The Tanner Cup is a New Zealand youth inter-provincial sailing competition. One under 17 year old sailor from each region competes in P Class yachts.
The competition is named after George Tanner, who donated the trophy, and was first sailed in 1945. Many of New Zealand's top sailors have competed in and won the Tanner Cup, including Russell Coutts, Dean Barker, Adam Minoprio and Jo Aleh.
The national open P Class competition for the Tauranga Cup is normally sailed at the same venue.
List of winners YearWinnerProvince 1945 William HaymanWellington 1946 Graham ManderCanterbury 1947 Graham ManderCanterbury 1948 Not sailed due to polio epidemic 1949 William NalderNelson 1950 Des TownsonAuckland 1951 Jimmy Gilpin Bay of Plenty 1952 Jimmy Gilpin Bay of Plenty 1953 Jimmy Gilpin Bay of Plenty 1954 M. Sellwood Canterbury 1955 Rob Denniston Bay of Plenty 1956 Rob Denniston Bay of Plenty 1957 Robert BeetsonAuckland 1958 Melvin Tyson Canterbury 1959 Lex McGrath Canterbury 1960 Lex McGrath Canterbury 1961 Mark Paterson Auckland 1962 Mark Paterson Auckland 1963 Mark Paterson Auckland 1964 Roy Granic(h)Auckland 1965 Robert WebberAuckland 1966 Brian BakerAuckland 1967 Ian Williams Bay of Plenty 1968 John MoyesAuckland 1969 John MoyesAuckland 1970 Murray ThomAuckland 1971 Tom StevensCanterbury 1972 Craig GilbertAuckland 1973 David Barnes Wellington 1974 Gavin AuldWellington 1975 Trevor CoxAuckland West 1976 Brent FosterAuckland West 1977 Chris DicksonAuckland West 1978 Russell CouttsOtago 1979 Craig GreenwoodAuckland West 1980 John IrvineOtago 1981 Greg FlynnWellington 1982 Terry NicholasAuckland 1983 Craig MonkAuckland 1984 Jon BilgerAuckland 1985 Jon BilgerAuckland 1986 Simon PatchettAuckland 1987 Ramon DaviesAuckland 1988 Dean BarkerAuckland 1989 Zane GiffordAuckland 1990 Andrew EstcourtHawkes Bay 1991 Peter WaringAuckland West 1992 Simon CookeAuckland East 1993 Fraser MilneAuckland East 1994 Ben CouttsAuckland West 1995 Derek ScottCanterbury 1996 Mike BassettAuckland West 1997 Carl PetersAuckland West 1998 Mark KennedyAuckland East 1999 Michael BullotNorth Harbour 2000 Brad Thom 2001 Adam MinoprioAuckland West 2002 Jo AlehAuckland 2003 James WilliamsonAuckland"First step on America's Cup road", Jan 2, 2003, Julie Ash, NZ Herald 2004 Riley DeanSouth Canterbury 2005 Paul Snow-HansenAuckland West 2006 Carl EvansAuckland 2007 Thomas SaundersBay of Plenty 2008 Logan Dunning-BeckAuckland West 2009 Oscar RorvikBay of Plenty 2010 Erica DawsonAuckland West 2011 Isaac McHardieWaikato/Thames 2012 Isaac McHardieWaikato/Thames 2013 Leonard Takahashi-FryWhanganui/Manawatu 2014 Cole RippeyBay of Plenty 2015 Sam BaconWhanganui/Manawatu 2016 Robbie McCutcheonWhanganui/Manawatu2017Blake McGlashanNorth Harbour2018Nathan VinceAuckland2019Blake HinsleyAuckland2020Tim Howse Auckland2021Sean Kensington Auckland2022Blake MckinnonNorth Harbour2023Oli StoneAuckland2024Nate SoperNorth Harbour2025Hamish BrownNorth Harbour
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