(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.
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.
North Sea Racing 