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TASAR CLASS RULES
effective 2006-01-03

Section F – Rig

F.1       Measurement

F.1.1.   Spars and rigging shall be to the design and specifications of the Designer and items meeting these specifications shall be available from the builder and may not be drilled, altered, or otherwise changed except as allowed by C.2.2 - C2.4.   

F.1..2   Topmast stiffeners (as standard in Australian TASARS) are required. Rigging shall comply with the current class rules.

F.1.3    The length of the forestay with fittings, bearing point to bearing point, between the stemhead fitting and the hounds, plus the measurement from the bearing point on stemhead fitting to the deck directly below, shall be 4140 +/- 20 mm., as shown in Appendix 2.

F.1.4    For dacron sails, the measurement from the bearing point at the hounds to the aft head point of the jib shall not exceed 115 mm. This rule does not apply to mylar jibs.

F.1.5    The measurement from the bearing point at the hounds to the deck immediately in front of the mast step shall not be less than 3720 mm.

F.1.6    The whisker pole shall have a maximum length of 2038 mm and shall float. Material shall be aluminum, wood or f.r.p.  Diameter, fittings and method of attachment to the clewboard of the jib or jib sheet are optional and unrestricted

F.2       Manufacturers

F.2.1.   Spar manufacturers shall be licensed by the designer, or after his death or retirement, the copyright holder of the TASAR class design.

F.3       Mast

F.3.1    No boat may start with a mast or boom which has a permanent bend.

F.3.2    The top mast shall be supported on an insert located and supported by the upper diamond bolt and having the same cross section as the top mast sleeve.

F.4       Rigging

F.4.1    Any sheets or lines supplied by the builder may be substituted by sheets or lines of any length or diameter.  No additional sheets or lines may be added (except as called for under C.2.2(h), e.g. towrope, in which case they may not be used as added control equipment for racing).  Each sheet or line must be one continuous length of uniform diameter, except for the outhaul  which may be of 2 parts, one of which may be wire.

F.4.2     Sheets or lines in whole or in part of wire are prohibited, except for the outhaul, vang, halyard, diamond stays, mainsheet strop, shrouds and  forestay.  Any wire except the forestay, shrouds and diamond stays, may be replaced with line.

F.4.3     The forestay, shrouds and diamond stays shall be 3/32" (2.5 mm) diameter 1x19 stainless steel wire. The forestay and shrouds may use rolled swages.

F.4.4 When a mylar jib is used, a jib furler and swivel are not fitted, and a jib halyard and associated fittings, as supplied by the builder, are required. Any replacements of the supplied equipment are subject to all applicable rules, including C.2.4 and F.4.1.

Revision 2006-01-03

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