Bandit Regatta – Nov 30th 2020

From the left (in Bandit boats): Rayz (Bandit 22 LTE), Rider (Bandit 22 LTE), Amy Pond and Ester (Bandit 22 LTE), Fanny (Bandit 22 LTE), Katana (Bandit 60), BalutA (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit IF), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Lisa (Bandit 22 LTE), Kim (Bandit IF), and Moon (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Daenerys, and Julia. On the pier: Gabs, Suna, and Avigram.

Calm seas, with another great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were behaved for most as five DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Of those five DNFs, four were due to skippers crashing while hitting region corners. The remaining DNF was due to a skipper pulling his boat after a rough crossing caused his scripts to stop functioning. The crowd that assembled on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and boardwalk, in the Eden Jakana region, as well as along the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, cheered on some great tight-knit fleet racing on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea 01 and North Sea 02 courses, was comprised of a majority of fourteen Bandit 22 LTEs, one Bandit 25, one Bandit IF, and one Bandit 60 for the first race. The second race saw the fleet composition change slightly as some skippers switched out their Bandit 22s for two more Bandit IFs, and a Bandit 50/3 X.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys

Wind: SW (225°) 11kts

Wind: SW (225°) 8kts

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

Today’s winner was Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre), with Rugger (ruggeromare 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:
Rugger (ruggeromare 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
ruggeromare 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 Rugger’s favor with having a first place finish over Moon’s second place finish as his best.

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Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) both finished tied with 19 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	5	14
Emileigh Starbrook	8	11

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

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Juicy (juice651 Resident) and Rider (Rider Wilder) both 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
juice651 Resident	8	17
Rider Wilder	12	13

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

Bandit IF Regatta – November 28th 2020

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Jackson, Julie, Rugger, Sirius, Dunia & Emi, Kim & Elo, Katana, Juicy, Moon
Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

Saturday saw the North Sea Bandit IF races take place on a beautiful fall afternoon. This time we had a fleet of nine Bandit IFs at the start. Two of the nine Bandit IFs had crew. The North Sea regions and Eden Naturist Estate regions were well behaved and there was not a cloud in the sky.

We had a good start and one of the skippers started from port tack and immediately took the lead over the group of eight. The first mark was completed without any problems. Halfway through Eden we had a front runner with two pursuers, followed by another group of two. After the race ended, we had an extended fleet. The leader took a completely different route to the finish than all other skippers.

The start of the second race went very well. The group of eight boats stayed together until the first mark and on the way to Eden we had a group of three skippers sailing together head to head. In the Eden Pigeon region, the leading group was still well together and it seemed that the race would be settled on the finish line. However, one of the skippers said goodbye to the two other front runners by sailing a different route. This decision made the race’s outcome decided by the time they were in the Eden Sparrow region.

The start of the third race went well. The remaining seven boats stayed together until after the first mark in the Sapodilla region. After the fleet entered Eden past the two statues in the Eden Gateway region, we had a front runner with three pursuers. In the new region “Smooth Sailing”, the front runner was overtaken by the chasing group. At the Eden Pigeon region, one of the front runners took a different route to the last mark in the Eden Snowfinch region, as it turned out that the leading group had been given a different order. Two of the front runners here took away from the third boat and decided the race on the finish line.

We had two DNFs (Did Not Finish) and one DSQ (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporting day in The North Sea.

Two Bandit IFs near the shallows of the region Smooth Sailing. One of the skippers pushed the other skipper in the shallows.

More pictures after the results.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assist Race Director: Tamarushka

Wind: 210° (SW) 17kts

Wind: 215° (SW) 19kts

Wind: 220° (SW) 19kts

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 Siri (Sirius Rosca) 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 second race for finishing the race under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn due to a 19.2(b) Giving Room at an Obstruction foul on another skipper.

“19.2 Giving Room at an Obstruction
(b) When boats are overlapped, the outside boat shall give the inside boat room between her and the obstruction, unless she has been unable to do so from the time the overlap began.”

