Laser News
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2018 The Water Shed North Island Laser Traveller Series
Tue 13 Nov 2018 2:43pm
Due to popular demand, and with support from The Water Shed, we are going to have a North Island Laser traveller series.
The regattas which all count to overall series points are;
- North Island Champs - Napier - 24th & 25th November 2018
- Laser Nationals - Manly - 12th to 15th January 2019
- Auckland Laser Champs - Tamaki - 6th & 7th April 2019
Prizes awarded for Standard and Radial (and 4.7 if sailed at the 3 regattas) and we will publish progressive results.
Overall lucky dip prize open to everyone who sails all 3 regattas, a new Laser sail courtesy of Dan at The Water Shed.
2018 North Harbour Masters
Fri 9 Nov 2018 3:02pm
Patience was the name of the game at Sundays North Harbour Masters regatta.
5 races were scheduled and the fleet got on the water on time but the breeze refused to cooperate, boxing the compass and then fading out completely before a course could be set. After a nice chat and lunch ashore a light 5 to 8-knot Easterly breeze arrived, allowing the fleet back on the water for two races before the 3pm start close-off time . The breeze remained unstable all afternoon, with frequent large shifts and pressure variations challenging everyone.
Two sailors however mastered the conditions, GM's Dave Lowe in the Standards and Werner Hennig in the Radials. Both scored two convincing bullets in their respective fleets, showing that it was possible to master the tricky conditions. In the Standards Mark Hursthouse (GM) pipped Tony Nicholson (M) for second on countback while in the Radials Hamilton visitor Helen Spencer(WM) and local GGM Barrie Knott were tied in second place. Leading GGM in the Standards was Commodore John Dowsett, who finished the day with the usual entertaining prize giving.
Laser Recycling
Thu 13 Sep 2018 1:28pm
With the new season approaching there are a lot of young sailors looking to move into the Lasers and a real shortage of suitable second-hand boats available.
So if you have an unused, reasonable race quality Laser sitting around why not put it on the market and let a new sailor start using it for the new season.
If you do have a boat can you please either;
1. email NZ Laser Assoc (webmaster@nzlaser.org) and we will list it on our website.
2. Pop in and see Dan at The Watershed, who has a list of potential buyers
3. Just list it in Trade Me
2018 Oceania Laser Masters Champs - Fiji
Sun 22 Jul 2018 10:28am2018 Oceania Laser Masters Champs - Fiji
Please note some changes to this regatta;
- both Radial and Standard fleets now sail from 11th to 19th October 2018
- a new Corinthian division for age 21 to 34
All details at www.oceanialaserchamps.com
Josh Armit wins Gold at the 2018 Youth Worlds
Sun 22 Jul 2018 10:15am
Photo: Sailing Energy
Huge congratulations to Josh Armit who won the boys Laser Radial at the 2018 Youth Worlds in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Josh sealed the deal in the 58 boat fleet with a day to spare, then went on to get a second in the final race. He started the regatta with a 6th, his eventual drop race, then was a model of consistency, including 3 firsts, 2 seconds, a third, fourth and fifth.
Samantha Stock finished 20th from 46 in the girls Radial.
Josh and Samantha were part of a successful NZL team which include
- 2nd girls RSX Windsurfer (nice to see)
- 2nd in boys 29er
- 3rd mixed Nacra 15
- 5th Boys 420
Silver for Sam Meech at the Princess Sofia regatta
Tue 10 Apr 2018 7:49am
© Jesus Renedo / Sailing Energy / Trofeo Princesa Sofia IBEROSTAR
Sam Meech collected silver at the 49th Princess Sofia regatta in Palma, finishing off by winning the medal race.
Also in the Men's Laser - 8th Tom Saunders, 20th George Gautrey, 24th Andre McKenzie, 165th (silver fleet) Matt Kempkers
And in the Momen's Laser - 20th Suzanna Pyatt and 44th Olivia Christie.
Other podiums from the team NZL where silver for Alex Maloney and Milloy Meech in the 49erFX and bronze for Andy Maloney as he gets momentum in his Finn campaign.
2018 NZ Laser Open & Youth Rankings
Mon 26 Feb 2018 8:45pm
2018 Open Rankings
| Name | Nationals | Oceanbridge | Total | Ranking |
| Open Mens | ||||
| Tom Saunders | Dispensation | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sam Meech | Dispensation | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Andrew McKenzie | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| George Gautrey | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Alastair Gifford | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| Matthew Kempkers | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
| Open Women | ||||
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Susannah Pyatt
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1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Annabelle Rennie-Younger
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2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
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Olivia Christie
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3 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Samantha Stock | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
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Zelda Ladefoged
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6 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
| Isabella Boyd | 8 | 7 | 15 | 6 |
2018 Youth Rankings
Only sailors who competed in both the ranking regattas have been ranked at this stage.
Any queries please contact Nick Page.
| Youth Boys | Nationals | Oceanbridge | Total | Ranking | |
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Josh
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Armit | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Albert
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Stanley | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
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Luke
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Cashmore | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
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Harrison
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Baker | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
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Jack
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Tripe | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
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Jayden
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Abbott | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 |
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Lachy
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Stewart | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 |
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Ryan
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Harden | 10 | 5 | 15 | 8 |
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James
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Sheldon | 8 | 8 | 16 | 9 |
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Harry
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Corston | 11 | 10 | 21 | 10 |
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Jack
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Lee Rush | 13 | 11 | 24 | 11 |
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Charlie
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Loughran | 14 | 12 | 26 | 12 |
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Henry
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Goodall | 15 | 14 | 29 | 13 |
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Youth Girls
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Samantha
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Stock | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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Isabella
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Boyd | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Ed's Wellington Laser Sailing Update - February 2018
Tue 13 Feb 2018 3:28pm
Hello All,
Here is a quick update to keep you informed on recent news and also a few details about the forthcoming events.
