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2021 Catalyst NZ Laser Nationals - Final Day 4

Mon 25 Jan 2021 8:20pm
MEECH SUPREME
 
A fantastic final day of the 2021 Catalyst Laser Nationals at Worser Bay saw all fleets complete 3 races in a 15 to 25 knot northerly that fortunately eased slightly as the day progressed, contrary to the forecast. It was wind against tide, which gave some good waves and great downwind rides while making everyone work hard on the beats, but did prove a challenge for some resulting in a number of UFD’s .
 
In the Standards Olympic rep Sam Meech remained simply untouchable, winning every race and I think leading at every mark of the contest. It is Sam’s first NZ Laser Championship and was really an exhibition of supreme quality Laser sailing. George Gautry was on his heels the whole time, although Luke Deegan was able to break Georges run of seconds in the second race of the day, securing third overall in the process. A super consistent Luke Cashmore was 4th overall and was the leading U21 sailor, while leading Master Andrew Dellabarca continued his domination of the masters fleet finishing 5th overall. Leading Apprentice Master was Tim Pitcaithly from Nelson while Owen Anderson, sailing in his home waters, secured the GM title with 3 solid races today.
 
In the Radial fleet Thomas Mulcahy (Y) from Murrays Bay was almost as dominant as Sam was in the Standards, winning two of today’s 3 races to count 6 bullets and a second for a convincing and well deserved overall win. Second overall and winner of the final race was Matthew Rist from Manly, while open sailor George Lane had a great day with three 2nd places to get up to third overall. Olivia Christie was the leading woman in 5th with Greta Pilkington leading the female Youth group in 11th overall.
 
In the Radial Masters past Olympic champ Jenny Armstrong (WM) won on count back from Phil Wild (A), with Tauranga’s Pete Thomas leading the GM’s in third overall. Leading GGM was John Pitman in 8th overall.
 
Overall a very successful contest with Worser Bay living up to its breezy reputation but providing great racing and a wonderful venue in their new clubhouse complex.  Next years contest will be at Queen Charlotte, which is again sure to provide another excellent venue.

2021 Catalyst NZ Laser Nationals - Day 3

Sun 24 Jan 2021 9:20pm
NO COBWEBS LEFT
After loosing day 2 to 40+ knot gales we were all hoping the forecast was correct and wind would moderate by the 1pm start time today. And it did, a little. So today all fleets completed 2 races in a strong northerly Wellington “breeze” which gusted over 30 knots at times through the afternoon, accompanied by a 1 to 2m waves churned up by the incoming tide. There were plenty of swimmers and a bit of  broken gear but at the end of the day the club was buzzing with tales of survival and recovery. The stadium racing concept, sailing in the bay immediately in front of the club, absolutely came into its own today, allowing spectators a great view of the action and some, like GGM Mike Keeton, the ability to pop into the beach to recover from a wee swim and grab a cup o’ tea between races. 
 
The conditions certainly did not faze the top sailors. In the Standards Sam Meech again nailed both starts and landed 2 bullets, with George Gautry always in hot pursuit in both races. The two Luke’s; Deegan and Cashmore, Eroni Leilua and standout Masters Andrew Dellabarca were again in touch as the chasing bunch, with a gap back to the rest. Rob Woodward and Tony Nicholson had a great battle for the second Masters slot while only 3 points now separate Owen and Doug Anderson at the head of the GGM field, with Owen suffering from getting a bit keen at the start of the first race.
 
In the Radials, Youth sailor Thomas Mulcahy really stamped his authority on the contest with 2 more bullets. Nearest rival Caleb Armit (Y) was unlucky to collect an OCS in race 2, while 3rd placed Matthew Rist handled the conditions exceptionally well to secure a second and third today to stay in touch with the leading pair. His days results were matched by the leading woman, NZL squad member Olivia Christie, who consequently opened up a useful points gap on fellow squad member Annabelle Rennie Younger. Other standouts in the fleet were Blake Wood (Y), who’s 4th and 6th gets him up to 7th overall going into the final day, and Greta Pilkington, who had two top 10 finishes to secure her position as leading female youth.
 
