Bandit IF Races – December 21st 2019

From the below to up: (in Bandit IFs): boats: (first row) Dunia, Red, Ian & Noch, Julie & Andromeda, Randy, Rugger & Diana, Sirius, Safy & Julia, Max & Wyndi. (second row) Teagan
Committee Boat: Daenerys

Saturday afternoon, the last Bandit IF competition of 2019¹. At the start are 10 boats ready, 5 of which are crewed, for the final test measurements between the skippers. Who will it be and who will not reach the finish. It won’t be long before we get to know. Immediately after the start, five boats take the lead, behind which the field has already been opened. After the second mark, a boat takes the lead with a group of 3 boats behind them, who will compete for second place. Surprisingly, only a few skippers sail along the east side of Ziziphus

After the start signal of the second race, two boats take the lead and are followed by a group of 4 boats. Soon the North Sea is littered with Bandit IF boats. But as we approach the end of the day we see the order of the ships slowly becoming clear. A skipper loses track and misses, and not on a hair, Ziziphus and another skipper refuses to sail a 360, making it a DSQ (Disqualified).

A fleet of 10 Bandit IF’s on the North Sea in the last Bandit IF race of the year 2019

More pictures after the results

¹Special Note: The North Sea and Backwater Bay will take a two week holiday break from racing and sailing activities, starting Monday, December 23rd, 2019. Racing and sailing activities in the North Sea and out of Backwater Bay will then resume during the new year, on Monday, January 6th, 2020. Please consult our North Sea Sailing and Racing Calendar for further details.

Race Director: Daenerys

Wind: 260° 17 kts
Race 1
North Sea CCW

Race Results:
1: IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — 00:20:06
2: ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — 00:21:30
3: RedHeadJO Resident IDBS5D9B — 00:21:32
4: Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — 00:21:44
5: Teagan Snowpaw IDBSEA3C — 00:24:06
6: Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — 00:24:48
7: CarissaBellane Resident IDBSE85E — 00:26:25
8: Dunia Moulliez IDBS068D — 00:26:51
9: Randy Quander IDBSFAB3 — 00:28:20
10: JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — 00:33:54

Lap Times:
IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — Start: 00:00:06 — Last lap: 00:20:00
ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — Start: 00:00:09 — Last lap: 00:21:21
RedHeadJO Resident IDBS5D9B — Start: 00:00:02 — Last lap: 00:21:30
Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — Start: 00:00:05 — Last lap: 00:21:39
Teagan Snowpaw IDBSEA3C — Start: 00:00:24 — Last lap: 00:23:42
Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — Start: 00:00:54 — Last lap: 00:23:54
CarissaBellane Resident IDBSE85E — Start: 00:04:36 — Last lap: 00:21:49
Dunia Moulliez IDBS068D — Start: 00:00:32 — Last lap: 00:26:19
Randy Quander IDBSFAB3 — Start: 00:01:17 — Last lap: 00:27:03
JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — Start: 00:00:02 — Last lap: 00:33:52

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Wind: 265° 17 kts
Race 2
North Sea Roundabout

Race Results:
1: IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — 00:22:19
2: RedHeadJO Resident IDBS5D9B — 00:23:35
3: JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — 00:24:22
4: Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — 00:24:52
5: Randy Quander IDBSFAB3 — 00:26:35
6: Dunia Moulliez IDBS068D — 00:28:00
7: Teagan Snowpaw IDBSEA3C — 00:28:19
8: CarissaBellane Resident IDBSE85E — 00:28:30
9: Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — DSQ
10: ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — DSQ

Lap Times:
IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — Start: 00:00:03 — Last lap: 00:22:16
RedHeadJO Resident IDBS5D9B — Start: 00:00:06 — Last lap: 00:23:29
JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — Start: 00:00:04 — Last lap: 00:24:18
Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — Start: 00:00:03 — Last lap: 00:24:49
Randy Quander IDBSFAB3 — Start: 00:00:11 — Last lap: 00:26:24
Dunia Moulliez IDBS068D — Start: 00:00:58 — Last lap: 00:27:02
Teagan Snowpaw IDBSEA3C — Start: 00:00:07 — Last lap: 00:28:12
CarissaBellane Resident IDBSE85E — Start: 00:00:05 — Last lap: 00:28:25
Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — Start: 00:00:42 — DSQ
ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — Start: 00:00:04 — DSQ

