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
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.
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.
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.
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