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Meet the TANSW Committee

Read the following blurbs to find out about your TANSW Committee...

NICOLE KIDMAN
President

Nicole started sailing Tasars when she was just 15, when her uncle Dunc (Duncan Robertson, Life Member) took her for a sail and promised her overseas travel! She has since crewed for a variety of people in the Tasar, before becoming permanent crew for husband Stu Templeton, who she met at the 2004 National Champs at Mission Beach. Nic loves just being a part of the Tasar class, and her organisational skills are fantastic for the class. She was the first social secretary for the class, and has since moved on to be President as she loves giving back to the class that she loves so much.

TREV HILLEARD
Secretary

Got back into Tasars 4 years ago looking for a class that I could race with my partner, Lea.  The Tasar was the way to go for us with the minimum crew weight limit and one design racing we could compete on a more even level than we could in any other class. We are both now involved in the NSW Association with a great group of people that enjoy doing what they can to promote the growth of State fleets.

SHANE GUANARIA
Vice-President

I sailed my first Tasar race at 3 years of age with my father, I can’t remember much of it other than I could not reach the toe straps….. A problem I no longer have an issue with. I have been around Tasars since I was born and I loved the way of life that the Tasar provided. I can not wait until my son is old enough to race with me.

LEA SORENSON
Treasurer

I started sailing Tasars when I was 16 years of age with a friend of mine and really enjoyed it.  A couple of years later, I was booted off and replaced with a much lighter 10 year old.....Not to be deterred, five years ago,after some years of being bashed in offshore yacht racing, I started sailing Tasars again with the same person, (who is now more friendly) and we are still really enjoying it.  Not as many bruises, a great boat to sail and fantastic people in the class. I joined the committee to help do my bit to keep the class going but mainly so I could have calamari and chips on Balmoral Beach once a month !

ROB DOUGLASS & NIC DOUGLASS
Race Secretary and Publicity Officer

The Tasar is an exciting one design boat, the fleet is highly challenging, and we get to race in fabulous locations around the World and within Australia. When you add a great social environment which encourages your non sailing family to enjoy your favourite sport with you - there is just no comparison to being involved with the Tasar class. We have been sailing together since Nic was just 11, she is now 25 - Rob is 51. We are both involved with the TANSW because we love the boat, but more so the people.

SIOBHAN RIDDEL
Social Secretary

When my husband Leigh and I decided to move from Melbourne to Sydney for work, we spoke about finding an activity that we could do together that would enable us to make new friends. Newly engaged I remember trying to impress him. I knew Leigh had grown up sailing as a kid and had sailed an "Amaroo,"  so I tried to impress him by doing an internet search to find an "Amaroo" we could sail together. Having never stepped foot on a boat, and as a result knowing little about them, I remember calling him up saying "I've found an Amaroo 2100, maybe you could teach me to sail on that?" After convincing him I wasn't joking. I learnt that Amaroo was the name of the boat not the type of boat. Leigh was ecstatic. Turns out i had found the boat he and Ben Calwell had won the '98 Worlds Juniors on. We bought the boat and have been sailing Tasars ever since :) I get to spend my Saturdays enjoying the beautiful Sydney Harbour with my husband. The fleet is competitive, yet still friendly. I'm still learning and having fun. This is my first year on the committee. The Tasar fleet is extremely close knit and enjoy the social side of Tasar sailing as much as their time spent on water. I'm looking fwd to organising functions that allow the fleet to get to know one another better and continue to promote strong on and off water camaraderie. I'm looking fwd to the opportunity to get to know more of the fleet.

NOEL BOREL
Registrar

I started sailing in 2004 with my kids, and they named the boat Doof Doof. I did have a Gwen 12 many years ago, but it was destroyed in a southerly buster after I lost the rudder in a capsize. Which sounds eerily familiar. I started attending TT regattas and training events in 2005 to gain experience. Love the competitive racing, the helpful and friendly people in the Tasar community and the chance to visit places that I would not normally go to as a tourist. If you are passionate about a hobby, I believe you should always invest some of your time to help keep the organisation running.

LEIGH RIDDEL
State Measurer

In 1995, Ben Caldwell and I borrowed his Dad's boat for an afternoon, fell in love with the boat instantly, and didn't give the boat back for 3 years! I came back to Tasars in 2006 when I was looking for a boat to teach my wife Siobhan to sail, the Tasar was the easy choice! The Tasar is just such a nice boat to sail with great one design racing at a club, state and national level. The social side of Tasar sailing is great too! Of all my dinghy and keelboat sailing over the years, the Tasar has given me some of my favourite sailing experiences. In short - the class has given me a lot and being on the committee gives me a chance to give something back.

STU TEMPLETON
National Measurer

Started sailing Tasar’s in Darwin as a teenager. Now sail with my wife in Sydney who I met at the Mission beach nationals in 2004. The reason why I still sail a Tasar is I love the fact that I can have extremely close racing while sailing with Nic and then have a beer with good friends after. What more do you need?


 

 

TANSW Summer Program 2010-2011 now available!

CLICK HERE to download it!

Nationals NOR and Online Entry

 

Supporters of the TANSW

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!

 

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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

 

   

Kogarah Bay - Not just the Kurnell Cup!

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 2010

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 3rd a few minutes back.

The race lasted over 4 hours for the leaders and there were many weary bodies back at the club afterwards which were greeted by Trev and Lea working the sausages on the BBQ. Tie me down won the coveted “Cock of the bay” trophy for the winner on handicap in the biggest division.
   

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