From the left (in boats): Howard (Bandit 25), Carlota (Bandit IF), Red (Bandit IF), LordHelmsman (Bandit IF), Blair (Bandit 25), Astrid (Bandit 25), and Yomgoi (Bandit IF).
On the dock: Maestro, Nenrio, and Petra.
On the commitee boat: Daenerys and Cryptic.
Smooth seas and a nice turnout featured in this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The sims were well behaved today as not a crash was had in either race along with no DNFs (Did Not Finish). We saw a nice fleet for both races, with 8 bots in each, evenly split with four Bandit 25s and four Bandit IFs. This was also our monthly There And Back Again as the fleet raced on North Sea Breadnut to Eden Auk for race 1 and North Sea Eden Auk to Breadnut for race 2. Plus, we again had a great spectator turnout as the beaches in Eden Albatros and Ziziphus had crowds along with the race docks in Eden Puffin and Genip.
Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
Wind: SW (225°) 11kts
Wind: SE (135°) 15kts
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 Carlota (Carlota Dufaux) second, and Howard (hallveis Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate and to SLCG for helping with race duties.
Race Notes:
Blair (Blair Karas) and Carlota (Carlota Dufaux) 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 |
| Blair Karas | 1 | 3 |
| Carlota Dufaux | 2 | 2 |
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 Carlota’s second place finish as her best.
Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Rosie (Arwyn Silverweb) 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 |
| moonglownight Resident | 1 | 9 |
| Arwyn Silverweb | 4 | 6 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Moon’s favor with having a first place finish over Rosie’s fourth place finish as her best.
Red (RedHeadJO Resident) and LordHelmsman (LordHelmsman 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 |
| RedHeadJO Resident | 4 | 9 |
| LordHelmsman Resident | 6 | 7 |
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 LordHelmsman’s sixth place finish as his best.
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