ILCA 7

Position	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total
1	1	1	1	1	1	4	LEITH Scott
2	3	6	3	3	2	11	PAGE Nick
3	2	4	6	2	6	14	LOWE David
3=	6	3	2	5	4	14	KNOWSLEY Mike
3=	4	2	4	4	5	14	NICHOLSON Tony
6	5	7	5	6	3	19	ATCHISON Ken
7	8	5	7	7	dnc	27	DONOVAN Graham
8	7	dnc	dnc	dnc	dnc	34	WOOLDRIDGE Neil

ILCA 6

Position	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total
1	1	1	1	1	1	4	WILD Phil
2	2	3	2	2	5	9	BAIN Murray
3	5	2	4	3	3	12	THOMAS Pete
4	3	4	3	4	6	14	YANKOV Georgi
5	6	6	5	7	2	19	McGLASHN Don
6	7	5	6	6	4	21	WOOLDRIDGE Georgina
7	4	7	7	5	7	23	MacDONALD Kirsty

A beautiful spring day with a 10 to 15 Knots southerly provided perfect conditions for the 2023 North Harbour Masters at Lake Pupuke. The breeze freshened a bit through the day and as usual on the lake there were plenty of variables to keep everyone on their toes.  The breeze was very puffy and shifty all day and there were plenty of place changes in the bunch on both up and downwind legs in every race.

The ILCA 6 and 7 fleets each had separate starts for the 5 back to back races and in addition shared the course with a good fleet of Jolly boats.

There were dominant performances in both the 6 and 7 fleets. Phil Wild (M) scored a clean sweep in the ILCA 6 and Scott Leith (M) did the same in the ILCA 7. In the ILCA 7 a 2nd in the final race saw GGM Nick Page end up second overall with 3rd placed Dave Lowe (GGM) just pipping GM's  Mike Knowsley and Tony Nicholson on count back.  In the ILCA 6 Murray Bain (GM) was a clear second, followed by GGM Pete Thomas with Georgina Wooldridge (GM) the leading woman.

The regatta provided an ideal season opener for the Masters fleet, with many of those competing looking at a big season with the North Islands in Napier in a couple of weeks, the Nationals in Napier  in January and then the World Masters ILCA Champs in Adelaide in February. Thanks to race officer Garth Briden and to John Dowsett for his usual high quality organisation and prize giving.

Nick Page