb and a solid 13 points ahead of Zach.  The battle for the overall Masters supremacy continued between top GM Andrew Dellabarca, local AM Tim Pitcaithly and Whangarei Kris Dekke (M), who still sit 5th, 6th and 7th overall, but Tim and Andrew swapped places, with Tim moving into 4th overall after a super consistent 5th placings in all 3 of todays races. 

In the ILCA 6 masters fleet GM Werner Hennig from Hamilton had a consistent but less spectacular day, dropping to 3rd overall, but just 3 points from the lead. Josh Edmonds (A) was however the one to impress today, winning two races to move into the overall lead by just two points from defending champion Phil Wild (M), who was second in all of todays 3 races. Roger Winton (GM) again scored a race win, in  todays last race, to move into 4th while Sandra Williams continues to lead the women division and Graham Tee the GGM's.

Local sailor Brooke Mundy was the standout sailor of the day, winning all 3 ILCA 4  races to take over the lead in the fleet from Lucy Luxford, who's two 2nd's and a third keep her within striking distance of Brooke. 

So yet another challenging day in Nelson ("its never like this in Nelson" according the the locals!), with three races completed in spite of the challenging weather conditions! Tomorrow's forecast is for something different, with a light to moderate Easterly forecast ,which is sure to throw up some new challenges. 2 races are scheduled to complete the championships, so we hope we can get them all through before the 3:30 start time cutoff .

Nick Page 
ILCA.nz

2025 Scott Construction NZ ILCA Championships - Nelson - Day 2 Report

Fri 17 Jan 2025 8:53am
Results days 1 & 2

Day 2 Photos - Suellen livesaildie.com

The sea breeze challenges continue

 
A sea breeze was again the order of the day on another sunny, warm Nelson day. The NNW sea breeze was in when the 104 boat fleet arrived on course, but again it was pretty light, patchy and shifty for the first two races of the day. However unlike yesterday, when it the breeze faded out early, today it freshened and gave us a decent hiking breeze for the third race of the day. The tide was again a factor, with a number of general recalls and the black flag getting a workout.
 
The leader board in all divisions is taking shape with the contest now at the half way point of the scheduled races. Racing in all fleets was again tight, and the variability in the breeze saw positions changing often through the races.
 
In the ILCA 6, Olympic rep Greta Pilkington really stamped her authority on the contest, scoring 2 races wins and a second to lead the contest by 8 points, and it's worth noting that she has a 2nd place as her current discard! Sam Clark (Y) from Murrays Bay won the second race and now sits 5th overall. He is third in the youths behind Tom Pilkington, who is now 3rd overall and Arran Begic in 4th overall, both of whom had an OCS today which they were luckily able to discard after the 5th race. Open mens sailor George Lane was however the other standout in the fleet today, being super consistent with a third and two 4th to move through to second overall. Chloe Turner continues to be the leading Youth Girl in 8th overall and she has established a solid lead over 2nd place both girl Kate Rasmussen. Miro Luxford was also looking good today, moving up the leaderboard with two 2nd places,  but rather unfortunately he somewhat undid the good work with an OCS in race 2. 

In the ILCA 7 the results were again dominated by the open sailors Caleb Armit and Dylan Forsyth, with Dylan again taking out the first race of the day but Caleb victorious in both the second and third races to lead Dylan by 1 point overall. U21's George Pilkington and  Zach Stibbe both had solid results in all 3 races to sit 3rd and 4th overall.  Just behind them a great contest for the overall Masters supremacy is developing between top GM Andrew Dellabarca, local AM Tim Pitcaithly and Whangarei Kris Dekke (M), who sit 5th, 6th and 7th overall after the 5 races. David Giles continues to lead the GGM's in 15th overall.
 
In the ILCA 6 masters fleet GM Werner Henig from Hamilton is having a blinder, winning the fresher third race today after scoring two 2nd places in the days earlier races to lead overall from Josh Edmonds (A), while defending champion Phil Wild (M) is clearly finding things a bit tough, but has done enough to sit 3rd overall. Sandra Williams had a fantastic day to convincingly take the lead in the women division from Helen Spencer, while Graham Tee continues to lead the GGM's. The starts also proved a challenge in this fleet, with GM Roger Winton winning the second race but then picking up an OCS in the days last race. Its tough at the top!

The ILCA 4 fleet is having a great contest. Local sailor Brooke Mundy won two of todays races to close the gap on Lucy Luxford, who won one race today but did enough to continue to lead overall. It also continues to be a close battle for the rest of the fleet, with all sailors again recording a top 3 placing in at least one race, ending the day with Madison Smith now third overall ahead of Ellie Tapper and Louis Yang.

