From the left (in Bandit IFs): Daenerys and Sasha, Laured, Moon, Margo amnd Knitted, Rugger, Jackson, Ian, Sirius, and Nihiwatu.
On the committee boat: Joshua. On the dock: Henry, Caethes, Cryptic, and Nenrio.
Mild sim sailing weather with a great fleet and spectator turnout highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The regions of the North Sea were mostly behaved as four DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Two DNFs were due to skippers pulling their boat, one each in the first and second race. The remaining DNFs were due to crashes at region crossings, both occurring during the second race. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Trapezoid and North Sea WC Reach 2 courses, was comprised entirely of Bandit IFs. The Bandit IFs put on a show for the spectators gathered on the edge of the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, and along the shores of the island in the Ziziphus region, and the beach in the Eden Albatros region.
Race Director: Cryptic
Wind: SW (225°) 15kts
Race 1: North Sea Trapezoid
Race Results:
1: blondij Resident IDBSC2E7 — 00:17:01
2: gsgraaf Resident IDBS4338 — 00:17:29
3: IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — 00:18:13
4: moonglownight Resident IDBSBF2E — 00:18:56
5: ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — 00:19:34
6: Jacquimo Resident IDBSF10B — 00:19:37
7: Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — 00:20:14
8: laured Cabassoun IDBSAA47 — 00:20:45
9: Nihiwatu Resident IDBSA520 –DNF
Lap Times:
blondij Resident IDBSC2E7 — Start: 00:00:03 — Last lap: 00:16:58
gsgraaf Resident IDBS4338 — Start: 00:00:03 — Last lap: 00:17:26
IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — Start: 00:00:20 — Last lap: 00:17:53
moonglownight Resident IDBSBF2E — Start: 00:00:26 — Last lap: 00:18:30
ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — Start: 00:00:25 — Last lap: 00:19:09
Jacquimo Resident IDBSF10B — Start: 00:00:28 — Last lap: 00:19:09
Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — Start: 00:00:14 — Last lap: 00:20:00
laured Cabassoun IDBSAA47 — Start: 00:00:15 — Last lap: 00:20:30
Nihiwatu Resident IDBSA520 — Start: 00:00:42 — Last lap: –DNF
Wind: SW (225°) 11kts
Race 2: North Sea WC Reach 2
Race Results:
1: gsgraaf Resident IDBS4338 — 00:19:33
2: Jacquimo Resident IDBSF10B — 00:20:16
3: blondij Resident IDBSC2E7 — 00:20:23
4: IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — 00:20:24
5: moonglownight Resident IDBSBF2E — 00:20:35
6: laured Cabassoun IDBSAA47 — 00:22:15
7: Nihiwatu Resident IDBSA520 –DNF
8: Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 –DNF
9: ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D –DNF
Lap Times:
gsgraaf Resident IDBS4338 — Start: 00:00:21 — Last lap: 00:19:12
Jacquimo Resident IDBSF10B — Start: 00:00:04 — Last lap: 00:20:12
blondij Resident IDBSC2E7 — Start: 00:00:03 — Last lap: 00:20:20
IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — Start: 00:00:20 — Last lap: 00:20:04
moonglownight Resident IDBSBF2E — Start: 00:00:11 — Last lap: 00:20:24
laured Cabassoun IDBSAA47 — Start: 00:00:09 — Last lap: 00:22:06
Nihiwatu Resident IDBSA520 — Start: 00:00:06 — Last lap: –DNF
Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — Start: 00:00:08 — Last lap: –DNF
ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — Start: 00:00:21 — Last lap: –DNF
Points:
| Skipper | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Final Placing |
| gsgraaf | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| blondij | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| IanPixel | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Jacquimo | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| moonglownight | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| ruggeromare | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 |
| laured Cabassoun | 8 | 6 | 14 | 7 |
| Sirius Rosca | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 |
| Nihiwatu | 9 | 7 | 16 | 9 |
Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1
Today’s winner was Margo (gsgraaf Resident), with Daenerys (blondij Resident) second, and Ian (IanPixel Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate and the SLCG for helping with race duties.
Race Notes:
As the fleets in both of today’s races consisted entirely of one boat class, Bandit IFs, handicap values were not necessary in the results.
Laured (laured Cabassoun) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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 |
| laured Cabassoun | 6 | 8 |
| Sirius Rosca | 7 | 7 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Laured’s favor with having a sixth place finish over Siriuse’s seventh place finish as his best.
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