Kayne Binks informs us the Tasars tasted sweet victory on Sunday. The shame, the shame:
David defeats Goliath – Tasars Take out Three of Kind 2009
Well it’s not often that a humble Tasar sailor in WA can lay claim to any bragging rights, but as the old adage states “every dog has its day in the sun” and it certainly was the tasar class’s “day in the sun” yesterday at MBSC in the annual “3 of a kind” regatta.
Racing got underway in about ½ a knot of breeze, and remained fickle for the entire afternoon on the river, not allowing the trapeze boats to take advantage of their superior leverage (see attached wind chart). This resulted in a reduced performance differential between the high performance boats, and others, seeing the usual suspects being outperformed by several dark horses…
While your standard WA tasar sailor can not:
- Drink rum like your average sharpie sailor (frankly none of us are much chop at picking up sabot/ optimist or muddy mums either),
- Pilot low flying seaplanes bearing sails round marks on the swan, like redbull air race pilots (by the way – the guy in the black moth that could do with a paint job, come and see us in the boat park, we have an oil can we will gladly lend you to fix the squeak – it was bothering my girlfriend quite bit!),
- Keep run away trucks fitted with no brakes on the road, as they charge down Greenmount hill in some form of control (supposedly), like the 49er lads can!
We can answer two rhetorical question asked by renowned sailing journalists all over the globe, probably throughout the Galaxy actually………….
Ever wondered which class has THE best dinghy sailors in WA? Is it the famous 505’s, the SlackAss Sharpies, or maybe even the Floundering Fourteens?
Can anyone beat the 49ers?
Wonder no more, THE best dinghy sailors in WA are the Terrific Tasars (yep – and we can claim it for a whole year!)
Can anyone beat the 49ers?
The Tasars can beat the 49ers, that’s right, been there, done that and got the T’shirt!
As Commodore Thong (oops Jahn) stated at the presentation, “anyone can win this event”, he also encouraged animated exchanges between classes (in between musical interludes), to try and rekindle traditional rivalries that exist between classes, in what can only be described as the most entertaining presentation ever (maybe its always that entertaining at MBSC)!
To Wrap up the results…..
In Division A, making up the minor places were the floppy 505’s and the choking cherubs. Who knows where the defending champions, the backdoor 49ers ended up, but who cares? (see Note 1)
Division B was taken out by team Dumbledore – with Minnow teams finishing 2nd and 3rd.
The Multihulls were taken out by the Tornados – basically the hobie guys were too chicken to come and take these guys on…. Next year maybe???
A big thanks to MBSC and their generous sponsors for continuing this strong Perth dinghy sailing tradition.
Note 1: A certain amount of interclass sledging is permitted (read: encouraged) at this event. All sledging within this report should be read within the context of the event. No Liability shall be taken for any offence this may cause. Indeed if offence is taken the person taking offence needs to open up a can of toughen the farr cup up…. Lets face it, people have been hanging sh*t on tasars for years – at least indulge us, just for today….