North Sea Open Regatta – Feb 28th 2018

The North Sea Open Regatta saw a great turn out for both races this week. The sim weather played well today as LL got a handle on the DDoS attacks from earlier this week, as we had no DNFs from crashes on the day. Both small boat and large boat fleets had great turnouts with 15 in the small boat race and 12 in the big boat race. Spectators once again packed the dock in the Eden Puffin region, as well as the beaches of Lighthouse Isle in the Ziziphus region.

The small boat fleet, racing on the North Sea Circle course, was made up of a split majority of five Bandit 25s and five Bandit IFs. Three TMS Flying Shadows, one TMS Nacra 17, and one Quest Melges-24 made up the remainder of the small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, racing on the North Sea Outer Inner Loop (NS_OIL Rev1) course, was made up of majority of four TMS One Design 65s. Two Wildwind Open 60s, two Wildwind RC-44rs, two TMS Pacha 110s, one TMS Cafe Del Mar 75, and one TMS Ushuaia made up the remainder of the big boat fleet.

This week also saw the handicap for the Bandit 25 revised from 0.75 to 0.78. All handicaps can be viewed here North Sea Handicap Table.

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 ViV (vivipezz Resident), with Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) second, and Blair (Blair Karas) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Ultra (ultramantra Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) in the small boats race for sailing with the incorrect wind and the incorrect course.

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) in the big boats race for sailing the incorrect course.

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Lucy (LucyInTheSky Afarensis) and Howard (hallveis Resident) both finished tied with 12 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
LucyInTheSky Afarensis	1	11
hallveis Resident	4	8

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Lucy’s favor with having a first place finish over Howard’s fourth place finish as his best.

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Esther (EstherGM Resident) and Astrid (AstridNewBonham 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
EstherGM Resident	2	15
AstridNewBonham Resident	7	10

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Esther’s favor with having a second place finish over Astrid’s seventh place finish as her best.

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Dean (Dean March), Jackson (Jacquimo Resident), and Moon (moonglownight Resident) all 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
Dean March	5	13
Jacquimo Resident	5	13
moonglownight Resident	8	10

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Dean and Jackson’s favor with both having a fifth place finish over Moon’s eighth place finish as his best. In order to further break the tie between Dean and Jackson as they have duplicate finish’s, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used:

“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
Dean March	13	5
Jacquimo Resident	5	13

In the last race, Dean breaks the tie with Jackson with his fifth place finish over Jackson’s thirteenth point finish.

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Gryfin (Gryfin Goldshark) and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) both finished tied with 22 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	7	15
RedHeadJO Resident	9	13

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Gryfin’s favor with having a seventh place finish over Red’s ninth place finish as her best.

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Daenerys (blondij 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
ruggeromare Resident	10	15
blondij Resident	12	13

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Rugger’s favor with having a tenth place finish over Daenerys’s twelfth place finish as her best.

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Carlota (Carlota Dufaux) and Ultra (ultramantra Resident) both finished tied with 27 points. As they both finished with the exact same points in each race, 14th and 13th respectively, neither A8.1 or A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing will break their tie. Therefore, they remain tied in 18th place.

 

Bandit Regatta – Feb 26th 2018

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (Bandit IF), Howard (Bandit 25), Rayz (Bandit 25), Blair (Bandit 25), Astrid (Bandit 25), Alexandre (Bandit IF), Ultra (Bandit IF), and Rossa (Bandit 25).
On the dock: Emily, Maxl, Petra, and Cryptic.

This weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta was met with extremely stormy sim weather. Both of the regatta races were abandoned due to a sustained DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service attack) on LL’s servers. The first race started off well enough, on North Sea Olympic Course (Long). As the fleet leaders, Blair and Rayz in their Bandit 25s, rounded the green buoy in the Ziziphus region on the last leg of the race, Linden labs login servers crashed resulting in the entire fleet, and most of the logged in users to the SL grid, to get disconnected. Users could not log back in to SL again for another 40 minutes. Once we were able to log back in, we made the decision to abandon both races as time had run out.

The message from status.secondlifegrid.net during the first outage.

The outages would reoccur three more times through the rest of the day on the 26th and once again on the 27th. Linden Labs posted on their forums with more information about the attack Unscheduled DDoS.

