Bandit IF Regatta – December 19th 2020

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Tamarushka, Amy, Katana, Jackson, Rugger, Dunia & Emileigh, Sirius, Cilian, Julie, Moon, Juicy. Kim, Max & Wyndi
Committee boat: Daenerys
Pier: Jim
Dock: Loro, Nesw, Tay, Gabs, Loly

Saturday afternoon was a beautiful windy winter day. The last bandit IF Regatta of 2021. This week, we had a fleet of thirteen Bandit IFs at the start, two of the thirteen Bandit IFs had crews. The North Sea and Fruit regions behaved reasonably well.

From the start of the first race we had a leading group of seven boats. At the first island the entire fleet was together again, with four boats slightly ahead of the rest. At the second island, the four boats had slightly increased the distance to the rest of the fleet. Between the second and the third island, mutual fighting arose and when we emerged from Fruit towards the North Sea we still had four boats in the lead. Behind it was a loner with four pursuers behind it. The place for fourth and fifth place would be decided at the finish.

After the start of the second race we had a group of ten boats sailing towards the first mark. Two skippers decided to sail a different route to the first mark. This gave us a group of five, two loners and a group of three who followed the first five boats. The rear two of the front runners turned first towards the first mark. Then the other three followed. This shook up the order of the leading group. When we arrived at the third mark we still had a leading group of four boats, from these four boats the winner would come.

I want to thank all skippers for participating in the competitions or the North Sea and wish you a prosperous 2021. Hopefully we will see each other again in the new year.

We had two 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: 240° (SW) 11kts

Wind: 230° (SW) 9kts

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

Today’s winner was Rugger (ruggeromare Resident), with Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) second, and Moon (moonglownight 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 Moon (moonglownight Resident) both finished the first race tied at the finishing line with a time of 16:51. As their final time also remains tied, as they both sailed the same boat, Rule A7 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to score this tie:

“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.“

Therefore, both Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) receive 3.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 3 and 4, added together and divided equally.

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Jack (Jacquimo Resident) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) both 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	6	12
Maximiliano Szondi	9	9

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

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Cilian (Cilian McCullough ) and Juicy (juice651 Resident) 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
Cilian McCullough	10	12
juice651 Resident	11	11

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

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Cat Fight – Dec 18th 2020

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Rayz and Emileigh (TMS Flying Shadow), Isa and Selena (TMS Flying Shadow), Laured (TMS Flying Shadow), Max and Wyndi (TMS Flying Shadow), Cole (TMS Flying Shadow), Juicy (TMS Nacra 17), Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), and Moon (TMS Flying Shadow) .
On the commmittee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Stteepph, Rayz, Brianna, and Caethes. On the pier: Sinarielle.

Mild to choppy sim sailing weather, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The regions of the North Sea started out relatively behaved as only two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded during the first race. Of those two DNFs, one was due to a skippers connection failing and the remainder was from a skipper hitting a region corner. The seas grew rough late, as five more DNFs would occur during the second race. As with the first race, the skipper with the failing connection crashed. Another two skippers hit region corners, and the remaining two DNFs were from skippers crashing on region crossings. Even with the late rough weather, the crowd that assembled on the small race dock and Poseidon Center Spectator Pier, both in the Eden Jakana region, enjoyed a wonderful display of fleet-foiled feline frenzy from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Olympic Mirror and North Sea Triple Pink courses, was made up of a majority of nine The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing with crew and five sailing single-handed respectively. One lone TMS Nacra 17 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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Isa (isab DeCuir) second, and Daenerys (blondij Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Laured (laured Cabassoun) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, she missed the final waypoints on the course.

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Isa (isab DeCuir) and Daenerys (blondij Resident) finished tied with 6 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
isab DeCuir	4	2
blondij Resident	2	4

In the last race, Isa breaks the tie with Daenerys with her second place finish over Daenerys’s fourth place finish.

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Juicy (juice651 Resident) and Cole (Colette Verino) both finished tied with 10 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	3	7
Colette Verino	4	6

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

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Sea (filax Carter) and Laured (laured Cabassoun) both finished tied with 17 points. As both have the exact same finishes, an 8 point finish during race one and a 9 point finish during race two 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, Sea and Laured both remain tied in ninth place overall.
 

