From the left (in boats): Daenerys (Bandit IF), Jackson (Bandit IF), Sandra (Bandit 25r), ,Emileigh and Sasha (Bandit 25r), Teagan and BunnyFuFu (Bandit 25r), Sirius (Bandit IF), Penny (Bandit 25r), Yvonne (Bandit 25r), Red (Bandit IF), Tamarushka (Bandit 25r), Genara (Bandit 25r), Rugger (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Fabber, and Claire. On the pier: Julie, Othello, and Ahnamai.
Smooth to slightly choppy sim sailing weather, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The regions of the North Sea started out incredibly smooth, as the only one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded during the first race, due to a skipper pulling her boat when she realized she had been sailing an incorrect course. The seas turned slightly choppy during the second race as two more DNFs were recorded, both due to skippers crashing on crossings. The crowds on hand, gathered on the islands in the Genip, Ziziphus, and Eden Auk regions, as well as both small race docks, in the Eden Jakana and Eden Jaeger regions, were treated to some great racing from our monthly There and Back Again set of races, using both race lines in the Eden Curlew and Eden Jaeger regions. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Curlew to Jaeger 02 and North Sea Jaeger to Curlew 01 courses, was comprised of a small majority of seven Bandit 25Rs. Six Bandit IFs, five 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 Daenerys (blondij Resident), with Teagan (Teagan Snowpaw) 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:
Yvonne (YvonneDearly Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race due to finishing the race under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn for a Rule 10 foul before the third mark on the course, the purple buoy in the Dragonfruit region.
“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
Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Tamarushka (Tamara Czervik) 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 |
| ruggeromare Resident | 4 | 10 |
| Tamara Czervik | 7 | 7 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Rugger’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Tamarushka’s seventh place finish as her best.
Yvonne (YvonneDearly Resident) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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 |
| YvonneDearly Resident | 6 | 12 |
| Emileigh Starbrook | 9 | 9 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Yvonne’s favor with having a sixth place finish over Emileigh’s ninth place finish as her best.
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