North Sea Open Regatta – Sept 30th 2020

From the left (in boats): Jackson (Bandit IF), Isa (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy (TMS Nacra 17), Diana (Quest M-24), Sirius (Bandit 22 LTE), Meireles (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Dolphin Moth), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Micha (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Kim (Dolphin Moth), Max and Wyndi (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (RM Clever), Kristaly (Quest 2m), and Yumiko (Bandit 25r)
On the Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Farryn, Pupsik, and Meli.

Mild seas and a great fleet turnout highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The regions of The North Sea were generally behaved as four DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day, split evenly with two in each portion of the regatta. Of those four DNFs, two were due to skippers pulling their boats, one after being caught in irons and another after RL interrupted. The remaining two DNFs were due to crashes, one from a border crossing and another from a skipper crossing on region corners. The crowd that gathered on the small race dock, in the Eden Jakana region, and along the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, reveled in the great fleet racing on display from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was made up of a majority of eight Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Dolphin Moths, one crewed The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadow, one TMS Nacra 17, one Bandit IF, one Bandit 25r, one Quest 2m, one Quest M-24, and one ReneMarine Clever rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Circle course, was made up of a majority of five Wildwind Open 60s. Three TMS One Design 65s, two TMS Cafe del Mar 75s, one TMS Volvo Open 70, and one Wildwind RC-44r rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Edit: The points tables has been corrected to fix an error on the big boat portion value for Julie (JulieRoyale Resident). The results have been adjusted accordingly.

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 Isa (isab DeCuir), with Jenna (jnx1e 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 racing duties.

Race Notes:
Yumiko (yumikonakayama 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 12 On The Same Tack, Not Overlapped foul at the start.

“12 ON THE SAME TACK, NOT OVERLAPPED
When boats are on the same tack and not overlapped, a boat clear astern shall keep clear of a boat clear ahead.“

Source: 2017 – 2020 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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
Nicole Myhre	2	8
Emileigh Starbrook	5	5

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 Emileigh’s fifth place finish as her best.

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Sea (filax Carter), Kristaly (kristaly Resident), and Diana (Dianafra Allen) all finished tied with 21 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	6	15
kristaly Resident	8	13
Dianafra Allen	9	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 sixth place finish over Kristaly’s eighth place and Diana’s ninth place finishes as their best.

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Yumiko (yumikonakayama Resident) and Kim (Kim Farleigh) finished tied with 23 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
yumikonakayama Resident	13	10
Kim Farleigh	10	13

In the last race, Yumiko breaks the tie with Kim with her tenth place finish over Kim’s thirteenth place finish.

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Juicy (juice651 Resident) and Palani (Palani Allen) 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
juice651 Resident	10	14
Palani Allen	11	13

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

Bandit Regatta – Sept 28th 2020

From the left (in boats):Jackson (Bandit IF), Meli and Pupsik (Bandit IF), Martin and Wella (Bandit 50/3), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Fanny (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Julie (Bandit 25r), Ulla (Bandit IF), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Rugger (Bandit IF), Micha (Bandit 22 LTE), Kim (Bandit IF), Meireles (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Yumiko (Bandit 25r), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), and Molly (Bandit IF).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Amy, and Zana. On the pier: Yoli, Tick, Ais, and Gabs.

Calm seas and a great fleet turnout featured during this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were calm and smooth, as only two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day, one in each race respectively. Of those two DNFs, one was due to a skipper crashing while crossing at region corners and the remaining DNF was due to a skipper crashing on a region crossing. The crowd that gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and along the shores of the island in the Ziziphus region, cheered on some great tight-knit fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea 01 and North Sea WC Reach 2 courses, was comprised of a majority of nine Bandit 22 LTEs. Five Bandit IFs, three sailing single-handed and two sailing with crew respectively, and two Bandit 25Rs rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys

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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) second, and Rugger (ruggeromare 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:
Meireles (Meireles Diabolito) and Meli von Vergissmeinnicht (Melisa Seiling) finished tied with 28 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
Meireles Diabolito	16	12
Melisa Seiling	12	16

In the last race, Meireles breaks the tie with Meli with his twelfth place finish over Meli’s sixteenth place finish.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – September 26th 2020

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Tamarushka, Max & Wyndi, Jackson, Rugger, Dunia, Sirius, Kim, Julie, Moon
Dock: Tropbien, Martin, Wella
Committee boat: Daenerys

Saturday morning, after I sent the announcement, I already had a number of skippers in my IM stating, “The same USB stares in twice”, “The map is the same twice”. Yes that’s right I said. What’s wrong with sailing the same route twice, a route that no one has sailed yet. The difference between the two races would be the wind direction. This would make the route feel different.

