Cat Fight – Feb 28th 2020

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Teagan (TMS Nacra 17), Julie and Rugger (TMS Flying Shadow), and ViV and Emileigh (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the committee boat: Cryptic and Caethes. On the dock: Palani, Rayz, and Josephine.

A nice fleet turnout, with mild sim sailing weather, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were mostly smooth and calm, as only one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. However, there were some hiccups along the way, as several skippers experienced issues on random region crossings. The crowds gathered on the small sailing dock in the Eden Jakana region, and the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, were still basking in some wonderful sailing displays from this weeks fleet-foiled flying felines. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and the North Sea Extreme Reverse course, was comprised of a majority of four The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, split evenly with two sailing single-handed and two sailing with crew. Two TMS Nacra 17s made up the remainder of this weeks catamaran 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 Teagan (Teagan Snowpaw), with Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) 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 ViV (vivipezz 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
blondij Resident	1	5
vivipezz Resident	2	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 ViV’s second place finish as her best.
 

North Sea Open Regatta – Feb 26th 2020

From the left (in boats): Isa (Bandit 25r), Daenerys (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class), Rugger (Bandit IF), Diana (Bandit 25r), Julie (Bandit IF), Teagan (TMS Nacra 17), ViV (TMS Nacra 17), Nihiwatu (TMS Nacra 17), Penny (Bandit 25r), Zimtzicke (Bandit 25r), UL (TMS Star Class Vintage), and Palani (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Elbag, Ana, and Henry.

Mild sim sailing weather, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The regions of The North Sea were well behaved overall, as only three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day, two during the small boats portion and one during the big boats portion respectively. Of the three DNFs, one was due to a skipper pulling his boat after his navigation HUD ceased to function during the small boats portion, with the remaining two DNFs due to skipper crashes. The crowds gathered on the small racing dock and Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in some great sailing displays from both of this weeks fleets.

The small boat fleet, sailing a two lap affair on the North Sea Short Loop course, was comprised of a small majority of four Bandit 25Rs. Three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Nacra 17s, three Bandit IFs, one TMS Star Class, and one TMS Flying Shadow made up the remainder of this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was comprised of a slim majority of three Wildwind Open 60s. Two TMS One Design 65s, one TMS Volvo Open 70, one TMS Cafe del Mar 75, one Wildwind AC-62, one ACA33, and one Trudeau 12 Metre made up the remainder of this weeks big boat fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

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

Today’s winner was Teagan (Teagan Snowpaw), with Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) second, and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) 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:
ViV (vivipezz Resident), Isa (isab DeCuir), and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) all finished tied with 12 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	2	10
isab DeCuir	3	9
Nicole Myhre	5	7

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in ViV’s favor with having a second place finish over Isa’s third place and Zimtzicke’s fifth place finishes as their best. Subsequently, Isa further breaks the tie with Zimtzicke, with her third place best finish over Zimtzicke’s fifth place best finish.

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Palani (Palani Allen) and Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) finished tied with 14 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
Palani Allen	8	6
Nihiwatu Resident	6	8

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

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Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) finished tied with 22 points. As they both had the exact same finishes in each race, a DNF (Did Not Finish) and DNS (Did Not Start) respectively, neither Rule A8.1 or Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing will satisfy breaking their tie. Therefore, Daenerys and Rugger remain tied in twelfth place overall.
 

Bandit Regatta – Feb 24th 2020

From the left (in boats): Tamarushka (Bandit 25r), Daenerys (Bandit IF), Sasha and Emileigh (Bandit IF), Teagan (Bandit 25r), Penny (Bandit 25r), UL (Bandit IF), Zimtzicke (Bandit 25r), Julie (Bandit IF), Nihiwatu (Bandit 25r), Sirius (Bandit IF), and Max and Wyndi (Bandit 25r).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Elbag and Henry.

