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.
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.
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.
North Sea Racing 