Bandit Regatta – Aug 31st 2020

From the left (in boats): Kire (Bandit IF), Julie (Bandit 25r), Micha (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius and Angelie (Bandit 22 LTE), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Fanny (Bandit 22 LTE), Kim (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Meireles and Ssue (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), and Yumiko (Bandit 25r).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Johano. On the pier: Bodil.

Choppy to smooth seas, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were slightly choppy for the start of our monthly There and Back Again version of the regatta, with five DNFs (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. All five of those DNFs occurred during the first portion of the regatta. Two DNFs were due to skippers crashing on region crossings. A third DNF was due to a skipper pulling her boat after being frustrated from getting caught in irons¹, with the remaining two DNFs the result of skippers crashing while crossing on region corners. The seas calmed for the second race of the regatta, with every skipper staring and finishing out of a fleet of 16 boats. The crowd that initially gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and then followed the fleet, viewing from the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, cheered on the great racing on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Curlew to Jaeger 01 and North Sea Jaeger to Curlew 01 courses, was comprised of a majority of ten Bandit 22 LTEs. Four Bandit IFs, two sailing with crew and two sailing single-handed respectively, and two Bandit 25Rs rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.

¹in irons – The “trapped” condition a sailing ship finds itself in when the bow of the ship is headed into the wind and the ship has stalled and is unable to maneuver.
Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/in_irons

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
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 Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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 race duties.

Race Notes:
Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, incorrectly rounding the final mark of the course, the red buoy in the Cocoa region.

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Moon (moonglownight Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for finishing while under protest without completing a 360° penalty turn due to a Rule 11 On The Same Tack, Overlapped foul.

“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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Meireles (Meireles Diabolito) and Yumiko (yumikonakayama Resident) both finished the first race tied with a final time of 0:11:26. As the final time result is rounded to the nearest whole second in the Google Sheet, the exact final times for each skipper are: (race time multiplied by handicap equaling final time, all time in seconds)

Skipper	Race Time	Handicap	Final Time
Meireles	914	0.75	685.50
yumikonakayama	836	0.82	685.52

With the final times shown in seconds, the tie breaks in Meireles’s favor with having a 685.50 seconds finish over Yumiko’s 685.52 seconds finish. Just to note, if both skippers final times had been an exact tie, Rule A7 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing would be used to break that tie instead:

“If boats are tied at the finishing line or if a handicap or rating system is used and boats have equal corrected times, the points for the place for which the boats have tied and for the place(s) immediately below shall be added together and divided equally. Boats tied for a race prize shall share it or be given equal prizes.“

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Sea (filax Carter) and Kim (Kim Farleigh) 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
filax Carter	2	11
Kim Farleigh	6	7

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

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Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) and Jackson (Jacquimo 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
WWWAAAA Resident	2	15
Jacquimo Resident	5	12

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 Jackson’s fifth place finish as his best.

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Moon (moonglownight Resident), Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre), and Meireles (Meireles Diabolito) 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
moonglownight Resident	4	15
Nicole Myhre	7	12
Meireles Diabolito	9	10

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Moon’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Zimtzicke’s seventh place and Meireles’s ninth place finishes as their best.
 

Special NSR Summer Races – August 29th 2020

The fleet awaits the countdown start signal, before the first race of the North Sea.
Bandit IF: Siri, Rugger, Julie, Selena, Max&Wyndi, Kim, Moon, Ultra, Tora, Shino
Bandit B22: Micha, Jenna, Zim, Emi, Lokia, Jun

A beautiful Saturday afternoon at the end of a hot summer, with good sailing weather and the wind coming from the west and with no thunderstorm in sight. Also today, we invited several classes to make this Saturday afternoon a special match. We had nine Bandit IFs, one sailing with crew and eight sailing single-handed respectively, and six Bandit 22 LTEs.
Just like last weeks Special Summer Races, the boats all started simultaneously, but this meant two races would take place at the same time with boats competing against their own class.

The two races went pretty smoothly, but we had a ‘massive’ barging at the start of the second race.
Because the wind direction came from a different angle, the barging zone was also different than normal. A skipper should take this into account, apparently this was forgotten in the heat of the start.

