49th Australian Tasar Championship at Sandringham Yacht Club

49th Australian Tasar Championship at Sandringham Yacht Club - Overall

by Ben Solly 31 Dec 2023 00:16 PST 28-31 December 2023

49th Australian Tasar Championship: AUS 2976 Harrison and Zara sailing flat and fast © Robert Owe-Young

Following yesterday's blow out where the breeze and seas were fit for a Tasmanian west coaster, today, Port Philip displayed some hopeful signs of summer.

The true uninterrupted 8 to 15 knot southerly breeze played music with its gentle increase throughout the day. The 20 degrees oscillating breeze ranging from 175 degrees to 205 degrees opened the game for hot chess. What an exhilarating sport we live for!

The championship was wrapped up in two days on the water and with three races today a drop was allowed which juggled the final outcome. The passion to hit the line on time was strong until the final race leaving many boats OCS. The talent and fine sailing displayed in this regatta was first class, I can't wait to experience the next notch for the World Championships commencing on the 2nd January 2024.

Enormous Congratulations to Harrison Sly and Zara Challis in Skippy AUS 2976 for holding their lead and taking off the Australian Championships.

Noted recognition to the following championship winners:

Masters Champion (Skipper and crew(s) all 40 years or older) - Chris Dance & Peter Hackett
Grand Masters Champion (Skipper and crew(s) all 50 years or older) - Craig McPhee & Wayne Hale
Super Grand Masters Champion (Skipper and crew(s) all 60 years or older) - Heather Macfarlane & Chris Payne
First Female Helm - Heather Macfarlane
First Youth Helm (helm is 21 years or younger) - Ollie Roodhouse

