From left (in Patch II’s): Gabi, Josh, Christine, Cryptic, and Dess.
On the dock: Petra.
This weeks North Sea Thursday Regatta was a change of pace as the Trudeau Patchogue II was dusted off and raced again. The sim weather was great as no DNF’s or crashes were recorded, showing the Patch II’s stability still holds. We also had a nice turnout as we saw 8 racers over the two races.
The wind was slightly slower than usual and a little gusty for the first race, on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), with a 15 knot south westerly wind with 15 degrees of variation and 2 knot gusts. The fleet got off to a slow start as Christine crossed first at 00:00:16. Dess was next to cross at 00:00:31 with myself crossing right after her at 00:00:35. Joshua was next at 00:00:58, followed by Gabi, at 00:01:13, Gail, at 00:01:27, and Burton, 00:01:14. Christine held her lead up front, with Joshua following her line down past the island in the Sloe region and taking up second in the fleet. I took advantage of the clean air closest to the the starboard lay line and tacked west early right after the start and took up third in the fleet. Dess wound up finding herself in the middle of the pack with Gabi, Burton, and Gail behind her. Christine held her lead and crossed first, taking line honors. Josh was next across, with myself crossing after. Dess was next, with Gabi, Burton, and Gail following.
The wind picked up to it’s normal speed of 18 knots with no gusts for the second race, on the North Sea Manta course. The fleet also got off to a faster start with Christine crossing near perfect at 00:00:02. Dess was next to cross at 00:00:07 followed by Gabi at 00:00:08. Wolfhard was next, crossing at 00:00:23, followed by Gail at 00:00:30. Burton was next across at 00:00:52. Christine once again lead the fleet up front with Wolfhard making moves to pass both Dess and Gabi to take up position right behind Christine. Gabi made her own move to pass Dess to take up third leaving Dess in the middle of the pack. Gail was next holding her own towards the rear with Burton not far behind her. Christine would hold her lead until the finish, crossing first and taking line honors. Wolfhard had been nipping at her stern and crossed second, a mere 4 seconds behind Christine. Gabi followed, crossing third, with Dess crossing fourth. Gail was next to cross, with Burton crossing last.
Race Director: Petra
Race 1: North Sea Olympic Course (Long)
Wind: 225 deg (225° SW), 15 kts, varying 15 deg, gusting 2 kts
Race Results:
1: JoshuaMason7 Resident IDJM72 — 00:27:32
2: Christinedutch Resident IDCRIS — 00:27:42
3: Cryptic Resident IDCRY — 00:28:00
4: desspaa Resident IDDESS — 00:30:04
5: Gabriella Glenfadden ID5150 — 00:30:28
6: BiBurton Resident IDBU44 — 00:31:24
7: epinefri Resident IDGH22 — 00:32:44
Lap Times:
JoshuaMason7 Resident IDJM72 — Start: 00:00:58 — Last lap: 00:26:34
Christinedutch Resident IDCRIS — Start: 00:00:16 — Last lap: 00:27:26
Cryptic Resident IDCRY — Start: 00:00:35 — Last lap: 00:27:25
desspaa Resident IDDESS — Start: 00:00:31 — Last lap: 00:29:33
Gabriella Glenfadden ID5150 — Start: 00:01:13 — Last lap: 00:29:15
BiBurton Resident IDBU44 — Start: 00:01:48 — Last lap: 00:29:36
epinefri Resident IDGH22 — Start: 00:01:27 — Last lap: 00:31:17
Race 2: North Sea Manta
Wind: 225 (225° SW), 18 kts, varying 0 deg, gusting 0 kts
Race Results:
1: Christinedutch Resident IDCRIS — 00:21:42
2: Wolfhard Resident IDWOLF — 00:21:46
3: Gabriella Glenfadden ID5150 — 00:22:17
4: desspaa Resident IDDESS — 00:24:22
5: epinefri Resident IDGH22 — 00:25:07
6: BiBurton Resident IDBU44 — 00:27:14
Lap Times:
Christinedutch Resident IDCRIS — Start: 00:00:02 — Last lap: 00:21:40
Wolfhard Resident IDWOLF — Start: 00:00:23 — Last lap: 00:21:23
Gabriella Glenfadden ID5150 — Start: 00:00:08 — Last lap: 00:22:09
desspaa Resident IDDESS — Start: 00:00:07 — Last lap: 00:24:15
epinefri Resident IDGH22 — Start: 00:00:30 — Last lap: 00:24:37
BiBurton Resident IDBU44 — Start: 00:00:52 — Last lap: 00:26:22
Points:
| Skipper | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Final Placing |
| Christinedutch Resident | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| JoshuaMason7 Resident | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| Gabriella Glenfadden | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| desspaa Resident | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Wolfhard Resident | 8 | 2 | 10 | 5 | Cryptic Resident | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
| epinefri Resident | 7 | 5 | 12 | 7 |
| BiBurton Resident | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 |
Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1
Today’s winner was Christine (Christinedutch Resident), with Joshua (JoshuaMason7 Resident) second, and Gabi (Gabriella Glenfadden) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
Race Note:
Joshua (JoshuaMason7 Resident), Gabi (Gabriella Glenfadden) and Dess (desspaa Resident) all finished tied with 8 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:
“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“
| Skipper | Best Finish | Next Best Finish |
| JoshuaMason7 Resident | 1 | 7 |
| Gabriella Glenfadden | 3 | 5 |
| desspaa Resident | 4 | 4 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Joshua’s favor with having a first place finish over Gabi’s third place finish and Dess’s fourth place finish as their best. Subsequently, Gabi further breaks the tie with Dess with her third place over Dess’s fourth place finish as her best.
Wolfhard (Wolfhard Resident) and Cryptic (Cryptic Resident) both finished tied with 10 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:
“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“
| Skipper | Best Finish | Next Best Finish |
| Wolfhard Resident | 2 | 8 |
| Cryptic Resident | 3 | 7 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Wolfhard’s favor with having a second place finish over Cryptic’s third place finish as his best.
Gail (epinefri Resident) and Burton (BiBurton Resident) both finished tied with 5 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:
“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“
| Skipper | Best Finish | Next Best Finish |
| epinefri Resident | 5 | 7 |
| BiBurton Resident | 6 | 6 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Gail’s favor with having a fifth place finish over Burton’s sixth place finish as his best.
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