2025 IOM National Championships | Race Officer Report

 15th – 17th August | Kapiti Radio Yacht Club

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 Leading up to the IOM Oceania Event to be held at Lake Pegasus in a little over a months’ time, the 2025 IOM Nationals was seen by many to be the perfect warm-up event… big fleets, catching up with friends, and of course the perfect opportunity to see where sailors were sitting in the National Fleet.

It was therefore not surprising to see 52 sailors from across New Zealand make their way to the Winstones Lake in Otaki for the 2025 IOM National Championships, hosted by the Kapiti Radio Yacht Club (KRYC). Arguably the who’s who of IOM sailing (with some notable exceptions) were present and chomping at the bit to go racing!

All eyes were on the weather forecast, with many whisperings about the about the light and variable conditions expected for the weekend. How right this would turn out to be.

Race Day 1

With all boats completing measurement, a welcome from Commodore Chris Hargreaves, and words from yours truly and Chief Umpire John Rountree it was time to go racing.

What little morning breeze allowed two seeding races to take place before the land breeze shut down. A long and frustrating wait ensued before a light seabreeze settled in allowing for 11 heat races to be completed before shutting down before the last heat of the 4th race could be started. With three completed races on the board – Ian Vickers (V12), Phil Pryde (Venti) and Jamie White (V10) had established a small break to lead after 3 completed races

Race Day 2

It would be a case of “mix, stir and repeat” with an early morning breeze allowing a couple of heats to be sailed before the wind shut down. Sailors and officials alike were sitting, waiting patiently for the afternoon breeze to arrive. Like the day before, a sailable sea breezed settled in around 1pm – allowing fair courses to be set and racing to continue. At the end of the day the fleet was left one heat short of 7 races, and so it was the 6 completed races that ended up on the board. Ian Vickers showed his class posting 3 bullets to be 12 points clear of Jamie White in second (17 points) and Dean Atkinson (18points) in third. The fleet welcomed Dean back to fleet after a stint away – but showing he still had what it takes in a very competitive fleet. 

A feature of the day was the total eagerness of the fleet on the starting line. As many U flag starts and General Recalls were made as there were actual races completed. The Black Flag was brought out and kept on standby, with more than 1 sailor falling foul of a ‘UFD’ appearing on their scorecard.

The fleet retired to the Eastern Egret restaurant in Waikanae for the Regatta Dinner – where dreams of 9 knot breezes were searched for on the menu, as well as a shared evening of good food, great banter and awesome the wonderful comradery this fleet is known for.

Race Day 3 

It is with deep regret that I inform the reader that the aforementioned 9 knots of breeze was not found on the menu – nor did it materialise at the event venue.

It was again a case of just 2 heats being completed before the morning breeze disappeared and then waiting for the breeze to return. Every minute of the day was used to ensure the last heat of the day was completed to secure 8 races to be scored. 

With the second drop coming in to play – the top placings remained unchanged from Day 2. Ian Vickers (NSRYS) took the National title in convincing style, with a first placing being one of his drops.

Jamie White (Cromwell) and Dean Atkinson (Nelson) remained in 2nd and 3rd place respectively. A special mention goes to Ian Power (NSRYS) who took out the “Over 70” Trophy for his 7th place overall.

Below is the best way of demonstrating the challenges face by both the sailors and the Race Committee during the weekend:

A huge thank you to the many volunteers who made the weekend happen. Thanks also to John Rountree and Dean Stanley for your efforts as Umpires. To the sailors – on behalf of the KYRC, thank you for making the effort to attend, and for acting as Observers when called on.

Results from all three days can be found here: https://kapitradioyachtclub.wixsite.com/kapiti-radio-y-club/race-results

Videos of the racing ‘action’ can also be found on the KRYC face book page: https://www.facebook.com/KRYCInc

Lastly, and as always, a huge thanks to the Club for having me as your RO and of course the sailors for your patience and allowing me to do my job for you all.

See you all soon.

