The following post continues our ongoing batch of abridged racing results updates to bring the site up to date.
In this update, the entirety of the North Sea Open Regatta results for October 2017.
October 4th, 2017
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 ViV (vivipezz Resident) second, and Beane (beane Bade) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
Race Notes:
Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) both finished tied with 17 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 |
| ruggeromare Resident | 6 | 11 |
| RedHeadJO Resident | 7 | 10 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Rugger’s favor with having a sixth place finish over Red’s seventh place finish as her best.
Sophie (Sophienveux Resident), and Will (Will Finney) 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 |
| Sophienveux Resident | 6 | 13 |
| Will Finney | 9 | 10 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Sophie’s favor with having a sixth place finish over Will’s ninth place finish as his best.
October 11th, 2017
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 Beane (beane Bade), with Peter (PeterSailor Resident) second, and Neil (eager2discover Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
Race Notes:
Fluffi (FluffiMutt Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) in the big boats portion for sailing an incorrect course.
Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) and Moon (moonglownight 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 |
| Jacquimo Resident | 3 | 13 |
| moonglownight Resident | 7 | 9 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Jackson’s favor with having a third place finish over Moon’s seventh place finish as his best.
Gryfin (Gryfin Goldshark) and Shau (ShauIa Resident) finished tied with 13 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 |
| Gryfin Goldshark | 13 | 5 |
| ShauIa Resident | 5 | 13 |
In the last race, Gryfin breaks the tie with Shau with his fifth place finish over Shau’s thirteenth place finish.
ViV (vivipezz Resident) and Alice (alice8200 Resident) both finished tied with 24 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 |
| vivipezz Resident | 3 | 21 |
| alice8200 Resident | 11 | 13 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in ViV’s favor with having a third place finish over Alice’s eleventh place finish as her best.
Dean (Dean March) and Julia (juliabennett Resident) both finished tied with 25 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 |
| Dean March | 6 | 19 |
| juliabennett Resident | 12 | 13 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Dean’s favor with having a sixth place finish over Julia’s twelfth place finish as her best.
October 18th, 2017
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 Lucy (LucyInTheSky Afarensis), with ViV (vivipezz Resident) second, and Cryptic (Cryptic Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
Race Notes:
Beane (beane Bade) and Daenerys (blondij Resident) both finished tied with 13 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 |
| beane Bade | 3 | 10 |
| blondij Resident | 5 | 8 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Beane’s favor with having a third place finish over Daenerys’s fifth place finish as her best.
Neil (eager2discover Resident) and Jackson (Jacquimo 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 |
| eager2discover Resident | 7 | 9 |
| Jacquimo Resident | 8 | 8 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Neil’s favor with having a seventh place finish over Jackson’s eighth place finish as his best.
October 25th, 2017
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 ViV (vivipezz Resident) second, and Beane (beane Bade) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
Race Notes:
Beane (beane Bade) and Joris (Joris Tolsen) finished tied with 9 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 | 6 | 3 |
| Joris Tolsen | 3 | 6 |
In the last race, Beane breaks the tie with Joris with her third place finish over Joris’s sixth place finish.
Gryfin (Gryfin Goldshark) and Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) both finished tied with 18 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 |
| Gryfin Goldshark | 5 | 13 |
| Jacquimo Resident | 8 | 10 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Gryfin’s favor with having a fifth place finish over Jackson’s eighth place finish as his best.
Will (Will Finney) and Daenerys (blondij Resident) 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 |
| Will Finney | 8 | 11 |
| blondij Resident | 9 | 10 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Will’s favor with having an eighth place finish over Daenerys’s ninth place finish as her best.
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