Bandit IF Regatta – January 30th 2021

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Ian, Jackson, Rugger Justin, Sirius, Moon, Julie, Cate & Anthony, Max & Wyndi
Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

This weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta took place on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in winter, but then turned into a stormy afternoon in the tropical Fruit Islands leaving the majority of the skippers on the rocks. This time we had a fleet of nine Bandit IFs at the start. Two of the eleven Bandit IFs sailed with crew.

After the start of the first race, we had a compact fleet until the first victims reported. This also caused the fleet to fall apart quickly. During the start of the second race, two groups of three boats already formed. Because of this we quickly had a stretched fleet. However, a second storm would lift, causing a number of skippers to end up on the rocks.

We had eight DNFs (Did Not Finish) and no DSQs (Disqualified) through all 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, and Tamarushka

Wind: 235° (SW) 18kts Var 1

Wind: 230° (SW) 18kts Var 1

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 Rugger (ruggeromare 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:
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), Max (Maximiliano Szondi) and Cate (Cate Sewell) all finished tied with 12 points. As they all have the exact same finishes, finishing with a fifth point finish during the first race and a seventh 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, Max and Cate remain tied in sixth place overall.

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Cat Fight – Jan 29th 2021

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Cole (TMS Flying Shadow), Falk and Jenny (TMS Nacra 17), Sinarielle (WildWind AC-45), Jenna (TMS Flying Shadow), Palani (TMS Flying Shadow), and Moon (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the committee boat: Cryptic: On the dock: Caethes. On the pier: Megan, Julie, Anthony, and Cate.

Smooth seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were calm and smooth as only two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day, both attributed to skippers crashing on region corners. The crowd that gathered along the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus, Genip, and Eden Auk regions, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on the frisky fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Double Loop and North Sea Extreme courses, was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, two sailing with crew and three sailing single-handed respectively. Two Wildwind AC-45s, and one TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

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 Sinariella (Sinarielle Resident), 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:
Sinarielle (Sinarielle Resident) and Daenerys (blondij 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
Sinarielle Resident	2	1
blondij Resident	1	2

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

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Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) and Jenna (jnx1e Resident) finished tied with 7 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	4	3
jnx1e Resident	3	4

In the last race, Rayz breaks the tie with Jenna with his third place finish over Jenna’s fourth place finish.

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Cole (Colette Verino) and Palani (Palani Allen) 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
Colette Verino	6	5
Palani Allen	5	6

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

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Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Falk (Falkon Wickentower) finished tied with 15 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	8	7
Falkon Wickentower/td>	7	8

In the last race, Moon breaks the tie with Falk with his seventh place finish over Falk’s eighth place finish.

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Thursday Triple Threat – January 28th 2021

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats:
Bandit B22: Rugger, Julie, Baluta, Sea, Gabby
Bandit IF: Meli & Alina, Jack, Juicy, Siri
Star Class: Amy, Ian, Max & Wyndi, Moon
Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

This past Thursday was the last in January, but already the fourth Thursday Triple Threat of 2021. With good sail coming from the south west again The North Sea regions behaved well, but we had a thundercloud near the finish line at the end of the first race. Today we had five Bandit 22 LTEs, four Bandit IFs, and five Star Class on the starting line. A Bandit IF and a Star had crew on board

We had two great races. In both competitions the boats were quite quickly far apart. However, here and there we had small packs of boats.

Today in the second race, we had a skipper who had not set his race wind. As a result, the start line did not see his boat and both start and finish times were not recorded. Because he did not have the racing wind from the RD, he sailed for nothing. I also see that different skippers, and usually the same ones, have their racing wind very late. Sometimes we have to warn them just before the start that they have no racing wind yet. Come to the start line on time, so you can’t forget anything. Today or tomorrow someone stays at the line because I start the races.

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

More pictures after the results.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assist Race Director: Tamarushka

Wind: 230° (SW) 16kts

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 BalutA (balut24 Resident), with Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) second, and Sea (filax Carter) in third place.

Today’s winners on the Bandit IF were Siri (Sirius Rosca), with Meli (Melisa Seiling) second, and Jack (Jacquimo Resident) and Juicy ( juice651 Resident) in shared third place.

Today’s winners on the Star Class were Moon (moonglownight Resident), with Ian (IanPixel Resident) second, and Viv (vivipezz Resident) in third place.

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

Race Notes:

Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for finishing under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as instructed by a race director due to a Rule 11 On The Same Tack, Overlapped foul at the start (colloquially known as barging).

“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: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Max (Maximiliano Szondi) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, rounding the white buoy in the Soncoya region, the third course mark, clockwise instead of counter-clockwise.

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Gabby (Gavin Felisimo) both finished tied with 8 points. As they both have the exact same finishes, finishing with a four point finish during the first race and a four 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, Rugger and Gabby remain tied in fourth place overall.