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Points:

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Final Placing
Ian	1	1	2	1
Red	3	2	5	2
Sirius	4	4	8	3
Rugger	2	9	11	4
Teagan	5	7	12	5
Julie	10	3	13	6
Randy	9	5	14	7
Dunia	8	6	14	8
Max	6	9	15	9
Carissa	7	8	15	10

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

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Today’s winner was Ian (IanPixel Resident), with Red (RedHeadJo 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:
Randy (Randy Quander) and Dunia (Dunia Moulliez) 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
Randy	5	9
Dunia	6	8

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

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Max (Maximiliano Szondi) and Safy (CarissaBellane Resident) 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
Max	6	9
Safy	7	8

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

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The start of the first race on 21 december 2019

The fleet rounding the first mark in the first race at 21 december 2019

Iam is rounding Ziziphus on the East side, while most of the other skippers rond Ziziphus on the west side

The first leg of the last race of 21 december 2019

Ian and Noch ronding the isle of Genip on 21 december 2019

Red and Kim ronding the isle of Genip on 21 december 2019

Julie ronding the isle of Genip on 21 december 2019

Siri ronding the isle of Genip on 21 december 2019

 

Cat Fight – Dec 20th 2019

From the left (TMS Flying Shadows): Rayz, Daenerys and Tamarushka, Isa, Safy, Palani, and Julie.
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, Caethes, and Nihiwatu.

Stormy to smooth sim sailing weather, with a great spectator turnout, highlighted this weeks, and the last of 2019¹ calendar year, Cat Fight in the North Sea. The regions of the North Sea were finicky during the first race, as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded, two to crashes and one to a skippers connection failing. The seas calmed down for the second race, as only one DNF was recorded, this one to that same skipper’s pesky connection failing. Spectators crowded the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, then spread out to the islands in the Ziziphus, Genip, and Eden Auk regions, as the race moved the fleet to the Eden Jaeger race line, were the second race started from and finished. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Curlew to Jaeger 02 and North Sea Thornback courses, was comprised of a majority of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and two with crew respectively. Two TMS Nacra 17s rounded out the final frisky fleet-foiled Cat Fight fleet of the year.

¹Special Note: The North Sea and Backwater Bay will take a two week holiday break from racing and sailing activities, starting Monday, December 23rd, 2019. Racing and sailing activities in the North Sea and out of Backwater Bay will then resume during the new year, on Monday, January 6th, 2020. Please consult our North Sea Sailing and Racing Calendar for further details.

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

Race Notes:
Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) both finished tied with 7 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
blondij Resident	1	6
Nihiwatu Resident	3	4

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

North Sea Open Regatta – Dec 18th 2019

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Sandra (Bandit 25r), Teagan (Bandit 25r), Lalia (TMS Bacra 17), Isa (TMS Flying Shadow), SeaSea (Bandit 25r), Red (Bandit IF), Tara (TMS Flying Shadow), Zimtzicke (Bandit 25r), Lowiezewic (TMS Flying Shadow), Emileigh (Bandit 25r), Max and Wyndi (Bandit 25r), Cole (TMS Nacra 17), Rugger and Randy (Bandit IF), Nihiwatu (TMS Nacra 17), Palani (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie and Diana (Bandit IF), Safy and Julia (TMS Flying Shadow), and ViV (TMS Star Class).
On the Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Rick, Rayz, and Claire. On the pier: Blake, Carsten, Michel, and Izi.