So another great but challenging day in Nelson, with a clear advantage to those able to avoid the tide trap and get good starts without incurring the dreaded OCS! Tomorrow's forecast is again similar, with light to moderate sea breezes again expected. Another 3 races are scheduled, so there will be plenty of opportunities for everyone to improve or solidify their positions ahead of Sundays concluding 2 races.

Nick Page 

2025 Scott Construction NZ ILCA Championships - Nelson - Day 1 Report

Thu 16 Jan 2025 10:01am
Results Day 1

Day 1 photo's - thanks Suellen and livesailedie.com

A challenging sea breeze to open

A pretty much capacity field of 104 ILCA sailors lined up for first 2 races of the 2025 Scott Construction NZ ILCA Championships at Nelson Yacht Club today. After the regatta was officially opened by Nelson mayor Nick Smith, racing got underway in classic Nelson sunshine, with blues skies and a building sea breeze. Race 1 started after a bit of a delay for the sea breeze to properly establish and for the first race of the day all 3 fleets; 38 in the ILCA 7,  35 in the ILCA 6 and 31 the combined ILCA 6 Master and ILCA 4's, enjoyed an 7 to 10 knots sea breeze with a nice chop, although it was quite shifty and there were plenty of holes and tidal sets to trap the unwary. The breeze had faded a little by the start of the second race, and got really tricky as it continued to drop as the race went on. This, combined with with the significant tidal flow across the course area caused by big spring tides, made conditions for all fleets pretty testing. All 3 fleets however completed the planned 2 races and generally the favourites were to the fore in spite of the tricky conditions.

 
In the ILCA 7 race 1 was dominated by Dylan Forsyth and Caleb Armit, who distanced the fleet in a great battle throughout the race with Dylan eventually triumphing. George Pilkington, fresh from the Aussie Nationals, was third with the leading two masters, Tim Pitcaithly (A) and Andrew Dellabarca (GM) also in the top bunch in 4th and 6th respectively, split by Zach Stibbe in 5th. The top bunch was similar for the second race, but with Caleb getting the better of Dylan and George being one of a number of OCS recipients. It was again Tim and Andrew in the top bunch to finish the day as the leading AM and GM with Kris Deck the leading Master in 7th and David Giles the leading GGM in 13th.
 
In the ILCA 6 it was a bit of a Pilkington family reunion at the front of the fleet, with our 2024 Womens Olympic rep Greta second in both races just leading younger brother Tom (YB) by a point, with Arran Begic (YB) also having an outstanding day to be tied on points with Tom. Chloe Turner was another to have an excellent day, with a 5th and a 6th placing her 5th overall and leading the Youth girl. As with the ILCA 7's there were a bunch of OCS's in the second race which included ex ILCA 6 Mens world champ George Lane, who had been 3rd in race 1. Many others in the fleet found putting together two consistent results on the day tough and they will be looking to put together a more consistent day in tomorrows scheduled 3 races to climb up the standings.
 
The ILCA 6 Masters continued the story of OCS challenges and struggles for consistency. Race 1 winner, and defending champion, Phil Wild seemed to show the effects of the pressure of recently having taken over as ILCA.nz secretary, and did it tough in race 2 with an 11th, while Werner Henig, who was OCS in race 1, triumphed in race 2. Josh Edmonds (AM) from Tamaki rose above all the adversity to lead the ILCA 6 Masters fleet after day 1 with a 2nd and a 3rd. He sits a point ahead of Dunedins Dragos Blaga (M), who is making amends for missing last years event when he contract Covid just before the regatta, with GM Hamish Atkinson returning to the ILCA fleet and sitting 3rd overall. Hamiltons wonder GM Helen Spencer leads the women in 8th overall from local Nelson sailors Sandra Williams (GM), the power house behind organising the regatta. Graeme Tee from Whakatane is the leading GGM in 6th overall
 
In the ILCA 4 Lucy Luxford, showing the benefits of being fresh from the solidarity program at the Australian and Oceania champs in Brisbane, dominated to win both races. It is a close battle for the rest of the fleet, with all 4 sailors recording a top 3 placing in one race. Madisson Smith from Wanaka ended up second overall on the day on 6 points, one clear of Louis Yang and Brooke Mundy with Ellie Tapper is just one point adrift in 5th.
 
So a challenging day to open the championships. Tomorrow's forecast is similar, with light to moderate sea breezes. We have 3 races scheduled so PRO Geoff Pitcaithly will be hoping to get away on time and for a slightly more consistent breeze to fit in all the scheduled races.
 
