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
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
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.
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.
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.
North Sea Racing 