Saturday afternoon, Finally the time had come. This time we had nine Bandit IFs at the start, one Bandit IF with crew.
The North Sea regions behaved well and even in the Eden waters there was not a cloud in the sky. However, during the first race we already lost a boat right after the start.

We had a great start with 5 boats next to each other. The other 4 boats sailed around this group of 5. After rounding the first mark, they headed for Eden. The fleet there was still quite compact. On the way to the third mark half of the fleet sailed north of the island in Eden Owl and the other half sailed south of the island. By rounding the third mark, we had four boats in charge. After the fourth mark had been completed, the front runners set sail for the bridge of Eden Naturopolis. Chaos ensued here because this bridge was seemingly unknown to everyone.

Leaving Eden Naturopolis we had a different order in the leading group. The fleet would pass another narrow passage and then sail in the direction of the finish through the canal.

The start of the second race also went well, but the race director (RD) had decided to keep the skippers awake and set the countdown to 2 minutes. As a result, the fleet of seven boats fell apart a bit faster. Since we sailed the route again, everyone now knew that the bridge was in Eden Naturopolis. Two skippers did get the bridge on their heads when it closed again. The last leg was a challenge for most skippers because the wind was blowing more over the canal.

We had one DNF (Did Not Finish) and no DSQs (Disqualififed) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

The chaos was complete when the leader saw a road over the water and turned back.

One other boat followed him, but the third skipper opened the bridge

More pictures after the results.

Race Director: Daenerys

Wind: 225° (SW) 18kts

Wind: 215° (SW) 17kts

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 Siri (Sirius Rosca) 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:
Moon (moonglownight Resident), Siri (Sirius Rosca), Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Jack (Jacquimo Resident) all 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
Moonglownight Resident	1	4
Sirius Rosca	1	4
Ruggeromare Resident	2	3
Jacquimo Resident	2	3

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Siri’s and Kim’s favor with having a first place finish over Rugger’s and Jack’s second place finish as his best. As Moon and Siri 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	1
Sirius Rosca	1	4

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

As also Rugger and Jack 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
Ruggeromare Resident	3	2
Jacquimo Resident	2	3

In the last race, Rugger breaks the tie with Jack with his second place finish over Jack’s third place finish

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Cat Fight – Sept 25th 2020

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Nihiwatu (TMS Nacra 17), Falk and Jenny (TMS Nacra 17), Max and Wyndi (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Diana (Wildwind AC-45), Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (TMS Nacra 17).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Caethes. On the pier: Kim.

Smooth seas and a great fleet turnout highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were calm and generally behaved for everyone, with only one DNF (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. The lone DNF was due to a skipper’s exhaustion from her day causing her to pull her boat early in the first race. The crowd that gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, on the shores of the island in the Genip region, and on the observation deck of the lightouse on the island in the Ziziphus region, reveled in the fleet-foiled feline frantic frenzy from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Roundabout and North Sea Extreme courses, was comprise of a majority of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three sailing with crew and three sailing single-handed respectively. Three TMS Nacra 17s and one Wildwind AC-45 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 Daenerys (blondij Resident), with Jenna (jnx1e Resident) 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:
Max (Maximiliano Szondi) and Falk (Falkon Wickentower) finished tied with 15 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
Maximiliano Szondi	8	7
Falkon Wickentower	7	8

In the last race, Max breaks the tie with Falk with his seventh place finish over Falk’s eighth place finish.
 

