Cat Fight – Mar 5th 2021

From the left (in boats): Emileigh and Maggie (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Isa and Selena (TMS Flying Shadow), Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Juicy (Nacra 17), Diana (WildWind AC-45), Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin (WildWind AC-45), Sea (WildWind AC-45), Julie (Trudeau HepCat), Moon (WildWind AC-45), Cole (WildWind AC-45), ViV (WildWind AC-45), and Palani (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the committee boat: Cryptic: On the dock: Brianna, Caethes, and Helena. On the pier: Miya, and Marius.

Calm seas, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were well behaved as only one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day, from a skipper crashing on a region crossing during the second race. The crowds that gathered on the beaches of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, as wells as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on the fine fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Olympic Mirror and North Sea Circle courses, was made up of a small majority of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing crewed and three sailing single-handed respectively. Six WildWind AC-45s, one Trudeau HepCat, and one TMS Nacra 17 rounded out the fleet in the first race. The fleet makeup changed a bit for the second race as five crewed TMS Flying Shadows, one single-handed TMS Flying Shadow, two WildWind AC-45s, and two Trudeau HepCats took to the water.

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 Cole (Colette Verino) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Rider (Rider Wilder) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, he missed the first mark, the green buoy in the Ziziphus region.

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Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Sin (Sinarielle Resident) finished tied with 5 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2
blondij Resident	4	1
Sinarielle Resident	1	4

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

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Isa (isab DeCuir) and Jenna (jnx1e Resident) finished tied with 9 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2
isab DeCuir	7	2
Sinarielle Resident	2	7

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

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ViV (vivipezz Resident) and Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) both finished tied with 16 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
vivipezz Resident	5	11
Rayzza Rubble	6	10

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

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Diana (Dianafra Allen) 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
Dianafra Allen	9	13
Palani Allen	11	11

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

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Rider (Rider Wilder) and Sea (filax Carter) both finished tied with 23 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
Rider Wilder	8	15
filax Carter	11	12

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