Nick Page 

2025 Scott Construction NZ ILCA Championships - Nelson

Thu 16 Jan 2025 10:01am

Thanks to the support from Scott Construction we are looking forward to great 2025 ILCA Nationals Champs in Nelson. Always a great sailing venue.

Schedule;
Mon 13 Jan - YNZ AON Clinic (AON youth squad only)
Tues 14 Jan - YNZ AON clinic (AON youth squad only)
- ILCA.nz coaching with Dan Slater (open to all sailors)
- Measuring in the afternoon
Wed 15 Jan - Measuring
- Registration
- ILCA.nz coaching with Dan Slater (open to all sailors)
Thurs 16 Jan - Final Registration
- 10am Briefing
- 2 races back-to-back
Fri 17 Jan - 3 races back-to-back
Sat 18 Jan - 3 races back-to-back
Sun 19 Jan - 2 races back-to-back
- Prize giving asap when results are available

more to come . . .

Lucy Luxford NZL Selection for the 2025 Solidarity Program

Wed 18 Dec 2024 10:52pm

ILCA.nz is proud to announce that Lucy Luxford has been selected to represent New Zealand in the 2025 Solidarity Program.
 
This program encourages young female sailors (ages 13-16) to participate in a world-class sailing championship and aims to foster a lasting love for sailing among young girls and support their development within the sport.
 
Lucy aims to progress through the youth classes and the solidarity program has provided a once in a lifetime opportunity to international experience in the ILCA 4 within a supportive and collaborative experience.  Past representatives have expressed how much they learned as well as the long lasting friendships they have made.
 
Good luck Lucy!

ILCA North Island Champs in Napier - Results & Report

Thu 14 Nov 2024 3:51am

The ILCA North Island Championships were held over the weeke3nd on 23-24 November as part of the Napier Sailing Club Summer Regatta. The ILCA 6 fleet was again very strong with 40 entrants and a high calibre of sailors making  for tough, close racing. Two Australian made their way over the ditch to compete which is something that we hope to see more of.


Day one was sailed in 7-12 knots from the North-east with oscillating shifts with the odd doozy right-hander making things interesting.  The wave state was a lot more civilised compared to  last year and resembled a typical East Coast Bays onshore. All fleets hammered out four races of circa 40mins which made for a long day. Day one saw master Phil Wild (MBSC) take the first race and string together another few top three placing to open up a comfortable lead over Aaron Begic (MBSC) and reigning national champion Naiomi Ferrissey (MBSC) who was in third after being BFD in race three. 
 
Sunday was postponed and eventually started in 6knots with sloppy sea state, with the breeze increasing a few clicks in the second race but building to 14-16 knots in race three. With the leaders emerging in the ILCA 6,  tactics came into play, opening up opportunities for the fleet especially in the first two races of the day.  However with the breeze settled in for the finale, Phil, Aaron and Naomi opening out on the rest of the fleet.  However a consistent performance from Australian Institute of Sport sailor, Fracis Bebe crowbarred her way onto the podium to take third overall ahead of Aaron with Naiomi Ferrissey (first Female)  in 2nd and Phil Wild (1st Master) winning overall with only one race outside the top three. Chloe Turner (MBSC) , who caught the red eye after receiving her YNZ excellence award on Friday night, deservedly claimed 1st female youth.
 
Special mentions to Tom Pilkington (MBSC/RNZYS), Australian Jackson Black (RQSC) and local sailor Rose Dicky (NSC) for winning races.

On both days the consistent front runners of the ILCA 7 fleet were George Pilkington (MBSC / RNZYS), Andrew Dellabaca (WBBC), Kris Decke (Whangarei) and Max Faulkner (TYPBC). The oscillating breeze gave us some classic yacht racing. And while George was challenged at times on the course, his consistency delivered 5 bullets from 7 races. Behind the leaders the generally light conditions, shifts & bumps mixed things up a bit. 

Napier Sailing Club put on a fantastic event with excellent race management which we have grown to take for granted.h

