North Sea Open Regatta – Mar 31st 2021

From the left (in boats): Cate and Anthony (Bandit 22 LTE), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Jenna (Dolphin Moth), Sea (Dolphin Moth), Emileigh (Dolphin Moth), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Amy Pond (TMS Laser One), Cole (TMS Nacra 17), and Kiki and Andre (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Tamarushka, Farryn, Kart, Dominique, and Rei. On the pier: Avastar, holrach, Erica, Alta, Serena, and Kai.

Calm to choppy seas, with another nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were well behaved throughout the small boat portion as every skipper finished with nary a scratch. The waters turned a bit choppy during the big boat portion, however, as one DNF (Did Not Finish) occurred from a skipper crashing on a rough region crossing. The crowds that gathered along the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, as well as along the Poseidon Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on some exciting racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea CCW (Counter-clockwise) course, was made up of a majority of five Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Dolphin Moths, two Bandit IFs, one sailing crewed and one sailing single-handed respectively, one The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadow sailing crewed, one TMS Nacra 17, and one TMS Laser One 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 six TMS I-Mocca 60s. One TMS Ushuaia, one Bandit 50.3 X, one ACA33, one WildWind Open 60, one WildWind AC-45, and one Trudeau 12 Metre rounded out the big boat fleet.

Note: As of the race, the handicap for the TMS I-Mocca 60 is based on the current version 2.80, which there is no change from the version 2.75 in value. Also, the Bandit 50/3 X has been updated to 0.70 from a value of 0.69. Please see the North Sea Handicap Table for more info on our handicaps and the link to the Google Sheet used to calculate them.

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 Moon (moonglownight Resident), with Jenna (jnx1e Resident) 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:
Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) both finished tied with 8 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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	6
Nicole Myhre	3	5

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 Zimtzicke’s third place finish as her best.

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ViV (vivipezz Resident) and Cole (Colette Verino) both finished tied with 9 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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	2	7
Colette Verino	3	6

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

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Cate (Cate Sewell) and Sea (filax Carter) both finished tied with 18 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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
Cate Sewellt	5	13
filax Carter	7	11

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

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Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) both finished tied with 20 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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	8	12
Maximiliano Szondi	10	10

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

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Kart (Kedorlaomer1966 Resident) and Diana (Dianafra Allen) both finished tied with 23 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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
Kedorlaomer1966 Resident	9	14
Dianafra Alleni	11	12

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

Bandit Regatta – March 29th 2021

From the left (in Bandit boats): Emileigh (Bandit IF), Red (Bandit IF), Sirius and Angelie (Bandit IF), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Cate and Anthony (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Rugger and Alvina (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy (Bandit 22 LTE), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Vergelia (Bandit 22 LTE), Julie and Marium (Bandit 50/3 x), Jackson (Bandit IF), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, and Daenerys. On the pier: Summer.

Mostly calm seas, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were generally well behaved as only two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Both DNFs occurred during the first race, with the first due to a skipper crashing to desktop in the middle of a region, and the remainder due to a skipper crashing from a rough region crossing. The crowds that gathered along the shores of the island in the Ziziphus region, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on some tightknit fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta and North Sea Copacabana courses, was made up of a majority of nine Bandit 22 LTEs. Five Bandit IFs, three sailing single-handed and two sailing crewed respectively, and one Bandit 50/3 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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Cate (Cate Sewell) 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:
Red (RedHeadJO Resident) and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) both finished the second race tied with a final time of 0:14:24. 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
RedHeadJO	1489	0.58	863.62
Nicole	1122	0.77	863.94

With the final times shown in seconds, the tie breaks in Red’s favor with having a 863.62 seconds finish over Zimtzicke’s 863.94 seconds finish. Just to note, if both skippers final times had been an exact tie, Rule A7 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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 Cate (Cate Sewell) both finished tied with 5 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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	4
Cate Sewell	2	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 Cate’s second place finish as her best.

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Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), Juicy (juice651 Resident), Vergelia (Vergelia Resident), Diana (Dianafra Allen), and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) all finished tied with 25 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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	9	16
juice651 Resident	11	14
Vergelia Resident	11	14
Dianafra Allen	12	13
Maximiliano Szondi	12	13

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Emileigh’s favor with having a ninth place finish over Juicy’s and Vergelia’s eleventh place finishes, and Diana’s and Max’s twelfth place finishes as their best.