We had two DNFs (Did Not Finish) and five DSQs (Disqualififed) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

More pictures after the results.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Directors: Cryptic and Tamarushka

Wind: 255° (West) 17kts

Wind: 265° (West) 17kts

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

Today’s winners on the Bandit 22 LTE were Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) second, and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) in third place.

Today’s winners on the Bandit IF were Moon (moonglownight Resident), with Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) second, and Kim (Kim Farleigh) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for finishing the race under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn due to a Rule 10 On Opposite Tacks foul committed right after the start.

“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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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for finishing the race under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn due to a Rule 11 On The Same Tack, Overlapped foul committed one region before the finish.

“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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Micha (Micha Karfield), Siri (Sirius Rosca), Ultra (ultramantra Resident) where disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for finishing under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as instructed by a race director for a Rule 11 foul at the start line, colloquially 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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Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) both finished tied with 3 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
jnx1e Resident	2	1
Emileigh Starbrook	1	2

In the last race, Jenna breaks the tie with Emileigh with her first place finish over Emileigh’s second place finish

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Lokia (Lokia Float) and JUN (since20171106) 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
Lokia Float	3	5
since20171106	4	4

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

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Kim (Kim Farleigh) and Siri (Sirius Rosca ) both finished tied with 9 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
Kim Farleigh	6	3
Sirius Rosca	3	6

In the last race, Kim breaks the tie with Siri with her third place finish over Siri’s sixth place finish

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North Sea Open Regatta – Aug 26th 2020

From the left (in boats): Jenna (TMS Flying Shadow), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Isa (TMS Flying Shadow), Rugger (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Sandra (Bandit 25r), Julie (Bandit IF), Fanny (TMS Nacra 17), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), Nihiwatu (TMS Nacra 17), Yumiko (Bandit 25r), Kim (Bandit IF), and Rez (Quest M-24).
On the Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Mandy, Tamarushka, and Alice. On the pier: Mikal, Love, and Xtacid.

Calm to mild seas, a great fleet turnout, and some exciting racing highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were behaved for most as just three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day, all during the big boat portion. Two of those DNFs were due to region crashes, with the third due to a skipper crossing on region corners. The crowd that was gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, located in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in the thrilling finish witnessed during the small boat portion. Jenna and Isa, both sailing The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, put on a show as they crossed the finish line at the exact same time for a perfect photo finish.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Copacabana course, was comprised of a split majority of four TMS Flying Shadows and four Bandit IFs. Two Bandit 22 LTEs, two Bandit 25Rs, two TMS Nacra 17s, and one Quest M-24 rounded out the small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Extreme Reverse course, was comprised of a majority of nine Wildwind Open 60s. Four TMS One Design 65s, one TMS Volvo Open 70, and one Wildwind AC-62 rounded out the big boat fleet.

Jenna and Isa, both in TMS Flying Shadows, cross the race line for a photo finish, during the small boat portion of the North Sea Open Regatta, on Wednesday, August 26th, 2020.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
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 Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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 racing duties.

Race Notes:
Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) was disqaulified (DSQ) during the small boat portion for sailing an incorrect course, she missed the white buoy in the Eden Jakana region, the sixth mark on the course.

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the big boat portion for finishing the race under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn due to a Rule 11 On The Same Tack, Overlapped foul committed one region before the finish.

“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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Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Isa (isab DeCuir) both finished the small boat portion tied at the finishing line with a time of 14:22. As their final time also remains tied, as they both sailed the same boat, Rule A7 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to score this tie:

“If boats are tied at the finishing line or if a handicap or rating system is used and boats have equal corrected times, the points for the place for which the boats have tied and for the place(s) immediately below shall be added together and divided equally. Boats tied for a race prize shall share it or be given equal prizes.“

Therefore, both Jenna and Isa receive 5.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 5 and 6, added together and divided equally.