The Wellington Laser Champs will be hosted by Muritai Yacht Club as part of the Wellington Centreboard Regatta on the 10th of March 2018. The notice of race will soon be available on the WAY website: http://www.sporty.co.nz/wya
We are hoping to have this event added to the overall NZ ranking ladder for both the Masters and Open divisions.
The 2018 Laser Nationals were held at the Naval Point Club in Lyttleton. The regatta was held in spectacularly warm conditions with a predominately moderate easterly breeze and big waves. The Wellington fleet was well represented with podium results in the Youth, Open, Women, and Masters categories. Here is a summary of the Wellington sailors results:
- Don Christie 7th Laser Standard Masters
- Olivia Christie 7th Radial 3rd Radial Woman
- Andrew Dellabacca 1st Laser Standard Masters
- George Gautrey 2nd Laser Standard Open
- Bruce Jones 7th Radial Grand Masters
- Albert Stanley 5th Radial Open and 2nd Radial Youth
- Edmund Tam 1st Radial Masters
- Paul Thomas 3rd Laser Standard Grand Master
- Jack Tripe 9th Radial Open and 5th Youth
- Rob Woodward 2nd Laser Standard Masters
Check out the following link for further results and a post-regatta report from the NZLA President -Nick Page: http://www.nzlaser.org/content/sheffield-2018-nz-national-laser-champs-naval-point
3. Oceanbridge NZL Regatta Murrays Bay 3 – 4th February 2018 results:
Laser Standard:
- 4th George Gautrey
- 9th Andrew Dellabacca
Laser Radial
- 5th Albert Stanley
- 11th Jack Tripe (6th Youth)
- 4th Olivia Christie (2nd Female)
4. International Events and applications for entry:
- Laser Masters World Championship- 7 -15 September 2018. Entry applications are open from 1 March 2018
- 2018 Laser Radial Youth Championships – 18 – 25 August 2018. Entry applications are open from 1 March
- 2018 Laser & Laser Radial Under 21 World Championships – Poland 1 – 8 July 2018. Entry Applications are now open.
Check on the laserinternational.org site for further details
5. Attention Worser Bay Laser sailors -The 2nd Worser Bay Beach Carnival is set to be held on Sunday the 4th of March 2018. In order to prepare for this event the WBBC laser fleet has been tasked with assisting to set-up the tents prior to the start of the carnival @ 8am and also to help pack up at 3pm. If I could please get some WBBC laser volunteers to assist it would be most appreciated – It was a fantastic event last well worth attending with a wide variety of water and land-based events as well as some great food.
6. Boats wanted / for sale. There are a couple of people that are currently in the market for boats. If you are thinking of selling a boat please let me know and I can refer you on to the interested parties.
7. Zephyrs National Championships - 22 – 25 February 2018 Worser Bay. Rob Bryant is still looking for a few volunteers. If you are available to help please email Rob at robdebbryant@gmail.com
8. Events in Auckland:
- Auckland Laser Championships 17/18th February 2018 Details available via the following link: http://www.nzlaser.org/content/auckland-laser-champs-torbay-saturday-17t...
- Oki 24 hour race (3/4th March) Details available via the following link: http://www.nzlaser.org/content/2018-oki-24-hour-race
- Auckland Laser Masters Championship – Tamaki 7 April 2018
9. Be sure to check out the ‘Wellington Laser Masters’ facebook page for local and international events and news as well as the odd repost of any useful sailing tips and articles. Please feel free to click ’like’ on any content that you find useful or interesting so we can continue to put up relevant material and stop posting items that are not of interest.
If you have any feedback or suggestions then please let me know.
Regards,
Edmund Tam
Oceania & Australian Laser Masters - Mooloolaba
Tue 13 Feb 2018 3:24pm
Well if you ever get an opportunity to sail a Laser regatta in Mooloolaba in the future TAKE IT.
Blue skies, beautiful 10 to 15 knot onshore winds everyday, real ocean swells, 30+ degree air temperatures, 160 odd boats (even if they were mostly Aussies!), excellent race management and easy rigging and launching in the estuary combined to deliver a near perfect regatta. The Standards all sailed as a single fleet, 70 boats on the start line posing some interesting starting challenges, while the Radials were split with the GGM's and Legends sailing in a separate fleet from the rest
The Kiwi contingent of 9 all enjoyed the regatta, why wouldn't you, and left with a few Aussie cubes in hand after 10 races over the 4-day long weekend. A standout was Matt Blakey, sailing under NZL even though he is currently resident on the wrong side of the ditch. He just missed winning the Standards on count back to the legendary Brett Bayer but took home the Apprentice champions cube. I managed to put together a consistent regatta for 12th overall and collected a cube for 4th placed GM. Cris Brodie also had a strong regatta for 13th overall, including what was almost an all the way win in race 9, just getting pipped at the post by Aussie Apprentice Nick Skulander. The other kiwis in the Standard fleet battled for consistency and ended up mid-fleet although all had races in the top bunch.
In the Radials, Hamish Atkinson was the standout kiwi and ended up 7th overall and winning a cube for 4th GM, with a win in race 8 being the highlight of his weekend. Roger Winton started the regatta on fire, being in the top 5 after 2 days, but found the slightly windier conditions on days 3 and 4 more challenging and ended up 9th overall.
Nick Page
