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2024 ILCA.nz AGM

All welcome, we look forward to seeing you.

 

2025 NZ ILCA Champs - Nelson

We are looking forward to another great ILCA Nationals Champs at 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 . . .

Wanted ILCA 7 Sail and Lower Mast - any condition

Wanted, Laser / ICLA 7 standard lower mast section and sail.

It’s just for recreational sailing so any condition considered.

Please call or email Matthew on 027 222 0660 or mgluxon2018@gmail.com

2024 Stack Winter Champs Results & Report

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

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
 

2024 Pupuke Freshwater Laser Champs - A bit of a drifter

With Auckland under big high pressure for the weekend beautiful blue skies but a distinct lack of breeze were the feature of both days for the 2024 NS ILCA Freshwater Champs at Pupuke.

A decent fleet of 30, pretty evenly split between ILCA 7 and 6, turned up on Saturday morning, but others who were expected were clearly put off by the very light, and unfortunately accurate, forecast for the weekend.

On Saturday race officer Garth Briden managed to get a couple of short races for both fleets completed in a very light SE breeze, what we could generously call gusting 5 knots, before the breeze collapsed almost completely just after the start of the third race for the ILCA 7. They struggled around to complete a shortened third race but that was the end of the breeze and the racing on Saturday.

Sunday was if anything even tougher, with little puffs of an E'ish whisper that never got to much more that 3 knots. Everyone was keen to give it a try and 2 drifters were completed for both fleets to give a series result.

In the ILCA 7 rising U21 star George Pilkington ended up dominating the weekend with 4 wins, assisted by his expertise with roll tacking and gybing. He was followed by open sailors Max Faulkner from Tauranga, who cleaned up the first race on Saturday and a consistent Eroni Leilua, who will be representing Samoa in this years Olympics. Leading Master in 4th overall was Kris Decke from Whangarei while Mike Keeton took out the GGM's in spite of all his GGM ailments.

The ILCA 6 fleet was certainly one of high calibre, with numerous national champions and representatives competing as well as the next batch of up and coming talent. The racing was fierce and there were four different race winners for the four races completed. Conditions required a combination of patience, resilience and good eye-sight to spot the puffs on the glassy lake…which clearly Greta Pilkington displayed an abundance of.

Race one saw Beau Utting from RAYC recover from a difficult start to hook into a wonderful left hander and take the lead through the finish with Greta Pilkington, fresh off the plane from Europe, coming in hot in second place with NZ Youth Rep Zach Stibbe in third. In race two Fiji Olympian Sofia Morgan bolted out of the gate, leading through to a third of the way up the last beat when a left hand shift was picked up by Greta who won the race with aging battler Phil Wild in second and up and coming youth Sam Clarke sneaking in to round out the top 3.

The first race on Sunday was started in negligible, gusting not much more and provided a great demonstration on how to roll tack…at which this years youth rep Zach Stibbe proved to be best in the ILCA 6's and took out the race with ever consistent Greta in second and Sofia in for a well-deserved third. Race four got away in a blustery maybe 4 knots in which Sofia got away to a lead however a combination of lulls and puffs saw the fleet congeal at the bottom mark after which Phil Wild tacked out into a new "breeze" (read more than 1 knot), that came down the left of the course and lead through to the finish holding off the highly determined Greta with Sam Clark stealing his way into third.

So overall Greta Pilkington made it a quinella for the Pilkington family for the weekend. Phil Wild was 2nd overall and dominated the masters, with youth Sam Clarke an excellent 3rd overall. Leading youth girl was Kate Rasmussen by just a single point from Chloe Turner.

Plenty of sausages and prizes kept everyone happy after racing thanks to principal sponsors Burnsco and NZ Sailing.

