Bandit Regatta – July 30th 2018

Bandit IFs sail around the lighthouse in the Rodel region during the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Bandit Regatta on Monday, July 30th, 2018.

As with all things, change happens and is a force not unlike water and wind. This past week, The North Sea and The Eden Naturist Estate endured change. Elbag Gable, the owner of both estates, has fallen ill. In his absence, the Fruit Islands estate will be guiding the Eden Naturist Estate. However, The North Sea estate will come to an end. Due to the removal of all full regions in Eden and North Sea, and the removal of the Poseidon Sailing Centre and racing infrastructure, the North Sea Racing program will move to Backwater Bay Yacht Club. Backwater Bay is also owned by Elbag Gable, on the mainland region of Woodfall. North Sea Racing will operate under the Backwater Bay Yacht Club banner with all races in our program moving to the Woodfall region. In the coming weeks this website will also change to reflect the name change. In the future, we will be updating the course used to determine our handicap times and thus also update the times accordingly. Until that time, the current handicap times will still be valid. And now on to what you came here for, race results…

Some pretty smooth sailing weather and a very warm cheerful crowd featured in this weeks Backwater Bay Yacht Club Bandit Regatta. The protected water regions of the Bingo Strait behaved well for the fleet as we held the first Bandit Regatta at the Backwater Bay Yacht Club, in Woodfall. The crowd was wonderful as it gathered along the docks in both the Twice Bitten and Woodfall regions as well as the small race dock at the race line. This weeks fleet was composed of a majority of seven Bandit IFs with one lone Bandit 25.

The fleet gets underway during the second race of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Bandit Regatta on Monday, July 30th, 2018.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: Cryptic
Wind: SE (135°) 18kts

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

Today’s winner was Macz (Macz Murfin), with Kayo (Kayo Torii) second, and Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate and to the SLCG for their assistance with race duties.

Race Notes:
Kayo (Kayo Torii) and Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) both finished tied with 7 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
Kayo Torii	2	5
Jacquimo Resident	3	4

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

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Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Laured (laured Cabassoun) 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
moonglownight Resident	3	8
laured Cabassoun	5	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 third place finish over Laured’s fifth place finish as her best.