Thursday Triple Threat – Sept 24th 2020

Bandit IF: Jack, Amy Pond, Meli&Alina, Max&Wyndi, Kim, Julie
Bandit B22: Sea, Jenna&Bobb, Emi, Moon, Micha
Dock: Victor
Committee boat: Daenerys

A beautiful Thursday afternoon, with good sailing weather, the wind coming from the south west, and no sign of a thunderstorm. Today we had six Bandit IFs and five Bandit 22 LTEs, two IFs and one 22 were crewed.

The start of the first race went smoothly and the 22s were the first to turn around the first mark. After the race progressed, the 22s slowly moved away from the IFs so that the different races were easier to follow.

After the start of the second race a 22 left the fleet and sailed to the first mark via the west side. After the mark we already had a group of three 22s, followed by the rest of the fleet. The IFs stayed close together until the penultimate mark

We had two DNFs (Did Not Finish) and no DSQs (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

Race Director: Daenerys

Wind: 215° (SW) 17kts

Wind: 215° (SW) 10kts

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 Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) in third place.

Today’s winners on the Bandit IF were Jack (Jacquimo Resident), with Kim (Kim Farleigh) second, and Amy Pond (Montserrat Naidoo) in third place.

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

Race Notes:
Moon (moonglownight Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the white mark in the Eden Jakana region.

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Moon (moonglownight Resident), Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), and Micha (Micha Karfieldt) 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
moonglownight Resident	2	4
Emileigh Starbrook	2	4
Micha Karfieldt	3	3

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Moon’s and Emileigh’s favor with having a second place finish over Micha’s third place finish as his best. As Moon and Emileigh 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
Emileigh Starbrook	2	4

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

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Jack (Jacquimo Resident) and Kim (Kim Farleigh) 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
Jacquimo Resident	2	1
Kim Farleigh	1	2

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

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Amy (Montserrat Naidoo), Max (Maximiliano Szondi), and Meli (Melisa Seiling) 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
Montserrat Naidoo	3	5
Maximiliano Szondi	3	5
Melisa Seiling	4	4

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Amy’s and Max’s favor with having a third place finish over Meli’s fourth place finish as her best. As Amy’s and Max’s 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
Montserrat Naidoo	5	3
Maximiliano Szondi	3	5

In the last race, Amy breaks the tie with Max with her third place finish over Max’s fifth place finish

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North Sea Open Regatta – Sept 23rd 2020

From the left (in boats): Jackson (Bandit IF), Nihiwatu (TMS Nacra 17), Diana (Quest M-24), Meli and Alina (Bandit IF), Julie (RM Clever), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Micha (Bandit 22 LTE), Kim (Bandit IF), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Palani (TMS Nacra 17), and Max and Wyndi (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Mandy, and Farryn. On the pier: Bodil, Sini, and Zara.

A great fleet turnout, in light of some pesky region behavior, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were generally behaved for most, with the exception of the Sapote region which was offline until 5 minutes after the start of the small boat portion. Due to the Sapote regions late lunch, our originally planned courses of North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and North Sea Circle were changed to facilitate avoiding the gap left by the off line region. In light of the chaotic conditions, there was still only one DNF (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day, due to a skipper crossing on a region corner. The crowd that first gathered on the Poseidon Center Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and then moved to follow and watch this weeks fleet, to the shores of the island in the Genip region, cheered on the close-knit fleet racing on display.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Cutlew to Jeager 01 course, was comprised of a majority of six Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two sailing single-handed and one sailing with crew respectively, two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, one single-handed and one with crew, two TMS Nacra 17s, one TMS Star Class, one Bandit 25r, one Quest M-24, and one ReneMarine Clever¹ rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Thornback course, was comprised of a majority of four Wildwind Open 60s. Three TMS One Design 65s, two TMS Volvo Open 70s, one TMS Ushuaia, one Wildwind RC-44r, one Wildwind AC-62, and one Trudeau 12 Metre rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

¹Note: The handicap for the ReneMarine Clever has been updated to a value of 0.69. You can see more info at our North Sea Handicap Table along with a link to the Google Sheet used for calculating the handicap values.

