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Some new - and several familiar - names have been added to class national trophies across the country over the past weeks.
We take a look at some of these, as the domestic sailing season heats up.
Luxford wins Starling thriller, White beats Heckler
Miro Luxford held his nerve on the final day to dethrone Will Mason as the Starling class national champion at Charteris Bay Yacht Club.
With nothing separating the two after 10 races, Luxford finished the final fleet race in third place, behind Tom Pilkington and Flinn Olson, with Mason fifth.
It was enough to secure Luxford the title, with Olson second overall, Mason third and Pilkington fourth.
Miro Luxford won the Starling national title with the last race of the regatta. Photo / Alan Viles Photography
Mason made history in April last year by winning both the Starling and Optimist national championships (within the space of five days).
Elbe White was first female in an impressive fleet of 30+ at Charteris Bay following a tough battle with Kohimarama Yacht Club teammate Alexis Heckler.
Tara Labat finished third, with Bella Jenkins fourth.
Elbe White pipped Alexis Heckler in the girls division. Photo / Alan Viles Photography
Results and standings from the 2024 Starling national championships here.
Noelex 22: Line honours for Cannonball, Freestyle wins handicap
Dan Meehan, Matt Clarke and Alex Morris claimed line honours with Cannonball, while Mike McGarry and his Freestyle crew of Sage Burke and James Harrex first on handicap at the Noelex 22 nationals at Port Chalmers Yacht Club yesterday.
The Cannonball crew took out line honours. Photo / Port Chalmers Yacht Club
Freestyle won on handicap. Photo / Port Chalmers Yacht Club
The B division was won by Chris Kirkland and his crew on Polly Stripper.
Results and standings from the 2024 Noelex 22 national championships here and here.
Cantabs claim Noelex 25 win
The Noelex 25 nationals were hosted by Lake Taupo Yacht Club over Waitangi weekend with a good turnout of 17 boats.
Blustery conditions in the early part of the regatta eased to light breezes for the latter part.
The Canterbury crew of Nick and Bob Coultas and Tim Coop showed consistent form throughout the regatta to take the win. Second place went to last year's winner Dereck Dunbar and crew from BOPTYS and third place to Paul Redman and crew from Napier.
The Noelex 25 nationals had a good turnout over Waitangi weekend. Photo / Supplied
Results and standings from the 2024 Noelex 25 national championships here.
Scott, Hume do it again
On Monday, Derek Scott and Rebecca Hume retained their crown as 470 national champions, holding off a spirited challenge from Cam Brown and Alex Norman at Takapuna Boating Club.
Scott and Hume won two races and finished no lower than fourth in five others to secure the title by a single point.
Nicola, Rebecca and Megan Hume all sailed together at the 470 nationals. Photo / Rebecca Hume
Two new 470 teams were also in action - with 420 world championship bronze medallist Joe Leith and Live Ocean Racing's Andre van Dam, as well as Aon Fast Track sailor Blake McGlashan and top women's match racer Megan Thomson joining forces.
Nicola Hume (with helm Kerensa Jennings), and Megan Hume (with crew Quinten Smith) ensured the event had a Hume 1-5-6 - the first time the three sisters have been on the same starting line at a major event.
Results and standings from the 2024 470 NZ national championships here.
Meanwhile, the seasoned combination of Andrew McKee and Dave Hislop came from behind to take a one-point win over Mark Henger and Matt Bismark in the Flying Dutchman nationals at the same event.
Andrew McKee and Dave Hislop are the 2024 Flying Dutchman national champions. Photo / Takapuna Boating Club
Results and standings from the 2024 Flying Dutchman NZ national championships here.
Macs on top ahead of Oceanbridge showdown
It was a close-fought affair between Olympic hopefuls Isaac McHardie and Will McKenzie, and Logan Dunning Beck and Oscar Gunn for the 49er national title off Royal Akarana Yacht Club last weekend.
The two teams won three of the five races in the one-day event, with Sam Bacon and Josh Schon, and Mattias Coutts and Henry Haslett grabbing a bullet each in the other two.
Isaac McHardie and Will McKenzie. Photo / Tasman Rowntree
McHardie and McKenzie eventually came out on top by two points, followed by Dunning Beck and Gunn, and Campell Stanton and Will Shapland.
