From the left (in boats): Lampoon (Leetle Cat II), Cryptic (Dolphin Moth), Peter (Laser One), Beane (Melges-24), Lucy (Melges-24), Susi (Bandit IF), Carlota (Bandit IF), Alexandre (Bandit IF), Red (Bandit IF), Neil (Bandit IF), Moonglownight (Shields Class 2.0), Asami (Teleri MX 20), Traeumer (Shields Class 2.0), and Kristaly (Shields Class 2.0).
On the dock: Gabi, Joshua, Nenrio, and Petra.
This weeks North Sea Open Regatta saw another large turnout and some smooth sim weather. 17 boats started in the small boat fleet, continuing our trend of large turnouts in the later part of this year. The sims themselves behaved well as we only saw 2 DNF’s in each race. Spectators also turned out in large numbers along the coast of the Eden Alabatros region, the beaches along Lighthouse Isle in the Ziziphus region, at the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Puffin region, and at the committee boat dock in the Breadnut region.
Note: We have adjusted the handicap for the TMS Flying Shadow v2.0 to 0.96 (from 1.06 for the V 1.6). The North Sea Handicap Table has been adjusted accordingly.
Race Director: Petra
Wind: SW (225°) 18kts
Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1
Today’s winner was Cryptic (Cryptic Resident), with Beane (beane Bade) second, and Alexandre (ramuf Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
Race Note:
In the big boats race, Peter was unfortunately DSQ’d for sailing the incorrect course.
Beane (beane Bade) and Alexandre (ramuf Resident) finished tied with 7 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:
“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“
| Skipper | Race 1 | Race 2 |
| beane Bade | 4 | 3 |
| ramuf Resident | 3 | 4 |
In the last race, Beane breaks the tie with Alexandre with her third place finish over Alexandre’s fourth place finish.
Kristaly (kristaly Resident) and ViV (vivipezz Resident) both finished tied with 15 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 |
| kristaly Resident | 2 | 13 |
| vivipezz Resident | 5 | 10 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Kristaly’s favor with having a second place finish over ViV’s fifth place finish as her best.
Traeumer (traeumer66 Resident) and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) both finished tied with 16 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 |
| traeumer66 Resident | 7 | 9 |
| RedHeadJO Resident | 8 | 8 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Traeumer’s favor with having a seventh place finish over Red’s eighth place finish as her best.
Carlota (Carlota Dufaux) and Lampoon (Lampoon Destiny) both finished tied with 19 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 |
| Carlota Dufaux | 6 | 13 |
| Lampoon Destiny | 7 | 12 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Carlota’s favor with having a sixth place finish over Lampoon’s seventh place finish as his best.
Susi (Susicat Oh) and Moonglownight (moonglownight Resident) both finished tied with 21 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 |
| Susicat Oh | 6 | 15 |
| moonglownight Resident | 9 | 12 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Susi’s favor with having a sixth place finish over Moonglownight’s ninth place finish as his best.
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