Tasar Australia Newsletter of the Australian Tasar Council July 2002 www.tasar.org.au AUSTRALIAN TASAR COUNCIL President Chris Parkinson 02 4973 4859 Secretary Graham Hanna 02 9639 1146 (h) 12 Asquith Ave Email [email protected] Windermere Park National David Bretherton 03 9773 4209(h) Email [email protected] Measurer 0418 319 428(m) Email [email protected] STATE TASAR ASSOCIATIONS NEW SOUTH WALES SOUTH AUSTRALIA President Michael Sant 02 9570 7905(h) President David Ingleton 08 0341 5710 (h) 55 Lloyd Street 02 8272 6869(w) 23 Woolnough Road Oatley 2223 Semaphore 5019 Email [email protected] Email [email protected] Secretary Graham Hanna 02 9639 1146 (h) 18 Dornoch Street Secretary Bob Wright Winston Hills 2153 P.O. Box 209 Email [email protected] Magill 5072 Email [email protected] ACT Rep Martin Linsley 02 6281 2817 (h) 10 Jensen Place 02 6265 6289 (w) VICTORIA Hughes 2605 Email [email protected] President Martyn Sly 03 9580 2446 8 Challenger Crt NORTHERN TERRITORY Chelsea Heights 3196 Email [email protected] President Vacant Secretary Chris Allen 03 5989 2707 Secretary Lucille Taulelei 08 8981 7494 (h) 83 Redhill Road 2 Jones Place Redhill 3937 Parap 0820 Email [email protected] Email [email protected] WESTERN AUSTRALIA QUEENSLAND President Bart Thompson 08 9471 8193 (h) President Greg Heath 07 4068 8201 (h) 47 Roberts Street 9 McNamara Street Bayswater 6053 Wongaling Beach 4852 Email: [email protected] Email [email protected] Secretary Harold Jahn 08 9447 8783 (h) Secretary Jo Barnes 07 4091 4243 (h) 7 Alder Way 8 Cooper Street Duncraig 6023 Atherton 4883 Email: [email protected] Email [email protected] WORLD TASAR COUNCIL World President, and President, North American Tasar Association President Japanese Tasar Association Cathy Sherwood George Motoyoshi Email [email protected] International Secretary Yasunoti Kano World Vice President and President, Australian Tasar Email [email protected] Council Chris Parkinson President of European Tasar Council & President Tasar Email [email protected] Nederland Constantijn Udo Executive Secretary Email [email protected] Richard Spencer Email [email protected] Chairmnn, Tasar Association of UK Chief Measurer John Rischmiller Todd Blumel Email [email protected] Email [email protected] Tasar Major Events ACT Tasar Championships – Batemans Bay Sailing Club Saturday 9 November 2002 to Sunday 10 November 2002 30th Australian Tasar Championships - Mordialloc Sailing Club, Victoria Friday 27, December, 2002 to Saturday 4, January, 2003 July 2002 Victorian Tasar State Titles – Yarrawonga Yacht Club Saturday 8 March 2003 to Monday 10 March 2003 26th NSW Tasar State Titles - Point Wolstoncroft Friday 18 April 2003 to Monday 21 April 2003 Arafura Games - Darwin, Northern Territory Saturday 17 May 2003 to Saturday 24 May 2003 2003 Tasar World Championships - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Friday 20, June 2003 to Friday 27, June 2003 31st Australian Tasar Championships - Mission Beach Sailing Club, Queensland June - July School Holidays 2004 President’s Message Finally the next edition of Tasar Australia is Victorians will put on a great event so get completed. Unfortunately Andrea Douglass, your entry in early and book your accommo- who does such a great job formatting the dation. I look forward to seeing many of you newsletter, had a skiing accident whilst on there. I have been advised that the ADF Sail- holidays and has been unable to use her com- ing Association will be conducting their own puter. The Douglass family, under Andreas Tasar Championship as part of the Regatta. supervision, were able to get the newsletter This should mean an extra 10 or 20 boats. 90% complete and I managed to finish it off. The sailing season in the northern parts is Any error you find are my fault. well under ways whilst down south most I am sure that the whole Tasar community Tasar sailors have gone into hibernation. would wish Andrea a speedy recovery. However there have been a few hardy people This issue rather large with reports from all who have braved the cold and competed at States except WA and from a number of Association and Club events. Clubs. All that is left for Winter is to set aside an There are also reports on State Titles from 3 hour or so to do your Winter maintenance, in states that show that there has been plenty of most cases a good wash (joys of a plastic close racing and enjoyable regattas. boat) The most important item in the Newsletter is I plan to publish the next newsletter in Octo- the Notice of Race for the Australian Champi- ber, so please sent in your articles. onships next Christmas. I am sure the Chris Parkinson Inside this issue: Tasar Worlds Victoria Canada June 2003 2 Batemans Bay Interclub Report 