ILCA 6 Results
 

pos cl . div . sail 1 2 3 4   dis Σ name club
1 R w O  1092 2 1 2 2   2 5 PILKINGTON Greta RNZYS
2 R m M  1509 4 2 5 1   5 7 WILD Phil MBSC
3 R m Y  2079 10 3 4 3   10 10 CLARKE Sam MBSC
4 R m Y  3030 3 7 1 ufd   15 11 STIBBE Zach OTYC
5 R w O  6173 7 4 3 5   7 12 MORGAN Sophia RAYC
6 R m Y  2181 1 12 10 4   12 15 UTTING Beau MBSC
7 R w Y  2169 11 6 7 7   11 20 RASMUSSEN Kate RAYC
8 R w Y  3091 8 5 8 8   8 21 TURNER Chloe MBSC
9 R m S  9280 14 10 6 9   14 25 THOMAS Pete PBC
10 R m O  7863 13 9 ufd 6   15 28 MARK Adam HYC
11 R m Y  2175 6 14 9 ufd   15 29 DUNN Toby MBSC
12 R m Y  9259 9 8 dnc dnc   15 32 BEGIC Arran MBSC
12= R w G  8358 12 11 11 10   12 32 WOOLDRIDGE Georgina PBC
14 R m Y  4251 5 13 dnc dnc   15 33 HOUNDS Jack MBSC
raf dnf ocs dsq dne = 15 15 13 13   dnc = 15
SCORING = Appendix A   ... z = ZFP . a = ARB . s = SPI . d = DPI

ILCA 7 Results

pos cl . div . sail 1 2 3 4 5   dis Σ name club
1 L m Y  21 3 1 1 1 1   3 4 PILKINGTON George RNZYS
2 L m O  2253 1 2 5 8 2   8 10 FAULKNER Max TYPBC
3 L m O  6199 6 4 4 3 3   6 14 LEILUA Eroni TSC
4 L m M  8894 12 5 3 4 4   12 16 DECKE Kris OYC
5 L m M  8103 5 6 2 dnc 7   16 20 FRANCE Adrian TYC
6 L m S  2250 4 7 8 6 6   8 23 KEETON Mike PBC
7 L m S  1519 2 3 11 12 12   12 28 PAGE Nick PBC
8 L m S  2078 11 9 6 7 9   11 31 HURSTHOUSE Mark PBC
9 L m S  6909 9 10 9 9 10   10 37 LOCK Garry PBC
10 L m G  2247 7 14 13 11 8   14 39 GLADWELL Ian PBC
11 L m M  2705 14 13 12 2 13   14 40 ATCHISON Ken HYC
12 L m S  0073 10 12 10 10 11   12 41 LOWE Dave PBC
13 L m G  8101 dnc dnc dnc 5 5   16 42 KELIS Nik WBC
13= L m G  4094 8 11 7 dnc dnc   16 42 WOOLDRIDGW Neil PBC
15 L m G  2689 13 8 14 dnc dnc   16 51 WINTON Roger PBC
raf dnf ocs dsq dne = 15 15 15 13 14   dnc = 16
SCORING = Appendix A   ... z = ZFP . a = ARB . s = SPI . d = DPI


 

2024 Auckland ILCA Champs - Open Youth and Masters Results

2024 Auckland ILCA Champs - Open, Youth and Masters at Tamaki YC.

  • 2-day Open & Youth regatta Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th March 2024
  • 1-day Masters regatta Saturday 23rd March

Overall results

On Saturday we had the scheduled 4 races in N to NE conditions. It was a good test. Moderate breeze most of the time, but up in the later teens at moments. There were some decent shifts that mixed up the places on occasion. And some waves to work on the run into Mission Bay. Funnily enough the best of the sailors seemed to do well in most races.

Sunday morning started with a light but steady easterly that encourgaed us out onto the course. But it started to fade to less than 5 knots after the first ILCA7 race started. They did get one 1-lap race in. But the ILCA 6s were not so lucky, and after a couple of goes trying to get them away we paused for an hour, before giving it away in favour of watching the Black Foils win the dolphin-free day of the Christchurch SailGP.

