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.
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.
North Sea Racing 