Congratulations to all those who participated in this year’s regatta and a massive thank-you to the supporters and dozens of volunteers who greatly assisted with the running of this event. Without the generous supporters and the volunteer army this event could never happen!

This year’s race was sailed in ideal conditions with a 15-20kt North Westerly giving a windward leg to the first mark and then a fast run/reach home via two wing marks. 

The final results for the regatta have now been released. The race committee is hopeful that at least two of the boats that recorded a DNF will eventually receive a race placing. Unfortunately, the committee boat was unable to identify their sail/banner number as they crossed the finish line and therefore will attempt to use other means to determine their finishing times.  

For a Summary of the Key Regatta Results click here

For Full Regatta results click here

Many thanks to John Mead for sharing his photos of this event.

Trophy Winners 

Tall Ships Handicap and Trophy winner - R Tucker Thompson, skippered by Marcel De Wilde

Tall Ships Line Honours and Trophy winner - Zindabar, skippered by Anthony Browne

Classic Invitation Handicap and Trophy winner - Pam, skippered by John Oates

Classic Invitation Line Honours and Trophy winner - Renown, skippered by Geoff Evans

Junk Rig Handicap winner - Shoestring, skippered by Gordon Gregg

Junk Rig Line Honours and Trophy winner - Shoestring, skippered by Gordon Gregg

All Comers Handicap winner - Idle Time, skippered by Kiki Nicolson

All Comers Line Honours - Sham Pain, skippered by Greer Houston

Zeke Patterson Memorial Trophy, first gaff rigged boat to finish on handicap (Tall Ships and Classic Invitation)

Balaena, skippered by Magnus O’Grady

Joe Cotton Memorial Trophy, first timber boat to finish on handicap (Tall Ships and Classic Invitation)

Caprice – skippered by Brent Avery

Cock of the Bay, line honours across all divisions

Zindabar, skippered by Anthony Browne with a time of 1:44:59.

Congratulations to all those who participated in the 2023 regatta.

One of the many highlights of this regatta was the creation of a division for Junk Rig yachts. Also, for the first time, we announced a handicap result for the All Comers Division. 

For a Summary of the Key Regatta Results click here

For Full Regatta results click here

Many thanks to those who shared their photos including John Mead and Peter De Graaf

Trophy Winners 

Tall Ships Handicap and Trophy winner - Tarua, skippered by Dan Freark

Tall Ships Line Honours and Trophy winner - Zindabar, skippered by Anthony Browne

Classic Invitation Handicap and Trophy winner - Nexus, skippered by Cess Romeyn

Classic Invitation Line Honours and Trophy winner - Caprice, skippered by Brett Avery

Junk Rig Handicap winner - Shoestring, skippered by Gordon Gregg

Junk Rig Line Honours and Trophy winner - Arcadian, skippered by Peter Murphy

All Comers Handicap winner - Eliminator, skippered by Charlie Brendon-Cook

All Comers Line Honours - Innismara, skippered by Jack Dodson

Zeke Patterson Memorial Trophy, first gaff rigged boat to finish on handicap (Tall Ships and Classic Invitation)

Balaena, skippered by Magnus O’Grady

Joe Cotton Memorial Trophy, first timber boat to finish on handicap (Tall Ships and Classic Invitation)

Vim – skippered by Gary Colebrook

Cock of the Bay, line honours across all divisions

Zindabar, skippered by Anthony Browne with a time of 1:28:28.

2021 Race Report

It was a beautiful day for the 46th running of Tall Ships on January 11th, 2021. A calm misty morning gave way to a cloudy day with light northerlies in the afternoon. Turnout was a little down on the previous record year, but hardly surprising after the year of such turmoil, we’ve all endured since then. The event ran smoothly from the briefing in the morning, to the sailing itself, the prize-giving, the hangi and all the way through to the party in the marquee still raging in the small hours. As usual this day was all about challenging ourselves on the water and having fun on sea and land.

A huge thanks must go out to all our volunteers. It’s only by their efforts year after year that this event happens at all and this time they were all superb as usual.
Also we thank our spot prize sponsors, Burnsco and BOI Marina Haul-out, for the prizes they provided.

All Comers:

We don’t provide handicap results for the All-Comers since their event was invented as a way for all kinds of other boats to support and spectate the Tall ships and Classics. However, we can’t help mentioning that first across the line was the magnificent local catamaran Apache. Apache had a good tussle with second-placed Arethusa, an equally impressive “Gunboat 60” racing catamaran, reputed to be one of the fastest of its class in the world. These two made a great spectacle as they bore down to the finish line, close together all the way.