As Juicy and Vergelia both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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
juice651 Resident	14	11
Vergelia Resident	11	14

In the last race, Juicy breaks the tie with Vergelia with his eleventh place finish over Vergelia’s fourteenth place finish.

As Diana and Max both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this remaining 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
Dianafra Allen	13	12
Maximiliano Szondi	12	13

In the last race, Diana breaks the tie with Max with her twelfth place finish over Max’s thirteenth place finish.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – March 27th 2021

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Emileigh, RedheadJo, Jackson, Cate & Anthony, JulieRoyale, Moon, Kiki, Rugegromare, Amy & Ester, Max & Wyndi, Siri & Angelie
Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka
Pier: Kai, Cryptic, Caethes

This weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta took place on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in March, with wind coming from the southwest. The North Sea regions behaved well and there was not a cloud in the sky. We had a fleet of eleven Bandit IFs at the start. Three of the eleven Bandit IFs had crew. In the second race, four Bandit IFs had crew. Both races saw great battles between the skippers.

We had two 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: Tamarushka, and Cryptic

Wind: 235° (SW) 17kts, wind shift in Nance to 260°

Wind: 230° (SW) 16kts

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

Today’s winner was Moon (Moonglownight Resident), with Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) 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:

 

Cat Fight – Mar 26th 2021

From the left (in boats): Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Juicy (TMS Nacra 17), Isa and Selena (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Cole (WildWind AC-45), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Palani and ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), and Julie (Trudeau HepCat).
On the committee boat: Cryptic: On the dock: Caethes. On the pier: Kai, and Anna May.

Mildly choppy seas, and a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were choppy for a few skippers, as although there were only two DNFs (Did Not Finish) on the day both in the first race, several skippers were un-sat from their boats across both races. Of those two DNFs, one was from a skipper crashing while crossing on region corners, with the remainder from a skipper losing all input control on their boat from a rough region crossing. The crowds that gathered along the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, as well as on the small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in the frisky fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Circle and North Sea Double Loop courses, was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three crewed and two single-handed respectively. Two WildWind AC-45s, one TMS Nacra 17, and one Trudeau HepCat 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 Daenerys (blondij Resident), with Cole (Colette Verino) 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:
Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Cole (Colette Verino) both finished the first race tied with a final time of 0:11:54. 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
blondij	576	1.24	714.24
Colette	567	1.26	714.42

With the final times shown in seconds, the tie breaks in Daenerys’s favor with having a 714.24 seconds finish over Cole’s 714.42 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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Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) and Isa (isab DeCuir) both finished tied with 12 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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	4	8
isab DeCuir	5	7

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

Thursday Triple Threat – March 25th 2021

From the left to the right:
Bandit B22: Sirius & Angelie, Max & Wyndi, Julie
Star Class: Farryn, Rugger, Moon, Emileigh, Nicole, Julia, Sea
Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

Thursday afternoon was a beautiful day for the North Sea Triple Threat Regatta. With good wind coming from the southwest again, The North Sea regions behaved well, and there was not a cloud in the sky. Today we had seven Bandit 22 LTEs and three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class on the starting line. Two Star Class had crew on board.

Why do skippers decide to run a 360° penalty turn just after or before a mark. Do they want to mislead other skippers, or do they think that this is the best place because there is a circle around a mark? The chance of hitting another skipper may be higher, as the other skippers don’t expect anyone to run a 360° turn there. I see this happening regularly. Stay away from the other boats when you are doing a 360° penalty turn.

We had one DNF (Did Not Finish) and one DSQ (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

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

Wind: 230° (SW) 15kts

Wind: 235° (SW) 17kts

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

Today’s winners on the Bandit 22 LTE were Nicole (Nicole Myhre), with Julia (Geneer Gynoid) second, and Emi (Emileigh Starbrook) in third place.

Today’s winners on the TMS Star Class were Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Siri (Sirius Rosca) second, and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) in third place.

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

Race Notes:
Moon (Moonglownight Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, he sailed the last mark, the pink buoy in the Sloe region, clockwise instead of counter-clockwise.