Jacob Fewtrell Media Photos

ILCA 6 Results

Rank Name Yacht Club Sail# R1
23/11/24		 R2
23/11/24		 R3
23/11/24		 R4
23/11/24		 R5
24/11/24		 R6
24/11/24		 R7
24/11/24		 Total Nett
1st Phil Wild MBSC 211509 1 3 2 2 3 (11) 1 12 23
2nd Naiomi Ferrissey MBSC 192285 3 1 (39) BFD 7 5 7 3 26 65
3rd Frances Beebe RQYS 220027 6 4 (23) 1 7 6 9 33 56
4th Arran Begic MBSC 209259 7 2 3 3 16 (20) 2 33 53
5th Tom Pilkington MBSC/RNZYS 221092 4 10 9 9 1 (15) 10 43 58
6th Sam Clarke MBSC 222079 8 12 (17) 8 4 5 7 44 61
7th Beau Utting MBSC/RAYC 222181 12 17 4 10 (18) 4 4 51 69
8th Liam Dimock MBSC 214437 9 9 10 5 8 10 (11) 51 62
9th David Johnson TYPBC / Raglan 209278 14 8 14 4 9 3 (17) 52 69
10th Jack Hollands MBSC 224251 15 (16) 7 6 10 8 6 52 68
11th Toby Dunn MBSC 222175 2 6 19 (35) BFD 11 12 5 55 90
12th Chloe Turner MBSC 223091 5 13 (21) 13 19 13 8 71 92
13th Noah Shirley MBSC 222173 13 15 15 15 (23) 2 12 72 95
14th Roger Winton Pupuke Boating Club 202689 11 (19) 5 12 12 19 13 72 91
15th Jack Craddock WBC 8 18 14 12 16 2 18 (24) 80 104
16th Jackson Black RQYS 214416 20 18 1 14 (21) 16 16 85 106
17th Finn Balchin RNZYS/NSC 215594 10 11 20 17 6 (38) DNF 22 86 124
18th Adam Mark TYPBC / HYC 207863 27 5 22 11 15 9 (31) 89 120
19th Werner Hennig HYC 210823 16 21 11 (23) 14 14 19 95 118
20th Rose Dickey NSC 224463 25 (27) 27 22 13 1 26 114 141
21st Scott McDougall HYC 217619 21 22 18 20 (31) 28 14 123 154
22nd Kate Rasmussen MBSC / Maraetai 222169 23 30 6 (35) BFD 17 23 25 124 159
23rd Pete Thomas Pupuke BC 209280 29 7 (39) BFD 19 25 30 15 125 164
24th Eddie Dewhirst WBC / Whanganui 217839 17 28 13 29 28 22 (33) 137 170
25th Ora MEAD WBBC 219306 (28) 24 26 21 24 24 18 137 165
26th George Turner MBSC 084 19 (31) 28 26 26 21 21 141 172
27th Graeme TEE POYC 222075 (30) 23 24 30 27 17 29 150 180
28th William Muir NSC 219889 31 (35) 8 27 34 33 20 153 188
29th Finn Holmes WBBC / EBYMBC 191021 22 29 16 24 33 29 (34) 153 187
30th Lukas Johnson TYPBC/Raglan 212250 26 20 (32) 25 29 25 28 153 185
31st Caelan Davidson Plimmerton BC 196881 24 26 25 28 20 (34) 32 155 189
32nd Hugo Appleby WBBC 206418 (33) 25 29 31 22 32 27 166 199
33rd George Kay NSC 157153 32 36 31 18 (38) 31 30 178 216
34th Luke Shaw TYC 216010 34 33 30 (35) DNF 35 27 23 182 217
35th Steve Harris WBBC 790 35 32 33 34 (36) 26 35 195 231
36th Rick Spencer TYPBC / HYC 214992 36 34 34 33 32 35 (37) 204 241
37th Amelia Otto NPYC 215598 38 (39) 37 35 DNF 30 36 36 212 251
38th Gill Waiting NSC 188800 37 38 35 32 (39) DNC 38 DNC 38 DNC 218 257
39th Caleb Birrell NPYC 196871 (39) 37 36 35 DNF 37 37 38 DNS 220 259
40th Linda Shaw Torbay SC 211559 40 40 38 35 DNF (39) DNC 38 DNC 38 DNC 229 268
 

ILCA 7 Results

Rank Name Yacht Club Sail# R1
23/11/24		 R2
23/11/24		 R3
23/11/24		 R4
23/11/24		 R5
24/11/24		 R6
24/11/24		 R7
24/11/24		 Total Nett
1st George Pilkington MBSC / RNZYS 222172 (2) 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 9
2nd Andrew Dellabarca WBBC 222170 1 3 2 2 3 (4) 2 13 17
3rd Kris Decke   148894 (4) 4 4 3 1 3 3 18 22
4th Max Faulkner TYPBC 212253 3 2 3 4 (7) 2 4 18 25
5th Mike Knowsley TYC 202917 5 6 5 (10) 4 5 8 33 43
6th Niall Pearson WBBC 219304 (7) 7 6 7 6 6 6 38 45
7th Barry Cutfield POYC 172219 (9) 9 7 6 5 9 5 41 50
8th Ian Baker Pupuke BC 214435 6 5 10 5 8 12 (14) DNS 46 60
9th Simon Beck WBBC/MYC 206025 8 8 8 8 9 (11) 7 48 59
10th Jake Millar GYC 181811 11 12 9 9 (13) 8 9 58 71
11th David Keys LTYC 207850 (12) 10 11 11 12 10 10 64 76
12th Ken Tarboton POYC 181163 10 11 12 12 10 (13) 13 68 81
13th James Kay NSC 3976 (14) 14 13 13 14 7 12 73 87
14th Michael Gray WBBC 161265 13 13 (14) 14 11 14 11 76 90
 