In the Radial Masters today saw the top of the leader board tighten right up. With local Ed Tam winning the first race and Dunedin’s Jenny Armstrong the second only 2 points now separate the top 3, with Phil Wild just holding on the lead. These 3 are followed by a group of GM’s led by Pete Thomas, while 5th placed Mike Knowsley was a touch unlucky to fit in a quick swim while completing a penalty turn for touching the top mark while near the front in race 2.
 
Racing is scheduled to start early on the final day tomorrow, which looks to be fortunate with another gale warning coming into effect at lunchtime tomorrow. Hopefully we will squeeze in some final day racing and complete what has to date been an extremely successful, if rather challenging, regatta.
 

NZ Laser Nationals - Day 2 Racing Cancelled Saturday 23rd Jan

Sat 23 Jan 2021 10:10am

All racing has been cancelled for Saturday 23rd Jan at the NZ Laser Nationals, due to the high winds.

First race for Sunday is still scheduled for 1pm.

2021 Catalyst NZ Laser Nationals - Day 1

Fri 22 Jan 2021 10:20pm
A solid workout
 
The 2021 Catalyst Laser Nationals got underway at Worser Bay BC today, with an excellent fleet of 95 Laser and Radial sailors completing 3 races in 3 separate divisions; Standard (including Masters), Radial and Radial Masters. 
 
All the fancy weather websites predicted a calm morning with a nice light northerly breeze developing in the afternoon.  It sort of worked out, the morning was calm, and the locals called the 20 knot northerly that came in at lunchtime champagne sailing but most of the rest of the fleet called the 3 races in a solid Wellington northerly very hard work.  The breeze was quite gusty and shifty, clocking more to the north as the afternoon progressed. With an outgoing tide and shifts off the land most beats favoured the shore side of the course, while the messy waves proved tricky for most on the runs.
 
In the Standards, where the Open and Masters sailed as a combined fleet, the standout performance was Sam Meech, our 2021 Olympic rep, who got off the start line cleanly every race and dictated from there to win all 3 races. Local club icon George Gautrey, also a member of the NZL squad, chased Sam hard all day but in the end had to settle for a string of 2nd ‘s. While those 2 stood out there were great battles behind them with Luke Deegan, Luke Cashmore, Eroni Leilua (who will represent Samoa at the Tokyo Olympics) and leading Master Andrew Dellabarca trading the minor placing all day. Tim Pitcaithly from Nelson is the leading Apprentice while local GM Owen Anderson had a strong day to lead the Grand Masters is spite of managing a quick downwind dip in the 3rd race.
 
In the Radial fleet youth Thomas Mulcahy had an exceptional day to lead by 2 points overall from last years youth champion Caleb Armit.  To complete the leading trio Manly’s Matthew Rist is not far back in 3rd. In the Women’s it could not be closer with Annabelle Rennie Younger and Olivia Christie tied on points in 6th and 7th overall. Greta Pilkington is the leading youth girl in 11th overall.
 
In the Radial, Apprentice Phil Wild leads overall, but only by a single point from leading Women’s Master Jenny Armstrong, who got off to a fantastic start with a bullet in the first race of the day and showed great consistency with a second and a third in the other 2 races. Pete Thomas leads the GM’s while John Pitman is the leading GGM.
 
While the weather sites tried to lull us all with light wind predictions today tomorrow is a different story, with 30 knots forecast, so we will hope that they end up erring in the opposite direction tomorrow and that conditions allow racing as scheduled.
 
Nick Page

The Catalyst 2021 Laser National Champs - Worser Bay

Thu 14 Jan 2021 8:38pm

Catalyst - expert open source solutions

 

Worser Bay has brand new club rooms to show off, and a plan for stadium style racing out in front.

Check back here as we add more details.
 

