From the left to right: (in Bandit IFs): Sasha, Red & Isa, Max & Wyndi, Tay & Randy, Ian & Noch, Siri, Sword, Julie, Rugger, Riz On the Committee boat: Daenerys and Joshua,
It was the last Saturday afternoon of September around the clock of 1 pm slt where we were allowed to look at ten Bandit IFs at the starting line in the glittering sun, four of them with crew. Right after the start the fleet split in two. At the first buoy a fight took place between two boats, for whom the first was at the buoy. Immediately behind them, two boats rejoined the fleet to the west of Ziziphus and three groups emerged who were daring to each other.
At the second start it seems hectic to go, but everyone came across the starting line intact. Soon one of the sailors took the lead not to give it up anymore, behind him we had a fight arose for second place, which was decided in Genip by a nice action by Red.
With three DNFs and none DSQ, 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 Trapezoid
Race Results:
1: IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — 00:16:35
2: RedHeadJO Resident IDBS5D9B — 00:16:50
3: Tay Beningborough IDBS96D5 — 00:18:08
4: sasha714 Resident IDBS946A — 00:18:12
5: Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — 00:18:26
6: ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — 00:18:27
7: JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — 00:18:45
8: Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — 00:20:31
9: Swordofdestiny666 Resident IDBSE40B — DNF
10: RIZLER Rodex IDBS0805 — DNF
Lap Times:
IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — Start: 00:00:05 — Last lap: 00:16:30
RedHeadJO Resident IDBS5D9B — Start: 00:00:03 — Last lap: 00:16:47
Tay Beningborough IDBS96D5 — Start: 00:00:06 — Last lap: 00:18:02
sasha714 Resident IDBS946A — Start: 00:00:01 — Last lap: 00:18:11
Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — Start: 00:00:11 — Last lap: 00:18:15
ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — Start: 00:00:10 — Last lap: 00:18:17
JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — Start: 00:00:15 — Last lap: 00:18:30
Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — Start: 00:00:17 — Last lap: 00:20:14
Swordofdestiny666 Resident IDBSE40B — Start: 00:01:47 — DNF
RIZLER Rodex IDBS0805 — Start: 00:02:38 — DNF
Wind: 225° 11 kts
Race 2: North Sea 01
Race Results:
1: IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — 00:17:02
2: RedHeadJO Resident IDBS5D9B — 00:17:10
3: ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — 00:17:41
4: Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — 00:18:25
5: sasha714 Resident IDBS946A — 00:19:28
6: Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — 00:19:42
7: JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — 00:19:51
8: Tay Beningborough IDBS96D5 — 00:20:10
9: Swordofdestiny666 Resident IDBSE40B — DNF
IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — Start: 00:00:04 — Last lap: 00:16:58
RedHeadJO Resident IDBS5D9B — Start: 00:00:11 — Last lap: 00:16:59
ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — Start: 00:00:11 — Last lap: 00:17:30
Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — Start: 00:00:23 — Last lap: 00:18:02
sasha714 Resident IDBS946A — Start: 00:00:55 — Last lap: 00:18:33
Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — Start: 00:00:22 — Last lap: 00:19:20
JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — Start: 00:00:15 — Last lap: 00:19:36
Tay Beningborough IDBS96D5 — Start: 00:02:44 — Last lap: 00:17:26
Swordofdestiny666 Resident IDBSE40B — Start: 00:00:25 — DNF
Points:
| Skipper | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Final Placing |
| IanPixel | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| RedHeadJo | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Rugger | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Sirius | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| Sasha714 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| Tay | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 |
| Max | 8 | 6 | 14 | 7 |
| Julie | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 |
| Sword | 9 | 9 | 18 | 9 |
| Riz | 9 | 10 | 19 | 10 |
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1
Today’s winner was Ian (IanPixel Resident), with Red (RedHeadJo Resident) second, and Rugger (Ruggeromare Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
Race Notes:
Rugger (Ruggeromare Resident), Siri (Sirius Rosca) and Sasha (Sasha714) all finished tied with 9 points. As they all 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 |
| Rugger | 6 | 3 |
| Sirius | 5 | 4 |
| Sasha | 4 | 5 |
In the last race, Rugger breaks the tie with Sirius and Sasha with his third place finish over Sirius’ fourth place and Sasha’s fifth place finishes.
Max (Maximiliano Szondi) and Julie (JulieRoyale 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 |
| Max | 6 | 8 |
| Julie | 7 | 7 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Max’s favor with having a sixth place finish over Julie’s seventh place finish as her best.
North Sea Racing 