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Bandit Regatta – Oct 28th 2019

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From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Sasha (Bandit IF), Carlota (Bandit IF), Tay (Bandit IF), Ian (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Zimtzicke (Bandit 25r), Rugger (Bandit IF), Julie (Bandit 50/3), Palani (Bandit 25r). On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Henry, Golfen, and Christopher.

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Sasha (Bandit IF), Carlota (Bandit IF), Tay (Bandit IF), Ian (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Zimtzicke (Bandit 25r), Rugger (Bandit IF), Julie (Bandit 50/3), Palani (Bandit 25r).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Henry, Golfen, and Christopher.

A great turnout for spectators and sailors, with some nice mild sim sailing weather, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. In light of both the end of Summer/Savings Time1 in Europe and some lingering instability still in the back-end pipes for Secondlife, from this weekends inventory and login server outages, we still saw some great crowds gather on the Poseidon Centre Spectator pier and small race dock, in the Eden Jakana region. Likewise, this weeks fleet turnout, sailing a two lap affair on the North Sea Short Loop course and a lap on the North Sea Olympic Mirror course, was also great with a majority makeup of six Bandit IFs. Two Bandit 25Rs and one Bandit 50/3 made up the remainder of this weeks fleet. The regions of the North Sea responded in kind and behaved for the most part with only one DNF (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day, during the second race as Rugger crashed halfway through the course.

1Note: Secondlife Time (SLT) is one hour earlier for everyone who has rolled their clocks back, for the duration of this week, until the US, Canada, Mexico, and most of the Caribbean rolls their clocks back on Sunday, November 3rd. Please be aware that North Sea events will therefore be an hour earlier for you.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 8kts

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 Ian (IanPixel Resident), with Carlota (Carlota Dufaux) second, and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Ian (IanPixel Resident) and Carlota (Carlota Dufaux) both finished tied with 4 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
IanPixel Resident 1 3
Carlota Dufaux 2 2

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

Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) finished tied with 13 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
JulieRoyale Resident 7 6
Nicole Myhre 6 7

In the last race, Julie breaks the tie with Zimtzicke with her sixth place finish over Zimtzicke’s seventh place finish.
 

Bandit IF Races – October 26th 2019

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From the left to right: (in Bandit IFs): Sasha, Carlota & Red, Ian & Noch, Rugger & Tamarushka, Julie, Siri, Jack, Max & Wyndi On the Committee boat: Cryptic, Josh, Tara, Daenerys.


From the left to right: (in Bandit IFs): Sasha, Carlota & Red, Ian & Noch, Rugger & Tamarushka, Julie, Siri, Jack, Max & Wyndi
On the Committee boat: Cryptic, Josh, Tara, Daenerys.

It was Saturday afternoon again with eight bandit IFs at the starting line, four of which had crew, we could expect spectacularly. The wind was good and the sea was calm. After a good start of the first race, Ian quickly took the lead to not give it up until the finish. Rugger and Carlota fought for second place in the race. Unfortunately, Sasha fell back in the rear after a very good start.

In the second race, things started to get fierce right from the start. With five boats abreast, they all tried to reach the starting line first. Julie immediately searched the space of the sea and returned first. Later followed by Ian and Rugger. Carlota surprised Ian and Rugger at the first buoy to be the first to complete it. Behind them a fleet of 4 boats arose that were matched.

A stray Bandit, who came from Eden, bumped into the IFs. I would like to point out to sailors that sailboats in a race always have right of way in The North Sea.

With one DNF (Did Not Finish) and a 360 it was again a sporting if not successful day in The North Sea

More pictures after the results.

Race Director: Daenerys

Wind: 224° 17 kts
North Sea Olympic Long
Race Results:
1: IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — 00:18:32
2: Carlota Dufaux IDBSC5F3 — 00:19:14
3: ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — 00:19:47
4: Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — 00:20:10
5: JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — 00:20:25
6: sasha714 Resident IDBS946A — 00:22:01
7: Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — 00:25:01
8: Jacquimo Resident IDBSF10B — 00:27:39

