Tasar Worlds at Royal Torbay Yacht Club

Tasar Worlds at Royal Torbay Yacht Club - Overall

by Pete Ellis 25 Sep 2011 21:04 BST 16-23 September 2011

56 teams travelled to the Royal Torbay Yacht Club, UK, to compete in the 2011 Tasar World Championships. With containers arriving from Australia and Japan, and charter boats for competitors from Ireland, Canada and USA along with the European competitors this was always going to be a Worlds with an international feel to it.

One and a half days of measuring was followed by the practice race. This was won by a long way by Craig Mcphee and Gill Berry from Australia. An opening ceremony with a traditional Commodores Reception followed that evening.

12 Races were to be sailed over the following 6 days. A lay day was also planned in the middle of this event. The first three days saw 3 races a day in varying winds. The first day was sailed in what felt like the windiest conditions for the week. With the race team suggesting that gusts didn’t get above the 30 knot limit leading some competitors to suggest that the wind measurement device needed a bit of WD40 to get it working properly! The second day saw lighter winds with a shifting breeze. The breeze returned for the third day of racing.

By the end of the third day and 9 races in a pattern was starting to show. The local boat of Malcolm and Fiona Davies were unstoppable in the lighter breeze, but got blown away when the wind was in. Australians Rob and Nicole Douglas were very fast in the stronger winds but were struggling in the lighter wind. Fellow Australians Paul and Bronwyn Ridgway were sailing fast in all conditions. Craig Mcphee and Gill Berry were also pushing hard over the three days.

At the layday there was a three way push the Championship between the three Australian boats. Further down the fleet all areas were very close with minimal point differences.

A two race penultimate day in light winds made things a little bit clearer. Again the Davies were the top team in the conditions, the Ridgways sailed the Douglass’s down the fleet in the 2nd race of the race to give them a light edge before the final days deciding race.

The final race was sailed in a shifting breeze. The RIdgways came home victorious to be the first Victorian boat and the first winner of the UK National Championships to be crowned World Champions. Rob and Nicole Douglas finished 2nd with Malcolm and Fiona Davies finishing in third ahead of Craig Mcphee and Gill Berry. Other notable results in the fleet were that Japanese sailors of Hiroaki Sato and Yasuaki Muragishi finished 5th, 1986 World Champion Rick Longbottom sailing with Darryl Bentley finished in 6th with Canadians Thilo Giese and Sandra Towers in 7th.

Other World Champions crowned were Junior Angus Galloway, Lady of Bronwyn Ridgway, Master Malcolm and Fiona Davies, Grandmaster Paul and Bronwyn Ridgway and Supergrandmaster of Tijn Udo and Jan Slotemaker.

These World Championships were not only about the sailing though. Royal Torbay Yacht Club along with the UK Tasar Association gave all competitors an event to remember. A traditional Commodores reception opened the event, evening meals were provided at the Yacht Club along with a pre layday function at the welcoming Babbacombe Corinthian Yacht Club. The closing ceremony was a 3 course meal at the local Imperial Hotel. The RTYC’s professional reputation was proved to be justified as they were world class both on and off the water.

