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.
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.
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.
North Sea Racing 