Tauranga Regatta

Tue 15 Dec 2020 9:52pm
  • Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club (TYPBC)
  • 20th & 21st February, 2021
  • First race 10.55am
  • 3 races a day
  • Briefing at 9.45am
  • No race start after 3pm on Sunday
  • www.yacht.org.nz/     office@yacht.org.nz 
  • Notice of Race
  • Enter by 12 Feb 2021 - $40     Late entry by 9.30 on Saturday 21 Feb
Pete Thomas   Laser Rep TYPBC  |  0204 746 500  |  petethomasnz@gmail.com

Catalyst 2021 NZ Laser National Entries

Mon 7 Dec 2020 7:27pm

Updated 18th Jan 2021

Fleet First Name Last Name Sail Number
Laser Radial Open George Lane 157710
Laser Radial Open James Bitchener 210827
Laser Radial Women Amy Anderson n/a
Laser Radial Women Annabelle Rennie-Younger n/a
Laser Radial Women Emily Overend 195545
Laser Radial Women Holly Curtis 196413
Laser Radial Women isabella boyd 91
Laser Radial Women Julia Francis 208518
Laser Radial Women Olivia Christie 217315
Laser Radial Youth Anna Martin 210825
Laser Radial Youth Blake Wood 217298
Laser Radial Youth Caleb Armit 209259
Laser Radial Youth Caleb Squire n/a
Laser Radial Youth Connor Adams 184222
Laser Radial Youth Dylan Forsyth 217424
Laser Radial Youth Edward Dewhirst 196410
Laser Radial Youth Emily McCarthy 136709
Laser Radial Youth Gabriella Kenton-Smith n/a
Laser Radial Youth George Pilkington 211574
Laser Radial Youth Greta Pilkington 217319
Laser Radial Youth Harry Edwards 210821
Laser Radial Youth Jack Bennett n/a
Laser Radial Youth Kaspian Evatt 178625
Laser Radial Youth Lilly-Marie Houry 210505
Laser Radial Youth louie poletti 208523
Laser Radial Youth Luke Squire n/a
Laser Radial Youth Matthew Rist 217849
Laser Radial Youth Max Beck 206025
Laser Radial Youth Molly Webley 208341
Laser Radial Youth Nathan Vince 217317
Laser Radial Youth Sophia Morgan 216173
Laser Radial Youth Teaghan Denney 142917
Laser Radial Youth Thomas Mulcahy 216172
Laser Radial Youth Thonas Link 216010
Laser Radial Youth Zac Floyd 212253
Laser Radial Youth Zach Stibbe 1930330
Laser Standard Open Albert Stanley 216178
Laser Standard Open Charles Corston N/a
Laser Standard Open Eroni Leilua 216199
Laser Standard Open george gautrey 214437
Laser Standard Open Harry Corston N/a
Laser Standard Open Lewis Anderson 195538
Laser Standard Open Luke Cashmore n/a
Laser Standard Open Luke Deegan 215931
Laser Standard Open Sam Meech 216175
Master Radial Apprentice (35-44) Phil Wild 211509
Master Radial Grand Master (55-64) chris trudgen 205848
Master Radial Grand Master (55-64) George willcock 196880
Master Radial Grand Master (55-64) Helen Spencer 212258
Master Radial Grand Master (55-64) Paul Francis N/A
Master Radial Grand Master (55-64) Pete Thomas 209280
Master Radial Grand Master (55-64) Rick Spencer 214992
Master Radial Grand Master (55-64) Robert English 174322
Master Radial Grand Master (55-64) Roger Winton 202689
Master Radial Grand Master (55-64) Scott McDougall 217619
Master Radial Grand Master (55-64) Werner Hennig 210481
Master Radial Great Grand Master (65+) John Pitman 211512
Master Radial Great Grand Master (65+) Paul Mygind 163927
Master Radial Master (45-54) Dragos Blaga 186660
Master Radial Master (45-54) Edmund Tam 212248
Master Radial Master (45-54) Jenny Armstrong 190330
Master Radial Master (45-54) John Beckett 207851
Master Radial Master (45-54) Mike Pasco 217844
Master Radial Master (45-54) Steven Richard Harris 208790
Master Radial Master (45-54) Tony Walker 191624
Master Standard Apprentice (35-44) Tim Pitcaithly 181965
Master Standard Grand Master (55-64) Barry Cutfield 172219
Master Standard Grand Master (55-64) Chris Sadler 217370
Master Standard Grand Master (55-64) Don Christie n/a
Master Standard Grand Master (55-64) Doug Anderson 217371
Master Standard Grand Master (55-64) Lachlan Hill 197253
Master Standard Grand Master (55-64) Mark Macintosh 196879
Master Standard Grand Master (55-64) Mike Knowsley n/a
Master Standard Grand Master (55-64) Nick Page 211519
Master Standard Grand Master (55-64) Owen ANDERSON 196864
Master Standard Grand Master (55-64) Paul Thomas 198105
Master Standard Grand Master (55-64) Staffan Persson 209894
Master Standard Grand Master (55-64) Tom Georgeson 199211
Master Standard Grand Master (55-64) Tom Kerr 198115
Master Standard Great Grand Master (65+) Mike Keeton 212250
Master Standard Master (45-54) Andrew Dellabarca 214438
Master Standard Master (45-54) Chris McCarthy 180208
Master Standard Master (45-54) Daryl Parkes n/a
Master Standard Master (45-54) Karl Nicholson 202872
Master Standard Master (45-54) Ken Atchison 192705
Master Standard Master (45-54) Kent Copplestone 193059
Master Standard Master (45-54) Kyle Adair 192279
Master Standard Master (45-54) Matthew St Amand 210462
Master Standard Master (45-54) Michael Gray 161265
Master Standard Master (45-54) Rob Anderson 168881
Master Standard Master (45-54) Rob Woodward 208529
Master Standard Master (45-54) rod studd 196872
Master Standard Master (45-54) Simon Beck 161275
Master Standard Master (45-54) Tony Nicholson 212266