Source: 2017 – 2020 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Cat Fight – Nov 27th 2020

From the left (in boats): Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Emileigh (TMS Nacra 17), Meli and Alina (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Katana (TMS Nacra 17), Isa and Selena (TMS Flying Shadow) Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Palani (TMS Nacra 17), , Max and Wyndi (TMS Flying Shadow), Rider (TMS Flying Shadow), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Juicy (TMS Nacra 17), and Moon (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the dock: Caethes, and Cryptic. On the pier: Brandon.

Calm seas and a great fleet turnout highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were well behaved for everyone as the only DNF (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day was due to a skipper crashing from crossing at region corners. The crowd that assembled 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 frantic fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta Reverse and North Sea Extreme Reverse courses, was comprised of a majority of ten The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing with crew and six sailing single-handed respectively. Four 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 Daenerys (blondij Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Isa (isab DeCuir), Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), and Palani (Palani Allen) all finished tied with 14 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	11
Emileigh Starbrook	4	10
Palani Allen	4	10

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Isa’s favor with having a third place finish over Emileigh’s and Palani’s fourth place finishes as their best. As Emileigh and Palani 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
Emileigh Starbrook	10	4
Palani Allen	4	10

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

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Meli (Melisa Seiling), Sea (filax Carter), and Katana (Bacchylides Edenflower) all finished tied with 16 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
Melisa Seiling	6	10
filax Carter	7	9
Bacchylides Edenflower	8	8

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Meli’s favor with having a sixth place finish over Sea’s seventh and Katana’s eighth place finishes as their best.

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Juicy (juice651 Resident) 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
juice651 Resident	9	13
Maximiliano Szondi	10	12

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

Thursday Triple Threat – November 26th 2020

Bandit B22: JRider, uicy, Rugger, Katana, Moon, Diana, Sea, Baluta, Julie
Star Class: Emileigh, Amy Pond, Jackson, Siri, Kim
Committee boat:: Tamarushka, Daenerys

This weeks Triple Threat took place on a cool Thursday afternoon in November, with good sailing weather and the wind coming from the south west. Today we had nine Bandit 22 LTEs and five Star Class on the starting line.

In the first race we had a massive start and during the first leg two Stars went wrong to hit the fleet from port tack. The rounding of the buoys went smoothly, however we lost four boats during this race and one boat forgot to round the buoy in the Ziziphus region.

In the second race we had a smaller fleet. The fleet soon fell apart and two skippers retired during the race.

We had six DNFs (Did Not Finish) and one DSQ (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea

Race Director: Daenerys
Assist Race Director: Tamarushka

Wind: 220° (SW) 18kts

Wind: 220° (SW) 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 Moon (moonglownight Resident), with Sea (filax Carter) second, and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) in third place.

Today’s winners on the Star Class were Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), with Siri (Sirius Rosca) second, and Amy (Montserrat Naidoo in third place.

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

Race Notes:
Jack (Jacquimo Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course.

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Sea (filax Carter) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) finished tied with 5 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	3	2
ruggeromare Resident	2	3

In the last race, Sea breaks the tie with Rugger with her second place finish over Rugger’s third place finish.

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Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Diana (Dianafra Allen) both finished tied with 14 points. As they both have the exact same finishes, finishing with a seven point finish during the first race and a seven point finish during the second race 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, Julie and Diana remain tied in fourteenth place overall.
 

North Sea Open Regatta – Nov 25th 2020

From the left (in boats): Sea (Dolphin Moth), Julie (Bandit IF), BalutA (Bandit 22 LTE), Katana (Trudeau Leetle Cat II), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy (Bandit 22 LTE), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Jackson (Bandit IF), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Guilia (Quest M-24), Max and Wyndi (TMS Flying Shadow), Kim (Bandit IF), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Kristaly (QUest 2m), Meireles (Bandit 22 LTE), Cole (TMS Flying Shadow), Rider (Bandit 22 LTE), and Isa (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Lucielle, Tako, Caethes, and Julia. On the pier: Tick.