11 ATC Website - at last! 2 How to buy or sell your Tasar 12 Queensland Tasar Championships 3 Batemans Bay Club Report 12 Mayday Regatta Tinaroo NSW State Championships 2002 Report 13 Queen’s Birthday Regatta Queensland 4 Balmoral Waves 15 Tasar News from South Australian 4 NSW State Championships 2002 Results - Scratch 16 News from the Northern Territory 5 NSW State Championships 2002 Results - Handicap 17 2002 Victorian States A Diary from Sunny Yarrawonga 5 Tasar Australia Newsletter Wangi Amateur Sailing Club welcomes all TASAR Sailors 19 Victorian State Championships 2002 From Martin Linsley 7 SPEERS POINT AMATEUR SAILING CLUB season wrap-up 19 Victorian State Championships 2002 Results 8 Trivia Quiz from Jane Klein 20 Handicap Report NSW State Championships 2002 9 Our Cover Photo Victorian Winter Championships 21 Rick and Barbara Day in a TANSW Annual General Meeting 9 NOR Australian Tasar Championships Mordialloc 2002/3 22 spot of bother - Easter 2002 Concord and Ryde Tasar Report 10 ENTRY FORM Australian Tasar Championships 2002/3 25 2003 Tasar World Championships Victoria British Columbia Canada Website Shipping arrangements will be made through the ATC The 2002 Pre Worlds / 2003 Worlds website is and supported by the AYF. At this stage it looks as operational at though we’ll be sending two containers, with the possibility of one leaving from Sydney and the other http://www.tasarworlds2003.org. from Melbourne, numbers permitting. Expected shipping time will be about 6 weeks and packing should take You are able to do everything from register online to place in the first few weeks of April, 2003. check out the current wind conditions on the race course. The next step will come in August when we’ll be asking for a non-refundable financial commitment. Some areas are not complete, however this is only because it is still some time until the regatta, so keep Those people who went to Whitstable for the last Tasar looking. International Regatta have automatically been placed on the mailing list of interested people, while several others Arrangements are coming together for transporting have also asked to be added to the list. boats and equipment to the first official Tasar World Championship since 1997, which will be held at Victoria, If you’d like to register your interest, please contact me Canada in June, 2003. on 02 9639 1146 or drop me an email at [email protected] As we are now an ISAF Recognised Class it’s expected the list of Australian entrants will be endorsed by the Graham Hanna Australian Tasar Council. There is Finally an ATC website on the Internet fact a link to their own site and will continue to be managed by the TAV. All other sections are part of the ATC site. There is finally an ATC web site on the net. Some additional information has already been included A big thanks must go to Jonathon Ross and Halcyon in the NSW section and the same can be done for other Daze Internet Services for all the work in putting the site states when the information is provided. together and to Bethwaite Design for hosting it. Remember if the web site is to be any good it must The site can be viewed at www.tasar.org.au contain accurate and up to date information. All State Associations and the ADF Sailing Association If you have information you wish to have included on the have a section within the site. The Victorian section is in site send it to [email protected]. Queensland Tasar Championships The Queensland Tasar Championships were sailed in allow a good range of winds over the regatta. conjunction with the North Queensland Regatta in Townsville over the Easter Weekend. Numbers were An out of character capsize in the second last race by disappointing but the standard was very high and the Peter and Wendy Macgregor, not helped by a passing racing was very close. Some very shifty and gusty wind launch, left the title in the balance for the last race. allowed the back markers to catch up to the pace setters in the early races. Strong wind in the last race favoured Lachlan and Trent in “Beebop” and a solid win gave them just enough Lachlan Heath and Trent Fuller were defending their points to retain the Queensland Tasar Championship Queensland Championship title in their Tasar “Beebop”. ahead of Peter and Wendy. Warwick and David in 2000 champions Peter and Wendy Macgregor were “Rocksteady” finished third overall and won the sailing very well in the tricky conditions and took an Queensland Junior Tasar Championship. early lead. Warwick Heath and David Duncomb in “Rocksteady’ were also on the pace and Daryl Bentley Daryl Bentley and Sarah Jacobson in “Ra" were next and Sarah Jacobson in “Ra “made up the bunch to and Jamieson and Terry Barnes from Tinaroo kept the beat.