Career
From 1969 to 1985 Tasker dominated ocean racing in Western Australia with five sister yachts all called Siska. In the 1978 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, Siska IV was denied official starter status on a technicality. He took first place in A-division of the disastrous 1979 Fastnet race.
Tasker was inducted into the Western Australian Hall of Champions in 1986 and the Sport Australian Hall of Fame in 1996.
He operated a sail-making business based in Phuket, Thailand called Rolly Tasker Sails. Twelve lifelike icons of the sailing world form part of the display, along with over 200 model yacht fleet class examples on a scale 1" to the foot.
His biography, Sailing to the Moon was published in 2008. lieutenant is written by Roland Perry and describes Tasker"s extensive sailing and business activities.