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.
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.
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.
North Sea Racing 