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Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) and Moon (moonglownight 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
Nicole Myhre	2	9
moonglownight Resident	4	7

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

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Kim (Kim Farleigh) and Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) both finished tied with 26 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
Kim Farleigh	10	16
Nihiwatu Resident	11	15

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

Bandit Regatta – Aug 24th 2020

First race fleet, from the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (Bandit IF), Jackson (Bandit IF), Julie (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Fanny (Bandit 22 LTE), Micha (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Kim (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit IF), Rugger (Bandit IF), Sandra (Bandit 25r), and Yumiko (Bandit 25r).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Nenrio, Decker, Julia, and Elbag. On the pier: Happy, and Kitty.

Calm seas, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were calm and clear as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day, with fleets of 14 and 15 boats all finishing their races. The crowd that gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and then on the observation deck of the lighthouse in the Ziziphus region, for the second race, reveled in the great sailing on display as a product of the calm conditions. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Short) and the North Sea Manta Reverse course, was comprised of a majority of seven Bandit IFs, five sailing single-handed and two sailing with crew respectively. Five Bandit 22 LTEs and three Bandit 25Rs rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.

Second race fleet, from the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (Bandit IF), Amy and Ester (Bandit IF), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Micha (Bandit 22 LTE), Sandra (Bandit 25r), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Fanny (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit IF), Kim (Bandit IF), Rugger (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Jackson (Bandit IF), Yumiko (Bandit 25r) and Julie (Bandit 25r)..
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Nenrio, Uka, Yoli, and Julia.

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 Moon (moonglownight Resident), 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 and to the SLCG for helping with race duties.

Race Notes:
Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) for finishing under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn due to a Rule 11 On The Same Tack, Overlapped foul at the start line, colloquially 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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Daenerys (blondij Resident), Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) all 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	1	7
JulieRoyale Resident	2	6
Emileigh Starbrook	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 first place finish over Julie’s second place, and Emileigh’s third place finishes as their best.

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Sea (filax Carter) and Micha (Micha Karfield) 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
filax Carter	9	13
Micha Karfield	10	12

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Sea’s favor with having a ninth place finish over Micha’s tenth place finish as his best.

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Amy Pond (Montserrat Naidoo) and Yumiko (yumikonakayama Resident) both finished tied with 28 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
Montserrat Naidoo	13	15
yumikonakayama Resident	14	14

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Amy’s favor with having a thirteenth place finish over Yumiko’s fourteenth place finish as her best.
 

Special NSR Summer Races – August 22th 2020

Bandit IF: Kim, Siri, Rugger & Airica, Moon, Julie, Tora
Bandit 22 LTE: Jenna, Jun, Emi, Zim, Juicy
Pier Sunday, Silla
Dock, Joanna, Cryptic, Caethes, Anne,
Committee boat: Daenerys

Saturday afternoon. A beautiful Saturday afternoon, at the end of a hot summer, with good sailing weather and not a single thunderstorm to be seen. Today we invited several classes to make this Saturday afternoon a special competition. So we had six Bandit IF’s and six Bandit 22 LTEs, with one IF having crew on board.
Just like last weeks, the boats would all start simultaneously, but this would mean that two races would take place at the same time.

We had a good start again. The first mark was rounded nicely and then everyone made their own way through Eden.

In the second race we did this again, but in reverse order.

We had seven DNFs (Did Not Finish) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

More pictures after the results.

Race Director: Daenerys

Wind: 215° (SW) 16kts

Wind: 215° (SW) 16kts

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

Today’s winners on the Bandit 22 LTE were Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), with Jenna (jnx1e Resident) second, and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) in third place.

Today’s winners on the Bandit IF were Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Siris (Sirius Rosca) second, and Moon (moonglownight Resident) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, sailing the fourth mark, the center island in Eden Sparrow, on the north side instead on the south side.

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Jun (since20171106) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, sailing the third mark , the small island in Eden Pigeon on the south side instead on the north side.

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Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) and Jenna (jnx1e Resident) both finished tied with 3 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
Emileigh Starbrook	2	1
jnx1e Resident	1	2

In the last race, Emileigh breaks the tie with Jenna with her first place finish over Jenna’s second place finish

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Tora (torajiro Whitfield) both finished tied with 9 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
ruggeromare Resident	5	4
torajiro Whitfield	4	5

In the last race, Rugger breaks the tie with Tora with his fourth place finish over Tora’s fifth place finish

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Cat Fight – Aug 21st 2020

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Isa (TMS Flying Shadow), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Nigel (TMS Nacra 17), Palani (TMS Nacra 17), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Torajiro (TMS Nacra 17).
On the dock: Caethes and Cryptic. On the pier: Julie, Kaelia, and Kaitlyn.