Jekyll and Hyde sim sailing weather, with a record breaking fleet turnout, helped highlight and end the year in this weeks, and final for 2019¹, North Sea Open Regatta. The regions of the North Sea were on their absolute best behavior for the small boat portion of the regatta, as nineteen boats started and finished² with no crashes or DNFs (Did Not Finish). However, the Mammea region decided to give up the ghost and went offline right at the start of the big boat portion, as the fleet sailed into it, resulting in most of the fleet crashing. After a recall of the big boat fleet, and restart on a new course, two DNFs were ultimately recorded in the big boat portion and on the day. The spectators on hand, on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and the island in the Ziziphus region, were still treated to a great and dramatic final Open Regatta of the year.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta course, was comprised of a split majority of six Bandit 25Rs and six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and two sailing with crew respectively. Three Bandit IFs, three TMS Nacra 17s, and one TMS Star Class made up the remainder of the small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, originally sailing on the North Sea Butterfly course until being recalled and restarted on the North Sea 03 course, was comprised of a majority of five Wildwind Open 60s. Two TMS Volvo Open 70s, two TMS One Design 65s, one ACA33, and one Wildwind AC-62 rounded out the big boat fleet.

¹Special Note: The North Sea and Backwater Bay will take a two week holiday break from racing and sailing activities, starting Monday, December 23rd, 2019. Racing and sailing activities in the North Sea and out of Backwater Bay will then resume during the new year, on Monday, January 6th, 2020. Please consult our North Sea Sailing and Racing Calendar for further details.

²Nineteen boats ties for the most boats in a North Sea fleet in 2019 while nineteen boats finished in one race breaks the all time record for a North Sea 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 Cole (Colette Verino), with Isa (isab DeCuir) second, and ViV (vivipezz 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 racing duties.

Race Notes:
Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) and Sandra (WWWAAAA 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
Emileigh Starbrook	5	12
WWWAAAA Resident	7	10

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

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Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) 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
JulieRoyale Resident	2	18
RedHeadJO Resident	8	12

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 Red’s twelfth place finish as her best.

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Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) and Safy (CarissaBellane Resident) both finished tied with 21 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	9	12
CarissaBellane Resident	10	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 ninth place finish over Safy’s tenth place finish as her best.

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Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) and Ma (Maximiliano Szondi) both finished tied with 22 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
Nicole Myhre	8	14
Maximiliano Szondi	9	13

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

Bandit Regatta – Dec 16th 2019

From the left (in boats): Priscilla (Bandit IF), Daenerys (Bandit IF), Emileigh (Bandit 25r), Ian and Nochiko (Bandit IF), Jackson and Red (Bandit IF), Julie (Bandit IF), Zimtzicke (Bandit 25r), Safy (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), ViV (Bandit 25r), and Cici (Bandit 25r).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Henry. On the pier: Miky, Izi, and Annora.

Nice sim sailing weather, with a great spectator and fleet turnout, highlighted the last North Sea Bandit Regatta of 2019¹. The regions of the North Sea were well behaved as only one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day, due to a skipper pulling her boat halfway through the first race. The large gathering of spectators on hand, on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and along the northern shore of the island in the Ziziphus region, took in some great racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Short) and 2 laps on the North Sea Short Loop course, was comprised of a majority of eight Bandit IFs, six sailing single-handed and two with crew respectively. Five Bandit 25Rs rounded out this weeks fleet.

¹Special Note: The North Sea and Backwater Bay will take a two week holiday break from racing and sailing activities, starting Monday, December 23rd, 2019. Racing and sailing activities in the North Sea and out of Backwater Bay will then resume during the new year, on Monday, January 6th, 2020. Please consult our North Sea Sailing and Racing Calendar for further details.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 8kts

Wind: SW (225°) 11kts

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 Daenerys (blondij Resident) second, and Sandra (WWWAAAA 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:
Jackson (Jacquimo 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
Jacquimo Resident	3	8
JulieRoyale Resident	5	6

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

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Safy (CarissaBellane Resident) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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
CarissaBellane Resident	4	9
Sirius Rosca	6	7

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

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Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) finished tied with 23 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
Nicole Myhre	12	11
Emileigh Starbrook	11	12

In the last race, Zimtzicke breaks the tie with Emileigh with her eleventh place finish over Emileigh’s twelfth place finish.
 

