Rob and Nic Douglass take fifth NSW State Championships
by Nicole Douglass on 21 Apr 2014
Rob and Nic Douglass on day 1 at the NSW States - showing how many drinks they are allowed
Nic Douglass
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The 37th NSW Tasar Championships wrapped up yesterday with a total of eight races for the series held on Botany Bay from Georges River Sailing Club.
After being postponed for over an hour on shore, race 7 got away in a building easterly after one general recall. The boats on the right looked good very early in the beat, until the breeze did a hard swing to the nor’east, paying for the boats in the middle left of the course. Heather MacFarlane and Chris Payne of Sandringham Yacht Club, and Rob and Nic Douglass were the first to gain advantage from the change, with Hugh Tait and Stephen Hancock and third and Leigh Riddell and Clare Woods in fourth and Shane Guanaria and Tara Wilson in fifth.
The results of the top five were all but unchanging until the final run, when Rob and Nic Douglass were able to get inside Heather MacFarlane and Chris Payne to lead into the finish, securing their Championship win with a race to spare, with Hugh Tait and Stephen Hancock in third, Leigh Riddell and Clare Woods in fourth and Shane Guanaria and Tara Wilson in fifth.
The race committee were keen to get the next race away in order to make the time limit, flying the black flag off the first start. The start was clear, and the boats had potentially the most consistent breeze direction wise of the series with a 10-12 knot nor’easter. Joel and Gemma Skelton were the first around the top, followed by Shane Guanaria and Tara Wilson, Leigh Riddell and Clare Woods, Hugh Tait and Stephen Hancock, and Rob and Nic Douglass.
Rob and Nic again showed of their first reach speed, passing to leeward and rounding the wing mark in second to Joel and Gemma Skelton, with Leigh Riddell and Clare Woods in third, and other movers Heather MacFarlane and Chris Payne in fourth. By the bottom mark, it was Rob and Nic Douglass, Heather MacFarlane and Chris Payne, Leigh Riddell and Clare Woods, Hugh Tait and Stephen Hancock and Joel and Gemma Skelton in fifth.
The next work was relatively unchanging compared to the final run where all of the top seven boats were pushing for the lead in some fantastically close racing. Hugh Tait and Stephen Hancock looked good coming in on starboard, but slowed coming back into the fleet, and Rob and Nic were able to get their final port gybe in to reach the mark, and lead home for the second time on the final day. Leigh Riddell and Clare Woods also got the port gybe finishing in second to take second overall for the Championship. Hugh Tait and Stephen Hancock finished the regatta strongly with a second third for the day, Heather MacFarlane and Chris Payne were fourth, and Joel and Gemma Skelton were fifth.
Rob and Nic Douglass took their fifth State Championship win, with the last being in 2010, as well as the Masters Championship. Leigh Riddell and Clare Woods finished in second, their best result at a State Championship, with Shane Guanaria and Tara Wilson in third, Rick Longbottom and Darryl Bentley in fourth and Heather MacFarlane in fifth, as well as taking out the Grand Masters. Other major prize winners were Dan Bromelow for the Juniors, Megan Darby for first NSW lady helm, and Tony and Julie Creak for Senior Grand Masters. In a welcome return to the class, Martin Linsley and Angela Cumming took out the Handicap trophy.
Balmoral Sailing Club, showed significant dominance at the event, with six boats in the top 11. Heather Forton, who finished in the top ten for the first time with skipper John Balass accepted the team trophy on behalf of the club.
Rob Douglass, won potentially the most coveted trophy of the evening, taking out the 'Dunc Award' for the best act(s) of 'intelligence' shown across the season.
The winner of the Jennifer Ramsay memorial trophy were Derek and Kelly Hadwen, and over $300 dollars was raised for the Breast Cancer Network of Australia from a collection made over the evening.
On an initiative by the Tasar Association of NSW, at the presentation, all junior helms were refunded $100 dollars of their entry fee. Going forward, any crews that are both 19 and under at the date of the regatta will pay half price on the entry fee for the NSW State Championships.
This season members can also look forward to subsidised training from the Association as the class heads in to their World Championships at Bussleton in WA in early January.