ILCA 7 2-day leaders Open & Youth

  • 1st Eroni Leilua
  • 2nd George Pilkington (1st Youth)
  • 3rd Kris Decke

ILCA 6 2-day Open & Youth leaders

  • 1st Phil Wild
  • 2nd Zach Stibbe (1st Youth)
  • 3rd George Lane
  • 4th Winton Liesebach (2nd Youth)
  • 5th Sophia Morgan (1st Female)
  • 6th Jack Hollands (3rd Youth)
  • 11th Vaimo'oi'a Ripley (2nd Female)
  • 15th Chloe Turner (1st Youth Female)
  • 19th Rose Dickey (2nd Youth Female)
  • 20th Kate Rasmussen (3rd Youth Female)

ILCA 7 1-day Masters leaders 

  • 1st Kris Decke
  • 2nd Ken Atchison
  • 3rd Nick Page

ILCA 7 1-day Masters leaders 

  • 1st Phil Wild
  • 2nd Dave Johnson
  • 3rd Roger Winton 

2024 North Island ILCA Freshwater Champs Report & Results

The weekend, 9th – 10th March 24, Lake Taupo Yacht Club (LTYC) again hosted the ILCA North Island Freshwater Champs integrated into their annual centreboard regatta. It was a timely opportunity for ILCA sailors to gather from around the North Island to catch up, share some sunshine and great vibes. The wind might not have been as generous in making its appearance, but the race organisers managed to pull off 6 races over the two days. There were 29 ILCA6s and 16 ILCA 7s from as far as Wellington, Gisborne, Ohope, Raglan, North Shore.

Day 1
The wind tempted enough to launch on time and head out towards Two Mile Bay. A light south breeze provided enough for the RO to get racing underway with a T2 (Triangle, W-L, then beat back to finish line just beyond top mark). There was enough local lake knowledge shift to favour those that went left. As the 7s got round their T2 and were beating up to finish the wind was dropping out. The 6s limped up their second beat, and struggled to keep their sails filled drifting down to bottom mark. To the relief of the front pack, the race was shortened to finish at bottom. A long wait occurred while the wind swung round more easterly, and the course was reset. With risk of the new wind possibly dropping out again, the RO settled for swift T1s, which included a second beat back to top mark and finish line. The favoured left was now replaced for those that could chose the puffs and get clear air. Four races were completed.

In the ILCA 7s young Max Falkner (Tauranga) dominated with three bullets and a second. He has been training at times with Nic Burfoot, and it’s showing. Chris Raynes (Cambridge) hunted down two seconds, and the familiar masters of Mike Knowsley, Andrew Dellabarca, and Simon Beck closely vying for those spots. Mike’s Tamaki chop experience wasn’t needed, but looking for Tamaki wind bouncing around was useful. Andrew and Simon proved they are able to adapt from Worser Bay winds to light shifty lake stuff. The Ohope pair of Mark Macintosh and Barry Cutfield were also in there hunting. Barry claiming a 2nd in race 3.

In the ILCA 6s Winston Liesebach (Napier) showed his dominance with three bullets; and a relaxed 3rd in final race. A close pack of young and masters were hot on his tail. Josh Edmonds (Tamaki) claimed the final bullet of the day. Fijian Olypian Sophia Morgan provided a strong female presence in the front pack claiming one of the 2nds. The pack included familiar faces in Zach Zibbe (Otago, now residing in Auckland), Dave Johnson (Raglan) and Werner Hennig (Hamilton). But it wasn’t that clear cut. Exchanging places occurred each upwind as wind puffs arrives and dropped out all over the course. Second female Rose Dickey (Napier) hunted a 3rd in one race.

By end of Saturday sailors were ready to be towed in, or drift back tired. The highlight of a Lake Taupo regatta has to be their spot prizes evening. Master of ceremonies Phil Clark knows how to pull out prizes and let random names be pulled out. Masters with boom boxes, youth longing for skateboards, plenty of chocolate to win.

Day 2
The gusty night blew out any wind we might have dreamed of; and Sunday arrived with a beautiful calm lake ready for water skiing, wakeboarding or fishing; but not sailing. Folks remained on shore enjoying banter, breakfast, coffee, and spending money with Mike Pasco. Women and girls of all ages shared a Red Diamond Celebration upstairs, in lieu of International Women’s Day on Friday, and as a networking strategy. Young opti and starling girls were privileged to hear from ILCA females that were pursuing various pathways … an Olympian, a national teams racing judge, an international exchange coach, and lots of stories of women teaching women how to back trailers, run girls events, and navigate club politics.

