Live updates: 2026 Oceanbridge Sail Auckland at Torbay Sailing Club, Day 1

Welcome to our live updates of Day 1 of the 2026 Oceanbridge Sail Auckland.

Latest provisional results
Course A: 29er, 49er, 49erFX, Nacra 17

Course B: Kitefoil, iQFOiL, wingfoil

Course C: 420, ILCA 6, ILCA 7

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Maus reclaims lead as Wigglesworth climbs

Jannis Maus has regained the lead in the kitefoil competition with his second win in three races, but the major surprise is Toby Wigglesworth finishing the opening day in second. The 16-year-old, who won silver at the Youth World Championships in Portugal in December, is ahead of far more experienced international competitors Jan Voester, Lochy Naismith, and Lukas Walton-Keim. Dutch kiter Jessie Kampman leads the female competition in eighth overall, followed by Breiana Whitehead and Ellie Aldridge.

Here come the Humes!

Back-to-back bullets have seen Nicola and Rebecca Hume finish the day first in the three-boat 49erFX fleet. They lead Darcy Robbins and Eva Attwood by two points, with Erin and Isla Kee a further two points back.

49er: Aussies top after Day 1

Things are heating up in the 49er fleet after three races. Kiwi pair Mattias Coutts and Oscar Gunn are in second, with Australians Otto Henry and Shaun Connor topping the fleet with a bullet and a fourth in the last two races of the day. Defending champions Seb Menzies and George Lee Rush won the final race and moved into third, remaining within striking distance of the leaders.

Hughes, Willis ahead in 420 

Amber Hughes and Phoebe Willis have moved into the early lead of the 420 fleet after besting Finloe Gaites and Tehya Harris, as well as Zofia Wells and Charlotte Handley, in Race 1.

Close battle forming in ILCA 7

It's already shaping up to be a close battle between George Gautrey (pictured) and Mickey Beckett in the ILCA 7. Gautrey holds the overall lead by a single point after two completed races, courtesy of scores of 1 and 2. Beckett (3 and 1) is second overall, followed by George Pilkington in third.

ILCA 6: Jayet grabs early lead

Swiss Olympian Maud Jayet has started well in the ILCA 6 fleet, taking the overall lead after one race. She leads Italy’s Filippo Bassano and New Zealand’s Tom Pilkington. Isaac Gaites sits fourth overall, followed by former men’s world champion George Lane, and George Turner. New Zealand’s Paris 2024 representative in the class, Greta Pilkington, is sixth overall after Race 1, with American Erika Reineke in ninth.

Jenkins, Handley make move in 29er
Bella Jenkins and Jess Handley have moved into fourth overall on the 29er scoreboard thanks to a second-place finish in Race 2. They are also the top female team, while Will Leech and Will Mason retain the overall lead with back-to-back victories. Nelsen Meacham and Oli Stone are second overall, with Matteo Barker and Leo Brown in third. Tessa Clinton and Zenon Nicholas are the top mixed team, sitting seventh overall.

49erFX: Kiwi teams beaten
The Aussies have started fastest in the 49erFX as well, with Darcy Robbins and Eva Attwood taking out Race 1. They were followed by two Kiwi sister pairs of Nicola and Rebecca Hume, with Erin and Isla Kee finishing third.

Aussies fire first shot in 49er
The highly anticipated 49er fleet has kicked off with an early upset, as Jack Ferguson and Jack Hildebrand claimed the opening race victory. The Australians held off a determined challenge from New Zealand’s Mattias Coutts and Oscar Gunn, with Americans Nevin Snow and Ian MacDiarmid rounding out the top three.

Will power! Leech, Mason take out 29er opener

To Course A, where Will Leech and Will Mason (pictured) have taken out the first 29er race of the competition. The NZ youth trial winners from 2025 beat Nelsen Meacham and Oli Stone, with Matteo Barker and Leo Brown third.

Kitefoil: Another German 1-2
Jan Matthis Voester has edged Jannis Maus to win the second kitefoil race, with Lukas Walton-Keim again taking third - and holding third overall. Jessie Kampman remains the top female, while Ellie Aldridge moves up to second, swapping places with Breiana Whitehead.

ILCA 7: Gautrey makes early statement
George Gautrey has staked an early claim in the stacked ILCA 7 fleet, outpacing European champion Mickey Beckett in the opening race. Young George Pilkington finished just behind Gautrey, with Beckett (GBR) in third.

Germans start strongly
 

Jannis Maus (pictured) has won the opening kitefoil race at the 2026 Oceanbridge Sail Auckland, edging out fellow German Jan Matthis Voester. Kiwi Olympian Lukas Walton-Keim took third, while Dutch star Jessie Kampman finished fifth overall and was the top female, ahead of Australia’s Breiana Whitehead and Olympic champion Ellie Aldridge.

We're underway!
Most of the fleets are now on the water, bar the wingfoil and iQFOiL sailors who are hoping for the breeze to fill in.

In case you missed it, here is everything you need to know about this year's regatta, which looks quite different from past editions.

We will be bringing you the provisional results as they come in, and remember to follow racing via our live tracker. 

Today, we're tracking the 49ers, the iQFOiL men and women, the kitefoiling, and the ILCA 6 and ILCA 7s.