Lap Times:
IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — Start: 00:00:16 — Last lap: 00:18:16
Carlota Dufaux IDBSC5F3 — Start: 00:00:31 — Last lap: 00:18:43
ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — Start: 00:00:13 — Last lap: 00:19:34
Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — Start: 00:00:10 — Last lap: 00:20:00
JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — Start: 00:00:36 — Last lap: 00:19:49
sasha714 Resident IDBS946A — Start: 00:00:05 — Last lap: 00:21:56
Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — Start: 00:00:21 — Last lap: 00:24:40
Jacquimo Resident IDBSF10B — Start: 00:00:14 — Last lap: 00:27:25

Wind: 223° 12 kts
Race 2: North Sea 104
Race Results:
1: IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — 00:16:17
2: Carlota Dufaux IDBSC5F3 — 00:17:19
3: Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — 00:17:51
4: Jacquimo Resident IDBSF10B — 00:18:10
5: sasha714 Resident IDBS946A — 00:18:25
6: Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — 00:19:55
7: ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — 00:23:00
8: JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — DNF

Lap Times:
IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — Start: 00:00:13 — Last lap: 00:16:04
Carlota Dufaux IDBSC5F3 — Start: 00:00:14 — Last lap: 00:17:05
Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — Start: 00:00:09 — Last lap: 00:17:42
Jacquimo Resident IDBSF10B — Start: 00:00:30 — Last lap: 00:17:40
sasha714 Resident IDBS946A — Start: 00:00:33 — Last lap: 00:17:52
Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — Start: 00:00:09 — Last lap: 00:19:46
ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — Start: 00:00:15 — Last lap: 00:22:45
JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — Start: 00:00:20 — DNF

Points:

Skipper Race 1 Race 2 Total Final Placing
IanPixel 1 1 2 1
Carlota 2 2 4 2
Sirius 4 3 7 3
Rugger 3 7 10 4
Sasha 6 5 11 5
Jack 8 4 12 6
Julie 5 8 13 7
Max 7 6 13 8

Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winner was Ian (IanPixel Resident), with Carlota (Carlota Dufaux) second, and Siri (Sirius Rosca) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) both finished tied with 13 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
Julie 5 8
Max 6 7

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Julie’s favor with having a fifth place finish over Max’s sixth place finish as his best.

Cat Fight – Oct 25th 2019

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From the left (in boats): Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Isa (TMS Flying Shadow), Elina (TMS Nacra 17), Jean (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (TMS Flying Shadow). On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Nenrio, Caethes, and Sasha.

From the left (in boats): Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Isa (TMS Flying Shadow), Elina (TMS Nacra 17), Jean (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Nenrio, Caethes, and Sasha.

Perseverance in light of a grid storm highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The regions of the North Sea behaved admirably in the face of a sudden unscheduled inventory maintenance that caused three DNFs (Did Not Finish) on they day, two in the first race and one in the second. The fleet-foiled frisky feline fleet persevered, however, to the delight of the spectators gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and the small racing dock, both in the Eden Jakana region, as well as those gathered along the western beach of Tortuga Bay Airport, in the Eden Guillemot region, and the newly built marina in the Eden Murrelet region. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline course and newly created North Sea Skate1 course, was comprised of a majority of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three sailing with crew and three sailing single-handed respectively. One lone TMS Nacra 17 made up the remainder of this weeks fleet.

1 Newly created by Cryptic and the first course to sail through the newly added western regions of The North Sea. A Skate is a type of ray native to the North Sea and also critically endangered.

Linden Lab Unscheduled Inventory Maintenance notice from their Grid Status page, on Friday, October 25th, 2019. Source: https://status.secondlifegrid.net/incidents/ksrs930b6jsl

Linden Lab Unscheduled Inventory Maintenance notice from their Grid Status page, on Friday, October 25th, 2019. Source: https://status.secondlifegrid.net/incidents/ksrs930b6jsl

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 Isa (isab DeCuir), with Elina (ElinaKrystal Resident) second, and Palani (Palani Allen) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Palani (Palani Allen) and Lalia (LaliaCasau 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
Palani Allen 3 5
LaliaCasau Resident 4 4

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

North Sea Open Regatta – Oct 23rd 2019

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From the left (in boats): Zimtzicke (Bandit 25r), Bianca (TMS Laser One), Isa (Bandit 25r), Daenerys and Sasha (TMS Flying Shadow), Elina (TMS Nacra 17), Julie (Shields Class), Sirius (Bandit IF), Laured (Bandit 25r), Nihiwatu (TMS Flying Shadow), and ViV and Spottycat (TMS Flying Shadow). On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Carlota, Nenrio, Yvani, Christinna, Chouchou, Red, and Emileigh.