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 ViV (vivipezz Resident), with Jenna (jnx1e Resident) 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:
Micha (Micha Karfield) 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 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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Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the big boat portion for finishing the race under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as instructed by a race director due to a Rule 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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Julie (JulieRoyale 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
JulieRoyale Resident	2	15
Jacquimo Resident	3	14

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

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Sea (filax Carter) and Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) 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	8	14
Nihiwatu Resident	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 an eighth place finish over Nihiwatu’s tenth place finish as her best.

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Max (Maximiliano Szondi) and Palani (Palani Allen) 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
Maximiliano Szondi	10	16
Palani Allen	12	14

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Max’s favor with having an tenth place finish over Palani’s twelfth place finish as his best.
 

Bandit Regatta – Sept 21st 2020

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamaruhska (Bandit IF), Jackson (Bandit IF), Micha (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit 22 LTE), Fanny (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtsicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Kim (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit IF), Yumiko (Bandit 25r), Julie (Bandit IF), and Lalia (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Ester, and Julia. On the pier: Tick.

A great fleet turnout, with clam seas that turned slightly choppy late, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions started off smooth and behaved for the 17 skippers that turnout out this week, with every skipper finishing the first race without a crash. The seas turned a bit choppy late, as four DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded during the second race. Of those four DNFs, two were due to skippers crossing on region corners, and the remaining two due to skippers crashing on crossings. The crowd that gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and along the shores of the island in the Ziziphus region, cheered on the great fleet racing in display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta and North Sea Bowline courses, was comprised of a majority of eight Bandit 22 LTEs. Six Bandit IFs, four sailing single-handed and two sailing with crew respectively, and four Bandit 25Rs rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.

The fleet rounds the green buoy, southwest of the island in the Ziziphus region, during the first race of the North Sea Bandit Regatta, on Monday, September 21st, 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 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:
Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) both finished the first race tied with a final time of 0:11:27. 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
jnx1e	916	0.75	687.00
Jacquimo	1206	0.57	687.42

With the final times shown in seconds, the tie breaks in Jenna’s favor with having a 687.00 seconds finish over Jackson’s 687.42 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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Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Daenerys (blondij Resident) both finished tied with 4 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	1	3
blondij Resident	2	2

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

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Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) 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
WWWAAAA Resident	4	8
jnx1e Resident	5	7

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

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Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) and Lalia (LaliaCasau Resident) both finished tied with 20 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	9	11
LaliaCasau Resident	10	10

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

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Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) 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
Nihiwatu Resident	11	17
Maximiliano Szondi	13	15

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

Bandit IF Regatta – September 19th 2020

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Tamarushka, Jack, Sirius, Max (& Wyndi), Rugger, Dunia & Emi, kim, Moon, Julie
Pier: PaulinaKooy, Micha Karfield
Committee boat: Daenerys

It was a beautiful day for sailing, Saturday afternoon. This time we again had nine boats of the same class, namely Bandit IFs, two of the Bandit IFs had crew. The North Sea regions behaved well and even in the Fruit waters there was not a cloud in the sky. However, during the first race, we had a storm in the Morinda region.

We had a good start and immediately after the start four skippers split off by tackling immediately. The rounding of the first mark went smoothly. After the third mark, two skippers had taken the lead, but they would end up in a thunderstorm. They were chased by a group of five boats. After the thunderstorm we had a front runner with a chasing group of four, which slowly fell apart.

The start of the second race was also excellent and a fleet of seven boats sailed to the first two marks, of which the first mark was an island. After the second mark, each skipper made their own way along the coastline to the third mark, dancing between tacking in time and not touching each other. At the third mark we had a leader who had split off, followed by a group of four and three boats. Between the fourth and sixth mark we had a hard fight for fourth and fifth place.

