ILCA Nationals, Hunters Nationals, National Champs - Stadt23 Class and 29er Western Cape Champ
27–3 May 2026
Blake Madel won the Ilca 6 fleet at the ILCA Nationals at MYC. Dirk Manten and Nicolaas Kroucamp won the Hunters Nationals at DAC. Anthony Largier, Desmond Mudge and John Hutton-Squire won the National Champs - Stadt23 Class at Theewater. Scarlet Celliers and James Rae won the 29er Western Cape Champ at HYC.
Other events in the past week were 2026 KZN Optimist & Dabchick Regional Champ and KZN Optimist and Dabchick Regional Championships.
Racing at the 2026 ILCA Nationals at Club Mykonos, Langebaan. Photo: Sara Falcon — Diplodocus Media / LASAUpwind racing at the 2026 ILCA Nationals. Photo: Sara Falcon — Diplodocus Media / LASASailors on the water during the 2026 ILCA Nationals. Photo: Sara Falcon — Diplodocus Media / LASA
The ILCA Nationals at MYC brought together 55 entries across ILCA 4, Ilca 6 and Ilca 7.
ILCA 4 · 13 entries
Joshua Keytel won the ILCA 4 fleet on 5 nett points. Nathan McCombe finished second on 11 nett points. Olivia Purchase finished third on 14 nett points.
Rank
Helm
Club
Sail No
Nett
1st
Joshua Keytel
ZVYC
191090
5
2nd
Nathan McCombe
HYC
191082
11
3rd
Olivia Purchase
MAC
165594
14
Ilca 6 · 29 entries
Blake Madel won the Ilca 6 fleet on 9 nett points. Aaron Ward finished second on 12 nett points. Noah Clulow finished third on 12 nett points. The margin between first and second was 3 points.
Rank
Helm
Club
Sail No
Nett
1st
Blake Madel
ZVYC
188566
9
2nd
Aaron Ward
ZVYC
191015
12
3rd
Noah Clulow
HMYC
144324
12
Ilca 7 · 13 entries
Georgou Divaris won the Ilca 7 fleet on 6 nett points. Alistair Keytel finished second on 8 nett points. Cameron Clark finished third on 19 nett points. The margin between first and second was 2 points.
Dirk Manten and Nicolaas Kroucamp dominated the Hunters Nationals at DAC over 24–27 April, scoring 8 nett points across 10 races in a 19-boat Hunter 19 fleet.
John Bruckmann and Calis Bruckmann finished second on 24 nett points, 16 points behind. Taylor Milln and C-J Milln finished third on 26 nett points.
Anthony Largier, Desmond Mudge and John Hutton-Squire dominated the National Champs - Stadt23 Class at Theewater Sports Club over 25–27 April, scoring 6 nett points across 5 races in a 7-boat Stadt 23 fleet.
Arin Long, Lee Gibbs and Calvin Gibbs finished second on 8 nett points, 2 points behind. Aaron Biagio, Joshua Young, Henning Kock and Rudi Fokkens finished third on 11 nett points.
Scarlet Celliers and James Rae won the 29er Western Cape Champ at HYC over 25–27 April, scoring 16 nett points across 12 races in a 6-boat 29er fleet.
Ben Henshilwood and Thomas Henshilwood finished second on 20 nett points, 4 points behind. Taariq Jacobs and Joshua Nankin finished third on 22 nett points.