From the left (in boats): Zimtzicke (Bandit 25r), Bianca (TMS Laser One), Isa (Bandit 25r), Daenerys and Sasha (TMS Flying Shadow), Elina (TMS Nacra 17), Julie (Shields Class), Sirius (Bandit IF), Laured (Bandit 25r), Nihiwatu (TMS Flying Shadow), and ViV and Spottycat (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Carlota, Nenrio, Yvani, Christinna, Chouchou, Red, and Emileigh.

Another great spectator turnout, with mild region sailing weather, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. Crowds gathered on the small race dock and the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, both in the Eden Jakana region, continuing a recent several week long trend of large onlookers. The regions of The North Sea did not disappoint, as only two of the three DNFs (Did Not Finish) on the day were due to skippers crashing, both of those occurring in the small boat portion. The third DNF on the day was recorded during the big boat portion owing to one of the more peculiar, yet easily remedied, incidents that we have witnessed in the North Sea.

During the big boat portion four skippers rounded the second course mark, the white buoy in the Eden Jakana region on the North Sea Triple Pink course, counter-clockwise instead of clockwise as indicated for the course. At the same time, ViV, in her Wildwind AC-45, rounded the mark correctly only to be collided head-on by one of the skippers who rounded incorrectly. ViV subsequently had to take a DNF as the scripts in her Wildwind ceased to function from the collision. The North Sea Triple Pink course is two years old, created and first raced in 2017. We have held countless races with this course, and this was the first time this number of skippers have incorrectly sailed this mark. One of the skippers erred on which way to round the mark, and the other three played follow the leader, instead of sailing their own course. The take away here is, race your race and your course, no matter how tempting it is to follow the boat in front of you.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Trapezoid course, was comprised of a split majority of three Bandit 25Rs and three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, two sailed with crew and one sailed single-handed respectively. One TMS Laser One, one TMS Nacra 17, one Shields Class, and one Bandit IF made up the remainder of the small boat fleet. Meanwhile, this weeks big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Triple Pink course, was comprised of a majority of four Wildwind Open 60s. One ACA33, one Bandit 50/3, one TMS One Design 65, one Wildwind AC-45, and one Wildwind AC-62 made up the remainder of this weeks big boat fleet.

One final note: The North Sea has just added six new regions to its western edge (Eden Scoter, Eden Shag, Eden Razorbill, Eden Shearwater, Eden Murrelet, and Eden Prion) as well as picking up the Raspberry region from Fruit Islands. This increases the sailing area of the North Sea to 31 regions. The Eden Murrelet region is also the home to a new marina and the Naughties Sailing Academy, run by our very own Petra, more on both to come.

Editors Note: Isa (isab DeCuir) in fact did follow “the string back”1 to re-round the white buoy in Eden Jakana correclty. Isa is not DSQ (Disqualfied) and the results have been adjusted accordingly.

1 Rule 28.2, part of Rule 28 SAILING THE COURSE, contains what is most commonly referred to as the string rule.

“28.2 SAILING THE COURSE
A string representing a boat’s track from the time she begins to
approach the starting line from its pre-start side to start until she
finishes shall, when drawn taut,
(a) pass each mark on the required side and in the correct order,
(b) touch each rounding mark, and
(c) pass between the marks of a gate from the direction of the
previous mark.
She may correct any errors to comply with this rule, provided she has
not finished.“

Source: 2017 – 2020 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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 Isa (isab DeCuir) second, and Elina (ElinaKrystal 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:
During the big boat portion, Laured (laured Cabassoun), Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), and Elina (ElinaKrystal Resident) were all disqualified (DSQ) for sailing an incorrect course, as they all rounded the white buoy in the Eden Jakana region, the second mark on the North Sea Triple Pink course, counter-clockwise instead of clockwise as per the course.

Bianca (TgBianca Resident) and Laured (laured Cabassoun) both finished tied with 11 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
TgBianca Resident 1 10
laured Cabassoun 5 6

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

Cole (Colette Verino) and Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) both finished tied with 13 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
Colette Verino 2 11
JulieRoyale Resident 6 7

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

Bandit Regatta – Oct 21st 2019

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Laured, in her Bandit 25r, and Daenerys, with Sasha as crew in her Bandit IF, tack west as the rest of the fleet heads south, during the second race of the North Sea Bandit Regatta, on Monday, October 21st, 2019.