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Bow Number	Helm	Crew	Club	Nat	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	2976	SKIPPY	76	Harrison Sly	Zara Challis	SYC	AUS	[7]	1	6	4	3	14
2	2994	ROCINANTE	97	Alyosha Strum‑Palerm	Analucia Clarkson	SYC	USA	3	6	3	2	[10]	14
3	2982	OLE	112	Jay Renehan	Jay Renehan	SYC	USA	2	7	[18]	5	4	18
4	2970	PIEWACKET	70	James Sly	Eliza Solly	SYC	AUS	14	[87O]	9	1	1	25
5	2981	DR BEVERLY	81	Jonathan Mckee	Libby Johnson Mckee	SYC/CYC	USA	8	[87O]	4	8	5	25
6	2948	BLUEROCK	48	Jon Holroyd	Tom Johnston	SYC	AUS	11	[87O]	11	3	2	27
7	2980	MAGIC	80	Chris Dance	Peter Hackett	SYC	AUS	[87O]	9	7	6	6	28
8	2969	WAC	25	Heather Macfarlane	Chris Payne	SYC	AUS	6	3	[21]	7	19	35
9	2857	ROLL YOUR OWN	57	Craig Mcphee	Wayne Hale	GAC	AUS	[87O]	12	1	15	9	37
10	2992	MAGIC ELEMENT	92	Rick Longbottom	Darryl Bentley	GRSC	AUS	18	5	2	[20]	15	40
11	2983	SKOOKUM	6	Michael Karas	Molly Karas	SYC	USA	[34]	4	8	24	8	44
12	2930	TOO SHIFTY	30	Lachlan Heath	Carmen Walker	MBSC	AUS	1	8	19	[30]	18	46
13	2398	DOPPIO	96	Stasi Burzycki	Sophia Kasper	PMYC	USA	19	11	5	[87O]	16	51
14	2871	RIDGIGIDGE	71	Stephen Cockerill	Sarah Cockerill	SBSC	GBR	12	14	16	[18]	12	54
15	2842	MANGO CHILLI	22	Joshua Faddy	Paula Cummins	BSC	AUS	10	16	[29]	12	17	55
16	2964	RATZ3	64	Gary Ratcliffe	Robyn Ratcliffe	GRSC	AUS	21	20	10	[35]	7	58
17	2811	DEFINITE MAYBE	111	Alan Riley	Geoff Smith	McC YC	AUS	4	31	[36]	11	13	59
18	2971	BALANCE	31	Mark Bulka	Oliver Bulka	McCrae	AUS	17	19	14	[22]	11	61
19	2968	REBEL REBEL	108	Claire Medd	Simon Medd	SYC	AUS	16	2	24	[34]	21	63
20	2888	CRUZN	88	Ellie Ungar	Jackson Mccoy	CYC	USA	5	18	25	16	[26]	64
21	2916	SUPER BAD	16	Chris Lanzinger	Molly Lanzinger	syc	USA	22	17	15	10	[61]	64
22	2911	ANOTHER ROADY	11	Peter Davies	Pia Lehtonen‑Davies	BSC	AUS	9	[33]	13	23	20	65
23	2941	AL CAPITAN	5	Alistair Murray	Mischa Suda	SYC	AUS	23	13	20	9	[34]	65
24	2852	FAR OUT	52	Murray O'Brien	Liam O'Brien	McCYC	AUS	[28]	15	17	19	14	65
25	2991	RIDGIDIDGE	91	Paul Ridgway	Bronwyn Ridgway	SYC	AUS	13	10	28	[87O]	23	74
26	2984	POOKA	74	Derek Bottles	Becca Galfer	SYC	USA	15	27	26	14	[47]	82
27	2907	RUBY	7	Brad Jones	Allegra Jones	SYC	AUS	30	26	[37]	13	24	93
28	2903	VIVACE	3	Brad Stephens	Jennifer Overton	GRSC	AUS	20	24	22	31	[39]	97
29	2703	WORKING DOG	103	Mat Himson	Carly Potter	SYC / PMYC	AUS	25	29	[32]	26	32	112
30	2710	TRUE BLEW	10	Andy Wharton	Jade Cole	JBSC/IYC	AUS	24	[41]	30	33	31	118
31	2823	GOES TO 11	23	Philip Potter	Armando Distefano	SYC	AUS	27	25	47	21	[50]	120
32	2954	FEARLESS FROG	14	Ludovic Labat	Marie Labat	SYC	FRA	36	30	27	[39]	30	123
33	2829	AMATURE HOUR	39	Jeremy Hawkins	Suzanne Hawkins	Porthpean SC	GRB	41	21	38	[50]	28	128
34	2617	WAIMUKABOUT	17	Andrew Martin	Aurelia Martin	SBSC	AUS	32	32	41	[45]	25	130
35	2977	EDGE OF EQUANIMITY	77	John Balass	Heather Forton	BSC	AUS	40	45	[53]	17	29	131
36	2972	TBA	75	Stephan Heim	Immanuel Schwickert	PbYC	GER	29	35	42	25	[52]	131
37	2882	IN THE GROOVE	82	Kym Flint	Karen Westlake	WSC	AUS	[87O]	23	44	32	38	137
38	2883	SMAC	83	Peter Davis	Karen Davis	RYCT	AUS	39	22	[45]	41	43	145
39	2844	BUS RIDE	44	Eliza Davis	Eliza Davis	RSYS/ SYC	AUS	26	[28]	12	87D	22	147
40	1016	DUCK N WEAVE	116	Megan Thomson	Fergus Thomson	RNZYS	NZL	44	42	[49]	28	33	147
41	2913	THE HONEYMOON	13	Jordan Commins	Madeleine Commins	SYC	AUS	33	37	31	[54]	46	147
42	2924	LODDON CALLING	24	Chas Thompson	Peter Martin	CCSC	AUS	60	38	23	[63]	27	148
43	2898	FALKOR	98	Meika Wright	Meika Wright	DSC	AUS	[55]	36	51	27	36	150
