2026 Northshore Freshwaters - Results & Report
Pupuke Boating Club
Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th May 2026
ILCA 6 & ILCA 7
A great fleet of over 40 ILCA's, glorious sunshine the whole weekend and warm enough to sail in the summer gear, the weekend had just about everything it needed for a top class weekend of racing. And then there was the wind. Saturdays 3 to 5 knot Southeasterly was challenging to say the least, but RO Wayne Ferguson managed to squeeze in the scheduled 4 races before the breeze gave up completely. All the races were short single lap W/L courses with big shifts and light veins of the breeze coming down the course with very little pressure in between. Sunday was a slight improvement with the breeze to about 10 knots in some puffs, but again a minefield of lifts, knocks and calm patches. Sundays scheduled 3 races were completed, again on W/L courses but the extra wind allowed longer multi lap races and provided some really good racing.
The local Auckland fleet was bolstered by a great contingent from as far away the BOI in the north and Tauranga in the south, with youths mixing it with the local Pupuke Masters. Any local knowledge from the Pupuke fleet was completely negated by the very unusual SE breeze and in both the ILCA 6 and ILCA 7 fleets youth and talent decisively trumped any whisp of local knowledge!
In the ILCA 7 Murrays Bay's Youth sailor Liam Dimock really dominated the weekend with 5 bullets in 7 races to decisively take the title. Multiple World Masters Champ Scott Leith was super consistent to take the Masters trophy and come in second overall ahead of Open sailors Zack Stibbe and Beau Utting. Andrew Child from Taipa had a couple of great races but struggled for consistency (as did almost everyone else) to be the leading AM while Pupuke locals Tony Nicholson (GM) and Graham Donovan (AM) led the local Pupuke fleet, tied on points in 6th and 7th. Another PBC stalwart, Gary Lock led the GGM contingent, who all notably showed the wrong sort of consistency over the weekend.
In the Radials it was the youths who dominated, with Tom Pilkington's victorious, a second place as his discard fairy reflecting his dominance of the fleet. There was a great contest for the remaining podium places, with Murrays Bay's Filippo Bassano strong first day setting him up to take second from Tauranga's Thomas Linklater in third. They were closely followed by Toby Dunn who also had some great races but a couple of hiccups undid his for claim a podium place.
Phil Wild was the leading Master, doing just enough to hold out leading women Arabella Vennell (M), who had an outstanding run of results on the Sunday after a slightly slow start. Other notable performances included Callum Hyde, who pulled one out of the bag to win the last race and Tauranga's Ethan Guard who got a top result in Saturdays last race to show that the top order were human after all.
The regatta finished with the usual entertaining prizegiving from commodore John Dowsett, and a big thanks for lots of prizes from principle sponsor Burnsco and several other local businesses.
— Nick Page
ILCA 6 Class
| Rank | Fleet | Class | SailNo | Club | HelmName | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Total | Nett |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Y | ILCA 6 | 7314 | RNZYS | Tom Pilkington | 1.0 | (2.0) | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 |
| 2nd | Y | ILCA 6 | 9307 | MBSC | Filippo Bassano | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | (9.0) | 7.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 32.0 | 23.0 |
| 3rd | Y | ILCA 6 | 0056 | TYPBC | Thomas Linklater | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | (11.0) | 2.0 | 8.0 | 37.0 | 26.0 |
| 4th | Y | ILCA 6 | 2175 | MBSC | Toby Dunn | 3.0 | 5.0 | (18.0) | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 46.0 | 28.0 |
| 5th | M | ILCA 6 | 1509 | MBSC | Phil Wild | 7.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | (12.0) | 3.0 | 12.0 | 3.0 | 48.0 | 36.0 |
| 6th | M | ILCA 6 | 8152 | RNZYS | Arabella Vennell | (20.0) | 16.0 | 6.0 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 64.0 | 44.0 |
| 7th | Y | ILCA 6 | 8523 | NPYC | Ryan O'Neill | (21.0) | 13.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 65.0 | 44.0 |
| 8th | Y | ILCA 6 | 2285 | MBSC | Emil Rosink | 10.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | (20.0 OCS) | 13.0 | 5.0 | 65.0 | 45.0 |
| 9th | Y | ILCA 6 | 1624 | MBSC | Charlotte Bob | 8.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | (17.0) | 13.0 | 65.0 | 48.0 |
| 10th | Y | ILCA 6 | 6518 | MBSC | Callum Hyde | (14.0) | 10.0 | 7.0 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 64.0 | 50.0 |