Laured, in her Bandit 25r, and Daenerys, with Sasha as crew in her Bandit IF, tack west as the rest of the fleet heads south, during the second race of the North Sea Bandit Regatta, on Monday, October 21st, 2019.

Smooth sim sailing weather that turned stormy late, with another great spectator and fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The regions of the North Sea were well behaved during the first race as the only DNF (Did Not Finish) that was recorded was due to a skipper pulling his boat after the physical world interrupted him. The seas turned a bit stormy later in the second race, however, as the crossing from the Sapote region into the Mammea region acted up and stripped several skippers from their boats, resulting in two DNFs for the race. Nonetheless, the large gathering of spectators on hand, on the small race dock and Poseidon Centre Spectator pier in the Eden Jakana region, were still treated to some great racing from this weeks large fleet. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea 02 and North Sea Olympic Course (Small), was comprised of a majority of seven Bandit IFs, two sailing with crew and five sailing single-handed respectively. Three Bandit 25Rs and one Bandit 60 made up the remainder of this weeks fleet.

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Sasha (Bandit IF), Ian (Bandit IF), Jean (Bandit IF), Laured (Bandit 25r), Jean (Bandit IF), Rath (Bandit 60), Zimtzicke (Bandit 25r), Sirius (Bandit IF), Jackson (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit 25r), and Red and Beatrix (Bandit IF). On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Henry, Petra, Rayz, and Elbag.

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Sasha (Bandit IF), Ian (Bandit IF), Jean (Bandit IF), Laured (Bandit 25r), Jean (Bandit IF), Rath (Bandit 60), Zimtzicke (Bandit 25r), Sirius (Bandit IF), Jackson (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit 25r), and Red and Beatrix (Bandit IF).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Henry, Petra, Rayz, and Elbag.

Race Director: Cryptic
Wind: SW (225°) 8kts

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 Sirius (Sirius Rosca) second, and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Laured (laured Cabassoun) and Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) finished tied with 12 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
laured Cabassoun 7 5
Jacquimo Resident 5 7

In the last race, Laured breaks the tie with Jackson with her fifth place finish over Jackson’s seventh place finish.
 

Bandit IF Races – October 19th 2019

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From the left to right: (in Bandit IFs): Ian & Noch, Julie, Red, Rugger & Jade, Siri, Max & Wyndi On the Committee boat: Sasha, Joshua, Jean, Daenerys.

From the left to right: (in Bandit IFs): Ian & Noch, Julie, Red, Rugger & Jade, Siri, Max & Wyndi
On the Committee boat: Sasha, Joshua, Jean, Daenerys.

It was a normal Saturday afternoon again and this time we had 6 boats, half of them with crew. We had a smooth start, but Max was a little too fast and had to turn around. Ian immediately took the lead and he had 3 boats on his heels, although no one seemed to come near him anymore, and there was a fight for the second place that was decided in DragonFruit. Red turned the buoy there second round.

The second start went a bit better for everyone, but it seemed as if Ian had missed the boat, but he again took the lead at the first buoy not to give it off again.

With two DNFs, and one DSQ, it was again not a successful but a sporting day in North Sea

More pictures after the results.

Race Director: Daenerys

Wind: 225° 17 kts
North Sea CCW
Race Results:
1: IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — 00:18:48
2: RedHeadJO Resident IDBS5D9B — 00:19:50
3: Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — 00:20:17
4: JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — 00:20:21
5: Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — 00:24:52
6: ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — DNF

Lap Times:
IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — Start: 00:00:08 — Last lap: 00:18:40
RedHeadJO Resident IDBS5D9B — Start: 00:00:10 — Last lap: 00:19:40
Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — Start: 00:00:01 — Last lap: 00:20:16
JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — Start: 00:00:16 — Last lap: 00:20:05
Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — Start: 00:00:59 — Last lap: 00:23:53
ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — Start: 00:00:24 — Last lap: DNF

Wind: 224° 11 kts
Race 2: North Sea 103
Race Results:
1: IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — 00:15:33
2: JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — 00:17:20
3: Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — 00:17:34
4: Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — 00:20:34
5: RedHeadJO Resident IDBS5D9B — DNF
6: ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — DSQ

