From the left (in boats): Isab and Laured (TMS Flying Shadow), Rayz and Lanky (TMS Flying Shadow), Julnara and Equen (TMS Flying Shadow), Sandra (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Blair (TMS Nacra 17).
On the dock: Arwen, Serenity, Cryptic, Tracey, Porter, Missy, Cybel, Joshua, and Berry.
This weeks Cat Fight at Backwater Bay Yacht Club saw some great sailing weather, spectator turnout, and some commotion. The Bingo Strait regions continued their recent streak of smooth sim behavior as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) on the day were due to crashes. However, the DNFs that were recorded on the day were actually to sailors ignoring an instruction during the skippers meeting before the first race, repeated again right before the race clock was started, that the race line was set to one direction and what direction to cross in order to record a lap. Four sailors in the first race crossed the race line in the incorrect direction and thus did not finish the race. All of the preceding played out in front of a rather enthusiastic crowd that had gathered to watch the races on the race dock in the Woodfall region. The second race saw no such commotion, with the entire fleet, comprised of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows and one TMS Nacra 17, finishing the race.
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 Moon (moonglownight Resident), with Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) second, and Isab (isab DeCuir) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
Race Notes:
Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) and Isab (isab DeCuir) both finished tied with 5 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 |
| Rayzza Rubble | 1 | 4 |
| isab DeCuir | 2 | 3 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Rayz’s favor with having a first place finish over Isab’s second place finish as her best.
Julnara (Julnara Resident) and Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) both finished tied with 8 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 |
| Julnara Resident | 2 | 6 |
| WWWAAAA Resident | 3 | 5 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Julnara’s favor with having a second place finish over Sandra’s third place finish as her best.
Alexandre (vivipezz Resident) and Blair (Blair Karas) finished tied with 10 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 |
| vivipezz Resident | 7 | 3 |
| Blair Karas | 3 | 7 |
In the last race, ViV breaks the tie with Blair with her third place finish over Blair’s seven point finish.
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