North Sea Open Regatta – Dec 16th 2020

From the left (in boats): ViV (TMS Star Class), Isa (Bandit 22 LTE), Rolo (Bandit 22 LTE), BalutA (Bandit 22 LTE), Lilita and Alex (Bandit 25r), Kristaly (Quest 2m), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Dolphin Moth), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Meireles (Bandit 22 LTE), Jenna (TMS Flying Shadow), Kim (Bandit 22 LTE), and Palani (TMS Nacra 17).
On the Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Farryn, Daenerys, and Tamarushkja. On the pier: Erin.

Mild seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were calm for most as five DNFs (Disqualified) were recorded on the day. Two DNFs were attributed to skippers getting stripped from their boats on region crossings, with another two due to skippers crashing on region corners, and the final DNF due to a skipper sailing into Fruit Islands after getting lost on the course. The crowds that assembled on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and along the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, cheered on an exciting display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline course, was made up of a majority of ten Bandit 22 LTEs. One The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadow, one TMS Nacra 17, one TMS Star Class, one Dolphin Moth, and one Quest 2m rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Butterfly course, was comprised of a majority of six Wildwind Open 60s. Two TMS One Design 65s, two Trudeau 12 Metres, and one TMS Ocean Bach 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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) second, and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) 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:
Isa (isab DeCuir) and Meireles (Meireles Diabolito) were both disqualified during the small boat portion for sailing an incorrect course, both rounding the pink buoy in the Eden Fulmar region clockwise instead of counterclockwise.

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the small boat portion for failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as directed by a race director 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 Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) both finished the second race tied with a final time of 0:13:08. 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
Emileigh	1050	0.75	787.50
Nicole	1051	0.75	788.25

With the final times shown in seconds, the tie breaks in Emileigh’s favor with having a 787.50 seconds finish over Zimtzicke’s 788.25 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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Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) finished tied with 6 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
jnx1e Resident	4	2
Emileigh Starbrook	2	4

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

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Isa (isab DeCuir) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) finished tied with 11 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
isab DeCuir	10	1
moonglownight Resident	1	10

In the last race, Isa breaks the tie with Moon with her first place finish over Moon’s tenth place finish.

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Sea (filax Carter) and Palani (Palani Allen) finished tied with 14 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	8	6
Palani Allen	6	8

In the last race, Sea breaks the tie with Palani with her sixth place finish over Palani’s eighth place finish.

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Rolo (RoloTomari Resident), Kim (Kim Farleigh), Rugger (ruggeromare Resident), and Meireles (Meireles Diabolito) all finished tied with 22 points. As they all finished with the exact same finishes, a ten point finish during the small boat portion and a 12 point finish during the big boat portion respectively, neither Rule A8.1 or A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing will satisfy breaking their tie. Therefore, Rolo, Kim, Rugger, and Meireles all remain tied in twelfth place overall.
 

Bandit Regatta – Dec 14th 2020

From the left (in Bandit boats): Rayz (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Selena (Bandit IF), Emileigh (Bandit IF), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Amy (Bandit 22 LTE), LabutA (Bandit 22 LTE), Lisa (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Meireles (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (), and Kim and Gil (Bandit IF).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Anthony, Tamarushka, and Daenerys. On the pier: Brutus, and Sinarielle.

Mild seas, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were well behaved again for most, as only two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF was due to a skipper pulling his boat after colliding with the committee boat at the start of the second race, with the remaining DNF due to a skipper crashing on a region crossing. The crowd that assembled on the small dock, and Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, both located in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in the exciting display of fleet racing on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta and North Sea Olympic Mirror courses, was made up of a majority of eleven Bandit 22 LTEs. Four Bandit IFs, three sailing single-handed and one sailing with crew respectively, and one Bandit 25r 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 ViV (vivipezz Resident) second, and Rugger (ruggeromare 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:
Meireles (Meireles Diabolito) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the second mark, the pink buoy in the Eden Fulmar region.

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Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as directed by a race director for 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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Meireles (Meireles Diabolito) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as directed by a race director for 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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BalutA (balut24 Resident) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) both finished the first race tied with a final time of 0:09:55. 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
balut24	886	0.75	664.50
ruggeromare	887	0.75	665.25

With the final times shown in seconds, the tie breaks in BalutA’s favor with having a 664.50 seconds finish over Rugger’s 665.25 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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Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) both finished the second race tied at the finishing line with a time of 14:38. As their final time also remains tied, as they both sailed the same boat, Rule A7 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to score this tie:

“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.“

Therefore, both Jenna and Rugger receive 2.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 2 and 3, added together and divided equally.

