TAWA 2024 States

The second half of the W.A. Tasar State Championships were conducted at Mounts Bay Sailing Club yesterday afternoon, Sunday 25th February. There were three races which were also part of the MBSC Short Course Series with windward leeward courses in Matilda Bay. The wind was initially a light easterly which rapidly strengthened, with most of the races held in a gusty 15 to 18 knots of easterly wind, which resulted is several capsizes. The leading boats were relatively close in all races which helped to provide interesting and enjoyable sailing. It was good to see some new sailors in the event which show continuing interest in our sailing and is good for the future of the Class.
Afterwards we celebrated the event at the MBSC Clubhouse and had the presentation of results and prizes by the MBSC Commodore Larry Smith and Tasar W.A. Vice President Dean Dixon. The prizes were sailing bags which created a lot of interest, and were created from re-cycled Tasar Dacron sails by local sail maker Brizo Sails.
State Champions are Lloyd Lissiman and Fiona Campbell, 2nd place went to Dean Dixon and Jim Blake, 3rd place was Trevor Date and Simon Olsen.
State Handicap Champions are Damien Smith and Lorelli Barnes-Smith, 2nd Place went to Denis Dixon and Zac Brus, 3rd place was Kate Best and Geoff Munt.
Champion Club was Geographe Bay Sailing Club.
Thank you to everyone who took part in this enjoyable event, and a special thank you to Race Office Emily Jones for conducting both race days.

 

 

Fiona and Lloyd 2024 State champions with TAWA President Dean Dixon

TAWA 2023 States

TAWA 2022 States

6 Races were held over two days as part of the RPYC Mini-Series.  The wind for the first day started as a moderate southerly in the morning and two races were held.  The third race was sailed after a lunch break and the wind had increased to 20+knots.  The second day started with a light easterly which died during the morning.  Two races were completed in those conditions.  A third race was started but it was abandoned halfway through.  The final race was sailed after the lunch break in a light to moderate sea breeze.  A good range of sailing conditions to test the WA Tasar fleet. 

David and Rhyss put on a dominate performance and finished first across the line in all races to win the 36th TAWA State championship.  As the results below show they didn't get a perfect score sheet after leading the fleet around the wrong course on the first race.  Several of the 'wiser' crews managed to read the course sheet correctly to score a place.

The second race also had some drama when the start team accidentally had both the individual and general recall flags up at the same time when intending to do an individual recall.  This led to some confusion amongst the Tasar fleet with the AVG results in the score sheet the net outcome. 

The strong conditions in the afternoon race on Saturday meant some of the lighter or less experienced crews thought it was safer not to attempt racing.  These same crews found the conditions on the Sunday morning much more to their liking and put in some excellent races.

The third race of the morning that was abandoned left Neil wondering what could have been as he had a good lead with only two legs to sail when the abandonment was made.

In the last race, even with David and Rhyss 'playing it safe' on the U flag start, they managed to find a way to the front of the fleet to do the clean sweep.

Second overall were Kayne and Louise Binks and third was Anton Mann with Danne-Rae Sawyer, who managed to sneak ahead of the unlucky Neil Forster and Rachel Fowler.

The handicap State champions were Rebecca and Roger Best, followed by Samantha and Kate Best then Justin and Jess McAullay.

Ollie Roodhouse was the first junior skipper.

GBYC was the top club.

It was pleasing to see a sizeable number of new Tasar sailors competing in their first State Championship.

Race 1 - 1st Escape Boat, 2nd Critical Path, 3rd Tae Think Again

Race 2 - 1st Escape Boat, 2nd Critical Path, 3rd Tae Think Again

Race 3 - 1st Escape Boat, 2nd Tae Think Again, 3rd Critical Path 

Races 4 and 5 were held during December in a West South Westerly again, though the wind strength this time was about 14 to 16 knots. This time Critical Path sailed by David Meehan and Rhyss Edwards managed two wins, beating the eventual State Champions Escape Boat in both races. Tae Think Again wrapped up 3rd place.

Race 4 - 1st Critical Path, 2nd Escape Boat, 3rd Tae Think Again  

Race 5 - 1st Critical Path, 2nd  Escape Boat, 3rd  Unleashed

Mandurah Offshore Fishing and Sailing Club did a great job accommodating the fleet. The courses were excellent, true and fair beats and great fast reaches. The sailing water is fantastic and the club facilities are excellent. 

The presentation were held after racing on Saturday to reward all the price winners.  Robin Olsen made an emotional speech to the competitors saying thanks TAWA for awarding life membership to him and his late wife Sue Olsen. Both Sue and Robin were recognised for their longstanding support of Tasar Sailing in Western Australia. 

After the presentation a social was held, where nearly 40 sailors, family and friends associated with TAWA stayed for meals at the club. This was a fantastic turnout to cap off some great sailing. Part of the social included a door prize.  The prize a brand new Tasar Style training Jib provided by Brizo Sails and Canvas was won by Julie Olsen. 

 

1st - Escape Boat - Scott Olsen and Julie Olsen

2nd - Critical Path - David Meehan and Rhyss Edwards

3rd - Tae Thing Again - Lloyd Lissiman and Fiona Lissiman

 

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