As a prelude to the 2024 Tasar World Championship, the 49th Australian Tasar Championship hit off Friday with the gusto and competitive focus a national title deserves.

Boosting the fleet with multiple international players the race track today demonstrated the highest quality of yacht racing that will keep all competitors sharply on their toes over the coming weeks.

Located in the Melbourne city of Bayside, Sandringham Yacht Club is hosting the regatta with the incredible support of our sailing community volunteers. The Tasar class represents grass root sailing, supporting inclusion of all teams and levels; couples, family, brothers, sisters, parents children and just great mates, even experienced ocean sailors have left their keel boats at the dock to join this pure one design yachting opportunity. Bring it on!

Port Phillip and the team at Sandringham Yacht club produced a text book race course, the southerly breeze ranged from 8 to 16 knots with a moderately choppy seaway varying in height proportional the strength of the pressure. The slight 15 degree oscillation in wind angle kept the fleet of 82 boats on point. Day one nerves were evident as several OCS’s were recorded and the jury whistle echoed across the down wind course penalising the rule 42 villains. But all in all great respect was shown across the fleet with many multiple boat mark approaches and roundings executed without incident.

Congratulations to Harrison Sly and Zara Challis in Skippy AUS 2976 for winning the day.

Saturday is expected to deal up much more the same with an expected twist to the West and a little more pressure.