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Selena (SelenaRhoads Resident) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) both finished the second race tied with a final time of 0:11:07. 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
SelenaRhoads	1170	0.57	666.90
Sirius	1171	0.57	667.47

With the final times shown in seconds, the tie breaks in Selena’s favor with having a 666.90 seconds finish over Sirius’s 667.47 seconds finish.

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Lisa (Lisa Hyandi) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both finished the second race tied with a final time of 0:11:17. 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
Lisa	902	0.75	676.50
moonglownight	903	0.75	677.25

With the final times shown in seconds, the tie breaks in Lisa’s favor with having a 676.50 seconds finish over Moon’s 677.25 seconds finish.

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Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) both finished tied with 10 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	9
Nicole Myhre	3	7

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 Zimtzicke’s third place finish as her best.

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Kim (Kim Farleigh), BalutA (balut24 Resident), and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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
Kim Farleigh	4	12
balut24 Resident	5	11
Sirius Rosca	6	10

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

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Amy (Montserrat Naidoo) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) both finished tied with 21 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	7	14
Emileigh Starbrook	10	11

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

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Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) and Meireles (Meireles Diabolito) both finished tied with 29 points. As they both have the exact same finishes, a 15 point finish in the first race and a 14 point finish in 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, Rayz and Meireles remain tied in fifteenth place overall.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – December 12th 2020

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Emileigh, Jackson, Max & Wyndi, Ruggeromare, Juicy, Sirius, Katana, Kim, Moonglownight,
Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka
Pier: Anthony, Cate, Brandon

Saturday graced us with a beautiful fall afternoon. This time we had a fleet of nine Bandit IFs at the start, one of the nine Bandit IFs had crew. The North Sea and Fruit regions behaved very well.

In both races mutual fights arose. In the first race, three skippers quickly left the fleet. The winner of the first race would fall from this leading group. Behind the leading group, the chasing group stayed close to each other until the end. In the second race we already had a dropout in the first lap. In the second lap of the second race, we would have another fallout, which thinned out the battlefield.

We had three 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: 230° (SW) 10kts

Wind: 235° (SW) 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 Siri (Sirius Rosca) second, and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Katana (Bacchylides Edenflower) both 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
ruggeromare Resident	3	6
Bacchylides Edenflower	4	5

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

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Cat Fight – Dec 11th 2020

From the left (in boats): Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Isa and Selena (TMS Flying Shadow), Falk and Jenny (TMS Nacra 17), Palani (TMS Flying Shadow), Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Katana (TMS Nacra 17), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), Elo (TMS Flying Shadow), and Cole (Wildwind AC-45).
On the commmittee boat: Cryptic, and Caethes.

Calm to mild seas, with another great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. As has been the case for the entire week, Linden Research (LL) dealt us an interesting hand on Friday, continuing with their battery of grid restarts as they work towards the finish of their project to migrate Secondlife™ to Amazon servers¹. LL decided that a restart for the whole grid was in order (see: Rolling Restarts for Second Life Main Channel) during The Cat Fight. We took a chance and ran the races anyway, pulling off both races with only two DNFs (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. Both of those DNFs occurred during the first race as one skipper lost their internet connection and another skipper crashed on a region crossing. Things got a bit hairy during the second race as portions of the North Sea restarted, as LL’s rolling restart wave hit the estate. However, every skipper finished the race without a hiccup. The crowd that assembled on the shores of the islands in the Genip and Ziziphus regions, cheered on the fleet-foiled feline frenzy as they put on another great display of exciting racing. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Copacabana and North Sea Snipe courses, was comprised of a majority of nine The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, six sailing single-handed and three sailing with crew respectively. Three TMS Nacra 17s and one Wildwind AC-45 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

¹ For more information please see Deploy Plan for the Week of 2020-12-07 (Updated 2020-12-09 16:30 PST).

