News from the 2005 Tasar World Council Meeting

The Tasar World Council met on July 4, 2005, at the Darwin Sailing Club.  Here are some highlights from the agenda items discussed.

World Council Authorizes Change to Mylar Sails:
The World Council authorized the specification change from dacron to mylar sails proposed by Frank Bethwaite.  This authorization, required by class rule A.1.2, confirms the official position of the World Council: that the change to mylar should go ahead.

Rule Changes for Mylar Sails
To ensure an orderly and well managed transition from dacron to mylar, the class now has to consider the rule changes required as a result of the adoption of mylar sails. The World Council agreed that regions and districts should be asked to vote on the rule changes circulated with the agenda for the meeting. (See: Proposed Changes...Sails).

Approval of rule changes is urgent:
If possible, we need to approve the rule changes for the adoption of mylar sails by early September, 2005. This will allow ISAF to consider them at its November, 2005 meeting, so they can go into effect on March 1, 2006. This in turn will allow the class to make a well managed transition from dacron to mylar sails.

Minimum hull weight:
Julian Bethwaite asked the class to keep the minimum hull weight at the current level of 68kg, and not to consider lowering it to an ultimate value of 64kg as currently required by rule D.3.2.  The World Council agreed, and regions and districts will be asked to approve amending rule D.3.1 and deleting rule D.3.2 (see: Proposed Changes...Hull Weight). The effect will be to end the current practice of reviewing the minimum hull weight at each World Council meeting.

Site of next World Championship
The site and date of the next Worlds could not be confirmed. 

Following a suggestion from Constantine Udo in 2001, and with the agreement of the Japanese Tasar Association, the World Council agreed in Victoria in 2003 that Europe should take Japan's turn and host the 2007 Worlds, with Japan hosting the Worlds in 2009. Unfortunately, it did not prove possible to organize a World Championship in Europe as originally envisaged by Constantine.  The World Council therefore asked the JTA if it would be possible to revert to the original schedule, and have Japan host the Worlds in 2007. Because of the short time available, the JTA was not able to make a commitment to hold the worlds in 2007, but will discuss the situation.  The World Council agreed that the date could be changed to 2008, if the JTA wished. Some other proposals for the next Worlds may also emerge in the next weeks and months. 

The World Council will finalize the date and venue of the next Worlds as quickly as possible, and inform all members as soon as they can.

Election and Appointment of Officers
George Motoyoshi (Japan) was elected President of the World Tasar Class Association, and Tim Knight (Europe) was elected Vice President.  Graham Hanna was appointed Chief Measurer, and Richard Spencer was appointed Executive Secretary.

There was a unanimous vote of thanks for the great work done by Chris Parkinson as President, and Dave Bretherton as Chief Measurer.

Minutes of the meeting will be posted in the near future.

Posted 2005-07-28

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