As competitors from around the World head home with fond memories they will now start thinking of what could have been, of the friends made in the bar and of how to improve before the next Worlds to be held at Cascade Locks in August 2013. Whilst the Australians were on top at this event, the Japanese and UK fleets are catching up, as well as a few North Americans and Canadians looking to gain the title at the next opportunity.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Pts
1	AUS2871	Paul Ridgway	Bronwyn Ridgway	2	3	2	2	5	5	3	4	6	3	11	3	32
2	AUS2848	Robert Douglass	Nicole Douglass	3	1	1	5	15	12	1	6	2	1	22	6	38
3	GBR2628	Malcolm Davies	Fiona Davies	1	17	57	1	1	1	16	16	13	2	3	5	59
4	AUS2857	Craig Mcphee	Gillian Berry	57	2	7	8	2	4	6	1	3	22	8	31	63
5	JPN2862	Hiroaki Sato	Yasuaki Muragishi	57	27	5	7	4	8	20	2	4	4	14	1	69
6	AUS2898	Richard Longbottom	Darryl Bentley	5	10	3	20	12	21	5	3	1	5	9	17	70
7	CAN2683	Thilo Giese	Sandra Towers	10	12	21	3	9	3	9	13	8	18	5	2	74
8	GBR2642	Pete Ellis	Charlotte Birbeck	7	4	10	32	13	2	10	10	11	6	21	16	89
9	AUS2789	Michael Quirk	Jeffrey Robinson	15	6	4	9	26	25	2	5	5	7	20	19	92
10	GBR659	Nathan Batchelor	James Clark	11	20	12	4	8	24	8	14	18	11	1	10	97
11	GBR2833	Jeremy Hawkins	Suzanne Hawkins	14	5	8	15	19	9	7	7	17	9	10	15	99
12	JPN2736	Taro Yamamura	Yohei Ikeda	6	8	57	10	3	20	17	12	10	23	7	7	100
13	AUS2842	Josh Faddy	Louise Houtzager	4	11	11	16	11	27	12	19	7	8	17	24	116
14	AUS2874	Neville Wittey	Jeanne-Claude Strong	57	9	13	12	14	7	57	11	16	10	25	8	125
15	GBR2909	Howard Astley-Jones	Barney Proud	9	21	25	6	18	17	15	21	23	15	2	12	136
16	GBR2835	Stacey Bray	Steve Coello	57	7	6	45	24	15	11	8	15	44	13	22	165
17	AUS783	Angus Galloway	Fraser Galloway	57	18	9	11	7	6	57	57	57	26	6	4	201
18	AUS2830	Stuart Templeton	Nicole Kidman	17	13	19	35	45	39	4	9	12	43	28	26	202
19	GBR2816	Neil Spacagna	Amy Spacagna	22	57	57	22	21	14	18	17	20	34	19	21	208
20	IRL722	Conor Byrne	Kate Fitzsimmons	57	57	34	13	6	13	21	20	24	24	27	29	211
21	AUS2666	Jonathan Ward	Angus Ward	26	19	27	24	10	16	29	31	34	27	15	23	216
22	CAN1701	Francois Hebert	Anita Kargl	13	24	36	33	20	22	19	57	57	21	16	14	218
23	AUS2770	Earle Alexander	Marise Hannaford	29	30	22	34	30	23	23	22	31	12	4	42	226
24	NED298	Constantijn Udo	Jan Slotemaker	23	15	17	21	36	26	26	25	27	30	18	30	228
25	AUS2900	Graham Hanna	Gary Foley	8	22	16	28	47	38	27	15	19	25	32	44	230
26	AUS2878	Mark Hughes	Monica Tonner	24	28	14	31	49	33	14	18	9	32	29	34	232
27	GBR104	Tim Knight	Mayumi Knight	57	23	20	27	33	31	22	23	22	17	35	38	253
28	AUS1463	Tony Creak	Julie Creak	28	29	24	25	34	43	24	27	25	20	26	25	253
29	GBR274	Steve Mitchell	Polly Newman	34	25	28	18	35	11	35	26	36	28	23	27	255
30	GBR394	Rupert Stock	Mike Hutton-Ashkenny	21	57	57	17	25	36	25	32	29	36	24	13	258
31	AUS2888	Chris Parkinson	Liz Kemmis	57	31	26	26	22	29	31	28	26	16	30	32	265
32	AUS2763	John Balass	Heather Forton	20	14	57	38	39	47	13	29	21	19	33	45	271
33	JPN2712	Koji Shimomura	Kyoko Kono	57	32	29	14	27	37	28	30	32	13	34	37	276
34	GBR431	Stephen Cockerill	Jennie King	12	16	15	23	16	10	57	57	14	57	57	57	277
35	AUS2911	Peter Davies	Pia Lehtonen-Davies	25	26	23	41	28	18	32	24	30	40	31	43	277
36	AUS2854	Cary Pedicini	Jacqueline Bange	27	33	31	19	17	40	34	35	28	37	38	33	294
37	AUS2853	Bernard Streater	Jenny Overton	18	57	57	30	38	32	30	33	33	14	57	18	303
38	GBR2638	Elizabeth Pescod	Roger Pescod	41	57	57	39	29	30	33	34	35	29	36	28	334
39	JPN2396	Haru Yamamoto	Shinichi Yamazaki	36	34	33	36	23	44	40	36	37	35	37	36	343
40	JPN2745	Katsumi Watanabe	Mahoro Sekiguchi	57	57	57	29	31	34	37	42	38	41	44	11	364
41	AUS2902	Noel Borel	Fiona McManus	32	57	30	43	40	49	42	45	39	39	41	35	386
42	JPN2593	Hiromichi Kameyama	Atsushi Inoue	19	57	57	47	43	46	57	57	57	33	12	20	391
43	GBR1235	Andrew Taylor	Jacqui Taylor	38	37	32	42	44	41	36	37	57	46	40	46	393
44	GBR2815	Robyn Stock	Mandy Stock	33	35	57	57	32	45	57	57	57	31	45	9	401
45	GBR2814	Tony Paine	Sandy Paine	35	38	35	49	51	51	39	38	41	45	39	47	406
46	GBR351	Rod Porteous	Maureen Porteous	16	57	18	37	37	19	57	57	57	57	57	57	412
47	AUS2121	Bruce Litchfield	Sharon Litchfield	39	57	57	50	41	35	38	39	40	47	43	41	413
48	GBR652	Pete Muskett	Greg Wright	37	36	57	48	50	48	41	40	42	48	42	39	421
49	GBR264	Shelley Macy	Gary Brandt	42	57	57	44	46	42	45	41	43	42	46	40	431
50	GBR2801	Ed Lowe	Robert Spaughton	31	57	57	40	42	28	57	57	57	50	47	48	457
51	GBR688	Guy Hester	Lynne Bull	40	57	57	52	53	53	43	43	44	51	48	49	476
52	GBR2640	John Lawton	Sam Richardson	30	49.1	49.1	46	48	52	57	57	57	38	57	57	483.2
53	GBR1184	John Tripp	Susan Tripp	43	57	57	51	52	50	44	44	57	49	49	50	489
54	GBR2875	jonathan bloice	philippa Bloice	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	570
54	JPN2765	Ikuya Tanaka	Noriko Tanaka	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	570
54	JPN2808	Yoji Ishikawa	Eriko Hosoda	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	570