Race Director: Cryptic

strong>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 Isa (isab DeCuir), with Daenerys (blondij Resident) second, and Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Moon (moonglownight Resident), Palani (Palani Allen), Cole (Colette Verino), and Katana (Bacchylides Edenflower) 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
moonglownight Resident	4	11
Palani Allen	6	9
Colette Verino	6	9
Bacchylides Edenflower	7	8

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Moon’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Palani’s and Cole’s sixth place, and Katana’s seventh place finishes as their best. As Palani and Cole 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
Palani Allen	9	6
Colette Verino	6	9

In the last race, Palani breaks the tie with Cole with his sixth place finish over Cole’s ninth place finish.
 

Thursday Triple Threat – December 10th 2020

Bandit B22: Jenna, Falk, Katana, BalutA, Cillian, Meireless, Moon
Star Class: Sasha, Emileigh, Amy
Bandit IF: Sirius, Jackson, Sea, Max& Wyndi
Pier: Elo, Julie
Dock: Loly
Committee boat:: Daenerys

A beautiful Thursday afternoon in December, with good sailing weather and the wind coming from the south west. Today we had seven Bandit B22, four Bandit IFs and three Star Class on the starting line. One of the boats had a crew.

We had two great races. It was also the last Thursday Triple Threat for 2020. We will continue next year. on the same day and the same time. What is Thursday at 1 PM SLT

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

Satsuma in Fruit Estate

More pictures after the results

Race Director: Daenerys
Assist Race Director: Cryptic
Wind: 225° (SW) 18kts

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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Katana (Bacchylides Edenflower) in third place.

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

Today’s winners on the Star Class were Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), with Amy (Montserrat Naidoo) second, and Sasha (Sasha714 Resident) in third place.

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

Race Notes:
Jenna (jnx1e Resident), Moon (moonglownight Resident), Falk (Falkon Wickentower), Max (Maximiliano Szondi) where disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course. Slipping between the islands in Quince what is not correct.

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Cilian (Cilian McCullough) was disqualified (DSQ) for finishing under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn due to a Rule 10 On The Same Tack, 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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Sea (filax Carter) and Jack (Jacquimo 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
Jacquimo Resident	2	3

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

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North Sea Open Regatta – Dec 9th 2020

From the left (in boats): Amy Pond (TMS Laser One), Isa (Bandit 22 LTE), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Dolphin Moth), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Katana (Trudeau Leetle Cat II), Jackson (Bandit IF), Emileigh (TMS Star Class), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Julie (Bandit IF), Meireles (Bandit 22 LTE), Nihiwatu (TMS Nacra 17), Cole (TMS Flying Shadow), and Kim (Bandit IF).
On the Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Farryn, Daenerys, Rayz, and Thor. On the pier: Jake, Benjalina, Cate, and Anthony.

Mild sim sailing weather, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were behaved for most, with a slight bit of choppiness, as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. All three DNFs were attributed to region crossing crashes. The crowd that assembled on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, and small dock, both in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on this weeks skippers as they put on an exciting display tight-knit fleet racing.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing a two lap affair on the North Sea Short Loop course, was comprised of majority of seven Bandit 22 LTEs. Two Bandit IFs, one Bandit 25r, one The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadow, one TMS Nacra 17, one TMS Laser One, one TMS Star Class, one Dolphin Moth, and one Trudeau Leetle Cat II rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Trapezoid course, was comprised of a majority of six Wildwind Open 60s. Three TMS One Design 65s, one TMS Volvo Open 70, one Bandit 50/3 x, one Wildwind RC-44r, and one ACA33 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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Moon (moonglownight 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 racing duties.

Race Notes:
Meireles (Meireles Diabolito) and Sea (filax Carter) 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
Meireles Diabolito	8	14
filax Carter	11	11

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

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Palani (Palani Allen) and Juicy (juice651 Resident) 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
Palani Allen	7	16
juice651 Resident	9	14

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

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Diana (Dianafra Allen) and Cole (Colette Verino) both finished tied with 26 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
Dianafra Allen	12	14
Colette Verino	13	13

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Diana’s favor with having a twelfth place finish over Cole’s thirteenth place finish as her best.
 