We had one DNF (Did Not Finish) and no 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

Wind: 230° (SW) 12kts

Wind: 235° (SW) 13kts

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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) second, and Tamar (Tamara Czervik) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Siri (Sirius Rosca), Kim (Kim Farleigh) and Jack (Jacquimo Resident) all 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
Sirius Rosca	4	7
Kim Farleigh	4	7
Jacquimo Resident	5	6

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Siri’s and Kim’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Jack’s fifth place finish as his best. As Siri and Kim 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
Sirius Rosca	7	4
Kim Farleigh	4	7

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

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Cat Fight – Sept 18th 2020

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Max and Wyndi (TMS Flying Shadow), Falk and Jenny (TMS Nacra 17), Diana (Wildwind AC-45), Jenna (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon and Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Alex (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (TMS Nacra 17).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Victoria, and Caethes. On the pier: Koichi, Jerry, and April.

Calm seas, with a late storm, and a great fleet turnout highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The regions of the North Sea were calm for most during the first race, as only one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded. A storm arrived during the second race, as three additional DNFs occurred. Two of those additional DNFs were due to crashes on region crossings, while the third DNF was due to a skipper crossing at region corners. The crowd that gathered on the small race dock and Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, both in the Eden Jakana region, and at the lighthouse observation deck on the island in the Ziziphus region, cheered on the fleet-foiled feline frenzy from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Copacabana Reverse and North Sea Extreme Reverse courses, was comprised of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing with crew and one sailing single-handed respectively. Three TMS Nacra 17s, and two Wildwind AC-45s 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 Moon (moonglownight Resident), with Palani (Palani Allen) 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:
Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for finishing under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn due to a Rule 13 While Tacking foul.

“13 WHILE TACKING
After a boat passes head to wind, she shall keep clear of other boats until she is on a close-hauled course.
During that time rules 10, 11 and 12 do not apply. If two boats are subject to this rule at the same time,
the one on the other’s port side or the one astern shall keep clear.“

Source: 2017 – 2020 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) 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
blondij Resident	6	1
Maximiliano Szondi	1	6

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

Thursday Triple Threat – Sept 17th 2020

Bandit IF: Amy, Jack, Siri, Julie, Tamar, Kim, Moon, Max & Wyndi
Bandit B22: Sea, Jenna, Emi
Dock, Alex, Baluta, Desdemona, Patrico, Leonardo
Committee boat: Daenerys

A beautiful Thursday afternoon, with good sailing weather, the wind coming from the south west, and no sign of a thunderstorm. Today we had eight Bandit IFs and three Bandit 22 LTEs, with one IF having extra crew on board.

The start of the first race went smoothly and it was going to be a great race with the three 22s split from the eight IFs right from the start. Out of these eight Bandit IFs, two boats would split off from the other six.

The start of the second race was almost the same as the first race. The three 22s took the lead right from the start. The seven Bandit IFs followed closely behind. The race ran through the heart of the Appleberry region.

We had one DNFs (Did Not Finish) and no DSQs (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

the fleet rounding the mark in Dragonfruit, with the Bandit IF center in the background

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: 230° (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 winners on the Bandit 22 LTE were Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), with Jenna (jnx1e Resident) second, and Sea (filax Carter) in third place.

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

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

Race Notes:
Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Sea (filax Carter) all finished tied with 4 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	1	3
jnx1e Resident	1	3
filax Carter	2	2

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Emileigh’s and Jenna’s favor with having a first place finish over Sea’s second place finish as her best. As Emileigh and Jenna 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
Emileigh Starbrook	3	1
jnx1e Resident	1	3

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

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Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Moon (moonglownight 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
JulieRoyale Resident	2	1
moonglownight Resident	1	2

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

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Tamar (Tamara Czervik) and Siri (Sirius Rosca) both finished tied with 8 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
Tamara Czervik	5	3
Sirius Rosca	3	5

In the last race, Tamar breaks the tie with Siri with her third place finish over Max’s fifth place finish

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Amy (Montserrat Naidoo) and Jack (Jacquimo Resident) both finished tied with 11 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
Montserrat Naidoo	7	4
Jacquimo Resident	4	7

In the last race, Amy breaks the tie with Jack with her fourth place finish over Jack’s seventh place finish

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Max (Maximiliano Szondi) and Kim (Kim Farleigh) both 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
Maximiliano Szondi	8	6
Kim Farleigh	6	8

In the last race, Max breaks the tie with Kim with his sixth place finish over Kim’s eightht place finish

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