44	2963	SAIL A VIE	63	Blaise Vinot	Kate Vinot	HSC	AUS	43	40	43	29	[64]	155
45	2582	DESTINO	113	Mahoro Sekiguchi	Ryo Uematsu	HMYC	JPN	35	39	33	[51]	48	155
46	2885	ICEBERG	85	Tim Alexander	Stephen Penny	NSC	AUS	[46]	44	39	36	37	156
47	2687	PTERANODON	95	Brian Johnson	Jenny Sorensen	NATA	USA	35N	43	34	[53]	51	163
48	2904	CRACKER JACK	4	Christopher Batenburg	Leo Batenburg	DSC	AUS	37	47	46	38	[54]	168
49	2950	JOUST	50	Rod Warren	Jeff Casley	Syc	AUS	38	[53]	52	46	44	180
50	2965	INDEFENSIBLE	65	Bernard Streater	Van James Streater	GRCS	AUS	42	54	58N	[87O]	35	189
51	2926	CHUCKLING AGAIN	26	Greg Heath	Judy Heath	MBSC	AUS	51	34	[60]	48	58	191
52	2567	YEAH NAH OKAY	67	Trevor Hilleard	Lea Sorensen	WSC	AUS	48	46	[57]	52	45	191
53	2598	WHY NOT?	55	Mark Reed	Kate Lanzinger	CYC	USA	56	[63]	40	55	42	193
54	2905	JEDI MIND TRICKS	41	Ollie Roodhouse	Ben Roodhouse	GBYC	AUS	[59]	51	56	40	49	196
55	2192	SWEET POTAYTO	45	Ian Taylor	William Taylor	HSC	AUS	[87C]	87C	35	42	40	204
56	2847	SLAM DUNC	47	Natalie Grey	Bruce Litchfield	GRSC	AUS	[70]	50	58	44	57	209
57	2734	SOMETHING COOL	34	Murray Spiers	Derek Brooker	SYC	AUS	45	48	[65]	57	59	209
58	2784	HILARIOUS	84	David Taylor	De Crawshaw	SYC	AUS	57	56N	55	43	[60]	211
59	2872	ELUSIVE	72	Neil Temperley	David Temperley	DAC	AUS	50	59N	50	[60]	53	212
60	2461	FRENCH CONNECTION	61	Jonathan Ross	Jacqueline Bange	CYCT	AUS	52	[87C]	87H	37	41	217
61	2990	COOL CHANGE	90	Malcolm Handel	Beatriz Calvete	NSC	AUS	49	56	64	49	[67]	218
62	2830	OOGY WAWA	40	Stuart Templeton	Nicole Kidman	Somerton YC	AUS	47	49	48	[87O]	87R	231
63	2915	ZAILING	15	Trevor Date	Sammual Nash	MOFSC	AUS	53	58	[67]	62	63	236
64	2946	SUMMER LOVE	46	Richard Mackinnon	Tony Creak	RPPYC	AUS	64	[65]	59	59	55	237
65	2601	DREADNAUGHT	1	Andrew Hays	Reuben Hays	PYC	AUS	61	59	61	56	[66]	237
66	902	LOTIONS & POTIONS	2	Seb Van Aaken	William Brown	HSC	AUS	67	[71]	69	47	62	245
67	777	LET IT GO	27	Jamie Richardson	Kathryn Ryan	Somerton YC	AUS	66	60	[72]	65	56	247
68	2993	HEI HEI	51	Damien Smith	Lorelei Barnes‑Smith	MBSC	AUS	65	61	63	58	[87R]	247
69	2800	SPLIT PERSONALITY	100	Felix Duell	Matilda Field	SYC	AUS	54	64	[74]	66	68	252
70	2642	YUGEE	62	Isobel Buchanan	Robert Buchanan	SYC	AUS	58	66	[70N]	61	70	255
71	2569	DR SUESS	69	Fiona Mcmanus	Darren Watkins	DSC	AUS	63	62	[70]	67	69	261
72	2742	HYDROFOBIK	42	John Lawton	Sarah Allen	BCSC	GRB	72	70	62	[73]	65	269
73	2320	RED E SET GO!	20	Rod Austin	Mary Mccauley	SYC	AUS	71	67	68	64	[79N]	270
74	2890	WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER	37	Paul Stamp	Holly Savage	ESC \ HSC	AUS	[87F]	72	71	68	71	282
75	2901	BLAZAR	101	Warren Blay	Ashton Blay	MOFSC	AUS	69	[87O]	75	69	73	286
76	2468	SALT	118	Sally Naismith	Kai Robertson	RYC	AUS	73	73	73	70	[87R]	289
77	1886	FRANKSGIFT	86	Peter Warde	Peter Warde	DAC	AUS	75	73N	[76]	71	74	293
78	2789	HIGH MAINTENANCE	89	Ian Scholes	Doina Canta‑Hill	SYC	AUS	68	57	[87C]	87C	87C	299
79	2079	KALAMAZOO	35	Kim Straatemeier	Rolf Straatemeier	LSC	AUS	74	74	77	74	[87R]	299
80	1836	HIGH NOTE	36	Brian Clarke	Martin Burd	ESC	AUS	76	75	79	[87O]	72	302
81	2942	PETRA	12	Matthew Paton	John Hooper	SYC	AUS	62	68	[87C]	87C	87C	304
82	2729	EXPRESSO	29	Dan Flynn	Jennifer Flynn	CYC	AUS	[87C]	76	78	72	87R	313
83	917	ROCKETSHIP	117	Nick Watson	Jamie Watson	SYC	AUS	[87S]	87C	87C	87C	87C	348
83	2691	SPONGE BOB	91	Dieter Creitz	Sam Bush	syc/cyc	USA	[87C]	87C	87C	87C	87C	348
83	2608	RENEGADE	8	Sean Hogan	Will Hogan	SYC	AUS	[87C]	87C	87C	87C	87C	348
83	2719	LA BRIZE BLRU	119	Mitsuteru Ishikawa	Atsushi Inoue	HOKKO	JPN	[87C]	87C	87C	87C	87C	348