Bandit IF Races – December 14th 2019

From the left to right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Teagan, Durniam, Ian & Noch, Safy, Julia, Siri & Angelie, Julie & Miriam
dock: Red, Randy, Sandra
Pier Tamar, Wolfgang
Committee Boat: Daenerys

Saturday afternoon, the second to last Bandit IF competition for 2019. We started with 7 boats, three of which with crew. Later another one was added. It was busy at the start line after the signal and it all just went well. Fortunately there were no injuries. Ian immediately took the lead and a group of three boats followed him until the end of the race.
At the start of the second race, the boats were slightly further apart. Siri had to make sure that Ian was the first to start and behind him a vast field with boats that were not far apart arose. Julie got some problems in Eden Jakana.

More pictures after the results

Race Director: Daenerys

Wind: 225° 18 kts
Race 1
North Sea Olympic Course (Long)

Race Results:
1: IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — 00:17:42
2: Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — 00:18:30
3: JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — 00:18:46
4: CarissaBellane Resident IDBSE85E — 00:19:52
5: juliabennett Resident IDBS3B55 — 00:20:58
6: Dunia Moulliez IDBS068D — 00:22:37
7: Teagan Snowpaw IDBSEA3C — DNF

Lap Times:
IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — Start: 00:00:02 — Last lap: 00:17:40
Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — Start: 00:00:06 — Last lap: 00:18:24
JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — Start: 00:00:02 — Last lap: 00:18:44
CarissaBellane Resident IDBSE85E — Start: 00:00:10 — Last lap: 00:19:42
juliabennett Resident IDBS3B55 — Start: 00:00:04 — Last lap: 00:20:54
Dunia Moulliez IDBS068D — Start: 00:00:35 — Last lap: 00:22:02
Teagan Snowpaw IDBSEA3C — Start: 00:00:32 — DNF

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Wind: 223° 12 kts
Race 2
North Sea 104

Race Results:
1: IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — 00:15:31
2: Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — 00:16:19
3: Jacquimo Resident IDBSF10B — 00:16:46
4: CarissaBellane Resident IDBSE85E — 00:17:46
5: juliabennett Resident IDBS3B55 — 00:17:49
6: Dunia Moulliez IDBS068D — 00:19:43
7: Teagan Snowpaw IDBSEA3C — 00:20:19
8: JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — 00:23:21

Lap Times:
IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — Start: 00:00:06 — Last lap: 00:15:25
Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — Start: 00:00:08 — Last lap: 00:16:11
Jacquimo Resident IDBSF10B — Start: 00:00:26 — Last lap: 00:16:20
CarissaBellane Resident IDBSE85E — Start: 00:00:21 — Last lap: 00:17:25
juliabennett Resident IDBS3B55 — Start: 00:00:52 — Last lap: 00:16:57
Dunia Moulliez IDBS068D — Start: 00:01:25 — Last lap: 00:18:18
Teagan Snowpaw IDBSEA3C — Start: 00:00:40 — Last lap: 00:19:39
JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — Start: 00:00:23 — Last lap: 00:22:58

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Points:

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Final Placing
Ian	1	1	2	1
Sirius	2	2	4	2
Safy	4	4	8	3
Julia	5	5	10	4
Jack	8	3	11	5
Julie	3	8	11	6
Dunia	6	6	12	7
Teagan	7	7	14	8

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

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

Race Notes:
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Jack (Jacquimo Resident) both finished tied with 11 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	3	8
Jacquimo	8	3

In the last race, Jacquimo breaks the tie with Julie’s with his third place finish over Julie’s eighth place finish.

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Cat Fight – Dec 13th 2019

From the left (in boats): Isa (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys and Red (TMS Flying Shadow), Safy and Julia (TMS Flying Shadow), Tara (TMS Flying Shadow), Teagan (TMS Nacra 17), and Julie (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Nenrio, Caethes, and Rayz.

Great sim sailing weather, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The regions of the North Sea were excellently behaved as no crashes or DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The spectators on hand took in the great sailing from this weeks fleet-foiled felines from the usual spots on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and on the lighthouses on the islands in the Ziziphus, Genip, and Eden Auk regions. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline Reverse and North Sea WC Reach 1 courses, was comprised of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three sailing single-handed and two sailing with crew respectively. Two TMS Nacra 17s rounded out this weeks fleet.

More pictures after the results.

