Australian Tasar Championship win for Douglass' team at Airlie Beach

by Ian Grant on 12 Jul 2010 2010 Ice Berg Australian Tasar championship

The exciting 10 race championship attracted 186 one design dinghy sailors crewing 93 Tasar dinghies representing clubs from West Australia, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, The Northern Territory and Queensland where the colourful one-design dinghy fleet transformed the sailing venue into a spectacular scene reminiscent to butterflies fluttering in a gentle wind on the Bay.

More importantly many of the sailors and their families and friends were first time visitors to the Whitsundays and besides topping up their sun tan they enjoyed the pleasant tropical winter environment and the friendly hospitality which is always on offer at the Whitsunday Sailing Club.

Sure all of the competitors were in a relaxed mode on the rigging lawn but became more focused on testing the tactical strategy and individual boat speed on the water in what proved to be 10 exciting races to decide 2010 Australian champion and the Ice Berg trophy winner.

As expected the regatta attracted the best of the best including the multiple championship winning New South Wales father and daughter combination of Robert and Nicole Douglass in Coollit.

The Coollit racing team besides winning a Tasar World gold medal among several Australian Gold and minor medals were accepted as the pre-championship pacesetter with previous National champions Shane Guanaria, Craig McPhee and Paul Ridgeway.

All four skippers held the extensive class racing experience to be considered among the title favourites but it was the crew commitment and the sail trimming skill of Nicole Douglass that provided the decisive edge which allowed her dad to steer Coollit to remarkably consistent 4-1-1-2-1-2-1-6 score and a 2 point win over the talented North Queensland crew of Aaron Linton and Jamie Jochheim.

Both Aaron Linton and Jamie Jochheim again reflected their individual talent to achieve an outstanding Silver Medal result in their maiden Tasar National championship.

They have raced with and against each other in many classes since graduating from junior Sabot class racing with the Whitsunday Sailing Club fleet.

However this was their first ever major championship in the tactically demanding Tasar class where they surprised their more experienced rivals when they crewed AA Team to a comfortable 13 point Silver Medal over the Shane Guanaria helmed Sway.

The AA Team mastered the ideal moderate 12 knot South South West wind to lead the fleet home in the first race but then broke the start in race 2 to record a 1-94 on the opening day. But they progressively fought back into medal contention in the remaining races to eventually record a 1-7-1-2-3-2-2-2 to claim a deserved Silver Medal just 2 points astern of the Gold Medal winning Douglass sailing team while Shane Guanaria, Craig McPhee, Paul Ridgeway and female skipper Heather Macfarlane completed the top six overall.

2010 Australian Tasar Nationals

Hosted By Whitsunday Sailing Club

Sail Iceberg

Updated:  7/10/2010  11:31:22 AM

Series Results [Overall Result] up to Race 10 (Drops = 2)

