From the left (in boats): Micha (Bandit 22 LTE), Jackson (Bandit IF), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Meireles and Cindy (Bandit 22 LTE), Amy (Bandit 25r), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh and Yummy (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Fanny (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Kim (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit 22 LTE), and Julie (Bandit 25r).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamara, Giulia, Daenerys, and Julia. On the pier: Ais, and Gabs.
Mild sim sailing weather, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions started out generally behaved for our There and Back Again version of the regatta, with one DNF (Did Not Finish) recorded during the first race across the width of the entire North Sea estate. The seas grew slightly choppy during the second race, as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded. Of those three DNFs, one was due to a skipper pulling her boat after realizing she sailed the course backwards, another DNF was from a skipper crashing from crossing on region corners, and the final DNF was due to a skipper crashing on a border crossing. The crowd that gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, followed and cheered on the exciting racing on display across the North Sea, as they hopped to the islands in the Ziziphus, Genip, and Eden Auk region, before heading to watch the finish in the Eden Jaeger region. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Curlew to Jaeger 01 and North Sea Scampi courses, was made up of a majority ten Bandit 22 LTEs. Four Bandit 25Rs rounded out the fleet in the first race. The fleet composition changed slightly for the second race as two skippers switched from the Bandit 22 LTE to the Bandit IF.
Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Directors: Daenerys, Victoria, and Kirsty
Wind: SW (225°) 18kts
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 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 race duties.
Race Notes:
Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) both finished the first race tied with a final time of 0:10:52. 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 | 869 | 0.75 | 651.75 |
| WWWAAAA | 795 | 0.82 | 651.90 |
With the final times shown in seconds, the tie breaks in Jenna’s favor with having a 651.75 seconds finish over Sandra’s 651.90 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.“
Meirelese (Meireles Diabolito) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for finishing the race under protest while failing to finish a 360° penalty turn as directed 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
Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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.
“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
Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Jenna (jnx1e 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 |
| moonglownight Resident | 1 | 4 |
| jnx1e Resident | 2 | 3 |
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 Jenna’s second place finish as her best.
Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) and Fanny (fannydeep Resident) both finished tied with 15 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 | 11 |
| fannydeep Resident | 6 | 9 |
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 Fanny’s sixth place finish as her best.
Sea (filax Carter) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) finished tied with 18 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 |
| filax Carter | 11 | 7 |
| ruggeromare Resident | 7 | 11 |
In the last race, Sea breaks the tie with Rugger with her seventh place finish over Rugger’s eleventh place finish.
Amy (Montserrat Naidoo) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) 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 |
| Montserrat Naidoo | 9 | 13 |
| Maximiliano Szondi | 10 | 12 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Amy’s favor with having a first place finish over Max’s second place finish as his best.
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