Stormy to clearing sim sailing weather highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were well behaved except for the Bullace region, which developed an appetite for sailors during the first race as it caused five DNFs (Did Not Finish). After the Bullace region was restarted, it’s hunger seemed to be sated as no other DNFs were recorded on the day. The crowd on hand, gathered on both the small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, and the lighthouse on the island in the Ziziphus region, enjoyed some great racing all around from this weeks Bandit skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and North Sea Trapezoid course, was comprised of a majority of six Bandit 25Rs. Five Bandit IFs, four sailing single-handed and one sailing with crew, made up the remainder of this weeks Bandit 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 Teagan (Teagan Snowpaw), with Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) second, and Daenerys (blondij 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:
Max (Maximiliano Szondi) was disqualified (DSQ) for failing to complete a penalty turn as directed by a race director for a Rule 11 foul before the race line, colloqiually 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

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Teagan (Teagan Snowpaw) and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) finished tied with 6 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
Teagan Snowpaw	6	1
Nicole Myhre	1	6

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

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Daenerys (blondij Resident) 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
blondij Resident	2	6
JulieRoyale Resident	3	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 second place finish over Julie’s third place finish as his best.

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Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) and UL (ultramantra 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
Nihiwatu Resident	2	7
ultramantra Resident	4	5

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

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Penny (Penelope Debruyere) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) both finished tied with 16 points. As they both have the exact same points from each race, neither Rule A8.1 or Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing will satisfy breaking their tie. Therefore, Penny and Max remain tied in tenth place overall.
 

Bandit IF Races – February 22nd 2020

From the left to right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Siri, Jack, Emi & Sasha, Rugger & Tamar, Julie, Justin, Ultra, Max & Wyndi
Committee Boat: Daenerys

Saturday afternoon. It was a beautiful day for sailing. This time we had eight Bandit IFs, including three with crew.
The North Sea regions behaved well.
The start of both races went flawlessly, although the urge was blown at the commission boat.
In the first race the fleet quickly fell apart. In the second race the fleet stayed together for a long time with two 360° penalty turns distributed in total.
We did not have any DNFs (Did Not Finish) or DSQs (Disqualified), and it was another successful and sporting day in The North Sea.

More pictures after the results.

Race Director: Daenerys

Wind: 226° (SW) 17kts

Wind: 227° (SW) 10kts

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

Today’s winner was Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Justin (SteveLL 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:
Justin (SteveLL Resident), Rugger (Ruggeromare Resident), Ultra (Ultramantra Resident) and Siri (Sirius Rosca) 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
SteveLL Resident	1	6
Ruggeromare Resident	2	5
Ultramantra 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 Justin’s favor with having a first place finish over Ruggers and Ultramantra’s second place finish and Siri’s third place as their best. Subsequently, as Rugger and Ultra both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to further break their 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
Ruggeromare Resident	5	2
Ultramantra Resident	2	5

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

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Cat Fight – Feb 21st 2020

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Isa (TMS Flying Shadow), Cole (TMS Nacra 17), Teagan (TMS Nacra 17), Rayz and Lanky (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Emileigh and Sasha (TMS Flying Shadow), and Nihiwatu (TMS Nacra 17).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Caethes, Cryptic, and BunnyFuFu.

Stormy sim sailing weather, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were finicky as six DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day, split evenly with three a piece in each race. Of the six DNFs, five were due to skippers crashing on region crossings, in no particular one spot. The remaining DNF was due to a skipper pulling her boat after she realized she was sailing an incorrect course. The crowds gathered on the small sailing dock and the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, both in the Eden Jakana region, as well as the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, still reveled in the great display of racing put on by this weeks fleet-foiled feline skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta Reverse and North Sea Extreme courses, was comprised of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three sailing single-handed and two sailing with crew respectively. Three TMS Nacra 17s rounded out this weeks catamaran 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 Teagan (Teagan Snowpaw), with Daenerys (blondij Resident) second, and Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Isa (isab DeCuir) and Cole (Colette Verino) 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
isab DeCuir	2	6
Colette Verino	3	5

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

North Sea Open Regatta – Feb 19th 2020

The fleet gets underway at the start of the small boat portion of the North Sea Open Regatta, on Wednesday, February 19th, 2020.

