From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Falk and Jenny (TMS Nacra 17), Palani (TMS Nacra 17), Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow), Max and Wyndi (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon and Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Harry (TMS Flying Shadow), Nihiwatu (TMS Nacra 17), Alex (TMS Flying Shadow), and Emileigh (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the dock: Cryptic, and Caethes.
Calm seas and a great fleet turnout highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The regions of The North Sea behaved well for most as the Cat Fight took to the western portion of The North Sea estate, sailing from the Eden Jaeger race line. Two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day, both during the first race. Of those two DNFs, one was due to a skipper crashing while crossing on region corners and the other was from a crash on a region crossing. The crowds that gathered along the shores of the islands in the Eden Auk, and Genip regions, as well as along the shore of the Pelican Sailing School, in the Eden Murrelet region, cheered on the fleet-fouled feline frenzy from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Thornback and North Sea Barracuda courses, was comprised of a majority of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing with crew and three sailing single-handed respectively. Three TMS Nacra 17s 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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Daenerys (blondij 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:
Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) was disqualified 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 right after the start.
“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
Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Daenerys (blondij Resident) 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 |
| blondij Resident | 1 | 2 |
In the last race, Jenna breaks the tie with Daenerys with her first place finish over Daenerys’s second place finish.
Palani (Palani Allen) and Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) finished tied with 13 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 |
| Palani Allen | 9 | 4 |
| Nihiwatu Resident | 4 | 9 |
In the last race, Palani breaks the tie with Nihiwatu with his fourth place finish over Nihiwatu’s ninth place finish.
North Sea Racing 