An early storm, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. A storm was over the Cat Fight early, as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded during the first race. Two of those DNFs were from skippers crashing to the desktop, with the third from a skipper crossing on region corners. The seas calmed, as the storm passed during the second race, with everyone finishing. The crowd that gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and on the shores of the island in the Genip region, reveled in the fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and the North Sea Snipe course, was divided evenly between four The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows and four TMS Nacra 17s.

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 Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Isa (isab DeCuir) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) and Palani (Palani Allen) finished tied with 9 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
Nihiwatu Resident	5	4
Palani Allen	4	5

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

North Sea Open Regatta – Aug 19th 2020

The small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Palani (TMS Flying Shadow), Micha (Bandit 22 LTE), Isa (Bandit 22 LTE), Jun (Bandit 22 LTE), Penny (Bandit 22 LTE), Fanny and Xuander (Bandit 22 LTE), Kim and Kai (Bandit IF), Krys (Bandit IF), Emileigh and Lin (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Nihiwatu (TMS Nacra 17), Jenna (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (Quest M-24), and Sea (TMS Flying Shadow) .
On the Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Peter, and Daenerys. On the pier: Hansamm, and Cristabella.

Mild sim sailing weather, with another great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The regions of The North Sea were slightly choppy during the small boat portion of the regatta, as all four DNFs (Did Not Finish) for the day were recorded. Two of those DNFs were due to skippers crashing while crossing region corners. The remaining two DNFs were due to a skipper pulling his boat after he accidentally dropped his race wind and a skipper crashing on a region crossing. The crowds that gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and along the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus, Genip, and Eden Auk regions, cheered on the great displays of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Trapezoid course, was comprised of a majority of eight Bandit 22 LTEs. Three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, one TMS Nacra 17, one crewed Bandit IF, one Bandit 25r, and one Quest M-24 rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, this weeks big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea CCW (Counter-Clockwise) course, was comprised of a majority of seven Wildwind Open 60s. Three TMS One Design 65s, one TMS Pacha 110, and one Wildwind AC-62 rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
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 Moon (moonglownight Resident) 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:
Kim (Kim Farleigh) and Isa (isab DeCuir) both finished the small boat portion tied with a final time of 0:09:51. As the final time result is rounded to the nearest whole second in the Google Sheet, the exact final times for each skipper are: (race time multiplied by handicap equaling final time, all time in seconds)

Skipper	Race Time	Handicap	Final Time
Kim Farleigh	1001	0.59	590.59
isab DeCuir	788	0.75	591.00

With the final times shown in seconds, the tie breaks in Kim’s favor with having a 590.59 seconds finish over Isa’s 591.00 seconds finish. Just to note, if both skippers final times had been an exact tie, Rule A7 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing would be used to break that tie instead:

“If boats are tied at the finishing line or if a handicap or rating system is used and boats have equal corrected times, the points for the place for which the boats have tied and for the place(s) immediately below shall be added together and divided equally. Boats tied for a race prize shall share it or be given equal prizes.“

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Isa (isab DeCuir), Jenna (jnx1e Resident), and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) all 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	3	7
jnx1e Resident	3	7
Nicole Myhre	4	6

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Isa’s and Jenna’s favor with having third place finishes over Zimtzicke’s fourth place finish as her best. As Isa and Jenna 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
isab DeCuir	7	3
jnx1e Resident	3	7

In the last race, Isa breaks the tie with Jenna with her third place finish over Jenna’s seventh place finish.

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Koichi (KoichiKato Resident), Penny (Penelope Debruyere), Micha (Micha Karfield), and JUN (since20171106 Resident) all 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
KoichiKato Resident	9	16
Penelope Debruyere	12	13
Micha Karfield	12	13
since20171106 Resident	12	13

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Koichi’s favor with having a ninth place finish over Penny’s, Micha’s, and JUN’s twelfth place finishes as their best. As Penny, Micha, and JUN all finished with the exact same finishes, DNFs (Did Not Finish) during the small boat portion and DNSs (Did Not Start) during the big boat portion 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 Penny, Micha, and JUN all remain tied in fourteenth place overall.
 