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Emi (Emileigh Starbrook) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) both finished tied with 8 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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	3	5
ruggeromare Resident	4	4

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

North Sea Open Regatta – Mar 24th 2021

From the left (in boats): Jackson (Bandit IF), Red (Bandit F), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Jon (TMS Nacra 17), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Kiki and Andre (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius and Angelie (TMS Star Class), Cole (TMS Nacra 17), Moon (TMS Star Class), Emileigh and Rayz (TMS Star Class), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Dolphin Moth) Amy Pond (TMS Laser One), Jenna (Dolphin Moth), and Palani (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Farryn, Mardella, Daenerys, Tamarushka, and Caethes. On the pier: Kai, Anthony, and Cate.

Mild seas, with another great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Regions had some chop during the small boat portion, as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded. One of those DNFs was from a skipper crashing from a rough region crossing, with the remainder due to a skipper pulling her boat after a rough crossing left her camera view failing. The choppy seas subsided as they only DNF recorded during the big boat portion was due to a skipper crashing from crossing on region corners. The crowds 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.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline course, was made up of a split majority of three Bandit 22 LTEs and three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, two sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively. Two Bandit IFs, one sailing crewed and one sailing single-handed, two TMS Flying Shadows, two TMS Nacra 17s, two Dolphin Moths, one TMS Laser One, and one Bandit F rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Butterfly course, was made up of a majority of five TMS I-Mocca 60s. Three WildWind Open 60s, one WildWind AC-45, one WildWind RC-44r, one Trudeau 12 Metre, one Bandit 50/3 X, and one TMS Pacha 110 rounded out this weeks big boat 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 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:
Cole (Colette Verino) and Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) finished tied with 18 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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	14	4
Jacquimo Resident	4	14

In the last race, Cole breaks the tie with Jackson with her fourth place finish over Jackson’s fourteenth place finish.

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Sea (filax Carter) and Jon (flyboy82jb Resident) both finished tied with 22 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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	7	15
flyboy82jb Resident	10	12

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

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Amy Pond (Montserrat Naidoo) and Diana (Dianafra Allen) both finished tied with 23 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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	9	14
Dianafra Allen	11	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 ninth place finish over Diana’s eleventh place finish as her best.
 

Bandit Regatta – March 22nd 2021

From the left (in Bandit boats): Sirius and Angelie (Bandit IF), Julie (Bandit IF), Erika (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Juicy (Bandit 22 LTE), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Vergelia (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Rike, Tamarushka, Daenerys, Caycee, Sandra, Julie, Caethes, and Nenrio. On the pier: Kai, Jasla, Rueban, and Wondy.

Mild seas, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were generally calm as only two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF occurred during the first race as a was stripped from their boat while crossing on region corners. The remaining DNF occurred during the second race as a skipper lost all control input for his boat after a bad region crossing. The crowds that gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock, both in the Eden Jakana region, and along the shores of the island in the Ziziphus region, cheered on some exciting closely battled fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Olympic Short Mirror course and a 2 lap affair on the North Sea Short Loop Mirror course, was made up of a majority of ten Bandit 22 LTEs. Four Bandit IFs, split evenly at two crewed and two single-handed respectively, rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.

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

Wind: SW (225°) 8kts

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 Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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:
ViV (vivipezz Resident), Sirius (Sirius Rosca), and Sea (filax Carter) both finished tied with 16 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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	2	14
Sirius Rosca	6	10
filax Carter	8	8

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

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Vergelia (Vergelia Resident) and Diana (Dianafra Allen) finished tied with 25 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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
Vergelia Resident	13	12
Dianafra Allen	12	13

In the last race, Vergelia breaks the tie with Diana with her twelfth place finish over Diana’s thirteenth place finish.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – March 20th 2021

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Emileigh & Zimtzicke, RedheadJo, Ruggeromare, Moonglownight, JulieRoyale, Juicy, Max & Wyndi, Sirius & Angelie, Jackson, Amy Pond
Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka
Pier: Kai, Maya, Justin Blade

This weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta took place on a beautiful March Saturday afternoon, with wind coming from the southwest. The North Sea regions behaved well and there was not a cloud in the sky. We had a fleet of ten Bandit IFs at the start. Three of the ten Bandit IFs had crew

Today was the day of the obscure and belated protests, but also the day that a skipper deliberately committed a violation towards another skipper. If they want me to take stricter action, we will no longer tolerate conscientious violations. Unclear protests are not heard and you should not wait until after the finish, or like last time if an offense is committed, follow you, at the start of the race, wait until the end of the race

The good news … We’ll be sailing the same routes next week.