Mild sim sailing weather, with another great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were calm and behaved for most, as five DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Of those five DNFs, two were due to skippers hitting region corners, with another from a skipper pulling his boat from frustration after his navigation HUD failed, and the final two from skippers crashing on region crossings. The crowd that assembled on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and on the observation deck of the lighthouse on the island in the Ziziphus region, cheered on some great racing on display from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing a two lap affair on the North Sea Short Loop course, was comprised of a majority of eleven Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, one sailing single-handed and one sailing with crew respectively, one Quest 2m, one Dolphin Moth, and one Trudeau Leetle Cat II rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was comprised of a majority of four Wildwind Open 60s. Two TMS One Design 65s, two TMS Volvo Open 70s, one Bandit 50/3 x, one ACA33, and one Wildwind RC-44r 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 Isa (isab DeCuir), 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:
Meireles (Meireles Diabolito) was disqualified (DSQ) during the small boat portion for sailing an incorrect course.

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Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) was disqauflied (DSQ) during the small 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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Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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
Emileigh Starbrook	5	8
Kim Farleigh	6	7

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

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Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), Cole (Colette Verino), and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) all 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
JulieRoyale Resident	1	14
Colette Verino	4	11
Nicole Myhre	6	9

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

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Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) and Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) both finished tied with 16 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	14
Jacquimo Resident	4	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 fourth place finish as his best.

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Juicy (juice651 Resident) and Sea (filax Carter) both finished tied with 19 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	7	12
filax Carter	9	10

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

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Jenna (jnx1e Resident), Rugger (ruggeromare Resident), BalutA (balut24 Resident), Rider (Rider Wilder), and Meireles (Meireles Diabolito), all finished tied with 26 points. As they all had the exact same finishes, a 14 point finish during the small boat portion and a 12 point finish 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, Jenna, Rugger, BalutA, Rider, and Meireles all remain tied in sixteenth place overall.
 

Bandit Regatta – Nov 23rd 2020

From the left (in Bandit boats): Selena (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy (Bandit 22 LTE), BalutA (Bandit 22 LTE), Amy Pond and Ester (Bandit 22 LTE), Meireles (Bandit 22 LTE), Kim (Bandit IF), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), NIamene (Bandit IF), Julie and Tamarushka (Bandit 50/3 X), Zoda (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon and Lin (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Katana (Bandit 22 LTE), and Micha (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, and Julia. On the pier: Kuba, Ais, and Elo.

Mild seas, with a fresh breeze, and a wonderful fleet turnout highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were calm for most, as out of 20 skippers, four DNFs (Did Not finish) were recorded in each race. Of those DNFs, five were due to skippers crossing on regions borders. We have to remind everyone once again, due to your avatar not being able to exist in four regions at once, crossing at a region corner will crash you. The remaining three DNFs were due to two skippers crashing on border crossings, and a third having a misconfigured navigation HUD. The crowd that assembled on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and on the observation deck of the lighthouse in the Ziziphus region, cheered on the great tight-knit racing on display from this weeks large fleet. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and the North Sea Manta course, was comprised of a majority of fourteen Bandit 22 LTEs. Four Bandit IFs, three sailing single-handed and one sailing with crew, one Bandit 25, and one Bandit 50/3 X rounded out this weeks Bandit 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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Micha (Micha Karfield) 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:
Zoda (Shakhzoda Resident) and Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) both finished the second race tied with a final time of 0:11:13. 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
Shakhzoda	897	0.75	672.75
JulieRoyale	1005	0.67	673.35

With the final times shown in seconds, the tie breaks in Zoda’s favor with having a 672.75 seconds finish over Julie’s 673.35 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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Sirius (Sirius Rosca) and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) 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
Sirius Rosca	3	8
Nicole Myhre	5	6

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

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Zoda (Shakhzoda Resident) and Katana (Bacchylides Edenflower) 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
Shakhzoda Resident	8	14
Bacchylides Edenflower	10	12

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Zoda’s favor with having an eighth place finish over Katana’s tenth place finish as her best.