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 Tara (Zella Ansar), with Daenerys (blondij Resident) second, and Lalia (LaliaCasau Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Danerys (blondij Resident), Lalia (LaliaCasau Resident), and Isa (isab DeCuir) all finished tied with 7 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
blondij Resident	1	6
LaliaCasau Resident	2	5
isab DeCuir	2	5

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Daenerys’s favor with having a first place finish over Lalia’s and Isa’s second place finishes as their best. As Lalia and Isa both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this remaining 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
LaliaCasau Resident	5	2
isab DeCuir	2	5

In the last race, Lalia breaks the tie with Isa with her second place finish over Isa’s fifth place finish.

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Teagan (Teagan Snowpaw) and Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) both finished tied with 10 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
Teagan Snowpaw	3	7
JulieRoyale Resident	4	6

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

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Daenerys, with Red as crew on her TMS Flying Shadow, rounds the white buoy in the Soncoya region with Teagan, on her TMS Nacra 17, close behind during the North Sea Cat Fight, on Friday, December 13th, 2019.

Teagan, on her TMS Nacra 17, sails away from the white buoy in the Soncoya region as the rest of the fleet follows, close behind, during the North Sea Cat Fight, on Friday, December 13th, 2019.

The fleet rounds the white buoy in the Soncoya region during the first race of the North Sea Cat Fight, on Friday, December 13th, 2019.

 

North Sea Open Regatta – Dec 11th 2019

From the left (in boats): Isa (TMS Flying Shadow), Emileigh (Bandit 25r), Cor (Star Class), Cole (TMS Nacra 17), Jackson and Red (Bandit IF), Zimtsicke (Bandit 25r), Teagan and BunnyFuFu (Bandit 25r), Rossa (Bandit 25r), Nihiwatu (TMS Nacra 17), and Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Committee Boat: Joshua and Cryptic. On the dock: Calandra, Felicia, and Wyndi.

Another great fleet turnout, with nice sim sailing weather, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. Only two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day, one in each regatta portion due to crashes, as the regions of The North Sea were overall stable and behaved. Spectators once again gathered in the usual spots, on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and on the islands in the Genip and Ziziphus regions, to revel in the great sailing on display by this weeks fleets.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Olympic Mirror course, was comprised of a majority of six Bandit 25Rs. Five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three sailing single-handed and two sailing with crew respectively, two TMS Nacra 17s, one TMS Star Class, one Shields Class, and one Bandit IF rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Extreme course, was comprised of a small majority of four Wildwind Open 60s. Two Trudeau 12 Metres, two TMS One Design 65s, one Wildwind RC-44r, one ACA33, one TMS Ushuaia, one Bandit 50/3, one TMS Volvo Open 70, and one Wildwind AC-62 rounded out 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 Cole (Colette Verino), with Isa (isab DeCuir) second, and Julie (JulieRoyale 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 racing duties.

Race Notes:
Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the small boat portion for finishing the race under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn for a Rule 18.2 foul against Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) at the third course mark on North Sea Olympic Mirror course, the white buoy in the Eden Jakana 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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Cole (Colette Verino) and Isa (isab DeCuir) both finished tied with 5 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	1	4
isab DeCuir	2	3

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

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Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident), Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre), and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) all 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
WWWAAAA Resident	2	15
Nicole Myhre	5	12
Emileigh Starbrook	8	9

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Sandra’s favor with having a second place finish over Zimtzicke’s fifth place finish and Emileigh’s eighth place finishes as their best.

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Safy (CarissaBellane Resident) and Palani (Palani Allen) finished tied with 18 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
CarissaBellane Resident	11	7
Palani Allen	7	11

In the last race, Safy breaks the tie with Palani with her seventh place finish over Palani’s eleventh place finish.