Jo Aleh and Molly Meech took out the national 49erFX title at a canter by claiming each of their five races.
Jo Aleh and Molly Meech in action at the 49erFX national championships. Photo / Tasman Rowntree
McHardie and McKenzie will face Dunning Beck and Gunn in arguably the pick of the matchups at the Oceanbridge Sail Auckland Regatta this weekend, before lining up (along with Aleh and Meech) at the 49er and 49erFX world championships in Lanzarote early next month.
Results and standings from the 2024 49er and 49erFX NZ national championships here.
Orams, Hargreaves on the double
Mark Orams has claimed his second consecutive title at the Zephyr national championships at Naval Point Club Lyttelton.
The popular Orams, known as the Sailing Professor due to his position as Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research at Auckland University of Technology, took out last year's event in Wellington by winning six of the eight races.
He was equally dominant in Lyttelton, and was only denied a clean sweep when Wakatere Boating Club's Mike Drummond won the last of seven races.
Amanda Hargreaves (Worser Bay Boating Club) was first female aboard Tamatea, finishing 13th overall - eight better than when she won the regatta last year.
Results and standings from the 2024 Zephyr NZ national championship here.
Ferrissey stuns fleet at ILCA nationals
Naiomi Ferrissey's win in the ILCA 6 class is the second by a female sailor in as many years. Photo / Richard Beauchamp
Naiomi Ferrissey (Murrays Bay Sailing Club) won a tight battle at the top of the fleet at the ILCA national championships at Napier Sailing Club last month to emake it the second consecutive year a female sailor has taken out the class.
Napier Sailing Club's Winston Liesebach (youth boy) finished second overall with Greta Pilkington (RNZYS) third. Chloe Turner (Murrays Bay Sailing Club) was the top youth girl.
Tom Pilkington (RNZYS) won the ILCA 4 fleet, with Phil Wild (Murrays Bay Sailing Club) the first ILCA 6 Master.
Tom Pilkington won in the ILCA 4.7. Photo / Richard Beauchamp
Phil Wild took out the ILCA 6 Master title. Photo / Richard Beauchamp
Six bullets from 10 races were enough to secure former Laser world champion Nik Burfoot (Tauranga Yacht and Powerboat Club) a raft of prizes in the ILCA 7 - overall champion, overall Masters champion and division winner - with Scott Leith (Murrays Bay Sailing Club) second and George Pilkington (RNZYS) third.
Nik Burfoot swept the ILCA 7 competition. Photo / Richard Beauchamp
Results and standings from the 2024 ILCA NZ national championship here.
Locals shine in Sunbursts
Worser Bay Boating Club hosted the Sunburst nationals. Photo / Supplied
Local sailors dominated at the Sunburst nationals, hosted by Worser Bay Boating Club a fortnight ago, with Brett and Alice Linton winning the open fleet with 10 points from Peter Sutton and Rob Bryant.
Royal Akarana Yacht Club's Jonathan Clough and Emily Chambers came home in third, followed by two more WBBC crews in Wilbur and Teddy Stanley.
Results and standings from the 2024 Sunburst NZ national championship here.
Shaw mauls Paper Tigers competition
Nelson Yacht Club's Dave Shaw stormed to victory in the Paper Tiger national championships hosted by Muritai Yacht Club in mid-January - easily defeating 34 other sailors to win by 10 points from Scott Pedersen (Napier Sailing Club).
Shaw was first across the finish line in five of eight races, with Pedersen, Hayden Percy (Napier Sailing Club) and Scott Hodges (New Plymouth Yacht Club) also grabbing a race win.
Dave Shaw dominated at the Paper Tiger nationals.
Pye floats like a butterfly, stings like a ... Moth
Jake Pye won a second consecutive Moth national crown. Photo / Manly Sailing Club
Jake Pye is still the undisputed heavyweight of New Zealand Moth sailing.
The 18-year-old won a second consecutive national title in the foiling class but had to battle Manly Sailing Club teammate and close friend Mattias Coutts for it.
Pye beat Coutts by a solitary point after 14 races with Waszp world champion Sam Street third.
Results and standings from the 2024 Sunburst NZ national championship here.
