2012 State Titles at Tinaroo

Wrtten by Alex Kostin

The Qld Tasar champs this year were held in conjunction with the very popular Tinaroo Mayday regatta. The racing was conducted over three days and had ideal sunny conditions with winds ranging from 4 to 14 knots. One innovation that the Tinaroo club uses for starting was commented on by numerous competitors. The club operates a unique light countdown starting system that also incorporates two transit discs, and all equipment is easily operated from the shore by the club's dedicated volunteers housed in a weatherproof hut. The courses were quite varied, and required crews to be on the navigational ball given the various buoys that were strategically placed around the lake to ensure unbiased windward leeward legs. The regatta consisted of five races; that is, one race on Saturday, three on Sunday and one on Monday with one drop.

The northern clubs from Tinaroo and Mission Beach dominated the regatta's top five placings with consistent and masterful starting and speed techniques during the series. The eventual regatta winners, Mitch Heath and Max Creedy demonstrated the boat handling consistency needed to win regattas on their Townsville borrowed boat, 'Icon', with three wins and a second place. Kieran and Dane Mouldey on 'Redline, and Ken and Penny Laycock on 'Boyz light up', pushed the 'Icon' boat right up until the last deciding race.

While most boats sailed the regatta with well seasoned skipper and crew combinations it was worthwhile noting the generosity displayed by Mike Overland and Peter Macgregor who sailed with persons quite new to the experience of racing. So the results were somewhat skewed. It's hoped that those crews take onboard the wealth of knowledge that was available to them and they use it at the next Tasar regatta.

The Grand Master trophy was won by Ken and Penny Laycock on the beautifully presented, 'Boyz Light Up', and the Great Grand Master trophy by Bill and Jenny Mairs with, 'On Ice'.

Dan Scott and Steven Gibson from Airlie Beach sailing on 'Goldrush', sailed extremely well on their Dacron clad boat and consistently mixed it with the mylar fleet.

And how good was it, that Noel Borel from the Lane Cove 12 footers Club of Sydney, and Fiona McManus of the Darwin Club, joined forces on Noel's beautifully prepared Tasar of 'Eagle Eye' to enter the regatta. There's obviously still considerable adventure spirit in Noel as he did the three day driving by himself. Wow! Tasar spirit I guess!

The Tinaroo club, once again, turned on the hospitality for everyone with tasty hot meals and a slide night of the days' racing.

It was a credit to their organizational skills and unrelenting volunteer support. Thank You Tinaroo.

 

2012 Qld Tasar Titles results - Tinaroo Sailing Club

Sailed: 5, Discards: 1, To count: 4, Ratings: VY, Entries: 19, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank

Fleet

Div

Boat Name

Class

Sail No.

Club

Helm Name

Crew Name

VY

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

Total

Nett

1st

Tasar

2

Icon

TSR

2452

MissionBeachSC

Mitchell Heath

Max Creedy

108

(4.0)

1.0

1.0

1.0

2.0

9.0

5.0

2nd

Tasar

2

Redline

TSR

2558

TinarooSC

Kieran Mouldey

Dane Mouldey

108

1.0

3.0

2.0

(4.0)

1.0

11.0

7.0

3rd

Tasar

2

Boyz Light Up

TSR

2717

TinarooSC

Ken Laycock

Penny Laycock

108

3.0

2.0

(5.0)

3.0

3.0

16.0

11.0

4th

Tasar

2

Tortle

TSR

2536

TinarooSC

Peter MacGregor

Georgie Sellars

108

(5.0)

5.0

3.0

2.0

5.0

20.0

15.0

5th

Tasar

2

Beebop

TSR

2134

MissionBeachSC

Greg Heath

Judy Heath

108

6.0

7.0

4.0

(10.0)

6.0

33.0

23.0

6th

Tasar

2

Blunt End

TSR

2058

T'villeSC

Alex Kostin

 

108

(10.0)

4.0

6.0

6.0

7.0

33.0

23.0

7th

Tasar

2

High in the Bite

TSR

2606

TinarooSC

Michael Overland

Taryn Agius

108

2.0

8.0

7.0

8.0

(9.0)

34.0

25.0

8th

Tasar

2

On ice

TSR

2886

WhitsundaySC

Bill Mairs

Jenny Mairs

108

(9.0)

6.0

8.0

5.0

8.0

36.0

27.0

9th

Tasar

2

I'm Smiling

TSR

2783

TinarooSC

John Jacob

Matthew Jacob

108

7.0

(11.0)

11.0

11.0

4.0

44.0

33.0

10th

Tasar

2

Eagle Eye

TSR

2902

Lane Cove 12ft SSC

Noel Borel

Fiona McManus

108

8.0

(10.0)

9.0

7.0

10.0

44.0

34.0

11th

Tasar

2

Chain Reaction

TSR

1861

T'villeSC

Ben Ledez

Tilley Pain

108

(12.0)

12.0

10.0

9.0

11.0

54.0

42.0

12th

Tasar

2

Goldrush

TSR

1797

WhitsundaySC

Daniel Scott

Stephen Gibson

108

(15.5)

9.0

13.0

12.0

12.0

61.5

46.0

13th

Tasar

2

Phoenix II

TSR

1798

TinarooSC

George Rankine

Robert Rankine

108

13.0

(16.0)

12.0

13.0

13.0

67.0

51.0

14th

Tasar

2

Moondance

TSR

1766

T'villeSC

Bronson Philippa

Natalie Hughes

108

11.0

(15.0)

14.0

14.0

14.0

68.0

53.0

15th

Tasar

2

GG

TSR

949

TinarooSC

Perry Jones

Scott Cant

108

14.0

13.0

15.0

(16.0)

15.0

73.0

57.0

16th

Tasar

2

Miss Behave

TSR

1879

T'villeSC

Jack Maguire

David Maguire

108

15.5

14.0

(16.0)

15.0

16.0

76.5

60.5

17th

Tasar

2

?

TSR

1783

T'villeSC

Jim Barsi

Judith Eastwood

108

(18.0)

18.0

17.0

17.0

17.0

87.0

69.0

18th

Tasar

2

Crusader

TSR

1859

MissionBeachSC

Greg Curnoe

Patricia Curnoe

108

17.0

17.0

(20.0 DNF)

18.0

20.0 DNS

92.0

72.0

19th

Tasar

2

Stepping Stone

TSR

537

MissionBeachSC

Michael Johnson

Liam Johnson

108

(20.0 DNS)

19.0

18.0

20.0 DNS

18.0

95.0

75.0