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Jack (Jacquimo Resident) and Juicy (juice651 Resident) both finished tied with 6 points. As they both have the exact same finishes, finishing with a third point finish during the first race and a third 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, Jack and Juicy remain tied in third place overall.

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Moon (moonglownight Residentt) and Ian (IanPixel 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
moonglownight Resident	2	1
IanPixel Resident	1	2

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

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Viv ( vivipezz Resident),  Max (Maximiliano Szondi), and Amy (Montserrat Naidoo) all finished tied with 8 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
vivipezz Resident	3	5
Maximiliano Szondi	3	5
Montserrat Naidoo	4	4

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Viv’s and Max’s favor with having third place finishes over Amy’s fourth place finish as her best. As Viv and Max 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
vivipezz Resident	5	3
Maximiliano Szondi	3	5

In the last race, Viv breaks the tie with max with her third place finish over Max’s fifth place finish.

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North Sea Open Regatta – Jan 27th 2021

From the left (in boats): Macz (Bandit IF), Sirius (TMS Star Class), Jackson (TMS Star Class), Ian (TMS Star Class), Jenna (TMS Flying Shadow), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Cole (TMS Flying Shadow), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Aniteniy (TMS Flying Shadow), BalutA (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Dolphin Moth), Zimtzicke and Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Kristaly (Shields Class), Moon (TMS Star Class), Julie (Quest M-24), and Palani (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Daenerys, Farryn, Xiolin, and Julia. On the pier: Christian, Hanna, Tina, Anthony, Cate, Kai, and Cristabella.

Slightly choppy seas, with another great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were behaved for most as five DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day, two during the small boat portion and three during the big boat portion respectively. Two of the DNFs were due to skippers hitting region corners, with another two due to skippers crashing on region crossings. The final DNF was due to a skipper pulling her boat during the small boat portion. The crowd that gathered 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 some exciting fleet racing from this weeks skippers in both portions of the regatta.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta Reverse course, was comprised of a triple split majority of four Bandit 22 LTEs, four The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, and four TMS Flying Shadows. One Bandit IF, one Shields Class, one Quest M-24, and one Dolphin Moth 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 eight TMS I-Mocca 60s. Two WildWind Open 60s, one TMS One Design 65, and one Wildwind AC-45 rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Please note: As of the publishing of this post, the current handicap for the recently released TMS I-Mocca 60 now stands at 0.86. Please see our North Sea Handicap Table for more info and a link to the Google Sheet used to calculate our handicaps.

Meli, with Alina, leads Zimtzicke, with Emileigh, in their TMS I-Mocca 60s during the big boat portion of the North Sea Open Regatta, on Wednesday, January 27th, 2021.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Directors: Daenerys, and Tamarushka
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 Ian (IanPixel Resident), with Jenna (jnx1e 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:
Sea (filax Carter) and Cole (Colette Verino) both finished the second race tied with a final time of 0:13:09. 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
filax	478	1.65	788.70
Colette	781	1.01	788.81

With the final times shown in seconds, the tie breaks in Sea’s favor with having a 788.70 seconds finish over Cole’s 788.81 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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Cole (Colette Verino) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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
Colette Verino	5	14
Sirius Rosca	9	10

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

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Meli (Melisa Seiling) and Kim (Kim Farleigh) finished tied with 27 points. As they both have the exact same finishes, DNFs (Did Not Finish) in each portion of the regatta, 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, Meli and Kim both remain tied in fifteenth place overall.

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Kristaly (kristaly Resident) and Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) finished tied with 28 points. As they both have the exact same finishes, a DNF (Did Not Finish) during the small boat portion and a DNS (Did Not Start) 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, Kristaly and Jackson both remain tied in sixteenth place overall.

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Bandit Regatta – Jan 25th 2021

From the left (in Bandit boats): Electric Herb (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Cate and Anthony (Bandit IF), Rayz (Bandit 25), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Cilian (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit IF), Kim and Often (Bandit IF), Juicy (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Julie and Tamarushka (Bandit 50/3), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Ian (Bandit IF), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Meireles (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Amy and Ester (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), and Moon (Bandit IF).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, and Nochiko. On the pier: Aniteniy, and Cher.