North Harbour Masters and J14 Auckland Champs - results & report

Mon 11 Nov 2024 6:25am

Sailing at Lake Pupuke is a unique experience and the 2024 combined North Harbour Masters / J14 Auckland Champs were proof of that.

Results

Even lake experts were tested by a puffy unstable Northerly. We had rare moments almost beclamed on the runs, and times fully hiked and reaching for the cunningham. It was a good test and we only had to contend with rain and a real fade in the breeze for the last of the five races.

9 ILCA 7's and 7 ILCA 6's was a pretty light turnout. But 20 elegant J14's fill the start line and were spectacular across the lake.

Kris Decke dominated the ILCA 7's winning all 4 races he started, leaving the last light race for Mark Hursthouse and Nik Kelis to sort out 2nd and 3rd.

Phil Wild mastered the ILCA 6's with 4 (he thinks maybe 3) bullets. Pete Thomas was 2nd and Roger Winton returned from a sailing break for 3rd.

David Giles and Trent Justice had more of a battle for the top J14 spot. David just came out on top to defend the title he won last year. Bill Hewitt and Mark Shaw in 3rd and 4th were close on points. First 2-handed crew were Rob and Mika Neely were 5th overall.

A Pupuke BC prize-giving is a cultural experience. Generous spot prizes, dodgy sausages (that don't need chilling for some alarming reason) and J.D. uniformly offending everyone. No one feels left out.

Huge thanks again to Garth, J.D. and Dave who put this event on each year with zero fuss. Super relaxed and super fun.

2024 Stack Winter Champs Results & Report

Mon 7 Oct 2024 5:42am
Click for full results

The Stack Winter Champs were held at Murrays Bay Sailing club over the weekend 5/6 October with a full schedule completed between forecasted lighting storms and heavy rain warnings. Race officer Nick Olson and the MBSC team were highly efficient in rolling through the races at a cracking pace having the fleet back on the beach before 2pm on both days. The club also commented that this was the largest overall fleet, including all classes, since pre-covid, numbering up to over a 160 which is certainly encouraging.

 
The ILCA 6 fleet was slightly smaller than previous years with 15 entrants however was of a solid standard and the hard work that many had put in of the winter was apparent with very tight racing throughout the fleet. Being the first major regatta of the season, it gave some insight into the depth of talent coming through in the ILCA6 class.
 
Saturday was held in 10-15knot choppy North Westerlies with plenty of passing lanes around the track. Racing was very tight with only two points separating the top three and after three races. Stand outs included multiple NZ representative, Chloe Turner (MBSC) with impressive upwind performance and who took out race 3 and Miro Luxford (CBYC) who carved through the fleet with impressive downwind speed when the course angles allowed, taking out races 1 and 2 on the water (however was UFD in the first race).
 
Sundays racing was held in 10-15 Westerly, just off Campbells Bay with the RO having to contend with 40° fluctuations in wind direction. Aaron Begic (MBSC) revelled in the chaos to notch up two second placings and consolidate 2nd overall, only missing out on winning overall on count back. Young Tom Pilkington (MBSC/RNZYS) in his first ILCA 6 event is certainly following in the footsteps of his high achieving siblings who won the first race of the day followed by impressive performances to finish 4th overall. Chloe had another solid day, winning the last race and only being one point short of first equal.
 
Results:
1st Phil Wild (MBSC)
2nd Aaron Begic (MBSC)
3rd Chloe Turner (MBSC), 1st Female
4th Tom Pilkington (RNZYS, MBSC)
10th Kate Rasmussen (MSC/MBSC), 2nd Female

- Phil Wild

2025 Oceania 4.7 Youth Solidarity Program

Thu 5 Sep 2024 9:39pm

Calling on any NZ female youth sailors who are interested in attending the 2025 Youth Solidarity Program.

We can send one sailor from NZ.

Applicants must be;
• A NZ citizen
• A member of ILCA.nz
• An ILCA 4 female sailor aged 13-16 years as at 1 January 2025 with a minimum body weight of 50kg.

More details at: https://ilca.au/2025-youth-solidarity-program-launched
 

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