| 11th | Y | ILCA 6 | 9306 | TYPBC | Vincent Scott | 9.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | (20.0 OCS) | 72.0 | 52.0 |
| 12th | Y | ILCA 6 | 0505 | BOIYC | Lotta Gisselmann | (19.0) | 11.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 6.0 | 11.0 | 85.0 | 66.0 |
| 13th | GM | ILCA 6 | 8358 | PBC | Georgina Wooldridge | (22.0) | 19.0 | 13.0 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 91.0 | 69.0 |
| 14th | Y | ILCA 6 | 2185 | TYPBC | Ethan Gard | 12.0 | (17.0) | 17.0 | 3.0 | 16.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 93.0 | 76.0 |
| 15th | Y | ILCA 6 | 2079 | BOIYC | Kilian Haagher | (16.0) | 12.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 100.0 | 84.0 |
| 16th | Y | ILCA 6 | 1*5404 | BOIYC | Ana Ebenhoeh | (23.0) | 18.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 17.0 | 119.0 | 96.0 |
| 17th | Y | ILCA 6 | 6538 | MBSC | Kiera Dimock | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | (18.0) | 15.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 114.0 | 96.0 |
| 18th | Y | ILCA 6 | 0161 | BOIYC | Elena Helbok | 17.0 | 14.0 | (19.0) | 17.0 | 18.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 117.0 | 98.0 |
| 19th | Y | ILCA 6 | 7524 | MBSC | Chloe Turner | 5.0 | 9.0 | 14.0 | (27.0 DNC) | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 136.0 | 109.0 |
| 20th | Y | ILCA 6 | 8519 | George Turner | (27.0 DNC) | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 13.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 144.0 | 117.0 | |
| 21st | Y | ILCA 6 | 1510 | BOIYC | Lina Goerrissen | (24.0) | 20.0 | 20.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 19.0 | 141.0 | 117.0 |
| 22nd | Y | ILCA 6 | 8100 | MBSC | Arran Begic | 6.0 | (27.0 DNC) | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 168.0 | 141.0 |
| 23rd | Y | ILCA 6 | 4251 | MSC | Jack Hollands | 11.0 | (27.0 DNC) | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 173.0 | 146.0 |
| 24th | Y | ILCA 6 | 1731 | MBSC | Louis Quere | 13.0 | (27.0 DNC) | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 175.0 | 148.0 |
| 25th | AM | ILCA 6 | MEX | TYC | Phillip Bennett | 18.0 | (27.0 DNC) | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 180.0 | 153.0 |
| 26th | Y | ILCA 6 | 1a | BOIYC | Anna Prada | (27.0 DNF) | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 27.0 DNC | 189.0 | 162.0 |
ILCA 7 Class
| Rank | Fleet | Class | SailNo | Club | HelmName | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Total | Nett |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Y | ILCA 7 | 6530 | MBSC | Liam Dimock | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | (7.0) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 14.0 | 7.0 |
| 2nd | M | ILCA 7 | 2171 | MBSC | Scott Leith | 3.0 | 1.0 | (6.0) | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 19.0 | 13.0 |
| 3rd | O | ILCA 7 | 9307 | OYC | Zach Stibbe | 2.0 | 4.0 | (7.0) | 5.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 24.0 | 17.0 |
| 4th | O | ILCA 7 | 2181 | RAYC | Beau Utting | 4.0 | (15.0 OCS) | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 38.0 | 23.0 |
| 5th | AM | ILCA 7 | 7849 | Taipa / BOIYC | Andrew Child | 8.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | (11.0) | 46.0 | 35.0 |
| 6th | GM | ILCA 7 | 2266 | PBC | Tony Nicholson | 6.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 11.0 | 4.0 | (14.0) | 6.0 | 53.0 | 39.0 |
| 7th | AM | ILCA 7 | 0507 | PBC | Graham Donovan | 5.0 | 9.0 | (15.0 OCS) | 8.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 54.0 | 39.0 |
| 8th | AM | ILCA 7 | 8101 | WBC | Nik Kelis | 7.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 | (14.0) | 54.0 | 40.0 |
| 9th | GM | ILCA 7 | 4094 | PBC | Neil Wooldridge | 9.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | (12.0) | 11.0 | 10.0 | 63.0 | 51.0 |
| 10th | GM | ILCA 7 | 2 | PBC | John Showell | (15.0 OCS) | 14.0 | 12.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 69.0 | 54.0 |
| 11th | GM | ILCA 7 | 7473 | PBC | Mike Knowsley | 12.0 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | (15.0 OCS) | 8.0 | 7.0 | 71.0 | 56.0 |
| 12th | GGM | ILCA 7 | 6909 | PBC | Garry Lock | 10.0 | 12.0 | (14.0) | 10.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 8.0 | 76.0 | 62.0 |
| 13th | GGM | ILCA 7 | 0073 | PBC | Dave Lowe | 11.0 | 10.0 | 13.0 | (14.0) | 14.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 80.0 | 66.0 |
| 14th | GGM | ILCA 7 | 1519 | PBC | Nick Page | (13.0) | 13.0 | 9.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 85.0 | 72.0 |
| 15th | GM | ILCA 7 | 9157 | PBC | Ian Latham | 14.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | (15.0) | 13.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 94.0 | 79.0 |