2020 North Island Laser Champs

Tue 1 Dec 2020 9:17am

 
Napier again welcomed a fleet of over 50 Laser for our North Island Champs as part of their Summer Regatta. It was great to see almost 20 clubs represented through the fleet, showing the continued strength and universality of the Laser class.
 
The weather forecast for the weekend promised a variety of conditions and that certainly proved to be the case, with the wind changeable on both Saturday and Sunday, boxing the compass and challenging the race committee. However between all the wind changes they did a great job and delivered good courses and challenging racing for both fleets, with mostly moderate to fresh shifty conditions in the predominantly offshore breezes.
 
There was close racing in both fleets. In the Radial Caleb Armit again came out on top, but not before a really close 3 way contest with Thomas Mulcahy and Olivia Christie. Phil Wild was 4th overall and leading master. In winning in the first race Phil was the only sailor other than the leading 3 to score a top 3 in any race. Ed Tam was 2nd Master and Werner Hennig 3rd ,but neither was able to match Phil’s consistency over the weekend. Emily Overend was the leading Youth Girl with Lucia Chagas led the Women’s masters.
 
In the Standards the 3 open sailors, Luke Cashmore, Luke Deegan and Eroni Leilua, enjoyed very close racing at the top of the fleet, with Luke Cashmore coming out victorious. Top master Andrew Dellabarca was able to mix it with the top 3 in several races and was the standout of the Masters fleet. The balance of the fleet struggled for consistency, with Rob Woodward and Kent Copplestone eventually coming through 5th and 6th overall and 2nd and 3rd masters.
 
Having lost a lot of sailing at the end of last season with Covid it was great to get together with such a mix of sailors from around the country again in Napier. With entries now open for January’s nationals we are all looking forward continuing close racing at Worser Bay in January.
 

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