Place	Bow No	Boat Name	Skipper	Sers Score	Race 10	Race 9	Race 8	Race 7	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1	25	Coollit	Robert Douglass	18.0	[94.0C]	6.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	[8.0]	1.0	4.0
2	15	AA Team	Aaron Linton	20.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	7.0	[17.0]	[94.0B]	1.0
3	16	Sway	Shane Guanaria	33.0	3.0	1.0	7.0	[17.0]	4.0	8.0	[8.0]	6.0	2.0	2.0
4	22	Roll Your Own	Craig Mcphee	39.0	6.0	4.0	[10.0]	5.0	9.0	3.0	5.0	1.0	[16.0]	6.0
5	42	Ridgididge	Paul Ridgway	42.0	8.0	9.0	6.0	[13.0]	3.0	5.0	4.0	[94.0O]	4.0	3.0
6	06	SMAC	Heather Macfarlane	46.0	4.0	[15.0]	5.0	6.0	5.0	9.0	[12.0]	3.0	7.0	7.0
7	21	Unleashed	Scott Olsen	53.0	5.0	5.0	4.0	4.0	6.0	12.0	[18.0]	[15.0]	6.0	11.0
8	76	Navy Sailing	Rick Longbottom	54.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	14.0	7.0	[21.0]	13.0	12.0	[23.0]
9	10	Tangaroa	Leigh Riddell	82.0	14.0	[22.0]	8.0	10.0	8.0	21.0	2.0	16.0	3.0	[22.0]
10	85	Edge Off	David Bretherton	83.0	7.0	10.0	9.0	[30.0]	10.0	10.0	17.0	12.0	[20.0]	8.0
11	88	Magic Pye	Peter Wilson	88.0	13.0	11.0	[20.0]	12.0	12.0	[34.5]	19.0	7.0	9.0	5.0
12	68	High in the Bite	Scott Cant	96.0	12.0	24.0	11.0	7.0	19.0	[33.0]	[29.0]	2.0	8.0	13.0
13	19	Corsair viii	John Gibson	97.0	9.0	7.0	13.0	[21.0]	[20.0]	19.0	9.0	18.0	10.0	12.0
14	77	JAC	Martin Linsley	107.0	[34.0]	14.0	19.0	11.0	[24.0]	11.0	20.0	9.0	14.0	9.0
15	36	Trouble	Michael Quirk	109.0	10.0	8.0	22.0	25.0	11.0	4.0	[40.0]	4.0	[38.0]	25.0
16	60	Clarebuoyant	Alistair Murray	127.0	17.0	12.0	17.0	9.0	13.0	23.0	11.0	[32.0]	25.0	[28.0]
17	11	Purple Patch	Mike Paynter	134.0	23.0	[33.0]	15.0	14.0	[32.0]	18.0	15.0	20.0	11.0	18.0
18	13	okidoki	Derick Warne	138.0	11.0	13.0	[27.0]	16.0	23.0	13.0	26.0	[37.0]	15.0	21.0
19	86	Mango Chilli	Josh Faddy	139.0	19.0	21.0	12.0	8.0	[42.0]	24.0	14.0	26.0	[27.0]	15.0
20	30	Poms Away	Pete Ellis	141.0	[30.0]	16.0	24.0	20.0	17.0	17.0	24.0	10.0	13.0	[24.0]
21	94	Stunner	Neville Wittey	149.0	29.0	20.0	14.0	23.0	[56.0]	15.0	10.0	33.0	5.0	[44.0]
22	72	Im Smiling	Lachlan Heath	154.0	31.0	25.0	25.0	19.0	7.0	14.0	[37.0]	[35.0]	23.0	10.0
23	45	Redline	Kieran Mouldey	161.0	25.0	29.0	[30.0]	27.0	15.0	29.0	3.0	[29.0]	17.0	16.0
24	44	Aquaholic	Chris Allen	164.0	[35.0]	17.0	[49.0]	22.0	34.0	16.0	28.0	5.0	28.0	14.0
25	02	SheepStations	Jonathan Ross	179.0	[40.0]	30.0	[35.0]	18.0	21.0	22.0	16.0	22.0	30.0	20.0
26	91	Swine Flew	Mitchell Heath	192.0	[94.0F]	42.0	31.0	[45.0]	16.0	6.0	6.0	25.0	37.0	29.0
27	04	Oogy Wawa	Stuart Templeton	218.0	24.0	23.0	32.0	24.0	37.0	[47.0]	30.0	[63.0]	31.0	17.0
28	01	The AntzPantz	Tony Creak	219.0	18.0	36.0	[52.0]	26.0	22.0	28.0	[50.0]	39.0	19.0	31.0
29	32	Sea Ferret	Mat Craig	233.0	20.0	32.0	33.0	32.0	26.0	[64.0]	[33.0]	31.0	32.0	27.0
30	80	Platform 9 3/4	Thomas Scully	237.0	44.0	26.0	18.0	15.0	30.0	[51.0]	46.0	24.0	[94.0B]	34.0
31	82	Evolution	Mark Hughes	239.0	15.0	19.0	16.0	40.0	38.0	40.0	[48.0]	36.0	35.0	[51.5]
