by using Anthony G Richards, President TCAA 14 Jan 01:38 PST 28 December 2018 - four January 2019 Held on the pristine waters off Portland Victoria, the Taipan Catamaran association of Australia (TCAA) celebrated its thirtieth birthday in fashion with an outstanding national Championships run by using Portland Yacht club.
On the water, 19 x Cat Rigs, 6 x Sloop Rigs and 7 x 5.7's loved surprising conditions with various wind speeds and swell conditions all over the week. The racing throughout all fleets become intense, with distinctive lead and podium alterations right through the 12 race experience.
Off the water there have been a feast of social activities with a spotlight on families. We had a number of sponsors, including; Portland EyeCare, idea Fibres, Goodall Design Australia, Treloar Roses, DP Marine, Porthaul, Musto and Glenelg Shire.
within the Cat Rigged fleet, there turned into not less than 5 countrywide Champions and three Runners Up within the field, making it the most hotly contested in recent years. there were six different warmth winners and positions had been swapped on each leg of each race. The title got here right down to two contenders and wasn't concluded unless the closing beat of the last race. Leigh Hein from Portland YC notched up his 2nd country wide Title from closing year's Runner Up, Will Richards from Ballina. Luke Donovan, also from Portland YC, made the rostrum in third region, followed through Dave Parker and Ant Richards in fourth and fifth respectively.
New to the Cat Rigged fleet last year, the master's class changed into once again in full swing and became equally hotly contested. Lachie Cameron from McCrae YC came away with the new perpetual trophy, donated with the aid of Craig Harden at Sail trophies, with Wazza Morse in 2nd and Mark Colecliffe in third.
in the Sloop Rigged fleet, it became stunning to look the quite a few crew combos. there have been husband and spouse, father and son, father and daughter, and experienced/newcomer mixtures. We had 4 juniors crewing; Caitlin McMahon, Evelyn Floyd, Maxine Jopp and Lachlan Vise. The racing became dominated by using Brad Hein and newcomer Tim O'Toole from Portland YC., with nine bullets from 12 races. Runners Up had been Rohan and Roellen Gillmore from Mt. Martha sporting an attractive brand new boat (less than a week historical!), with Evan Steele and Caitlin McMahon from SA rounding out the excellent three. For mine, one of the most highlights was staring at the skipper's exchange places with their crews on the return travel to the port. Their smiles spoke of it all!
there is nothing like gazing 5.7's screaming downwind with kites flying. This yr we had seven of them and the competitors was large open. After daily's racing, the chase for the title became both tied, or there become a point in it. With scores stage and a large breeze on heading into the final day, it became McCrae's John Newman and Peter Bartlett taking the win by one aspect, from Kim Luitjes and Ben Clark from Lake Cullulleraine. Kim's son Tom got here in third location crewing for Wayne Hancock from SA.
one more new addition this 12 months turned into a State of foundation clash in the four.9 Cats and the 5.7 fleets. using a modified scoring gadget to include the highest and lowest placings for the adventure, it turned into the NSW crew disposing of the four.9 Cats, with the Vic's romping away with the win within the 5.7's.
On the social side, this yr's adventure changed into wonderful! it is the TCAA's 30th birthday, so we started the week off with a sit down Q & A with none apart from the designers of the four.9, Jim Boyer and Greg Goodall. It was captivating listening to how the boat took place and a few magnificent reviews of years gone by. There become also some family friendly activities all over the week together with a stupendous commute to Bridgewater seashore on New 12 months's Day, the Doherty Plumbing Laser challenge, Tackers 1, 2 & three for the children, as well as numerous other enjoyable actions all through.
to add to the excitement, this yr we unveiled the brand new 4.9 straight from the thought Fibres manufacturing unit. It has been a labour of affection for Rohan and Roellen Gillmore to get this 'child' onto the water and it certainly seemed stunning! Even clean out of the box, it carried out extremely neatly putting 2nd universal after actually most effective being launched the old week. Rohan, the crew at conception Fibres, Richard Nicholson and Jim Boyer have put an amazing volume of work to get this off the floor, so if you're drawn to procuring your own, please contact Rohan direct at concept Fibres on 0412 977 371.
As if this wasn't sufficient, we also unveiled a brand new development sail geared toward attracting early life and female skippers to the category. Developed with Glenn Ashby and North Sails, the design short changed into to create a smaller mainsail but using the same mast and increase install. It got here out looking a treat with loads of dialogue in the boat park. The sail can be available to be used and is at the moment stored in Melbourne. when you are interested please contact Ant Richards on 0409 231 980. It could be shared round, but we want to buy a couple of sails during the affiliation to permit all states entry. exciting instances ahead!
We're eager for heading inland to Lake Bonney in South Australia over the brand new 12 months duration. it is going to be a cracker!
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