Tassie fleet on the grow

Hotblack Desiato now has a new owner, so please ignore the previous post.

With my new boat a bit over a month away, like any expecting moth...er, I've been starting to make some arrangements for the arrival of the new boat, the first of which was to go hunting for some insurance. The good thing is that one of the Hobart guys (Will) happens to be an insurance broker, which has made things very easy. Although I've got quotes for cheaper insurance, it's not by enough to make me not want to support someone who sails the boats and supports the class (and is a genuinely good bloke too... only person I've ever known to hand me the keys to his BMW and tell me to carefully go get lunch!).

The next trick will be to sort out a membership at Royals down in Hobart so I can store the boat in the shed there... got to be the most convenient place to store a moth I've ever seen... it's a fairly tall shed, so you can leave the rig assembled and laying against a wall inside the shed, plus there's a fair bit of spare room for some more boats... well, there would be if the Sharpies were slightly better organised!

It's also been brought to my attention that there'll be at least 1 other Assassin coming to Tassie (via Spain of all places) around November in the very capable hands of Mal Parker (Farr 40 pro sailor, ex America's Cup and reformed Laser sailor). This can only be a good thing... it means Rob will have someone local to push him a bit harder, and Assassin will have a rockstar sailor to help show how quick the boats really are. With another 2 other potential assassin buyers, the Hobart fleet could be up to 6 or more boats by nationals time; a great result. A couple more boats and it might be time for Tassie to reinvigourate IMCA-Tas and apply to hold nationals!