32	74	EXPLODING WHITE MICE	Chris Todd	242.0	27.0	31.0	23.0	35.0	25.0	36.0	42.0	23.0	[45.0]	[42.0]
33	87	Violet Femme	Alexandra Almond	244.0	16.0	18.0	26.0	28.0	44.0	49.0	[65.0]	44.0	[50.0]	19.0
34	40	Pigs Can Fly	Chris Darby	245.0	[94.0F]	[52.0]	42.0	43.0	18.0	41.0	25.0	19.0	24.0	33.0
35	63	Woooo Hoooo !!!!	Richard Gallimore	255.0	26.0	27.0	36.0	[94.0F]	36.0	46.0	36.0	[94.0O]	22.0	26.0
36	43	Rob Gilpin	Rob Gilpin	260.0	[50.0]	44.0	34.0	33.0	31.0	26.0	34.0	11.0	47.0	[55.0]
37	18	Pinch Hitter	Trevor Gurr	272.0	43.0	43.0	[74.0]	29.0	40.0	20.0	[49.0]	28.0	39.0	30.0
38	70	Tortle	Jared Moudley	278.0	32.0	39.0	[43.0]	41.0	27.0	[45.0]	27.0	42.0	34.0	36.0
39	34	Bungarra	Lloyd Lissiman	297.0	36.0	[53.0]	28.0	31.0	51.0	52.0	[55.0]	49.0	18.0	32.0
40	79	Watch Your Backs	Graham Baxendale	305.0	41.0	40.0	37.0	[53.0]	29.0	25.0	[59.0]	41.0	52.0	40.0
41	67	Fire Fly	Derek Hadwen	311.0	21.0	35.0	40.0	34.0	47.0	[69.0]	54.0	[94.0O]	41.0	39.0
42	65	Hudwalloper	Kym Widdows	311.0	42.0	37.0	21.0	[50.0]	[48.0]	42.0	44.0	46.0	36.0	43.0
43	27	Agamemnon	Chris Parkinson	312.0	37.0	[50.0]	45.0	48.0	39.0	37.0	43.0	21.0	42.0	[65.0]
44	61	Tallulah's Fat Siste	Jonathan Ward	325.0	38.0	[72.0]	54.0	42.0	[60.0]	31.0	47.0	27.0	40.0	46.0
45	24	Rangamemnon	Trevor Hilleard	327.0	[66.0]	47.0	53.0	57.0	35.0	[60.0]	13.0	40.0	33.0	49.0
46	48	Pulp Fiction	Mark Hansen	331.0	54.0	28.0	41.0	38.0	43.0	27.0	[64.0]	57.0	43.0	[60.0]
47	20	Icon	Stephanie Creedy	331.0	53.0	41.0	38.0	46.0	41.0	48.0	[53.0]	[58.0]	29.0	35.0
48	78	The Longstay	Chris Eddes	342.0	22.0	59.0	[62.0]	36.0	33.0	43.0	[79.0]	48.0	56.0	45.0
49	57	Water Rat	Cary Pedicini	351.0	46.0	46.0	51.0	[56.0]	[66.0]	30.0	35.0	50.0	55.0	38.0
50	07	Parrot Fever	Adrian Nicholson	356.5	56.0	49.0	[57.0]	49.0	45.0	34.5	22.0	52.0	49.0	[56.0]
51	29	Enigma	Robert Fussell	360.0	49.0	[68.0]	55.0	63.0	49.0	55.0	31.0	14.0	44.0	[70.0]
52	69	Chemistry	Ross McMullen	361.5	28.0	38.0	39.0	[94.0F]	53.0	39.0	[61.0]	56.0	57.0	51.5
53	05	One for the Road	Peter Davies	372.0	61.0	48.0	58.0	59.0	[73.0]	[80.0]	45.0	30.0	21.0	50.0
54	03	More Edge	John Balass	383.0	39.0	45.0	44.0	37.0	50.0	[68.0]	[67.0]	60.0	46.0	62.0
55	59	In the Groove	Melissa Crawford	411.0	55.0	[67.0]	56.0	44.0	54.0	32.0	[62.0]	55.0	61.0	54.0
56	39	Waimulkaboat	Warren Stahel	417.0	47.0	34.0	48.0	60.0	52.0	71.0	[72.0]	34.0	[94.0F]	71.0
57	47	Iceberg	Luke Mairs	421.0	71.0	57.0	50.0	61.0	[88.0]	59.0	56.0	[94.0O]	26.0	41.0
58	49	Beebop	Greg Heath	424.0	48.0	[94.0F]	60.0	47.0	[86.0]	66.0	41.0	43.0	58.0	61.0
59	17	The Blunt End	Alex Kostin	431.0	45.0	58.0	29.0	[67.0]	65.0	[79.0]	63.0	65.0	53.0	53.0
60	33	Impressions	Donald Thompson	435.0	59.0	[73.0]	[89.0]	51.0	57.0	67.0	32.0	53.0	59.0	57.0
61	84	Yakyeti Yak	Chris Ramsey	437.0	51.0	64.0	[67.0]	39.0	64.0	63.0	58.0	38.0	60.0	[64.0]
62	28	On Edge	Paul Grant	443.0	94.0C	[94.0C]	[94.0F]	68.0	67.0	38.0	23.0	54.0	51.0	48.0
63	92	2 Sheep Stations	Bern Streater	444.0	33.0	62.0	59.0	54.0	[94.0Q]	[78.0]	70.0	61.0	68.0	37.0