Race Notes:
Both races were abandoned do to Linden Labs servers crashing from a sustained DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service attack).

 

North Sea Open Regatta – Feb 21st 2018

From the left (in boats): Cryptic (Dolphin Moth), Deanerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Carlota (Bandit IF), Beane and Minna (TMS Flying Shadow), Blair (Bandit 25), Howard (Bandit 25), Suzanna (TMS Flying Shadow), Rosie (Quest 2m), and Sadal (Trudeau One).
On the dock: Penny, Emily, Rugger and Chloe.
On the committee boat: Petra.

This weeks North Sea Open Regatta saw a great turnout in both races and smooth sailing weather. The small boat fleet saw 14 boats while the big boat fleet saw 10 boats. The sims behaved as there were only 2 DNFs (Did Not Finish) on the day. Spectators again flocked to the newly built dock in Eden Puffin as wells as along the shores of Lighthouse Isle in the Ziziphus region.

This weeks small boat fleet, racing on the North Sea Counter Clockwise (NS-CCW) course, was made up of splt majority of four The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows and four Bandit IFs. Three Bandit 25s, one Dolphin Moth, one Quest 2m, and one Trudeau One made up the remainder of the small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, racing on North Sea Olympic Mirror, was made up of a majority of four TMS One Design 65s. Two TMS Ushuaias, one TMS Pacha, one TMS Cafe del Mar 75, one Wildwind Open 60, and one Trudeau 12 Metre made up the remainder of the big boat fleet.

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 Blair (Blair Karas) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Blair (Blair Karas) and Howard (hallveis 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
Blair Karas	1	9
hallveis Resident	3	7

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Blair’s favor with having a first place finish over Howard’s third place finish as his best.

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Rosie (Arwyn Silverweb), Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) and Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident) all 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
Arwyn Silverweb	4	12
Rayzza Rubble	5	11
AstridNewBonham Resident	6	10

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Rosie’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Rayz’s fifth place finish and Astrid’s sixth place finish as their best. Subsequently, Rayz’s fifth place best finish further breaks the tie in his favor over Astrid’s sixth place best finish.

 

Bandit Regatta – Feb 19th 2018

From the left (in boats): Howard (Bandit 25), Daenerys (Bandit IF), Alexandre (Bandit IF), Jackson (Bandit IF), Blair (Bandit 25), Alice (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit IF), Rosie (Bandit IF), Gryfin (Bandit IF), and Nico (Bandit 60).
On the dock: Penny, Petra, Tai, Mic, Amber, and Cryptic.

A great spectator turnout and wonderful sailing weather featured in this week’s North Sea Bandit Regatta. The new dock, made by Petra, in Eden Puffin is getting great use as it was crowded for both races today. We also saw a wonderful turnout at Lighthouse Isle, in the Ziziphus region, as it was a great central viewing point for both courses, NS-SOL-13C and North Sea Butterfly. The regions themselves, freshly restarted 2 hours prior to the regatta, behaved well as no crashes were had until the very last race when Jackson’s connection gave up on him during a tight battle with Moon. This weeks fleet was made up of a majority of seven Bandit IFs with two Bandit 25s and a lone Bandit 60 making up the remainder.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Wind: SW (225°) 21kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winner was Blair (Blair Karas), with Alexandre (ramuf Resident) second, and Howard (hallveis Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Alexandre (ramuf Resident) and Howard (hallveis Resident) finished tied with 5 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
ramuf Resident	3	2
hallveis Resident	2	3

In the last race, Alexandre breaks the tie with Howard with his second place finish over Howard’s third place finish.

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Alice (alice8200 Resident) and Jackson (Jacquimo 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
alice8200 Resident	5	8
Jacquimo Residentt	6	7

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Alice’s favor with having a fifth place finish over Jackson’s sixth place finish as his best.

We have a superb paint supplied by Ali Vultee, see her paint here: Ali’s Boat Paint Shop to the first place overall winner.

 

Trudeau Classic Regatta – Feb 15th 2018

From the left (in Trudeau boats): Cryptic (Pacthogue II), Sadal (Trudeau One), Joshua and Tessa (Patchogue II), Cat and Keavy (Patchogue II), and Moon (Patchogue II).
On the dock: Rosie.