Bandit Regatta – Aug 17th 2020

From the left (in boats): Jackson (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Micha (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), JUN (Bandit 22 LTE), Meirelese (Bandit 22 LTE), Daenerys (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy (Bandit 22 LTE), Fanny (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Penny (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Rugger (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE) Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Julie (Bandit 25r), Yumiko (Bandit 25r), and Kim (Bandit IF).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Sunday, Elbag, Julia, and Rez. On the pier: Brutus and Peter.

Mild seas, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The regions of The North Sea were calm for most, as five DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Three of those DNFs occurred during the first race, with two skippers hitting region corners and a third crashing on a region crossing. The remaining two DNFs occurred during the second race, as one skipper pulled his boat due to script errors and another crashed on a region crossing. The excited crowds on the both the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and on the observation deck of the lighthouse in the Ziziphus region, cheered on this weeks Bandit skippers as they put on a thrilling display of fleet racing. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and the North Sea Manta course, was comprised of a majority of twelve Bandit 22 LTEs. Four Bandit IFs, three sailing single-handed and one sailing with crew respectively, and two Bandit 25Rs rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.

The fleet rounds the green buoy, south of the island in the Ziziphus region, during the second race of the North Sea Bandit Regatta, on Monday, August 17th, 2020.

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 Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) second, and Moon (moonglownight 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) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, he missed the second, third, and fourth course marks.

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Meireles (Meireles Diabolito) and Fanny (fannydeep Resident) both finished the second race tied at the finishing line with a time of 15:38. As their final time also remains tied, as they both sailed the same boat, Rule A7 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to score this tie:

“If boats are tied at the finishing line or if a handicap or rating system is used and boats have equal corrected times, the points for the place for which the boats have tied and for the place(s) immediately below shall be added together and divided equally. Boats tied for a race prize shall share it or be given equal prizes.“

Therefore, both Meireles and Fanny receive 11.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 11 and 12, added together and divided equally.

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Kim (Kim Farleigh) both finished the second race tied at the finishing line with a time of 20:05. As their final time also remains tied, as they both sailed the same boat, Rule A7 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to score this tie:

“If boats are tied at the finishing line or if a handicap or rating system is used and boats have equal corrected times, the points for the place for which the boats have tied and for the place(s) immediately below shall be added together and divided equally. Boats tied for a race prize shall share it or be given equal prizes.“

Therefore, both Rugger and Kim receive 9.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 9 and 10, added together and divided equally.

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Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident), Moon (moonglownight Resident), and Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) all 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
WWWAAAA Resident	1	5
moonglownight Resident	2	4
JulieRoyale Resident	2	4

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Sandra’s favor with having a first place finish over Moon’s and Julie’s second place finishes as their best. As Moon and Julie both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to further 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
moonglownight Resident	4	2
JulieRoyale Resident	2	4

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

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Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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
Nicole Myhre	5	8
Emileigh Starbrook	6	7

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

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Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) and JUN (since20171106 Resident) both finished tied with 24 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	8	16
since20171106 Resident	11	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 eighth place finish over JUN’s eleventh place finish as his best.
 

Special NSR Summer Races – August 15th 2020

Bandit IF: Sirius, Jackson, moonglownight, Kim, Izi, JulieRoyale, Tora
Bandit B22: Emileigh, Zimtzicke, Jenna, Jun, Micha
Pier Ihka
Dock, Anne
Committee boat: Daenerys

Saturday was a beautiful afternoon, in the middle of a hot summer, with good sailing weather and not a single thunderstorm to be seen. Today we invited several classes to make this Saturday afternoon a special competition. So we had seven Bandit IFs and five Bandit 22 LTEs, all sailing single-handed.
Just like last week, the boats would all start at the same time, but this would lead to two races taking place at the same time.