Lap Times:
IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — Start: 00:00:20 — Last lap: 00:15:13
JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — Start: 00:00:06 — Last lap: 00:17:14
Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — Start: 00:00:13 — Last lap: 00:17:21
Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — Start: 00:00:11 — Last lap: 00:20:23
RedHeadJO Resident IDBS5D9B — Start: 00:00:06 — Last lap: DNF
ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — Start: 00:00:08 — Last lap: DSQ

Points:

Skipper Race 1 Race 2 Total Final Placing
IanPixel 1 1 2 1
Julie 4 2 6 2
Sirius 3 3 6 3
RedHeadJo 2 5 7 4
Max 5 4 9 5
Rugger 6 5 11 6

Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winner was Ian (IanPixel Resident), with Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) second, and Siri (Sirius Rosca) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for finishing the race under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as instructed by a race director for a Rule 19.2 foul against Red.

“19.2 Giving Room at an Obstruction
(b) When boats are overlapped, the outside boat shall give the inside boat room between her and the obstruction,
unless she has been unable to do so from the time the overlap began.“

Source: 2017 – 2020 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Siri (Sirius Rosca) 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
Julie 2 4
Siri 3 3

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

 

Cat Fight – Oct 18th 2019

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From the left (in boats): Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys and Sasha (TMS Flying Shadow), Jean (TMS Flying Shadow), Tara (TMS Flying Shadow), Candance (TMS Nacra 17), Elina (TMS Nacra 17), and Laured (TMS Flying Shadow). On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, LadySNAKE, and Sunday.

From the left (in boats): Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys and Sasha (TMS Flying Shadow), Jean (TMS Flying Shadow), Tara (TMS Flying Shadow), Candance (TMS Nacra 17), Elina (TMS Nacra 17), and Laured (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, LadySNAKE, and Sunday.

Great sim sailing weather and a nice fleet turnout highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The regions of the North Sea were well behaved for both portions of the regatta as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. One skipper did have some hiccups during the second race, however, when Candance crashed twice on crossings only to return with dogged determination to finish the race. The spectators gathered on the race dock and Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and along the shores of the island in the Ziziphus region, were treated to some great frisky fleet-foiled feline racing. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and the North Sea Extreme course, was comprised of a majority of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, five sailing single-handed and one with crew respectively. Two TMS Nacra 17s made up the remainder of 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 Daenerys (blondij Resident), with Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) second, and Tara (Zella Ansar) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

 

North Sea Open Regatta – Oct 16th 2019

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From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Sasha (TMS Flying Shadow), Zimtzicke (Bandit 25r), Bianca (Trudeau Patchogue II), Cor and CorRelation (Trudeau Patchogue II), Shadow (Bandit IF), Lalia (TMS Nacra 17), Isa (Bandit 25r), Sirius (Bandit IF), Julie (Bandit IF), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), Elina (TMS Nacra 17), Red (Bandit IF), and Max and Wyndi (Bandit 25r). On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Beatrix and Kristaly.

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Sasha (TMS Flying Shadow), Zimtzicke (Bandit 25r), Bianca (Trudeau Patchogue II), Cor and CorRelation (Trudeau Patchogue II), Shadow (Bandit IF), Lalia (TMS Nacra 17), Isa (Bandit 25r), Sirius (Bandit IF), Julie (Bandit IF), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), Elina (TMS Nacra 17), Red (Bandit IF), and Max and Wyndi (Bandit 25r).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Beatrix and Kristaly.

Smooth sim sailing weather and great fleet turnouts highlighted another North Sea Open Regatta this week. The North Sea regions continued their recent trend of well behaved sim sailing weather with only one DNF (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day, when Cor lost his boat late into the big boat portion of the regatta. The racing itself was a site to behold for the spectators gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, as both fleets sailed past on multi-lap courses for each portion.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing a two lap affair on the North Sea Short Loop course, was comprised of a slim majority of four Bandit IFs. Three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, one sailing with crew and two sailing single-handed respectively, three Bandit 25Rs, two TMS Nacra 17s, and two Trudeau Patchogue IIs made up the remainder of this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing a two lap affair on the North Sea Long Loop course, was comprised of a majority of five Wildwind Open 60s. Three Trudeau 12 Metres, two Bandit 50/3s, one TMS One Design 65, and one Wilwdind AC-62 made up the remainder of this weeks big boat fleet.