Smooth seas and extended eligibility list highlighted this weeks Trudeau Classic Regatta in The North Sea. The sims again remained calm for the fleet as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded do to crashing. We also broadened the eligibility of boats allowed in the Trudeau Classic Regatta by including all the Trudeaus present on The North Sea Handicap Table. This week’s fleet was comprised of a majority of three Trudeau Patchogue IIs with one lone Trudeau One making up the remainder.

Race Director: Rosie
Wind: 225° (SW), 9.25 m/s (18kts)

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 Cat (CatalinaHunter Resident) second, and Moon (moonglownight Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

 

North Sea Open Regatta – Feb 14th 2018

From the left (in boats): Cryptic (Dolphin Moth), Rayz and Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Beane and Minna (TMS Flying Shadow), Jackson (Bandit IF), Astrid (Bandit 25), Blair (Bandit 25), Rossa with Randy (Bandit 25), Carlota (Bandit IF), Lalia (TMS Nacra 17), Sadal (Trudeau One), Moon (Bandit IF), and Rosie (Trudeau Leetle Cat II).
On the dock: Joshua, Maddie, Penny, and Petra.

This weeks North Sea Open Regatta debuted our shiny new dock in Eden Puffin. Petra redesigned the race line area in Breadnut, moving the dock into the adjacent Eden Puffin region and clearing up more room around the committee boat. The dock, created by Petra, is larger than the old one and affords a 360° view of the surrounding sea and courses being raced. This will also help alleviate any lag created by crowds gathering on the dock during the pre-start and start phase of our races, by moving them farther away out of immediate draw distance view. The sims also behaved for us today, as we only had 2 DNFs (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. Plus, we had a larger crowd gather on the new dock along with the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in Eden Puffin.

This weeks small boat fleet, racing 3 laps on the North Sea Short Loop Course, was comprised of a split majority of three bandit 25s and three Bandit IFs. The remainder of the small boat fleet was made up of two TMS Flying Shadows, one Dolphin Moth, one TMS Nacra 17, one Trudeau One, and one Trudeau Leetle Cat II. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, racing on the North Sea Copacabana course, was made up of a majority of three TMS One Design 65s. The remainder of the big boat fleet was comprised of two TMS Pacha 110s, one TMS Ushuaia, and one Wildwind RC-44r.

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 Moon (moonglownight Resident), with Rosie (Arwyn Silverweb) second, and Blair (Blair Karas) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident), Cryptic (Cryptic Resident), and Beane (beane Bade) all finished tied with 14 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
AstridNewBonham Resident	4	10
Cryptic Resident	6	8
beane Bade	7	7

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Astrid’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Cryptic’s sixth place finish and Beane’s seventh place finishes as their best. Subsequently, the tie between Cryptic and Beane is broken in Cryptic’s favor with her sixth place best finish over Beane’s seventh place best finish.

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Will (Will Finney) and Lalia (LaliaCasau 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	5	14
LaliaCasau Resident	8	11

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Will’s favor with having a fifth place finish over Lalia’s eighth place finish as her best.

 

Bandit Regatta – Feb 12th 2018

From the left (in boats): Astrid (Bandit 25), Blair (Bandit 25), Rosie (Bandit IF), Riz and Magick (Bandit 25).
On the dock: Carlota, Joshua, Petra, Yomogi, and Cryptic.
On the water: (on floaties) Keavy and Cat.

Pleasant seas and another great spectator turn out greeted this weeks fleet during the North Sea Bandit Regatta. The regions behaved well as no DNFs or crashes were recorded to region issues. Lighthouse Isle, in the Ziziphus region, saw a nice turnout of spectators along with the committee boat docks in the Breadnut and Eden Auk regions. This week was our monthly There and Back Again as the fleet raced from the race line in the Breadnut region to the race line in the Eden Auk region and back again. This weeks fleet was comprised of a majority of six Bandit IFs with two bandit 25s making up the remainder.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 15kts

Wind: SE (135°) 11kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winner was Alexandre (ramuf Resident), with Blair (Blair Karas) second, and Moon (moonglownight Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Riz (RIZLER Rodex) both finished with 14 points. As they finished with the exact same placement in both races, a DNF (Did Not Finish) and DNS (Did Not Start) respectively a piece, neither Rule A8.1 and Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is able to break this tie. Daenerys and Riz remain tied in 7th place overall.