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ViV (vivipezz Resident) and Cor (CorSakov Sosa) 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
vivipezz Resident	4	15
CorSakov Sosa	5	14

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

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Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) and Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) both finished tied with 25 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
Jacquimo Resident	10	15
Nihiwatu Resident	12	13

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

Bandit Regatta – Dec 9th 2019

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Julie (Bandit IF), Rayz (Bandit 25r), Ian and Nochiko (Bandit IF), Teagan and BunnyFuFu (Bandit 25r), Sandra (Bandit 25r), Rugger and Tamarushka (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit 25r), Zimtzicke (Bandit 25r), Jackson and Red (Bandit IF), Sirius and Angelie (Bandit IF), and Safy and Julia (Bandit 25r).
On the committee boat: Emileigh and Cryptic. On the dock: Nenrio, Claire, Julia, and Henry. On the pier: Драган and Cher.

Excellent sim sailing weather with a great fleet turnout highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The regions of The North Sea behaved themselves well with no DNFs (Did Not Finish) or crashes had by any skipper on the day. The spectators on hand, gathered in the usual spots on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and at the lighthouse on the island in the Ziziphus region, cheered on the skippers in both races as they took in some great racing. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and the North Sea Trapezoid course, was divided evenly between six Bandit 25Rs and six Bandit IFs, five sailing with crew and one sailing single-handed respectively.

The fleet gets underway at the start of the second race of the North Sea Bandit Regatta on Monday, December 9th, 2019.

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 Ian (IanPixel Resident), with Daenerys (blondij Resident) second, and Jackson (Jacquimo 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:
Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) both finished tied with 7 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
Jacquimo Resident	2	5
Sirius Rosca	3	4

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

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Safy (CarissaBellane Resident) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) 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
CarissaBellane Resident	8	11
Maximiliano Szondi	9	10

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

Bandit IF Races – December 7th 2019

From the left to right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Rugger & Tamar, Riz, Ian & Noch, Dunia, Jack & Red, Ultra, Max & Wyndi, Julie, Julia & Safy, Siri & Randy
On the Committee boat: Daenerys

Saturday afternoon, with ten Bandit IFs, six of which with crew and four solo, we could expect something special on the North Sea. The wind was good and there was no heavy weather coming. A boat immediately took the lead with a group of three boats chasing after him and behind it another group of three boats. A boat missed the buoy in Dragonfruit and as a result got a DSQ (Disqualified) in his pants as we say in The Netherlands..

In the second race, a group of four boats emerged from the start. One of the boats took a lead with the remaining three boats in the chase. We lost one of the sailors at the start of the race. After the end of the race, the boats started to spread further apart, were you saw boats sailing everywhere, which again gave a nice sight. However, two boats missed the orange buoy in Sapodilla, which also gave them a DSQ.

With a DNF (Did Not Finish) and three DSQs, another sporting if not successful day in The North Sea.

The fleet rounds the blue buoy in the Sapote region, the first course mark on the North Sea Counterclockwise (CCW) course, during the North Sea Bandit IF Races on Saturday, December 7th, 2019.

 

More pictures after the results

Race Director: Daenerys

Wind: 225° 17 kts
Race 1
North Sea CCW
Race Results:
1: IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — 00:19:14
2: Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — 00:20:25
3: juliabennett Resident IDBS3B55 — 00:20:43
4: ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — 00:20:56
5: JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — 00:22:20
6: Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — 00:23:28
7: Dunia Moulliez IDBS068D — 00:24:21
8: RIZLER Rodex IDBS0805 — 00:24:51
9: ultramantra Resident IDBS2625 — 00:25:55
10: Jacquimo Resident IDBSF10B — DSQ

Lap Times:
IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — Start: 00:00:05 — Last lap: 00:19:09
Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — Start: 00:00:15 — Last lap: 00:20:10
juliabennett Resident IDBS3B55 — Start: 00:00:14 — Last lap: 00:20:29
ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — Start: 00:00:13 — Last lap: 00:20:43
JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — Start: 00:00:15 — Last lap: 00:22:05
Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — Start: 00:00:22 — Last lap: 00:23:06
Dunia Moulliez IDBS068D — Start: 00:01:03 — Last lap: 00:23:18
RIZLER Rodex IDBS0805 — Start: 00:01:36 — Last lap: 00:23:15
ultramantra Resident IDBS2625 — Start: 00:00:42 — Last lap: 00:23:57
Jacquimo Resident IDBSF10B — Start: 00:00:33 — DSQ