After an hour delay the light wind tempted us back out to a fickle sou-easterly again. Two drift races were painstakingly achieved as T1s. It was a matter of who could sniff out a whiff of wind, pull off effective roll tacks, and sit patiently in their boats daring not to lose the precious little wind out of their sails. Again the same names came to the top.

In the ILCA 7s, Max again nailed a bullet, but decided to give away the next by over roll tacking for a swim. Chris hung onto second, claiming that bullet. And so the familiar names held onto their positions. In the ILCA6s Sophia, inspired by red diamonds cheering for her, claimed the first bullet, with Winston having to work to claim the last of the day. Sunday finished with prize giving, and excitedly hoping for the ILCA.nz sail spot prize, won by Taupo local Rob Kent.

Helen Spencer
 


ILCA 6 Results

Sailed: 6, Discards: 1, To count: 5, Rating system: TCF, Entries: 29, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank Class Sailno Club Helm R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Total Nett
  ILCA 6 195548 TYPBC Leny Woolsey                    
1st ILCA 6 222185 Napier Sailing Club Winston Liesebach 1.0 1.0 1.0 (3.0) 3.0 1.0     10.0 7.0
2nd ILCA 6 183009 Tamaki YC Josh Edmonds (8.0) 3.0 5.0 1.0 4.0 2.0     23.0 15.0
3rd ILCA 6 216173 Royal Suva Yacht Club Sophia Morgan 5.0 2.0 (12.0) 6.0 1.0 5.0     31.0 19.0
4th ILCA 6 209278 TYPBC / Raglan Dave Johnson (7.0) 4.0 7.0 2.0 2.0 4.0     26.0 19.0
5th ILCA 6 193030 Otago Yacht Club Zach Stibbe 3.0 5.0 8.0 (10.0) 6.0 3.0     35.0 25.0
6th ILCA 6 209259 MBSC Arran Begic (17.0) 6.0 2.0 5.0 8.0 7.0     45.0 28.0
7th ILCA 6 210481 Hamilton Yacht Club Werner Hennig 2.0 11.0 (28.0 ocs) 4.0 10.0 10.0     65.0 37.0
8th ILCA 6 222181 RAYC/MBSC Beau Utting 4.0 10.0 10.0 8.0 (13.0) 6.0     51.0 38.0
9th ILCA 6 224463 Napier Sailing club Rose Dickey 15.0 7.0 3.0 16.0 5.0 (17.0)     63.0 46.0
10th ILCA 6 217619 Hamilton YC Scott McDougall 9.0 8.0 11.0 (13.0) 7.0 13.0     61.0 48.0
11th ILCA 6 210160 Napier Sailing Club William Muir 10.0 9.0 6.0 (23.0) 9.0 16.0     73.0 50.0
12th ILCA 6 207863 TYPBC/Ngaroto Sailing Adam Mark 11.0 12.0 13.0 9.0 (14.0) 8.0     67.0 53.0
13th ILCA 6 216175 TYPBC Miya Prescott 12.0 (13.0) 9.0 11.0 12.0 12.0     69.0 56.0
14th ILCA 6 222173 MBSC Noah Shirley 16.0 17.0 4.0 7.0 15.0 (23.0)     82.0 59.0
15th ILCA 6 206418 WBBC Hugo Appleby (21.0) 18.0 14.0 12.0 16.0 9.0     90.0 69.0
16th ILCA 6 217424 Tauranga Sienna Skilton 18.0 14.0 20.0 (26.0) 17.0 14.0     109.0 83.0
17th ILCA 6 77 LTYC Riley Knox (22.0) 16.0 17.0 19.0 21.0 11.0     106.0 84.0
18th ILCA 6 131824 Cambridge Sheridan Raynes (25.0) 22.0 21.0 14.0 11.0 18.0     111.0 86.0
19th ILCA 6 214992 TYPBC/HYC Rick Spencer 14.0 21.0 15.0 17.0 (24.0) 21.0     112.0 88.0
20th ILCA 6 212258 TYPBC/HYC Helen Spencer 6.0 (27.0) 16.0 22.0 26.0 20.0     117.0 90.0
21st ILCA 6 187885 Cambridge Ben Williams 13.0 (25.0) 24.0 15.0 20.0 19.0     116.0 91.0
22nd ILCA 6 217370 TYPBC William Poole 20.0 15.0 (23.0) 21.0 22.0 15.0     116.0 93.0
23rd ILCA 6 212250 TYPBC / Raglan Lukas Johnson (23.0) 19.0 18.0 18.0 23.0 22.0     123.0 100.0
24th ILCA 6 208530 WBBC Max Beck (27.0) 23.0 19.0 20.0 19.0 24.0     132.0 105.0
25th ILCA 6 185811 TYPBC Amelia Gallow 19.0 20.0 25.0 25.0 18.0 (27.0)     134.0 107.0
26th ILCA 6 790 WBBC Steve Harris 24.0 24.0 22.0 24.0 (30.0 DNC) 30.0 DNC     154.0 124.0
27th ILCA 6 163945 Rotorua Yacht Club Ryder Brackfield (28.0) 26.0 27.0 28.0 25.0 25.0     159.0 131.0
28th ILCA 6 217850 Hamilton yacht club Aidan Lee 26.0 (28.0) 26.0 27.0 27.0 26.0     160.0 132.0
29th ILCA 6 5 Napier Sailing Club Gustav Knapp (29.0) 29.0 28.0 ocs 29.0 DNF 28.0 28.0     171.0 142.0

