The fleet leaps across the race line at the start of the second race of the North Sea Bandit Regatta, on Monday, October 26th, 2020.
A great fleet turnout. with wonderful sim sailing weather, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The regions of the North Sea were calm and clear for everyone today, as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) or crashes occurred during the regatta. The crowd that was assembled on the small race dock and Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, both in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on some wonderful fleet racing on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Short) and the North Sea Trapezoid course, was comprised of a majority of eleven Bandit 22 LTEs. One lone Bandit IF rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.
Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys, and Tamarushka
Wind: SW (225°) 11kts
Wind: SW (225°) 15kts
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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident) second, and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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), Sirius (Sirius Rosca), Moon (moonglownight Resident), and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) all 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 |
| jnx1e Resident | 1 | 6 |
| Sirius Rosca | 1 | 6 |
| moonglownight Resident | 3 | 4 |
| Emileigh Starbrook | 3 | 4 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Jenna’s and Sirius’s favor with having first place finishes over Moon’s and Emileigh’s third place finishes as their best.
Subsequently, as Jenna and Sirius 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 |
| jnx1e Resident | 6 | 1 |
| Sirius Rosca | 1 | 6 |
In the last race, Jenna breaks the tie with Sirius with her first place finish over Sirius’s sixth place finish.
Finally, 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 break this final 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 | 3 |
| Emileigh Starbrook | 3 | 4 |
In the last race, Moon breaks the tie with Emileigh with his third place finish over Emileigh’s fourth place finish.
Melodie (Melodie Heartsong) and Sea (filax Carter) 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 |
| Melodie Heartsong | 9 | 11 |
| filax Carter | 10 | 10 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Melodie’s favor with having a ninth place finish over Sea’s tenth place finish as her best.
North Sea Racing 