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Kim (Kim Farleigh) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) both finished tied with 23 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	6	17
Emileigh Starbrook	11	12

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

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Max (Maximiliano Szondi) and Juicy (juice651 Resident) both finished tied with 29 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	13	16
juice651 Resident	14	15

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

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Sea (filax Carter) and BalutA (balut24 Resident) both finished tied with 34 points. As they both have the exact same finishes in each race, a DNF (Did Not Finish) in each race respectively, neither Rule A8.1 or Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing will satisfy breaking this tie. Therefore, Sea and BalutA remain tied in eighteenth place overall.

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Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) and Niamene (niamene Resident) finished tied with 38 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
Rayzza Rubble	21	17
niamene Resident	17	21

In the last race, Rayz breaks the tie with Niamene with his seventeen point finish over Niamene’s twenty one point finish.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – November 21st 2020

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Julie, Julia, Kim & BalutA, Max & Wyndi, Moon, Rugger, Siri, Rider
Pier: Brandon
Committee boat: Daenerys

Saturday afternoon was a stormy fall afternoon. This time we had a fleet of eight Bandit IFs at the start. Two of the eight Bandit IFs had crew. After the first match, another Bandit joined the group.

Today we had three short routes and with the higher wind force, the fleet was pulled apart quite quickly. However, we would also have many dropouts due to the stormy weather. Some sailors were unlucky and others gave up.

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

More pictures after the results.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assist Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: 210° (SW) 17kts

Wind: 205° (SW) 17kts

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 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:

 

Cat Fight – Nov 20th 2020

From the left (in boats): Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Palani (TMS Nacra 17), Emileigh (TMS Nacra 17), Cole (TMS Flying Shadow), Isa (TMS Flying Shadow), Juicy (TMS Nacra 17), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), and Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Zimtzicke, Caethes, Selena, and Ron. On the pier: Debbie.

Mild sim sailing weather, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The regions of The North Sea were behaved for most as four DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day, split evenly at two in each race. Of those DNFs, two were attributed to skippers hitting region corners, while the remainder were from crashes on region crossings. The crowd that assembled on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, and along the shores of the island in the Genip region, cheered on some exciting fleet-foiled feline racing on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Triple Pink and North Sea Butterfly courses, was comprised of a majority of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows. Three TMS Nacra 17s, and one Wildwind AC-45 rounded out the fleet for the first race. The second race saw the fleet makeup change slightly, as a skipper changed out his TMS Nacra 17 for a Wildwind AC-62.

Edit: A skippers boat was mis-attributed for the first race and has been corrected. As a result, the final results have been updated.

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 Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Cole (Colette Verino) was disqualified during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, she missed the last leg.

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Sea (filax Carter) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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	4	9
Sirius Rosca	5	8

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

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Cole (Colette Verino) and Juicy (juice651 Resident) finished tied with 16 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
Colette Verino	9	7
juice651 Resident	7	9

In the last race, Cole breaks the tie with Juicy with her seventh place finish over Juicy’s ninth place finish.
 

Thursday Triple Threat – November 19th 2020

Bandit 22 LTE: BalutA, Meireles, Jenna, Julie
Star Class: Emi, Amy, Juicy
Bandit IF: Katana, Sea, Sirius, Kim, Jack, Moon
Committee boat:: Tamarushka, Daenerys

A beautiful Thursday afternoon in November, with good sailing weather and the wind coming from the south west and not a single thunderstorm to be seen. Today we had four Bandit 22 LTEs, three Star Class and six Bandit IFs on the starting line.

