NSW

The following are supporters of the TANSW, we thank them for the recent support at the Maxi.net NSW State Championships for 2010 and look forward to further partnerships in the future!

MAXI.NET

A huge thanks to Maxi.Net for their major support for the Maxi.net NSW State Championships.
As you can see they were the naming rights sponsor, and we are extremely greatful for the support.
The Championships would not have been possible without your major support.

BOATNAMES

BoatNames were responsible for all of the fantastic bow numbers at our recent Maxi.net NSW State Championships.

“Design your own Boat Name and numbers kit here”

ZHIK

Long time supporter of the TANSW including the Maxi.net NSW State Championships.
Zhik have listened, and their hiking straps specially made for Tasars are now better than ever.
See www.zhik.com for more information!

YOUR SUPER SOLUTIONS

Your Super Solutions is part of the Hales Douglass group* of multi disciplined advisory professionals incorporating high-level tax, audit, business and investment expertise. Your Super Solutions specialises in the setup, administration, financial strategy, and estate planning of self managed superannuation funds (SMSF). Our specialist auditors can also provide a stand alone SMSF audit service for accounting professionals.

THE TANSW SUPPORT

Breast Cancer Network Australia - BCNA

BCNA informs, empowers, represents and links together people affected by breast cancer.

For more information see www.bcna.org.au

The 2009/2010 summer sailing season is coming to a close at Kogarah Bay sailing club. Last winter there was a lot of consideration given to the program to enable all major Tasar events were accessible to our members.

The start to the season saw great enthusiasm with an increase in Tasar numbers in the club and the word that there were several other potential members. Seventeen boats make up the Tasar fleet with membership stretching from Wollongong to Harvey Bay and ages ranging from 10 years of age through to... well...let’s just say into the grandmaster division. With the World Masters Games in October, sailors were keen to get some early practice in readiness for the event.

The Masters games of course was a major event on the calendar with nine boats competing from the club. Prior to the event there was training afternoons at the Georges River sailing club and a great deal of boat preparation. Of course the unfavourable conditions for the week was unfortunate, all of our team thoroughly enjoyed the experience of competing in an event of that calibre.

Kogarah Bay SC participated in the annual “Try sailing day” with Tasars being available for people to be introduced to the sport on. Of course, the Tasars were kept busy with it being the preferred boat to get out on the water on. The club is also fortunate to have a Tasar available for training purposes. Bob the boat is available for use in club races by participants in the clubs learn to sail program or other competent sailors interested in obtaining a Tasar of their own.

Several members made the trip to Belmont for the traveller’s series in November which turned out to be a breezy affair.

Trevor and Lea (Rangamemnon) hosted our annual Christmas dinner in December. It’s the social events we have that highlight the friendships that the Tasars are so famous and proud of. The food was as always “splendid” with all the sailors present fairly handicapped for the racing the next day!

January saw a return to serious racing, and also a new club member in the form of a baby to Charles and Irene (Free and Easy). The spring saw a mixed bag as far as wind conditions with one day lost due to adverse winds so all members were looking forward to some more favourable conditions for the remainder of the season. Some Peter and Pia (One for the Road) represented the club at the Speers Point marathon and one boat went to Eden for the traveller’s series there.

Our second sprint series was affected by gusty winds with no boats lining up for the third race of the day. The re-birth of “turn it up (side down)” AKA “Doof doof” was short lived with the boat suffering damage on the day and Noel’s state title build up put on hold.

The Kurnell Cup was the next event on the program. The race around Botany Bay is always a popular event at the club and it attracts a good following of other Tasar sailors. This year’s event suffered from what could only be called fickle conditions. It took over 4 hours for the first boat to complete the course and our own veteran skipper Ted Moors with able crew Jenny taking out the event on handicap.

As the season runs towards its conclusion, we have the States at Georges River over Easter which is counted as home ground to many of our members. Then the final event being the Anzac weekend at Batemens Bay.

