From the left (in boats): Isa and Laured (TMS Flying Shadow), Tara (TMS Flying Shadow), Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), UL (TMS Flying Shadow), Raven (TMS Flying Shadow), and Ginko (Wildwind AC-45).
On the committee boat: Joshua. On the dock: Gabi, Spirit, Cryptic, and Andromeda.
This weeks Cat Fight in the North Sea started off the weekend with nice sim sailing weather and another great spectator turnout. The waters of the North Sea and Fruit Islands were mostly behaved as only one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day, during the first race. Spectators again flocked to the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions to watch the fleet-foiled felines fantastic racing display. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Copacabana and North Sea Roundabout courses, was comprised of a majority of five The Mesh Shop Flying Shadows, two crewed and three single-handed respectively. One lone Wildwind AC-45 rounded out this weeks fleet.
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 Rayz (Rayzza Rubble), with Tara (Zella Ansar) second, and UL (ultramantra Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
Race Notes:
Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) and Tara (Zella Ansar) 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 |
| Rayzza Rubble | 2 | 1 |
| Zella Ansar | 1 | 2 |
In the last race, Rayz breaks the tie with Tara with his first place finish over Tara’s second place finish.
Isa (isab DeCuir) and Raven (Ravenight7 Resident) finished tied with 11 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 |
| isab DeCuir | 6 | 5 |
| Ravenight7 Resident | 5 | 6 |
In the last race, Isa breaks the tie with Raven with her fifth place finish over Raven’s sixth place finish.
North Sea Racing 