In the first race we had a group of ten boats that were together from the start and slowly fell apart, because this group consisted of different classes. You could see that skippers learn every time and sail each other less and less.

In the second race we had a group of seven boats who chose their own way right after the start, making them sail from different directions to the first mark in Sapote. to sail. All in all, they were two great matches.

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

Star Clss on Port Tack had to wait for the Bandit IF on Starboard Tack at the mark in Soncoya

More pictures after the results.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assist Race Director: Tamarushka

Wind: 215° (SW) 17kts

Wind: 235° (SW) 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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Jenna (jnx1e Resident) second, and Meireles (Meireles Diabolito) in third place.

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

Today’s winners on the Star Class were Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), with Amy (Montserrat Naidoo) second, and Juicy (juice651 Resident) in third place.

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

Race Notes:

Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Jenna (jnx1e 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
JulieRoyale Resident	2	1
jnx1e Resident	1	2

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

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Sea (filax Carter), Kim (Kim Farleigh) and Katana (Bacchylides Edenflower) all finished tied with 9 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	3	6
Kim Farleigh	4	5
Bacchylides Edenflower	4	5

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Sea’s favor with having a third place finish over Kim’s and Katana’s fourth place finish as their best.

As Kim (Kim Farleigh) and Katana (Bacchylides Edenflowe) 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	5	4
Bacchylides Edenflower	4	5

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

North Sea Open Regatta – Nov 18th 2020

From the left (in boats): Sirius (Bandit IF), Sandra (Bandit 25r), Jackson (Bandit IF), Micha (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Dolphin Moth), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh and BalutA (Bandit 22 LTE), Meireles (Bandit 22 LTE), Isa (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy (Bandit 22 LTE), Julie (Bandit 25r), Max and Wyndi (TMS Flying Shadow), Kim (Bandit IF), Molly (Bandit 22 LTE), Palani (TMS Nacra 17), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), and Cole (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Farryn, Kiyomi, Daenerys, and Tamarushka. On the pier: Ais.

Calm to mild sim sailing weather, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were behaved for most as only three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day, one occurring during the small boat portion and two occurring during the big boat portion respectively. The crowd that assembled on the small race dock and Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, both in the Eden Jakana region, and along the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus, Genip, and Eden Auk regions, cheered on some 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 Bandit IFs, two Bandit 25Rs, two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, one sailing with crew and one sailing single-handed respectively, one TMS Nacra 17, one Dolphin Moth, and one Trudeau Patchogue II rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Circle course, was made up of a small majority of four Wildwind Open 60s. Three TMS One Design 65s, two Bandit 50/3s, one TMS Volvo Open 70, one Wildwind RC-44r, one ACA33, one Trudeau RUNA IV, and one Trudeau 12 Metre 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 Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident), with Isa (isab DeCuir) second, and Jenna (jnx1e 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:
Meireles (Meireles Diabolito) was disqualified (DSQ) during the small boat portion for finishing the race under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as instructed by a race director for a Rule 11 On Same Tack, Overlapped foul at the start of the race.

“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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Cole (Colette Verino) was disqualified (DSQ) during the big boat portion for failing to complete a 360° penalty turn for a Rule 16 Changing Course foul at the start of the race.

“16 CHANGING COURSE
16.1 When a right-of-way boat changes course, she shall give the other
boat room to keep clear.“

Source: 2017 – 2020 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both finished the small boat portion tied with a final time of 0:10:50. 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	866	0.75	649.50
moonglownight	867	0.75	650.25

With the final times shown in seconds, the tie breaks in Jenna’s favor with having a 649.50 seconds finish over Moon’s 650.25 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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Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) and Isa (isab DeCuir) both 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
isab DeCuir	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 Isa’s second place finish as his best.

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Jackson (Jacquimo Resident), Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre), and Sirius(Sirius Rosca) all finished tied with 18 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	3	15
Nicole Myhre	8	10
Sirius Rosca	9	9

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