North Sea Open Regatta – Sept 18th 2019

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Sasha (Bandit IF), Zimtzicke (Bandit 25r), Bianca (TMS Laser One), Red and Randy (Bandit IF), Adeli and Lalia (TMS Flying Shadow), Sandra (Bandit 25r), Jean (Trudeau Hepcat), Jackson (Bandit IF), Laured (TMS Flying Shadow), Max and Wyndi (Bandit 25r), Julie (Shields Class), and Nihiwatu (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Emileigh. On the pier: Cici.

Mild sim sailing weather and an outstanding spectator turnout highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions behaved well for both portions of the race, up until two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded at the end of the big boat portion. One DNF was due to a skipper crashing on a crossing while the other DNF was due to a skipper not able to enter a region as it had reached its avatar maximum capacity preventing further avatars from entering. The spectator turnout was great, as not only did the aforementioned DNF occur due to the crowd gathered on both the small dock and the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Lapwing region, but more spectators were gathered along the shore of the island in the Ziziphus region. To remedy the growing crowds capping the avatar maximum in the Eden Lapwing region, as it’s a homestead and has a maximum of 20 avatars, a full region was ordered and is in place at the time of publishing of this post. The Eden Jakana region, a full region supporting a 110 avatar maximum, is now in place of the Eden Lapwing region. All Ultimate Sailor Buddy (USB) course notecards and maps in the map givers on the small racing dock in the Eden Jakana region have been updated as well as the landmarks included in the race notice notecards sent out going forward.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing a two lap affair on the North Sea Short Loop course, was comprised of a triple split majority of three Bandit 25Rs, three Bandit IFs, and three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, two single-handed and one crewed respectively. One TMS Laser One and one Shields Class made up the remainder of this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was comprised of a majority of four Wildwind Open 60s. Two Wildwind AC-62s, one Bandit 50/3, one TMS Volvo Open 70, and one TMS One Design 65 made up the remainder of this weeks big boat fleet.

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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Laured (laured Cabassoun) second, and Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate and to the SLCG for helping with race duties.

Race Notes:
Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) was disqualified during the small boat portion for finishing under protest after committing a Rule 18.2 Giving Mark-Room foul at the last course mark, the orange buoy in the Eden Lapwing region.

“18.2 Giving Mark-Room
(a) When boats are overlapped the outside boat shall give the
inside boat mark-room, unless rule 18.2(b) applies.“

Source: 2017 – 2020 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Laured (laured Cabassoun) 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
JulieRoyale Resident	1	7
laured Cabassoun	2	6

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Julie’s favor with having a first place finish over Laured’s second place finish as her best.

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Lalia (LaliaCasau Resident) and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) both finished tied with 15 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
LaliaCasau Resident	3	12
Nicole Myhre	7	8

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Lalia’s favor with having a third place finish over Zimtzicke’s seventh place finish as her best.

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Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) and Adeli (Adeli Panthar) both finished tied with 19 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
WWWAAAA Resident	8	11
Adeli Panthar	9	10

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Sandra’s favor with having an eighth place finish over Adeli’s ninth place finish as her best.