Stormy to clear seas, with another great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The regions of The North Sea were stormy throughout the small boat portion as all five DNFs (Did Not Finish) on the day were recorded in that race. Of those five DNFs, one was due to a skipper pulling her boat after she lost her navigation HUD, with the remaining four DNFs due to crashes on region borders. The seas cleared up, however, as it was smooth sailing for the entirety of the big boat portion with every skipper finishing the race. The crowds on hand, gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and on the islands in the Ziziphus, Genip, and Eden Auk regions, were cheering on both of this weeks large fleets.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Copacabana course, was comprised of a split majority of four The Mesh Shop (TMS) Nacra 17s and four Bandit 25Rs. Three Bandit IFs, two sailing with crew and one sailing single-handed, one TMS Flying Shadow, one TMS Star Class, and one Shields Class made up the remainder of this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Snipe course, was comprised of a small majority of four Wildwind Open 60s. Three TMS One Design 65s, two TMS Volvo Open 70s, one Wildwind RC-44r, one Wildwind AC-62, and one ACA33 made up the remainder of this weeks big boat fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

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

Today’s winner was Teagan (Teagan Snowpaw), with Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) second, and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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:
Julie (JulieRoyale 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 10 On Opposite Tacks 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

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Cole (Colette Verino) was disqualified (DSQ) during the big boat portion for finishing the race under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn for a Rule 18.2 Mark Room foul.

“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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Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) and Lalia (LaliaCasau 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
Emileigh Starbrook	2	7
LaliaCasau Resident	3	6

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

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Cole (Colette Verino) and Rugger (ruggeromare 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
Colette Verino	5	12
ruggeromare Resident	8	9

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

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Sirius (Sirius Rosca) and Palani (Palani Allen) both finished tied with 22 points. As they have the exact same finishes in each portion, a DNF (Did Not Finish) and a DNS (Did Not Start) respectively, neither Ruler A8.1 or Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing will satisfy breaking this tie. Therefore, Sirus and Palani remain tied in thirteenth place overall.
 

Bandit Regatta – Feb 17th 2020

From the left (in boats): Tamarushka (Bandit 25r), Daenerys (Bandit IF), Emileigh and Sasha (Bandit IF), Red (Bandit IF), Jackson (Bandit IF), Teagan (Bandit 25r), UL (Bandit IF), Sirius and Angelie (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit 25r), Julie (Bandit IF), and Nihiwatu (Bandit 25r).
On the committee boat: oshua, Caethes, and Cryptic. On the dock: Jacob, and Claire.

Smooth sim sailing weather, that turned stormy, and a great fleet turnout highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The regions of the North Sea were well behaved during the first race but turned stormy as four DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the last lap of race two. All four of the DNFs were due to skippers crashing or getting stripped from their boat while entering or leaving the Eden Fulmar region. The crashes did not phase the crowds that where gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small racing dock, both in the Eden Jakana region, as they cheered on every skipper. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Short) and a two lap affair on the North Sea Short Loop course, was comprised of a majority of seven Bandit IFs, two sailing with crew and five sailing single-handed respectively. Four Bandit 25Rs made up the remainder of this weeks Bandit fleet.

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 Daenerys (blondij Resident), with Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) second, and Teagan (Teagan Snowpaw) 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:
Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for finishing the race under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as instructed by a race director due to a Rule 10 foul on the first leg of the race.

“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

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UL (ultramantra Resident), Jackson (Jacquimo Resident), and Tamarushka (Tamara Czervik) 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
ultramantra Resident	3	8
Jacquimo Resident	4	7
Tamara Czervik	5	6

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in UL’s favor with having a third place finish over Jackson’s fourth place finish and Tamarauska’s fifth place finish as their best. Subsequently, Jackson further breaks the tie with Tamarushka with his fourth place best finish over Tamaraushka’s fifth place best finish.

