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
2021-22 - 36th Western Australian State
Championships
Royal Perth Yacht Club
Sailed as part of the RPYC Mini Series
12-13th February 2022
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.
Web Results: here
2021 Tasar States
2020-21 - 35th
Western Australian State Championships
Mandurah
Offshore Fishing and Sailing Club
7th November 2020 and 12th December 2020
5 Races were held over two separate weekends at Mandurah
Offshore Fishing and Sailing Club.
The first 3 races were held during November. The
fleet was greeted by a gentle West South Westerly at about 12 to 14
knots. The fleet of 14 boats enjoys the flat water of Comit Bay and
the moderate breeze. The racing was very close through the entire
fleet, however Escape Boat sailed by Scott Olsen and Julie Olsen
sailed strongly to have 3 wins by the end of the day.
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.
Thank you to all the volunteers at Mandurah Offshore
Fishing and Sailing Club. Thanks you to all competitors for making
it such a great event and we hope to see you next
time.
Overall Results:
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
Junior Champion:
1st - Crisp - Dennis Dixon and Peter Brown
2nd - Charisma - Ollie Roodhouse and Ben
Roodhouse
Consistency Results:
1st - Zailing - Trevor Date and Luke
2nd - Butterfly Effect - Kate Best and Roger best
3rd - Crisp - Dennis Dixon and Peter Brown