From the left (in boats): Danerys and Sasha (Bandit 50/3), Lalia and Adeli (Wildwind Open 60), Isa (Wildwind Open 60), Kristaly (Trudeau 12 Metre), Cor and CorRelation (Trudeau 12 Metre), Zimtzicke (TMS One Design 65), Max and Wyndi (Wildwind Open 60), Elina (Wildwind Open 60), Julie (Wildwind Open 60), Sirius and Red (Bandit 50/3), Nihiwatu (Wildwind AC-62), and ViV (Trudeau 12 Metre). On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Bianca.

From the left (in boats): Danerys and Sasha (Bandit 50/3), Lalia and Adeli (Wildwind Open 60), Isa (Wildwind Open 60), Kristaly (Trudeau 12 Metre), Cor and CorRelation (Trudeau 12 Metre), Zimtzicke (TMS One Design 65), Max and Wyndi (Wildwind Open 60), Elina (Wildwind Open 60), Julie (Wildwind Open 60), Sirius and Red (Bandit 50/3), Nihiwatu (Wildwind AC-62), and ViV (Trudeau 12 Metre).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Bianca.

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 Elina (ElinaKrystal Resident), with Daenerys (blondij Resident) second, and Isa (isab DeCuir) 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:
Lalia (LaliaCasau Resident) 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
LaliaCasau Resident 6 8
Sirius Rosca 7 7

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

Kristaly (kristaly Resident) and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) both finished tied with 17 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
kristaly Resident 2 15
RedHeadJO Resident 5 12

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

Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) 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
Nihiwatu Resident 8 12
Maximiliano Szondi 9 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 eighth place finish over Max’s ninth place finish as his best.
 

Bandit Regatta – Oct 14th 2019

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(from the left) Julie, in her Bandit 50/3, Daenerys, with Sasha as crew in her Bandit IF, and Zimtzicke, in her Bandit 25r, round the southwest corner of the lighthouse island in the Genip region, on the North Sea 01 course, during the first race of the North Sea Bandit Regatta, on Monday, October 14th, 2019.

(from the left) Julie, in her Bandit 50/3, Daenerys, with Sasha as crew in her Bandit IF, and Zimtzicke, in her Bandit 25r, round the southwest corner of the lighthouse island in the Genip region, on the North Sea 01 course, during the first race of the North Sea Bandit Regatta, on Monday, October 14th, 2019.

A great fleet turnout with some great sim sailing weather highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea 01 and North Sea Triple Pink courses, was comprised of a majority of six Bandit IFs, five sailing single-handed with one sailing with crew respectively. Four Bandit 25Rs, one Bandit 50/3, and one Bandit 60 made up the remainder of this weeks fleet. The regions of the North Sea were well behaved as only one of the four DNFs (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day was due to a sailor crashing out of Secondlife. The other three DNFs were due to a collision knocking a boat out of a race, and a new skipper getting lost in each race and pulling her boat from competition. The spectators on hand, gathered on the Poseidon Sailing Centre Pier in the Eden Jakana region, were treated to some grand large fleet racing as a result from the great weather and numerous boats.

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Sasha (Bandit IF), Zimtzicke (Bandit 25r), Ulla (Bandit IF), Lilita (Bandit 25r), Red (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Jackson (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit 25r), Diana (Bandit 60), Nihiwatu (Bandit IF), and Julie (Bandit 50/3). On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Henry, Cat, and Keavy.

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Sasha (Bandit IF), Zimtzicke (Bandit 25r), Ulla (Bandit IF), Lilita (Bandit 25r), Red (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Jackson (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit 25r), Diana (Bandit 60), Nihiwatu (Bandit IF), and Julie (Bandit 50/3).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Henry, Cat, and Keavy.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 8kts

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 Sirius (Sirius Rosca) second, and Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Max (Maximiliano Szondi) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, he sailed under the land bridge of the island in the Genip region instead of rounding the entirety of the island. As the North Sea 01 course is an island race, comprising two islands as the course marks, Max failed to round the second course mark resulting in an incorrect sailed course.

Lilita (lilita Cifuentes) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for finishing under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as instructed by a race director for a Rule 11 foul at the start line, colloquially known as barging.

“11 ON THE SAME TACK, OVERLAPPED
When boats are on the same tack and overlapped, a windward boat shall keep clear of a leeward boat.“

Source: 2017 – 2020 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for committing a Rule 10 foul against Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) at the second course mark, the white buoy in the Eden Jakana region, that was so violent, the resulting collision knocked both boats out of the race causing both skippers to withdraw. As a result, Zimtzicke failed to complete a 360° penalty turn for the resulting foul.

