104 boats competed in the 2025 Scott Construction NZ ILCA Championships at Nelson Yacht Club in the South Island of New Zealand in January.
There was a great turn out in the ILCA 7 fleet and the ILCA 6s were sailed with a Masters Fleet and Open & Youth Fleet.
In the ILCA 7s after 9 races Caleb Armit and Dylan Forsyth were tied on points and both counting identical results. Caleb did best in Race 10 and won on a countback from Dylan. George Pilkington wrapped up 3rd overall, and the U21 title.
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 a very tight contest for the minor overall placings. Ex ILCA 6 Men’s World Champion George Lane did enough to secure second overall by a single point from Greta’s younger brother, and leading youth, Tom Pilkington.
To round out the close contests the final result of the ILCA 4s 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 won both races on the final day 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.
There is more information on the conditions and photos of the winners in the wrap Here.
The full results are Here.
There are some great photos of the action on Day 4 from livesaildie.com Here.