Calm seas, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were well behaved as only two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day, both occurring during the first race. Of those two DNFs, one was from a skipper hitting a corner, and the other from a skipper pulling her boat. The crowds that gathered on the small race dock and Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, both located in the Eden Jakana region, and along the beaches of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, cheered on the close fleet racing on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea 01 and North Sea 03 courses, was comprised of a majority of ten Bandit 22 LTEs. Seven Bandit IFs, four sailing single-handed and three sailing with crew respectively, two Bandit 25s, and one Bandit 50/3 X rounded out the fleet for the first race. Some skippers switched things around for the second race, as one skipper switched out her Bandit 22 LTE for a Bandit 50/3 X, and another switched out her Bandit IF for a Bandit 22 LTE.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Directors: Daenerys, and Tamarushka

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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Jenna (jnx1e 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:
Amy Pond (Montserrat Naidoo) and Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) 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	8	13
Rayzza Rubble	9	12

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

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Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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
Emileigh Starbrook	7	19
filax Carter	12	14

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

Bandit IF Regatta – January 23rd 2021

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Emileigh, Amy, Jackson, Selena, Rugger, Max & Wyndi, Sirius, Jenna, Ian, Julie, Moonglownight
Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka
Pier: Gabi, Tina, Anitenly, Baluta
Dock: Kart, Dominique

This weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta took place on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in the winter. This time we had a fleet of eleven Bandit IFs at the start. One of the eleven Bandit IFs had crew. The North Sea and Fruit regions were well behaved and there was not a cloud in the sky.

Today we were back in Curlew. In all three races we had a compact fleet from the start, which was gradually thinned out after the races progressed. However, we did have some nice fights over the various races that lasted a long time.

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

More pictures after the results.

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

Wind: 230° (SW) 15kts

Wind: 235° (SW) 16kts

Wind: 240° (SW) 17kts

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

Today’s winner was Siri (Sirius Rosca), 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.

Race Notes:
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the third race for sailing an incorrect course, rounding the pink buoy in the Sloe region, the second course mark, counter-clockwise instead of clockwise.

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Siri (Sirius Rosca) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both finished tied with 4 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	1	3
moonglownight Resident	2	2

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Siri’s favor with having a first place finish over Moon’s second place finish as his best.

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Selena (SelenaRhoads) and Emi (Emileigh Starbrook) 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
SelenaRhoads	4	7
Emileigh Starbrook	5	6

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

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Amy Pond (Montserrat Naidoo) and Jack (Jacquimo Resident) 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
Montserrat Naidoo	5	8
Jacquimo Resident	6	7

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

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Cat Fight – Jan 22nd 2021

From the left (in TMS Flying Shadows): Daenerys and Tamarushka, Emileigh and Often, Isa, Rayz, Palani, Cole, Moon, Rider and Diana, Sea, and Jenna.
On the dock: Bobbcat, Amber, Caethes, and Cryptic. On the pier: Emmamarie, and Yen.

Slightly choppy seas, with another nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The regions of The North Sea were behaved for most as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. One of those DNFs was due to a skipper sailing across a region corner and crashing, while the other was from a skipper crashing on a region crossing. The crowds that gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock, both in the Eden Jakana region, as well as along the beaches of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, reveled in the fast fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline Reverse and North Sea Butterfly courses, was made up entirely of ten The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows during the first race. Seven of those Flying Shadows were sailing single-handed with the remaining three sailing with crew. The second race saw one skipper in a WildWind AC-45, with eight more TMS Flying Shadows, split evenly at four crewed and four single-handed respectively.

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 Moon (moonglownight 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:
Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Isa (isab DeCuir) both finished tied with 4 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	3
isab DeCuir	2	2

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 Isa’s second place finish as her best.

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Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) both 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
Rayzza Rubble	6	9
Emileigh Starbrook	7	8

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

Thursday Triple Threat – January 21st 2021

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats:
Bandit B22: Cilian, Jenna, Rider. Baluta, Babsi & Draco, Moon, Julie
Star Class: Sirius, Amy, Ian, Emileigh, Jackson, Max & Wyndi
Pier: Megan
Dock: Anitenly
Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

A beautiful Thursday afternoon in January, already the third Thursday Triple Threat of 2021 with a nice wind again coming from the south-west and no thunderstorm in the air. Today we had seven Bandit 22 LTEs and six Star Class on the starting line.

We had two great races with a compact fleet until quite long after the start.

Today we will also talk about something else. Since today “The Circle of the Dragon” consists of a ring of fire 🙂

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

More pictures after the results.

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

Wind: 230° (SW) 15kts

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 Cilian (Cilian McCullough) in third place.

Today’s winners on the Star Class were Ian (IanPixel Resident), with Siri (Sirius Rosca) second, and Emi (Emileigh Starbrook) in third place.

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

Race Notes:
Ian (IanPixel Resident) and Siri (Sirius Rosca) 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
IanPixel Resident	2	1
Sirius Rosca	1	2

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

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Jack (Jacquimo Resident),  Amy (Montserrat Naidoo) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) 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
Jacquimo Resident	4	6
Montserrat Naidoo	4	6
Maximiliano Szondi	5	5

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Jack’s and Amy’s favor with having fourth place finishes over Max’s fifth place finish as his best. As Jack and Amy 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
Jacquimo Resident	6	4
Montserrat Naidoo	4	6

In the last race, Jack breaks the tie with Amy with his fourth place finish over Amy’s sixth place finish.