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We have a superb paint supplied by Ali Vultee, see her paint here: Ali’s Boat Paint Shop to the first place overall winner.

 

Trudeau Classic Regatta – Feb 8th 2018

This weeks Trudeau Classic Regatta saw some smooth sim weather with a great crowd turnout. The sims behaved for both races as there were no crashes recorded (Joshua had RL grab him for a DNF in the first race). Spectators crowded along the beaches of Lighthouse Isle in the Ziziphus region and along the beaches in the Eden Albatros region to watch the Trudeau fleet in action. This weeks fleet was composed of four Patchogue IIs in the first race with two Runa IVs joining in the second race.

Race Director: Rosie
Wind: 225° (SW), 9.25 m/s (18kts)

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winner was Rosie (Arwyn Silverweb), with Howard (hallveis 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:
Moon was unfortunately Disqualified (DSQ) from race 2 for failing to complete a penalty turn after committing a penalty.

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Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Joshua (JoshuaMason7 Resident) 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
moonglownight Resident	5	4
JoshuaMason7 Resident	4	5

In the last race, Moon breaks the tie with Joshua with his fourth place finish over Joshua’s fifth place finish.

 

North Sea Open Regatta – Feb 7th 2018

From the left (in boats): Beane and Minna (TMS Flying Shadow), Carlota (Bandit IF), Howard (Bandit 25), Rugger (Bandit IF), Blair and Astrid (Bandit 25), Moon (Bandit IF), Rosie (Trudeau T12), Sadal (Trudeau One), and Riz and Magick (Bandit 25).
On the dock: Josh, Rae, Keezheekoni, Cryptic, and Petra.

The seas were smooth for this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The regions behaved themselves as no crashes were recorded and only one DNF of record for the day. Crowds gathered along the beaches in the Eden Alabtros region and Lighthouse Isle in the Ziziphus region, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Pier in the Eden Puffin region. The small boat fleet was comprised of four Bandit IFs, three Bandit 25s, and single The Mesh Shop Flying Shadow, Trudeau One, and Trudeau T12. The big boat fleet was made up of a majority of four The Mesh Shop One Design 65s. A Wildwind Open 60, Wildwind RC-44R, and The Mesh Shop Ushuaia made up the remainder of the big boat fleet.

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 Howard (hallveis Resident), with Blair (Blair Karas) second, and Moon (moonglownight Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Blair (Blair Karas) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both finished tied with 6 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
Blair Karas	1	5
moonglownight Resident	2	4

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Blair’s favor with having a first place finish over Moon’s second place finish as his best.

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Carlota (Carlota Dufaux) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) both finished tied with 11 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	3	8
ruggeromare Resident	5	6

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Carlota’s favor with having a third place finish over Rugger’s fifth place finish as his best.

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Rosie (Arwyn Silverweb) and Alexandre (ramuf Resident) finished tied with 15 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
Arwyn Silverweb	8	7
ramuf Resident	7	8

In the last race, Rosie breaks the tie with Alexandre with her seventh place finish over Alexandre’s eightht place finish.

 

Bandit Regatta – Feb 5th 2018

From the left (in boats): Howard (Bandit 25), Daenerys (Bandit IF), Astrid (Bandit 25), Sadal (Bandit IF), Neil (Bandit IF), Cat (Bandit IF), Jackson (Bandit IF), and Rosie (Bandit IF).
On the dock: Julia, Penny, Cryptic, and Petra.

Stormy seas featured in this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The regions seemed smooth at the start of the first race but turned torrent as the entire fleet succumbed to crashes two regions before the finish line. The the offending region was restarted and everything was calm for the second race. This weeks fleet featured a majority of seven Bandit IFs with two Bandit 25s in the first race and a third joining in the second. As the entire fleet crashed in the first race, all racers received DNFs (Did Not Finish) resulting in the race being abandoned.

Race Director: Cryptic
Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Race 1: NS-SOL-13A
Race Result: Abandonded

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winner was Moon (moonglownight Resident), with Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) second, and Howard (hallveis Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Race 1 was abandoned to to the entire fleet crashing two regions before the finish line.

We have a superb paint supplied by Ali Vultee, see her paint here: Ali’s Boat Paint Shop to the first place overall winner.