North Sea Open Regatta – Mar 25th 2020

From the left (in boats): Tamarushka (Bandit IF), Daenerys (TMS Star Class), Rugger (TMS Star Class), Reni and Janine (TMS Flying Shadow), Isa (Quest Melges-24), Teagan (TMS Nacra 17), Sirius (TMS Star Class), Cole and Ambra (TMS Nacra 17), ViV (TMS Sea Boss – Rider), Jenna (TMS Nacra 17), Max and WYndi (Bandit 25r), Zimtzicke (Bandit 25r), and Nihiwatu (TMS Nacra 17).
On the Committee Boat: Cryptic, Caethes, and Tara. On the dock: Mare, and Julia. On the pier: Blair, and Charles.

Smooth seas and a great fleet turnout highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The regions of the North Sea behaved splendidly as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) or crashes occurred on the day. The crowds on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, as well as on the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, took in some great racing as a result of the smooth seas.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was comprised of a small majority of four The Mesh Shop (TMS) Nacra 17s. Three TMS Star Class, two Bandit 25Rs, one Bandit IF, one TMS Flying Shadow, one TMS Sea Boss – Rider, and one Quest Melges-24 made up the remainder of this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea CCW (counter-clockwise) course, was comprised of a split majority of three Wildwind Open 60s and three TMS One Design 65s. One TMS Volvo Open 70, one Wildwind AC-62, and one ACA33 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 Isa (isab DeCuir), with Teagan (Teagan Snowpaw) 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:
Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Rugger (ruggeromare 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
blondij Resident	1	10
ruggeromare Resident	4	7

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 Rugger’s fourth place finish as his best.

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Sirius (Sirius Rosca) and Jenna (jnx1e Resident) both 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
Sirius Rosca	2	10
jnx1e Resident	5	7

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 Jenna’s fifth place finish as her best.