Overall Scratch
Plc
|
Sail
No
|
Boat Name
(Boat Type)
|
Skipper/Crew
|
From
|
Race 1
18-Apr
|
Race 2
18-Apr
|
Race 3
18-Apr
|
Race 4
19-Apr
|
Race 5
19-Apr
|
Race 6
19-Apr
|
Race 7
20-Apr
|
Race 8
20-Apr
|
Drop
|
Total
|
1
|
2710
|
Chukkel
Tasar
|
Robert Douglass
Nicole Douglass
|
JBSC
NSW
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
10
|
2
|
2889
|
Tangaroa
Tasar
|
Leigh Riddell
Clare Woods
|
BSC
NSW
|
1
|
9
|
6
|
3
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
9
|
26
|
3
|
2577
|
One Too Many
Tasar
|
Shane Guanaria
Tara Wilson
|
BSC
NSW
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
26
|
4
|
2898
|
navy sailing
Tasar
|
Richard Longbottom
Darryl Bentley
|
RANSA/CYC
NSW
|
2
|
4
|
10
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
8
|
7
|
10
|
31
|
5
|
2883
|
SMAC
Tasar
|
Heather McFarlane
Chris Payne
|
SYC
VIC
|
4
|
2
|
7
|
10
|
RDG
(5.00)
|
9
|
2
|
4
|
10
|
33
|
6
|
2925
|
Serendipity
Tasar
|
Hugh Tait
Stephen Hancock
|
NSC
NSW
|
6
|
10
|
13
|
8
|
4
|
11
|
3
|
3
|
13
|
45
|
7
|
2818
|
HMS
Tasar
|
Joel Skelton
Gemma Skelton
|
SPASC
NSW
|
11
|
3
|
20
|
4
|
11
|
10
|
13
|
5
|
20
|
57
|
8
|
2903
|
Vivace
Tasar
|
Bradley Stephens
Jennifer Overton
|
WSC
NSW
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
11
|
8
|
6
|
12
|
15
|
15
|
61
|
9
|
2603
|
Ratz
Tasar
|
Gary Ratcliffe
Robyn Ratcliffe
|
GRSC
NSW
|
14
|
6
|
3
|
18
|
6
|
13
|
6
|
16
|
18
|
64
|
10
|
2763
|
More Edge
Tasar
|
John Balass
Heather Forton
|
BSC
NSW
|
20
|
20
|
1
|
13
|
5
|
8
|
7
|
12
|
20
|
66
|
11
|
2911
|
Another Roady
Tasar
|
Peter Davies
Pia Lehtonen-Davies
|
BSC
NSW
|
9
|
23
|
11
|
14
|
13
|
7
|
14
|
11
|
23
|
79
|
12
|
2888
|
Agamemnon
Tasar
|
Chris Parkinson
Matthew Fitzgerald
|
SPASC
NSW
|
18
|
18
|
9
|
6
|
14
|
5
|
21
|
10
|
21
|
80
|
13
|
2665
|
Decadence
Tasar
|
Megan Darby
Chris Evans
|
SPASC
NSW
|
13
|
11
|
30
|
9
|
9
|
12
|
18
|
14
|
30
|
86
|
14
|
2813
|
LASS
Tasar
|
Martin Linsley
Angela Cumming
|
RANSA
ACT
|
19
|
28
|
5
|
15
|
15
|
15
|
10
|
9
|
28
|
88
|
15
|
2114
|
blew'n
Tasar
|
Bruce Hilleard
Jenny Sorensen
|
GRSC
NSW
|
23
|
16
|
16
|
21
|
10
|
17
|
9
|
8
|
23
|
97
|
16
|
2769
|
"The ""AntzPantz"""
Tasar
|
Anthony Creak
Julie Creak
|
RGYC
VIC
|
7
|
26
|
28
|
23
|
RDG
(17.00)
|
14
|
11
|
13
|
28
|
111
|
17
|
2588
|
What a Pearler
Tasar
|
Andrew Finney
Michelle Costandi
|
GRSC
NSW
|
16
|
21
|
12
|
20
|
17
|
19
|
15
|
26
|
26
|
120
|
18
|
1885
|
Storm bringer
Tasar
|
Daniel Bromelow
Mark Bromelow
|
M16'SSC
NSW
|
22
|
14
|
17
|
25
|
19
|
18
|
16
|
21
|
25
|
127
|
19
|
2727
|
White Wash
Tasar
|
Stephen Nash
Greg CHASELING
|
BSC
NSW
|
10
|
25
|
27
|
12
|
RDG
(21.00)
|
DNC
(38.00)
|
17
|
18
|
38
|
130
|
20
|
2902
|
Eagle Eye
Tasar
|
Noel Borel
Els Leenaars
|
RMYC
NSW
|
32
|
17
|
19
|
22
|
16
|
22
|
23
|
20
|
32
|
139
|
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