Tasar championships to be hotly contested

 

By Andrew Stackpool

The annual Tasar sailing championships will be held at Wangi Point, Lake Macquarie, this year over the Easter long weekend from April 5 to 12.

Australian Defence Force Sailing Association (ADFSA) is holding its annual Tasar Interservice Team Racing and ADF Tasar Championship events at Wangi Point, Lake Macquarie, NSW.

The races will be held over Easter, from April 5 to 12. The 2003-04 National Tasar Championship will be held from July 3-10 at Mission Beach in Queensland.

While ADFSA is entering a four to five-boat team, the timing and logistic constraints preclude this event from serving as the Association’s Interservice Team Racing and ADF Championship event.

Instead, the Tasar Association of NSW and Wangi Sailing Club offered assistance to hold the event in conjunction with the NSW Tasar Championships at Wangi. Entry is open to any ADF member who is a Yachting Australia (formerly AYF) member through a recognised sailing club.

Tasar Skippers must have as a minimum a YA basic skills certificate of competency. At least one member of each crew competing in the combined Championships must be a member of a state Tasar Association.

Members can nominate to enter either or both the Interservice Championship, the combined ADFSA Tasar and/or the NSW Tasar Championships.

A Notice of Race for the Interservice event was promulgated in January and Sailing Instructions will be available on arrival for the event.

ADFSA is using Navy owned Tasars, however, privately owned Tasars may be used for the combined championships.

Further information is available from: Navy Manager, ADFSA AB Mark Jagers Mark.Jagers@defence.gov.

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