From the left (in Patchogue IIs): Peter, Cryptic and Kaos, Petra and Peachie, Red, and Joshua.
On the dock: Gabi.
Smooth sim weather and and some fun racing featured in this weeks Trudeau Patch II Class races in the North Sea. We had a nice crowd gathered on the committee boat dock in Breadnut along with some revelers on the beach at Eden Alabtros to watch these fun boats race. The sims themselves behaved well as we had no crashes on the day.
Race 1, on the newly created NS-CCW course (courtesy of Julia), saw the fleet get off to a great start as everyone was across the start line before 22 seconds ticked off the race clock. Petra, with Peachie as crew, got things started as she crossed the start line first at 00:00:03. Peter was next to cross the start line at 00:00:10, followed by Red, at 00:00:12, and Joshua, at 00:00:16. Moon was next across the start line at 00:00:18, followed by myself, with Kaos as crew, at 00:00:21. Red unfortunately had a mis-configured race ID, and didn’t get recorded by the race line, noticing this she moored on the course side of the line and took a DNF. Petra took full advantage of her great start and lead the fleet for the entire course. As these boats do balance slightly better with crew, I was able to make up some lost ground on the rest of the fleet and pass both Peter and Moon, who were racing single handed. Joshua lay before me as we kept up a tight race, changing positions several times. Petra, with Peachie, crossed the finish line first, recording line honors. Joshua and I, with Kaos, would be next, recording a photo finish as I crossed the finish line one second ahead of Joshua. Peter was next to cross the finish line followed by Moon.
Race 2, on the North Sea Trapezoid course, saw another great fleet start as everyone was across the start line before 14 seconds ticked off the race clock. Peter got things started with a nearly perfect 00:00:01 across the start line. Red, now with Carlota as crew, crossed the start line next at 00:00:06. Joshua, now with Gabi as crew, was next to cross the start line at 00:00:10, followed by myself, with Kaos as crew, at 00:00:13. Joshua, with Gabi, and myself, with Kaos, both quickly jumped to the head of the fleet as we both took lines to the windward side of the fleet in clean air. Peter was next, sailing single handed, and Red, with Carlota, was close behind. This order would hold for the rest of the course, as Joshua, with Gabi, crossed the finish line first, recording line honors, as I crossed the line second, with Kaos. Peter was next to cross the finish line followed by Red, with Carlota.
Race Director: Petra
Wind: 225° (SW), 9.25 m/s (18kts)
Race 1: NS-CCW
Race Results:
1: PetraPaname Resident IDNL01 — 00:19:29
2: Cryptic Resident IDCR42 — 00:20:00
3: JoshuaMason7 Resident IDJM72 — 00:20:01
4: PeterSailor Resident ID228 — 00:20:33
5: moonglownight Resident IDMOON — 00:25:18
6: RedHeadJO Resident ID-RED –DNF
Lap Times:
PetraPaname Resident IDNL01 — Start: 00:00:03 — Last lap: 00:19:26
Cryptic Resident IDCR42 — Start: 00:00:21 — Last lap: 00:19:39
JoshuaMason7 Resident IDJM72 — Start: 00:00:16 — Last lap: 00:19:45
PeterSailor Resident ID228 — Start: 00:00:10 — Last lap: 00:20:23
moonglownight Resident IDMOON — Start: 00:00:18 — Last lap: 00:25:00
RedHeadJO Resident ID-RED — Start: 00:00:12 –DNF
Race 2: North Sea Trapezoid
Race Results:
1: JoshuaMason7 Resident IDJM72 — 00:19:26
2: Cryptic Resident IDCR42 — 00:20:41
3: PeterSailor Resident ID228 — 00:21:14
4: RedHeadJO Resident ID-RED — 00:21:33
Lap Times:
JoshuaMason7 Resident IDJM72 — Start: 00:00:10 — Last lap: 00:19:16
Cryptic Resident IDCR42 — Start: 00:00:13 — Last lap: 00:20:28
PeterSailor Resident ID228 — Start: 00:00:01 — Last lap: 00:21:13
RedHeadJO Resident ID-RED — Start: 00:00:06 — Last lap: 00:21:27
Points:
| Skipper | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Final Placing |
| JoshuaMason7 Resident | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Cryptic Resident | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| PetraPaname Resident | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| PeterSailor Resident | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| RedHeadJO Resident | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 |
| moonglownight Resident | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1
Today’s winner was Joshua (JoshuaMason7 Resident), with Cryptic (Cryptic Resident) second, and Petra (PetraPaname Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
Race Note:
Joshua (JoshuaMason7 Resident) and Cryptic (Cryptic Resident) both finished tied with 4 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 | 3 |
| Cryptic Resident | 2 | 2 |
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 Cryptic’s second place finish as her best.
Red (RedHeadJO Resident) and Moon (moonglownight 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 |
| RedHeadJO Resident | 4 | 6 |
| moonglownight Resident | 5 | 5 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Red’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Moon’s fifth place finish as his best.
North Sea Racing 