Throughout the year, all crews have improved to some degree. It is a common statement that “I know we are sailing faster but we aren’t moving up in the fleet”. Looking forward to next year we will be looking at further tweaking our program and our courses to suit our fleet of Tasars. Many sailors are looking forward to the Nationals at Woollahra so will be aiming for a good build up in the spring for this event. With this in mind, the Tasar group within the club will be looking to develop the sailing skills through coaching sessions throughout the season. We will also be promoting the class within the club and our local area and of course, aiming to have even for fun than last year.

Chris Johnson
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KURNELL CUP - 21st March 2010 (Shane Guanaria)

The 2010 Kurnell cup was well attended. The course which was to take us out of the Georges river, up to Brighton, across the bay to Kurnell before heading back up to Kogorah bay for the finish. The start was a slow affair with very little wind and an outgoing tide slowing our progress towards the first mark. Sway was first away off the pin and lead around the first mark closely followed by Chukkel. The lead changed several times getting out of Kogorah as the breeze filled in and died from different directions. Leading the way under the Captain Cook bridge was Sway followed by Tie me down and Chukkel with the rest of the fleet closely bunched behind. Working up the brighton Beach, Sway, Tie me down and Chukkel were closely bunched and evenly matched. A big shift half way up the leg saw the buch split with Sway heading right and Chukkel and Tie Me down heading back towards the beach. The beach paid and Chukkel and Tie Me down building a huge lead at the next mark as Sway fell back outside the top 10.

The wind came and went numerous times and from numerous directions for the rest of the race with Chukkel and Tie Me down continuing to swap the lead through out the marathon race. As the breeze filled in for the final time at the mouth of the river it was Tie Me down leading Chukkel with a gap back to Parky, Wingover, Sway and 2 Sheepstations. With the tide running out at a rate of knots, the shore was the place to go, but as Sway found out, centerboard length exceeded water depth……. The race up front was hotly contested with both crews pushing each other hard all the way to the finish with Chukkel eventually taking out the race by a mere 13 seconds from Tie Me down with Parky coming home 3^rd a few minutes back.

Season 2009/2010 has been another successful one for the Tasar fleet at Balmoral Sailing Club. We now have 18 boats registered at the club with another one or two likely for next season.  Weekend racing has seen 10-15 boats competing on a regular basis, including a number of visiting boats from other clubs.

The standard of racing this year has been exceptional.  There has been a wide range of race winners/place getters across the season, with many finishes determined by seconds.  There has also been some solid improvements witnessed across the fleet.

The Balmoral club championship was a tightly contested series this year. The 8 race series included 5 different race winners across the season. Going into the last race there were four boats that could still win the championship, including Single Malt, Mango Chilli, Yes Darling and Galah. In the end it was Single Malt sailed by Graham Hanna and Liz Kemmis who were crowned club champions for the year, adding to their impressive number of titles at Balmoral.

The spring point score this year was won by Yes Darling sailed by Kevin and Yvonne Wadham who sailed consistently and won the series comfortably. The final Autumn point score will be sailed on the 1st May. After seven races, only 4 points separates the top five boats, with Yes Darling, Allons-y, Mango Chilli, Lucky Break and Southern Stars all in the mix going into race 8.

Saturday afternoons post racing still see many of the fleet stick around for a drink on the balcony of the club with the days racing always the primary topic of interest. Tasar sailors that are members of Balmoral also have access to a weekly email distribution, where the weeks strong performers share their thoughts on their strategy, tactics and boat setup. There has been a lot of positive feedback about this from Tasar sailors of all levels at the club.

Season 2010/2011 promises to be another great one at Balmoral. We are aiming for 20+ boats on the boat register, more training days and social events and a dedicated website for the tasar class at the club.  Balmoral will hold its winter sprint series across the 8th/15th/22nd May. Visitors are welcome for those of you that maybe heading to Airlie Beach looking for some last minute racing or just want to get a couple more sails in before the end of the season.  For anyone interested in finding out more about Tasar sailing at Balmoral, contact myself at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Josh Faddy on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Leigh Riddell

Vice Class captain - Balmoral