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Wind: 225° 13 kts
Race 2
North Sea 103
Race Results:
1: IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — 00:14:45
2: ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — 00:15:45
3: juliabennett Resident IDBS3B55 — 00:16:11
4: JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — 00:16:15
5: Jacquimo Resident IDBSF10B — 00:16:34
6: Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — 00:18:14
7: Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — 00:27:32
8: RIZLER Rodex IDBS0805 — DNF
8: ultramantra Resident IDBS2625 — DSQ
8: Dunia Moulliez IDBS068D — DSQ

Lap Times:
IanPixel Resident IDBSC92D — Start: 00:00:02 — Last lap: 00:14:43
ruggeromare Resident IDBSF78D — Start: 00:00:06 — Last lap: 00:15:39
juliabennett Resident IDBS3B55 — Start: 00:00:01 — Last lap: 00:16:10
JulieRoyale Resident IDBSDD96 — Start: 00:00:03 — Last lap: 00:16:12
Jacquimo Resident IDBSF10B — Start: 00:00:38 — Last lap: 00:15:56
Maximiliano Szondi IDBSAE23 — Start: 00:01:10 — Last lap: 00:17:04
Sirius Rosca IDBS6B75 — Start: 00:01:34 — Last lap: 00:25:58
RIZLER Rodex IDBS0805 — Start: 00:00:25 — DNF
ultramantra Resident IDBS2625 — Start: 00:00:21 — DSQ
Dunia Moulliez IDBS068D — Start: 00:00:24 — DSQ

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Points:

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Final Placing
Ian	1	1	2	1
Rugger	4	2	6	2
Julia	3	3	6	3
Sirius	2	7	9	4
Julie	5	4	9	5
max	6	6	12	6
Jack	10	5	15	7
Dunia	7	8	15	8
Riz	8	8	16	9
Ultra	9	8	17	10

 

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

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Today’s winner was Ian (IanPixel Resident), with Rugger (Ruggeromare Resident) second, and Julia (Juliabennett Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:

Rugger (Ruggeromare Resident) and Julia (Juliabennett 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
Rugger	2	4
Julia	3	3

In the last race, Rugger breaks the tie with Julia’s with his second place finish over Julia’s thirth place finish.

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Sirius (Sirius Rosca) and Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) both finished tied with 9 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	2	7
Julie	4	5

In the last race, Sirius breaks the tie with Julie with his second place finish over Julie’s fourth place finish.

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Jack (Jacquimo Resident) and Dunia (Dunia Moulliez) 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
Jack	5	10
Dunia	7	8

In the last race, Jack breaks the tie with Dunia with his sixth place finish over Dunia’s eighth place finish.

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Cat Fight – Dec 6th 2019

From the left (in boats): Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Safy and Julia (TMS Flying Shadow), Tara (TMS Flying Shadow), Palani (TMS Flying Shadow), Teagan (TMS Nacra 17), Daenerys and Red (TMS Flying Shadow), and Lowiezewic (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Caethes and BunnyFuFu.

Great sim sailing weather and spectator turn out highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The regions of The North Sea behaved extremely well as only one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day, due to a skipper pulling his boat after losing a HUD. The spectators on hand, gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region and the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, reveled in the great display of fleet-foiled feline frenzy from this weeks catamarans. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Copacabana and North Sea Extreme courses, was comprised of a majority of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and two sailing with crew respectively. One lone TMS Nacra 17 made up the remainder of this weeks fleet.

Editors Note: After an error in the race results tabulation, namely boat type attributed to one skipper, the results have been corrected.

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 Tara (Zella Ansar) second, and Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Rayz (Rayzza Rubble), Safy (CarissaBellane Resident), Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), and Palani (Palani Allen) all finished tied with 9 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
Rayzza Rubble	2	7
CarissaBellane Resident	3	6
JulieRoyale Resident	4	5
Palani Allen	4	5

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Rayz’s favor with having a second place finish over Safy’s third place, and Julie’s and Palani’s fourth place best finishes. Furthermore, as Julie and Palani both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this remaining 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	5	4
Palani Allen	4	5

In the last race, Julie breaks the tie with Palani with her fourth place finish over Palani’s fifth place finish.