We had a good start again. Immediately after the start a group of eight boats was formed. It was a nice mix of four Bandit IFs and four Bandit 22s. Between Eden Albatros and Eden Curlew we had two groups. A group of three Bandit 22s and a group of five Bandit IFs, making the mutual battle more visible.

In the second race we had a compact group of eleven boats, a Bandit IF was left behind. At Sapote the whole group was clear and we had another group of Bandit 22s and a group of Bandit Ifs, but this group was more spread over the north sea.

We had three DNFs (Did Not Finish) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

More pictures after the results.

Race Director: Daenerys

Wind: 235° (SW) 12kts

Wind: 215° (SW) 12kts

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

Today’s winners on the Bandit 22 LTE were Jenna ( jnx1e Resident), with Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) second, and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) in third place.

Today’s winners on the Bandit IF were Moon (moonglownight Resident), with Julie (JulieRoyale 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:
Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, sailing under the two statues, as the statues are the mark in the Eden Gateway region.

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Micha (Micha Karfield) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, rounding the Orange Mark clockwise (CW) instead of counter-clockwise (CCW) in the Sapodilla region as indicated by the course.

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Micha (Micha Karfield) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for finishing the race under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as instructed by a race director for a 18.2 GIVING MARK ROOM foul.

“18.2 Giving Mark-Room
(b) If boats are overlapped when the first of them reaches the zone, the outside boat at that moment shall
thereafter give the inside boat mark-room. If a boat is clear ahead when she reaches the zone,
the boat clear astern at that moment shall thereafter give her mark-room.“

Source: 2017 – 2020 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Julie ( JulieRoyale Resident) both finished tied with 3 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
moonglownight Resident	2	1
JulieRoyale Resident	1	2

In the last race, Moon breaks the tie with Julie with his first place finish over Julie’s second place finish

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Sirius (Sirius Rosca) and Izi (Izi Shinohara) both finished tied with 7 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
Sirius Rosca	4	3
Izi Shinohara	3	4

In the last race, Sirus breaks the tie with Izi with his first place finish over Izi’s second place finish

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Jack (Jacquimo Resident), Kim (Kim Farleigh) and Tora (torajiro Whitfield) 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
Jacquimo Resident	5	7
Kim Farleigh	5	7
torajiro Whitfield	6	6

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Jack and Kim’s favor with having a fifth place finish over Tora’s sixth place finish as his best. As both Jack and Kim have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to further 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
Jacquimo Resident	5	7
Kim Farleigh	7	5

In the last race, Jack breaks the tie with Kim with his fifth place finish over Kim’s seventh place finish

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Cat Fight – Aug 14th 2020

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Isa (TMS Flying Shadow), Nigel (TMS Nacra 17), Palani (TMS Nacra 17), Kaelia (TMS Nacra 17), JUN (TMS Nacra 17), Sea (TMS Nacra 17), Torajiro (TMS Nacra 17), Jenna (TMS Flying Shadow), and Moon (TMS Nacra 17).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tabbicatt, Bianca, and Caethes. On the pier: Kai, Cristabella, and Lokia.

Choppy to clearing seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were stormy for the first race of The Cat Fight, as four DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded. Three of those DNFs were due to region crossing crashes, with the fourth from a skipper crossing at the region corners. After a restart of the Sapote region, it’s appetite being responsible for the three region crashes, the seas calmed down for the second race with only one DNF recorded. In light of the stormy weather, the crowd that gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and also on the observation deck of the lighthouse in the Ziziphus region, still cheered on and reveled in the great fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Triple Pink and North Sea Extreme Reverse courses, was comprised of a majority of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Nacra 17s. Three TMS Flying Shadows rounded out the fleet for the first race. The second race saw the fleet composition change, with a majority of five TMS Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and one with crew respectively. Two TMS Nacra 17s and one Wildwind AC-45 rounded out the fleet for the second race.

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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Moon (moonglownight 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:
Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) 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
jnx1e Resident	1	4
moonglownight Resident	2	3

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

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Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Palani (Palani Allen) 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
Palani Allen	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 Palani’s second place finish as his best.

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寅次郎 (torajiro Whitfield) and JUN (since20171106 Resident) 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
torajiro Whitfield	5	8
since20171106 Resident	6	7

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