From the left (in boats): Danerys (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit 25r), Sandra (Bandit 25r), Nikki and Xarabethe (Bandit IF), Ian (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Madelin (Bandit IF), Rugger (Bandit IF), UL and Yoshiro (Bandit IF), Shau (Bandit 25), Moon (Bandit IF), Jackson (Bandit IF), and Nihiwatu (Bandit IF).
On the dock: Joshua, Nenrio, and Cryptic.
A great fleet and spectator turnout highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. Spectators crowded the committee boat dock in the Eden Curlew region, as well as the islands in both the Ziziphus and Genip regions to view the large fleet that raced today. The waters of the North Sea responded in kind by behaving well, with only two DNFs (Did Not Finish) on the day, one in each race. There were two other crashes among the skippers of the fleet, but both skippers were able to return and sail their boats to a finish in the race. This weeks fleet was comprised of a majority of ten Bandit IFs, seven being sailed single-handed and three crewed respectively. Three Bandit 25Rs and one Bandit 60 made up the remainder of this weeks fleet.
A crowd gathers on the committee boat dock as Nihiwatu and Jackson, both in Bandit IFs, near the finish line, during the second race of the North Sea Bandit Regatta, on Monday, May 20th, 2019.
Race Director: Cryptic
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 Daenerys (blondij Resident), with Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) 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:
Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) was disqualified during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, she was sailing the North Sea Bowline Reverse course instead of the North Sea Manta Reverse course.
Miky (Miky Portland) was disqualified during the first race and second race for sailing with autopilot enabled.
Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) finished tied with 3 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 |
| blondij Resident | 2 | 1 |
| WWWAAAA Resident | 1 | 2 |
In the last race, Daenerys breaks the tie with Sandra with her first place finish over Sandra’s second place finish.
UL (ultramantra Resident) and Madelin (madelinetresor131 Resident) both 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 |
| ultramantra Resident | 4 | 10 |
| madelinetresor131 Resident | 6 | 8 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in UL’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Madelin’s sixth place finish as her best.
Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) both finished tied with 20 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 | 8 | 12 |
| Jacquimo Resident | 9 | 11 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Rugger’s favor with having an eighth place finish over Jackson’s ninth place finish as his best.
Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) both finished tied with 21 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 |
| Nihiwatu Resident | 9 | 12 |
| Maximiliano Szondi | 10 | 11 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Nihiwatu’s favor with having a ninth place finish over Max’s tenth place finish as his best.
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