Results after Day 1:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Club	Nat	R1	R2	Pts
1	2976	SKIPPY	Harrison Sly	Zara Challis	SYC	AUS	7	1	8
2	2930	TOO SHIFTY	Lachlan Heath	Carmen Walker	MBSC	AUS	1	8	9
3	2982	OLE	Jay Renehan	Jay Renehan	SYC	USA	2	7	9
4	2969	WAC	Heather Macfarlane	Chris Payne	SYC	AUS	6	3	9
5	2994	ROCINANTE	Alyosha Strum‑Palerm	Analucia Clarkson	SYC	USA	3	6	9
6	2968	REBEL REBEL	Claire Medd	Simon Medd	SYC	AUS	16	2	18
7	2992	MAGIC ELEMENT	Rick Longbottom	Darryl Bentley	GRSC	AUS	18	5	23
8	2888	CRUZN	Ellie Ungar	Jackson Mccoy	CYC	USA	5	18	23
9	2991	RIDGIDIDGE	Paul Ridgway	Bronwyn Ridgway	SYC	AUS	13	10	23
10	2842	MANGO CHILLI	Joshua Faddy	Paula Cummins	BSC	AUS	10	16	26
11	2871	RIDGIGIDGE	Stephen Cockerill	Sarah Cockerill	SBSC	GBR	12	14	26
12	2398	DOPPIO	Stasi Burzycki	Sophia Kasper	PMYC	USA	19	11	30
13	2811	DEFINITE MAYBE	Alan Riley	Geoff Smith	McC YC	AUS	4	31	35
14	2941	AL CAPITAN	Alistair Murray	Mischa Suda	SYC	AUS	23	13	36
15	2971	BALANCE	Mark Bulka	Oliver Bulka	McCrae	AUS	17	19	36
16	2983	SKOOKUM	Michael Karas	Molly Karas	SYC	USA	34	4	38
17	2916	SUPER BAD	Chris Lanzinger	Molly Lanzinger	syc	USA	22	17	39
18	2964	RATZ3	Gary Ratcliffe	Robyn Ratcliffe	GRSC	AUS	21	20	41
19	2911	ANOTHER ROADY	Peter Davies	Pia Lehtonen‑Davies	BSC	AUS	9	33	42
20	2984	POOKA	Derek Bottles	Becca Galfer	SYC	USA	15	27	42
21	2852	FAR OUT	Murray O’Brien	Liam O’Brien	McCYC	AUS	28	15	43
22	2903	VIVACE	Brad Stephens	Jennifer Overton	GRSC	AUS	20	24	44
23	2823	GOES TO 11	Philip Potter	Armando Distefano	SYC	AUS	27	25	52
24	2703	WORKING DOG	Mat Himson	Carly Potter	SYC / PMYC	AUS	25	29	54
25	2844	BUS RIDE	Eliza Davis	Eliza Davis	RSYS/ SYC	AUS	26	28	54
26	2907	RUBY	Brad Jones	Allegra Jones	SYC	AUS	30	26	56
27	2883	SMAC	Peter Davis	Karen Davis	RYCT	AUS	39	22	61
28	2829	AMATURE HOUR	Jeremy Hawkins	Suzanne Hawkins	Porthpean SC	GRB	41	21	62
29	2972	TBA	Stephan Heim	Immanuel Schwickert	PbYC	GER	29	35	64
30	2617	WAIMUKABOUT	Andrew Martin	Aurelia Martin	SBSC	AUS	32	32	64
31	2710	TRUE BLEW	Andy Wharton	Jade Cole	JBSC/IYC	AUS	24	41	65
32	2954	FEARLESS FROG	Ludovic Labat	Marie Labat	SYC	FRA	36	30	66
33	2913	THE HONEYMOON	Jordan Commins	Madeleine Commins	SYC	AUS	33	37	70
34	2582	DESTINO	Mahoro Sekiguchi	Ryo Uematsu	HMYC	JPN	35	39	74
35	2687	PTERANODON	Brian Johnson	Jenny Sorensen	NATA	USA	35N	43	78
36	2963	SAIL A VIE	Blaise Vinot	Kate Vinot	HSC	AUS	43	40	83
37	2904	CRACKER JACK	Christopher Batenburg	Leo Batenburg	DSC	AUS	37	47	84
38	2926	CHUCKLING AGAIN	Greg Heath	Judy Heath	MBSC	AUS	51	34	85
39	2977	EDGE OF EQUANIMITY	John Balass	Heather Forton	BSC	AUS	40	45	85
40	1016	DUCK N WEAVE	Megan Thomson	Fergus Thomson	RNZYS	NZL	44	42	86
41	2885	ICEBERG	Tim Alexander	Stephen Penny	NSC	AUS	46	44	90
42	2898	FALKOR	Meika Wright	Meika Wright	DSC	AUS	55	36	91
43	2950	JOUST	Rod Warren	Jeff Casley	Syc	AUS	38	53	91
44	2734	SOMETHING COOL	Murray Spiers	Derek Brooker	SYC	AUS	45	48	93
45	2567	YEAH NAH OKAY	Trevor Hilleard	Lea Sorensen	WSC	AUS	48	46	94
46	2981	DR BEVERLY	Jonathan Mckee	Libby Johnson Mckee	SYC/CYC	USA	8	88O	96
47	2965	INDEFENSIBLE	Bernard Streater	Van James Streater	GRCS	AUS	42	54	96
48	2830	OOGY WAWA	Stuart Templeton	Nicole Kidman	Somerton YC	AUS	47	49	96
49	2980	MAGIC	Chris Dance	Peter Hackett	SYC	AUS	88O	9	97
50	2924	LODDON CALLING	Chas Thompson	Peter Martin	CCSC	AUS	60	38	98
51	2948	BLUEROCK	Jon Holroyd	Tom Johnston	SYC	AUS	11	88O	99
52	2857	ROLL YOUR OWN	Craig Mcphee	Wayne Hale	GAC	AUS	88O	12	100
53	2970	PIEWACKET	James Sly	Eliza Solly	SYC	AUS	14	88O	102
54	2990	COOL CHANGE	Malcolm Handel	Beatriz Calvete	NSC	AUS	49	56	105
55	2872	ELUSIVE	Neil Temperley	David Temperley	DAC	AUS	50	59N	109
56	2905	JEDI MIND TRICKS	Ollie Roodhouse	Ben Roodhouse	GBYC	AUS	59	51	110
57	2882	IN THE GROOVE	Kym Flint	Karen Westlake	WSC	AUS	88O	23	111
58	2915	ZAILING	Trevor Date	Sammual Nash	MOFSC	AUS	53	58	111
59	2784	HILARIOUS	David Taylor	De Crawshaw	SYC	AUS	57	56N	113
60	2800	SPLIT PERSONALITY	Felix Duell	Matilda Field	SYC	AUS	54	64	118
61	2598	WHY NOT?	Mark Reed	Kate Lanzinger	CYC	USA	56	63	119
62	2847	SLAM DUNC	Natalie Grey	Bruce Litchfield	GRSC	AUS	70	50	120
63	2601	DREADNAUGHT	Andrew Hays	Reuben Hays	PYC	AUS	61	59	120
64	2642	YUGEE	Isobel Buchanan	Robert Buchanan	SYC	AUS	58	66	124
65	2789	HIGH MAINTENANCE	Ian Scholes	Doina Canta‑Hill	SYC	AUS	68	57	125
66	2569	DR SUESS	Fiona Mcmanus	Darren Watkins	DSC	AUS	63	62	125
67	777	LET IT GO	Jamie Richardson	Kathryn Ryan	Somerton YC	AUS	66	60	126
68	2993	HEI HEI	Damien Smith	Lorelei Barnes‑Smith	MBSC	AUS	65	61	126
69	2946	SUMMER LOVE	Richard Mackinnon	Tony Creak	RPPYC	AUS	64	65	129
70	2942	PETRA	Matthew Paton	John Hooper	SYC	AUS	62	68	130
71	2320	RED E SET GO!	Rod Austin	Mary Mccauley	SYC	AUS	71	67	138
72	902	LOTIONS & POTIONS	Seb Van Aaken	William Brown	HSC	AUS	67	71	138
73	2461	FRENCH CONNECTION	Jonathan Ross	Jacqueline Bange	CYCT	AUS	52	88C	140
74	2742	HYDROFOBIK	John Lawton	Sarah Allen	BCSC	GRB	72	70	142
75	2468	SALT	Sally Naismith	Kai Robertson	RYC	AUS	73	73	146
76	1886	FRANKSGIFT	Peter Warde	Peter Warde	DAC	AUS	75	73N	148
77	2079	KALAMAZOO	Kim Straatemeier	Rolf Straatemeier	LSC	AUS	74	74	148
78	1836	HIGH NOTE	Brian Clarke	Martin Burd	ESC	AUS	76	75	151
79	2901	BLAZAR	Warren Blay	Ashton Blay	MOFSC	AUS	69	88O	157
80	2890	WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER	Paul Stamp	Holly Savage	ESC \ HSC	AUS	88F	72	160
81	2729	EXPRESSO	Dan Flynn	Jennifer Flynn	CYC	AUS	88C	76	164
82	2608	RENEGADE	Sean Hogan	Will Hogan	SYC	AUS	88C	88C	176
82	2192	SWEET POTAYTO	Ian Taylor	William Taylor	HSC	AUS	88C	88C	176
82	2193	IM SMILING	Jay Whittem		MBSC	AUS	88C	88C	176
82	2719	LA BRIZE BLRU	Mitsuteru Ishikawa	Atsushi Inoue	HOKKO	JPN	88C	88C	176
82	2691	SPONGE BOB	Dieter Creitz	Sam Bush	syc/cyc	USA	88C	88C	176
82	917	ROCKETSHIP	Nick Watson	Jamie Watson	SYC	AUS	88S	88C	176

by Chris Payne