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

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

Wind: 230° (SW) 16kts

Wind: 235° (SW) 17kts

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

Today’s winner was Moon (Moonglownight Resident), with Jack (Jacquimo Resident) 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:
Amy (Montserrat Naidoo) and Siri (Sirius Rosca) both finished the first race tied with a final time of 0:14:02. 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
Montserrat Naidoo	1452	0.58	842.16
Sirius Rosca	1404	0.60	842.40

With the final times shown in seconds, the tie breaks in Amy’s favor with having a 842.16 seconds finish over Siri’s 842.40 seconds finish. Just to note, if both skippers final times had been an exact tie, Rule A7 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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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Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Siri (Sirius Rosca) both finished tied with 9 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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
JulieRoyale Resident	1	8
Sirius Rosca	3	6

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

Cat Fight – Mar 19th 2021

From the left (in boats): Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin (WildWind AC-45), Sirius and Angelie (TMS Flying Shadow), Juicy (TMS Nacra 17), Rider (TMS Flying Shadow), Kiki (TMS Flying Shadow), Julia (TMS Flying Shadow), Cole (WildWind AC-45), Moon (WildWind AC-45), and Palani (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the committee boat: Cryptic: On the dock: Farryn, and Daenerys. On the pier: Kai.

Calm to choppy seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were calm throughout the first race, as every skipper finished. However, a storm blew in during the second race, as four DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded. Of those four DNFs, two were due to skippers crashing while crossing on region corners, with the remaining two from skippers crashing on border crossings. The crowds that gathered along the beaches of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, as well as on the small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on the frantic fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta Reverse and North Sea Extreme Reverse courses, was made up of a majority of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and three sailing with crew respectively. Three WildWind AC-45s, and one 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 Daenerys (blondij Resident), with Sin (Sinarielle Resident) second, and Palani (Palani Allen) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Sin (Sinarielle Resident) both finished the first race tied with a final time of 0:10:26. 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
blondij	505	1.24	626.20
Sinarielle	497	1.26	626.22

With the final times shown in seconds, the tie breaks in Daenerys’s favor with having a 626.20 seconds finish over Sin’s 626.22 seconds finish. Just to note, if both skippers final times had been an exact tie, Rule A7 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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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Palani (Palani Allen) and Cole (Colette Verino) both finished tied with 8 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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	3	5
Colette Verino	4	4

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

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Sirius (Sirius Rosca) and Julia Raymond (Geneer Gynoid) finished tied with 14 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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
Sirius Rosca	8	6
Geneer Gynoid	6	8

In the last race, Sirius breaks the tie with Julia with his sixth place finish over Julia’s eighth place finish.

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Kiki (Kei Frequency) and Juicy (juice651 Resident) both finished tied with 17 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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
Kei Frequency	7	10
juice651 Resident	8	9

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

Thursday Triple Threat – March 18th 2021

From the left to the right:
Bandit B22: Juicy, Farryn Sterling
Bandit IF: Sirius & Angelie JulieRoyale, Moonglownight, Kiki & Andre, Jackson
Star Class: RedheadJo, Emileigh Starbrook, Zimzicke
Pier: Kai, Chris
Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

Thursday was a beautiful afternoon in March, and a nice day for the North Sea Thursday Triple Threat. With good wind coming again from the south west, The North Sea regions behaved well, and there was not a cloud in the sky. Today we had nine skippers on the starting line. At the very last moment, a tenth skipper joined the party. However, a skipper had to give up during the pre-start, so that we would start the race with nine boats.

Today we had two Bandit 22 LTEs, five Bandit IFs, and two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class. Yes, you read well. For the Bandit 22 LTE and Star Class we only had two participants, so today only a results for the Bandit IF counts.

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

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

Wind: 230° (SW) 15kts

Wind: 235° (SW) 17kts

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

Today’s winners on the Bandit IF were 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:
Jack (Jacquimo Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, he missed the fourth course mark.