ILCA 7 Results

Sailed: 6, Discards: 1, To count: 5, Rating system: TCF, Entries: 16, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank Class Sailno Club Helm R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Total Nett
1st ILCA 7 21 TYPBC Max Faulkner 1.0 1.0 1.0 (2.0) 1.0 2.0     8.0 6.0
2nd ILCA 7 173445 Cambridge YC Chris Raynes 2.0 2.0 6.0 (8.0) 3.0 1.0     22.0 14.0
3rd ILCA 7 202917 Tamaki YC Mike Knowsley 3.0 (11.0) 4.0 3.0 5.0 4.0     30.0 19.0
4th ILCA 7 222170 Worser Bay Boating Club Andrew Dellabarca 5.0 5.0 3.0 1.0 7.0 (14.0)     35.0 21.0
5th ILCA 7 206025 WBBC Simon Beck 4.0 3.0 8.0 5.0 (10.0) 3.0     33.0 23.0
6th ILCA 7 196879 Port Ohope Yacht Club Mark Macintosh 7.0 (9.0) 5.0 7.0 2.0 6.0     36.0 27.0
7th ILCA 7 172219 Port Ohope Barry Cutfield 9.0 7.0 2.0 6.0 6.0 (10.0)     40.0 30.0
8th ILCA 7 192705 HYC Ken Atchison 8.0 8.0 (16.0) 4.0 8.0 5.0     49.0 33.0
9th ILCA 7 181811 Gisborne Jake Millar 10.0 4.0 9.0 10.0 (11.0) 7.0     51.0 40.0
10th ILCA 7 209281 LTYC Rob Kent 11.0 10.0 11.0 (13.0) 4.0 8.0     57.0 44.0
11th ILCA 7 210817 LTYC Andrew Coombes (15.0) 6.0 7.0 11.0 13.0 9.0     61.0 46.0
12th ILCA 7 160137 LTYC Mike Knox 12.0 (16.0) 13.0 9.0 12.0 12.0     74.0 58.0
13th ILCA 7 198106 Port Ohope Yacht Club Ric Carr 13.0 (15.0) 10.0 12.0 14.0 11.0     75.0 60.0
14th ILCA 7 180214 Lake Taupo Yacht Club Brent Saunders 6.0 13.0 14.0 14.0 (17.0 DNC) 17.0 DNC     81.0 64.0
15th ILCA 7 188811 Port Ohope Yacht Club Graeme Reid (16.0) 14.0 15.0 15.0 9.0 13.0     82.0 66.0
16th ILCA 7 118103 Tamaki Adrian France 14.0 12.0 12.0 (17.0 DNC) 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC     89.0 72.0

Auckland Anniversary Regatta

ILCA racing at Tamaki YC
Briefing 11:30am
First race 12:30pm, 3 races back to back
Enter at the club on the day
Sailing Instructions

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