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- 17-18 May - Northshore Freshwater Champs - Pupuke BC
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
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.
Thanks to the support from Scott Construction we are looking forward to great 2025 ILCA Nationals Champs in Nelson. Always a great sailing venue.
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 . . .
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!
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 |
Sailing at Lake Pupuke is a unique experience and the 2024 combined North Harbour Masters / J14 Auckland Champs were proof of that.
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.
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.
- Phil Wild
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
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 at Tamaki YC.
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
ILCA 6 2-day Open & Youth leaders
ILCA 7 1-day Masters leaders
ILCA 7 1-day Masters leaders