Bandit Regatta – Dec 7th 2020

From the left (in Bandit boats): Rayz (Bandit 22 LTE), Sasha (Bandit IF), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Amy (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea and Cole (Bandit 22 LTE), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Fanny and Tia (Bandit 22 LTE), Lisa (Bandit 22 LTE), Rider (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), BalutA (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit IF), Juicy (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Kim (Bandit IF), Meireles (Bandit 22 LTE), Julie (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit IF), and Katana (Bandit IF).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Jewel, and Rider. On the pier: Brutus, Elo, and Gabs.

Calm seas, with a wonderful fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. Lindern Research threw a curve to everyone on Monday, as they sprung rolling restarts across the entire grid (see: Rolling Restarts for Second Life Main Channel)¹. This left 8 North Sea regions offline, as well being the cause of cancelled races from several other clubs. The originally planned courses of North Sea Short Loop and North Sea Trapezoid were incapable of being sailed, so a new course schedule was substituted an hour before race time. Instead, North Sea Olympic Course (Short) would be the course for the first race. We also created a new course for the second race, North Sea Olympic Short Reverse. In spite of the ongoing maintenance, The North Sea regions that were online held steady as only one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the entire day, out of 20 boats in the first race and 19 boats in the second race. The lone DNF was due to a skipper pulling his boat during the second race after frustration with his navigation HUD. The crowd that assembled on the small race dock and Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, both in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on some great tight-nit fleet racing on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet was comprised of a majority of twelve Bandit 22 LTEs. Seven Bandit IFs and one lone Bandit 25r rounded out this weeks fleet.

¹See Deploy Plan for the Week of 2020-12-07 for more information on this weeks battery of rolling restarts.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) second, and Rugger (ruggeromare 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:
Lisa (Lisa Hyandi) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the first mark, the blue buoy in the Sapote region.

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Amy Pond (Montserrat Naidoo) was disqaulified (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

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Sirius (Sirius Rosca) was disqaulified (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

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Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) and Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) both finished the first race tied with a final time of 0:06:35. 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
Rayzza	526	0.75	394.50
WWWAAAA	482	0.82	395.24

With the final times shown in seconds, the tie breaks in Rayz’s favor with having a 394.50 seconds finish over Sandra’s 395.24 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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Amy Pond (Montserrat Naidoo) and Fanny (fannydeep Resident) 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
Montserrat Naidoo	6	17
fannydeep Resident	9	14

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

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BalutA (balut24 Resident) and Sea (filax Carter) both finished tied with 26 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
balut24 Resident	10	16
filax Carter	12	14

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

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Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) both finished tied with 28 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	7	21
Sirius Rosca	11	17

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

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Juicy (juice651 Resident) and Katana (Bacchylides Edenflower) both finished tied with 33 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	13	20
Bacchylides Edenflower/td>	15	18

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

Bandit IF Regatta – December 5th 2020

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Jackson, Ruggeromare, JulieRoyale, Katana, Dunia & Emileigh, Kim, Sirius, Moonglownight, Juicy
Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka
Pier: Kai, Cristabella, Marius, Elo
Dock: BalutA, Amy

Saturday afternoon was a stormy day in the fall. This time we had a fleet of nine Bandit IFs at the start. One of the nine Bandit IF’s had crew. The North Sea regions behaved reasonably well.

From the start of the first race we had a group of five boats. Two boats were caught in a storm between the first and second marks. One skipper had to give up, the other continued the race. Due to this storm, two skippers had lost their way to the top group. They would eventually fight for first place. Behind it, two skippers continued to compete for third place.

After the start of the second race we had a group of seven boats sailing towards the first mark.  Disaster struck the race director when I crashed and could not get online for several minutes. I was able to pick up the thread again when the fleet was in the region of Genip. Here two ships had taken the lead over the rest of the vast fleet.

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

DANGER FOR BARGING: ON THE SAME TACK, OVERLAPPED Five boats crossing each other path. The black and brown boats are overlapped, so the windward boat (Brown) shall keep clear of a leeward boat (Black).

More pictures after the results.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assist Race Director: Cryptic, and Tamarushka

Wind: 260° (West) 17kts

Wind: 265° (West) 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:
Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) both 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
moonglownight Resident	2	1
JulieRoyale Resident	1	2

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

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Juicy (juice651 Resident) and Kim (Kim Farleigh) 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, Juicy (juice651 Resident) and Kim (Kim Farleigh) remain tied in eighth place overall.

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