64	55	Ricochet	Tim O'Shea	444.0	62.0	60.0	61.0	58.0	61.0	44.0	[85.0]	51.0	[63.0]	47.0
65	23	The Usual Suspects	Kim Short	445.0	58.0	[65.0]	46.0	62.0	62.0	56.0	51.0	62.0	48.0	[73.0]
66	41	FireFly	Kate Best	452.0	68.0	54.0	64.0	52.0	28.0	50.0	66.0	[78.0]	70.0	[76.0]
67	35	flasher	warren morris	478.0	72.0	[94.0C]	[94.0C]	70.0	55.0	57.0	52.0	45.0	69.0	58.0
68	08	Just Crusin	Colin Franke	484.0	65.0	[94.0F]	[73.0]	71.0	63.0	58.0	38.0	59.0	67.0	63.0
69	46	On Ice	Bill Mairs	488.0	67.0	63.0	65.0	66.0	[72.0]	[74.0]	57.0	47.0	64.0	59.0
70	53	Rumline	Richard Mackinnon	500.0	57.0	55.0	47.0	74.0	46.0	[84.0]	[91.0]	75.0	77.0	69.0
71	31	Slartibartfast	Josie Roper	506.0	64.0	69.0	63.0	64.0	[76.0]	61.0	39.0	[77.0]	72.0	74.0
72	09	SLAM DUNC	Duncan Robertson	514.0	[76.0]	[94.0F]	70.0	55.0	68.0	53.0	68.0	66.0	62.0	72.0
73	73	Big Bang	Warren Sykes	547.0	63.0	51.0	75.0	[77.0]	70.0	[90.0]	76.0	71.0	66.0	75.0
74	75	Spindrift	Guy Chester	547.0	70.0	71.0	68.0	73.0	[75.0]	65.0	[81.0]	68.0	65.0	67.0
75	83	Strategy	Jack Ramsey	550.0	69.0	61.0	72.0	[94.0R]	77.0	54.0	75.0	76.0	[94.0B]	66.0
76	62	Me'n' Tone	Tony Hammond	556.0	78.0	56.0	66.0	69.0	71.0	[87.0]	74.0	74.0	[79.0]	68.0
77	66	MG	Michael Bayer	558.0	73.0	74.0	69.0	65.0	59.0	[82.0]	77.0	67.0	74.0	[85.0]
78	54	Chain Reaction	Ben Ledez	564.0	52.0	66.0	79.0	72.0	58.0	[91.0]	[86.0]	83.0	75.0	79.0
79	90	Dodgy Element	Andrew Foulkes	572.0	74.0	70.0	71.0	76.0	74.0	72.0	71.0	64.0	[81.0]	[80.0]
80	14	Naiad	Andrew Hill	580.0	60.0	76.0	78.0	75.0	[80.0]	73.0	69.0	[79.0]	71.0	78.0
81	50	Clockwork	Alan Booth	617.0	82.0	83.0	[83.0]	79.0	79.0	76.0	60.0	80.0	78.0	[83.0]
82	52	Call Mr Mike	Ross MacDonald	621.0	94.0C	[94.0C]	80.0	80.0	78.0	75.0	78.0	[94.0O]	54.0	82.0
83	51	Dotted Spog	Anne Muller	624.0	80.0	79.0	[84.0]	78.0	81.0	83.0	[83.0]	73.0	73.0	77.0
84	64	ONO	Nicola Callander	625.0	79.0	78.0	82.0	81.0	69.0	85.0	[88.0]	70.0	[94.0B]	81.0
85	37	DECADENCE	Scott Ramsay	637.0	94.0C	81.0	77.0	94.0C	[94.0F]	62.0	73.0	72.0	[94.0B]	84.0
86	38	Gold Rush	Daniel Scott	644.0	77.0	77.0	76.0	83.0	83.0	86.0	[87.0]	82.0	80.0	[86.0]
87	12	Play Station	Ian Scholes	649.0	[94.0C]	75.0	81.0	85.0	84.0	[92.0]	84.0	69.0	83.0	88.0
88	71	Shearwater	David Elmslie	666.0	75.0	80.0	87.0	82.0	82.0	81.0	92.0	87.0	[94.0C]	[94.0S]
89	58	Rock Star	Suzanne Williams	673.0	84.0	82.0	86.0	86.0	85.0	77.0	82.0	[94.0C]	[94.0C]	91.0
90	26	Super Duck	Mark Krynda	675.0	83.0	87.0	[91.0]	89.0	[91.0]	89.0	80.0	84.0	76.0	87.0
91	81	AFK	Gavin Church	679.0	81.0	84.0	85.0	84.0	89.0	88.0	[90.0]	86.0	82.0	[94.0B]
92	56	Miss Behave	Jack Maguire	688.0	[94.0C]	86.0	90.0	88.0	90.0	70.0	93.0	81.0	[94.0C]	90.0
93	89	It Was Him	Heinz Schlimbach	690.0	85.0	85.0	88.0	87.0	87.0	[93.0]	89.0	85.0	84.0	[89.0]

(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RAF S=DNS U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)

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