Paul Davies aka PJD
The RO

2025 IOM National Champs Scoring: MYA HMS
Sail	Sailor	Club	Design	Hull	Rank	Tot	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	R 5	R 6	R 7	R 8
61	Ian Vickers	NSRYS	V12	1476	1	6	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	1
94	Jamie White	CRYS	V10	1241	2	22	2	3	2	6	6	4	5	13
116	Dean Atkinson	NRSC	V8	1016	3	25	3	7	9	4	2	2	11	7
71	Rick Cassels-Brown	PRSC	V12	1486	4	25	1	11	8	3	3	7	3	10
24	Roddy Booth	KRYS	V10	1205	5	31	12	2	21	21	4	5	2	6
88	Reuben Muir	NSRYS	V12	1444	6	39	5	6	17	12	12	6	8	2
85	Ian Power	NSRYS	V12	1500	7	39	2	5	18	5	9	9	9	17
22	Graham Roberts	TRSC	Frank7	1484	8	44	4	9	5	11	8	11	7	21
38	Mike Calkoen	KRYC	V11	1338	9	54	3	17	21	14	11	17	4	5
42	John McPherson	WgnRYC	Britpop	1342	10	54	8	31	12	13	10	8	12	4
92	Chris Wischnowsky	NPRCYC	Voodoo	1503	11	56	6	13	7	9	13	16	16	8
29	Colin Cashmore	KRYS	V12	1429	12	60	7	8	6	10	16	14	15	18
28	Erle Williams	Kerikeri RYS	V12	1428	13	61	1	20	30	37	17	3	6	14
23	Philip Pryde	NPRCYC	Venti	1423	14	64	2	1	3	15	20	24	23	24
12	Karl Stachel	GHRYC	V12	1447	15	64	4	12	11	2	14	21	28	21
65	Graeme Perry	KRYC	V12	1465	16	64	5	10	4	8	18	36	19	23
78	Brent Cowan	PRSC	V12	1475	17	69	5	15	14	7	7	21	31	29
74	Andy Brown	KRYC	V5	674	18	73	3	16	15	16	5	18	30	28
135	Paul Pearson	GHRYC	V11	1381	19	80	13	14	13	21	22	15	13	12
86	Toby Lecher	NPRCYC	V11	1386	20	92	6	35	22	22	21	23	10	11
31	Alex Bruce	ORYC	V12	1452	21	103	15	45	42	18	24	13	18	15
176	Kelvin Atkinson	NRSC	V11	1376	22	105	9	24	37	37	26	21	22	3
11	Tony Hay	NSRYS	V11	1311	23	109	13	35	23	29	15	12	17	35
80	Ross McClew	NMMS	V11	1220	24	118	11	37	10	19	27	30	21	37
01	Laurie McArthur	PRSC	V11	1313	25	124	6	20	26	25	30	22	34	25
91	Robert Norris	PRSC	V11	1291	26	126	9	27	33	48	45	27	14	16
19	Bruce Manning	ORYC	Alioth V4	1497	27	129	8	26	29	28	29	34	37	9
32	Mike Cameron	NRSC	V11	1402	28	130	12	23	25	31	31	25	26	19
07	Paul Johnson	PRSC	V12	1407	29	130	7	21	32	26	25	26	25	30
51	Dennis Shepherd	TRSC	Britpop	1051	30	136	15	43	16	17	32	29	32	27
21	John Beavis	NMMS	V10	1165	31	140	10	22	35	46	19	28	35	26
60	Dave Panting	NPRCYC	Venti	1460	32	143	4	18	24	23	37	48	46	37
119	Owen Henwood	PRSC	V8	919	33	144	9	25	31	27	23	32	29	34
25	Brian Bennett	NRSC	Alioth V4	1507	34	153	14	40	38	45	42	10	20	31
99	Nigel Sibun	NMMS	K2	1387	35	153	7	28	27	32	37	53	39	22
56	Andrew Gleeson	KRYC	Fat Sparrow	1356	36	156	16	33	41	24	28	31	24	33
16	Steve Fifield	NMMS	V11	1405	37	162	8	29	28	30	34	38	33	39
08	Dave Blake	KRYC	Venti	1490	38	167	10	30	19	37	38	33	41	43
123	Brendon Slingsby	NPRCYC	Venti	1423	39	192	17	36	48	49	33	47	27	32
27	Wayne Avery	NRSC	Britpop	1027	40	204	10	32	34	52	40	45	43	50
96	Jeremy Marris	NRSC	V11	1396	41	207	11	41	44	47	43	37	37	38
156	Nigel Webber	WaiRYC	Venti	1456	42	207	15	39	37	37	46	39	47	40
193	Brian Herron	PRSC	V10	1193	43	209	11	38	51	38	37	43	42	46
06	Chris Harmer	KRYC	D6	1271	44	215	12	48	43	41	39	42	38	44
100	Alan Dunn	KRYC	Alternative	1100	45	217	13	44	39	39	41	50	45	41
76	Laurie Hope	NRSC	V12	1450	46	220	18	42	47	43	49	35	40	42
35	John Levy	NRSC	V12	1449	47	234	16	53	40	51	44	40	49	45
20	Wayne Rowland	WgnRYC	Britpop	1337	48	236	16	51	46	33	50	49	44	48
79	Mark Jenkins	WaiRYC	Venti	1492	49	242	14	49	49	42	51	41	51	47
120	Chris Hargreaves	KRYC	Birdsall	720	50	244	17	47	50	40	48	44	48	53
171	Billy Preston	NPRCYC	Contender	1371	51	255	14	46	45	44	53	53	53	53
129	Brian Evans	WgtnRYC	D6	1329	52	259	17	50	52	50	47	46	50	49
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