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Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) both finished tied with 18 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	7	11
Maximiliano Szondi	8	10

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

Bandit IF Races – February 15th 2020

From the left to right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Red & Randy, Justin, Emi & Sasha, Siri & Angelie, Julie, Max & Wyndi, Ultra, BlackSpark
Committee Boat: Daenerys, Josh

Saturday afternoon. It was a beautiful day for sailing. This time we had eight Bandit IFs including four with crew.
The North Sea regions behaved well. The starts of both matches went smoothly, although the urge was blown at the committee boat. In both races the fleet fell apart quickly and a total of four 360° penalty turns were distributed.
We did not have DNFs (Did Not Finish) or DSQs (Disqualified) and it was another successful and sporting day in The North Sea.

More pictures after the results.

Race Director: Daenerys

Wind: 225° (SW) 18kts

Wind: 225° (SW) 13kts

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

Today’s winner was Red (RedHeadJO Resident), with Ultra (ultramantra Resident) second, and Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

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Cat Fight – Feb 14th 2020

From the left (in boats): Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), and Nihiwatu (TMS Nacra 17).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Joshua, Nenrio, and Caethes. On the pier: Charles and Julia.

Smooth to choppy sim sailing weather, with a lighter holiday fleet turnout, featured in this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were well behaved throughout the first race, only to turn choppy during the second race as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded. One DNF was due to a skipper crashing on a crossing and another from a skipper pulling his boat after the start line when its scripts stopped functioning. The spectators in attendance, gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small racing dock in the Eden Jakana region, were in a great Valentine’s mood as they cheered on the fleet-foiled feline flying skippers through both races. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Triple Pink and newly created North Sea Snipe¹ courses, was comprised of a majority of three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, one sailing with crew and two sailing singe-handed respectively. One lone TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

¹North Sea Snipe was created this week, by Cryptic, for the race line in the Eden Jakana region.

Race Director: Cryptic
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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) second, and Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

 

North Sea Open Regatta – Feb 12th 2020

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (TMS Star Class), Emileigh and Sasha (TMS Star Class), Rugger and Malika (TMS Star Class), Isa (TMS Star Class), Diana (Bandit 25r), Teagan (TMS Nacra 17), Zimtzicke (Bandit 25r), BunnyFuFu (Bandit 25r), Julie (Bandit IF), Nihiwatu (TMS Nacra 17), Sirius and Angelie (TMS Star Class), Lalia (TMS Nacra 17), and Cole (TMS Nacra 17).
On the Committee Boat: Joshua and Cryptic. On the dock: Claire. On the pier: Simone.

Great sim sailing weather and another nice fleet turnout highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The regions of the North Sea were smooth and behaved as only one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day, due to skipper pulling her boat after its scripts stopped responding from another boat fouling and colliding with her. Both fleets showcased some great sailing for the crowds gathered on the small race dock, in the Eden Curlew region, and the shores of the islands in the Genip, Ziziphus, and Eden Auk regions.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was comprised of a small majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class. Four TMS Nacra 17s, three Bandit 25Rs, and one Bandit IF made up the remainder of this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Counterclockwise (CCW) course, was comprised of a small majority of three Wildwind Open 60s. Two TMS One Design 65s, two TMS Volvo Open 70s, two Bandit 50/3s, one ACA33, one Wildwind RC-44r, and one Wildwind AC-62 rounded out the big boat fleet.

Note: The handicap value for the TMS Star Class has been adjusted from 0.64 to 0.66 as of the publication of this post. For more, please see our North Sea Handicap Table.

Race Director: Cryptic
Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

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

Today’s winner was Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Teagan (Teagan Snowpaw) 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 racing duties.

Race Notes:
Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) was disqualified during the big boat portion for failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as directed by a race director for a Rule 10 foul at the start line.

“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

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Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Teagan (Teagan Snowpaw) finished tied with 4 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	3	1
Teagan Snowpaw	1	3

In the last race, Julie breaks the tie with Teagan with her first place finish over Teagan’s third place finish.

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Isa (isab DeCuir) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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
isab DeCuir	2	8
Sirius Rosca	4	6

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

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Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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
Nihiwatu Resident	4	10
Emileigh Starbrook	6	8

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 Emileigh’s sixth place finish as her best.