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North Sea Open Regatta – Jan 20th 2021

From the left (in boats): Rayz (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (TMS Star Class), Cole (TMS Flying Shadow), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Baluta (Bandit 22 LTE), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Kris (Quest M-24), Sinarielle (Shields Class), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Palani (TMS Flying Shadow), Isa (Bandit 22 LTE), Julie (Bandit 25r), and Sea (Dolphin Moth).
On the Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Farryn, Pure, Tamara, Dae, Nikky, and Dao. On the pier: Gabi, and Marius.

Excellent seas, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were well behaved for all as no crashes, or DNFs (Did Not Finish) occurred. The crowd that gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, and the lighthouse observation deck on the island in the Ziziphus region, took in some great fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This also marked the first Open Regatta appearance for the new The Mesh Shop (TMS) I-Mocca 60, released an hour before the start of the regatta, and bringing with it a handicap 0.76¹.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Olympic Mirror course, was made up of a majority of eight Bandit 22 LTEs. Two TMS Flying Shadows, one TMS Star Class, one Bandit 25r, one Dolphin Moth, one Shields Class, and one Quest M-24 rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was made up of a majority of five WildWind Open 60s. Two TMS One Design 65s, one TMS I-Mocca 60, one TMS Volvo Open 70, one Quest IACC, one ACA33, one WildWind AC-45, and one WildWind RC-44r rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

¹With the new I-Mocca 60 handicap also comes the North Sea Standard Yearly Adjustment. All handicaps in today’s regatta are from the new adjustment. The improvements Linden Research™ has made to the backend of Secondlife™ have paid off for sailing in SL™ as the North Sea Standard is now at 0:10:33, down from last years 0:10:40. The largest influence on the faster times are from the drastically improved region crossing times from new region crossing code along with SL’s move to Amazon servers. North Sea Olympic Course (Long), the course the North Sea Standard is based on, was used 39 times in 2020, with the winning time of each race added to the data the standard is based on. From those 39 races, 410 finishing times were used to help update the handicap values of more than 40 boats in our table. For more info, as well as a link to the Google Sheet used to calculate everything, please see North Sea Handicap Table.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Directors: Daenerys, and Tamarushka
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 Sinarielle (Sinarielle 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:
Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Sinarielle (Sinarielle Resident) 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
jnx1e Resident	1	5
Sinarielle Resident	3	3

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

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Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) and Isa (isab DeCuir) 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
Emileigh Starbrook	1	9
isab DeCuir	4	6

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

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Ian (IanPixel Resident) and Cole (Colette Verino) 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
IanPixel Resident	2	16
Colette Verino	5	13

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

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Sea (filax Carter) and Palani (Palani Allen) 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
filax Carter	8	14
Colette Verino	11	11

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

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Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) and BalutA (balut24 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
Rayzza Rubble	9	14
balut24 Resident	10	13

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

Bandit Regatta – Jan 18th 2021

From the left (in Bandit boats): Rugger and Zolliana (Bandit 22 LTE), Amy and Ester (Bandit 22 LTE), Baluta (Bandit 22 LTE), Julie (Bandit 25r), Sirius (Bandit IF), Jenna and Bobbb (Bandit 22 LTE), Nihiwatu (Bandit 25r), Rider (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit IF), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Kim (Bandit IF), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), and Meireles (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Rayz, Wol, Caethes, Daenerys, and Tamarushka. On the pier: Tron, and Mira.

Choppy to calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were choppy during the first race as four DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded. Two DNFs were a result of skippers crashing on a region crossing, with another due to a skipper crashing to desktop in the middle of a region, and the final DNF was the result of a skipper crashing on region corners. The seas calmed for the second race as every skipper finished. The crowd that gathered on the small race dock, and Poseidong Centre Spectator pier, both in the Eden Jakana region, and along the shores of the island in the Ziziphus region, reveled in some exiciting fleet racing on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Half Mane and North Sea Half Mane Mirror courses, was made up of a majority of nine Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two sailing single-handed and one sailing with crew respectively, and two Bandit 25Rs rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Directors: Daenerys, and Tamarushka
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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) 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) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for finishing under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as instructed by a race director due to a Rule 11 On The Same Tack, Overlapped foul.

“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: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Meireles (Meireles Diabolito) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for finishing under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn due to a Rule 11 On The Same Tack, Overlapped foul.

“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: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) 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
Nicole Myhre	2	4
moonglownight Resident	3	3

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

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Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and BalutA (balut24 Resident) 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
jnx1e Resident	2	11
balut24 Resident	5	8

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

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) 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
ruggeromare Resident	7	11
Nihiwatu Resident	8	10

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