“10 ON OPPOSITE TACKS
When boats are on opposite tacks, a port-tack boat shall keep clear of a starboard-tack boat.“

Source: 2017 – 2020 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

Sirius (Sirius Rosca) and Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) both finished tied with 6 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
Sirius Rosca 2 4
Jacquimo Resident 3 3

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Sirius’s favor with having a second place finish over Jackson’s third place finish as his best.

Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) and Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) both finished tied with 11 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 4 7
JulieRoyale Resident 5 6

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

Ulla (Ulla Rhode) and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) both finished tied with 16 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
Ulla Rhode 7 9
Nicole Myhre 8 8

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

Bandit IF Races – October 12th 2019

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From the left to right: (in Bandit IFs): Sasha, Tay & Randy, Rugger& Lilita, Kayo & Laured, Julie, Siri, Max & Wyndi, Jack, Red On the Committee boat: Daenerys, Joshua, and Jean

From the left to right: (in Bandit IFs): Sasha, Tay & Randy, Rugger& Lilita, Kayo & Laured, Julie, Siri, Max & Wyndi, Jack, Red
On the Committee boat: Daenerys, Joshua, and Jean

It felt like Friday the 13th, but it was Saturday the 12th. The weather was good and we had a nice fleet of nine boats, four of then had crew. The starting signal sounded and we had a great start and a beautiful race until fate struck the first buoy and we had to restart the race.
After a good restart of the first race, Saturday went back to normal.
The second race also went well.

With three DNFs (Did Not Finish) and no DSQ (Disqualified), it was again a sporting if not successful day in the North Sea.

More pictures after the results.

Race Director: Daenerys

Wind: 225° 18 kts
North Sea Copacabana Reverse
Race Results:
1: RedHeadJO Resident IDBS5D9B — 00:24:16
2: ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — 00:25:53
3: Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — 00:25:59
4: JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — 00:26:45
5: Tay Beningborough IDBS96D5 — 00:27:09
6: sasha714 Resident IDBS946A — 00:27:13
7: Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — DNF
8: laured Cabassoun IDBSAA47 — DNF

Lap Times:
RedHeadJO Resident IDBS5D9B — Start: 00:00:04 — Last lap: 00:24:12
ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — Start: 00:00:10 — Last lap: 00:25:43
Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — Start: 00:00:15 — Last lap: 00:25:44
JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — Start: 00:00:03 — Last lap: 00:26:42
Tay Beningborough IDBS96D5 — Start: 00:00:58 — Last lap: 00:26:11
sasha714 Resident IDBS946A — Start: 00:00:18 — Last lap: 00:26:55
Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — Start: 00:00:28 — Last lap: DNF
laured Cabassoun IDBSAA47 — Start: 00:00:31 — Last lap: DNF

Wind: 225° 18 kts
Race 2: North Sea 102
Race Results:
1: RedHeadJO Resident IDBS5D9B — 00:13:31
2: Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — 00:13:56
3: Tay Beningborough IDBS96D5 — 00:14:05
4: JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — 00:14:36
5: sasha714 Resident IDBS946A — 00:14:45
6: Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — 00:22:32
7: ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — DNF

Lap Times:
RedHeadJO Resident IDBS5D9B — Start: 00:00:01 — Last lap: 00:13:30
Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — Start: 00:00:12 — Last lap: 00:13:44
Tay Beningborough IDBS96D5 — Start: 00:00:27 — Last lap: 00:13:38
JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — Start: 00:00:08 — Last lap: 00:14:28
sasha714 Resident IDBS946A — Start: 00:00:03 — Last lap: 00:14:42
Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — Start: 00:00:01 — Last lap: 00:22:31
ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — Start: 00:00:04 — Last lap: DNF

Points:

Skipper Race 1 Race 2 Total Final Placing
RedHeadJo 1 1 2 1
Sirius 3 2 5 2
Tay 5 3 8 3
Julie 4 4 8 4
Rugger 2 7 9 5
Sasha 6 5 11 6
Max 7 6 13 7
Laured 7 8 15 8

Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winner was Red (RedHeadJo Resident), with Siri (Sirius Rosca) second, and Tay (Tay Beningborough) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:

Tay (Tay Beningborough) and Julie (JulieRoyale 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
Tay 3 5
Julie 4 4

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