Bandit Regatta – May 31st 2021

From the left (in Bandit boats): Julia (Bandit 22 LTE), Cate and Anthony (Bandit 22 LTE), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Safy (Bandit 22 LTE), Julie (Bandit 22 LTE), Jean (Bandit 50/3), Sirius and Angelie (Bandit IF), Emileigh and Summer (Bandit IF), Juicy (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Astrid (Bandit 22 LTE), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), and Jackson (Bandit IF).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, and Caethes. On the pier: Marius, Havoc, Lessa, Fire, and Kai.

Calm seas, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. With a moderate breeze of 11 knots out of the southwest, The North Sea regions were generally well behaved for everyone as only three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first two DNFs occurred during the first race, as one skipper got stripped from her boat on a region crossing while another skipper removed her boat after hitting the RC boat near the finish. The remaining DNF occurred during the second race as a skipper removed his boat after the scripts in it stopped responding. The crowds that gathered on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, and on the observation deck of the lighthouse in the Ziziphus region, cheered on a spirited display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Olympic Short Reverse and North Sea WC Reach 2 courses, was made up of a majority of twelve Bandit 22 LTEs. Four Bandit IFs, three sailing crewed and one sailing single-handed respectively, and one Bandit 50/3 X rounded out the remainder of the Bandit fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Tamarushka
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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Cate (Cate Sewell) 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:
Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) both finished tied with 13 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
Nicole Myhre	3	10
Sirius Rosca	5	8

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

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Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Juicy (juice651 Resident) 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
jnx1e Resident	1	15
juice651 Resident	7	9

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 Juicy’s seventh place finish as his best.

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Jackson (Jacquimo Resident), Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident), and Julia (juliabennett Resident) all finished tied with 21 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
Jacquimo Resident	4	17
AstridNewBonham Resident	6	15
juliabennett Resident	9	12

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Jackson’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Astrid’s sixth place and Julia’s ninth place finishes as their best.

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Jean (Jean Obviate) and Diana (Dianafra Allen) both finished tied with 29 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
Jean Obviate	13	16
Dianafra Allen	14	15

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

Bandit IF Regatta – May 29th 2021

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: jackson, Emileigh (&Nicole), Rugger, Julie, Juicy, Max & Wyndi, Moonglow night Committee boat: Daenerys

A stormy Saturday afternoon in May highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta. A storm fort gathered over the Isles of Fruit, with winds blowing from the south yet The North Sea and Fruit regions behaved reasonably well. Today, we had a fleet of seven Bandit IF’s at the start. Two of the seven Bandit IF’s were crewed.

We had two great races. However, some skippers would not enter the second race, and during the second race we had two dropouts.

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 and Fruit.

More pictures after the results.
Race Director: Daenerys
Assist Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: 170 (S) 18kts

Wind: 190° (S) 18kts

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 Jack (Jacquimo Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Jack (Jacquimo Resident) 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
JulieRoyale Resident	1	4
Jacquimo Resident	2	3

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 Jack’s second place finish as his best.

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Juicy (juice651 Resident) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) finished tied with 10 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
juice651 Resident	6	4
ruggeromare Resident	4	6

In the last race, Juicy breaks the tie with Rugger with his fourth place finish over Rugger’s sixth place finish.
 

Cat Fight – May 28th 2021

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Diana (WildWind AC-45), Safy and Julia (TMS Flying Shadow), Julia (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), Jean (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), Jenna (TMS Flying Shadow), and Sea (WildWind AC-45).
On the committee boat: Cryptic, and Tamarushka. On the dock: Sandra, Julien, and Caethes. 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 saw a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest for the first race, which saw every skipper finish on calm seas. A storm rolled in during the second race, as the wind shifted from the northwest, with four DNFs (Did Not Finish) occurring. Of those four DNFs, two were from skippers crashing while crossing over regions corners, a third was from a skipper crashing to her desktop in the middle of a region, and the remainder was from a skipper pulling her boat due to frustration. 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 frantic fleet-foiled frenetic frenzy on display from this weeks skippers.

This weeks first race fleet, sailing on North Sea SS-01 (Summer Sailstice), was made up of a majority of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and three sailing with crew respectively. Two WildWind AC-45s rounded out the first race fleet. Meanwhile, the second race fleet, sailing on the newly created North Sea Cat Fight 01 course, was again made up of a majority of seven TMS Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and three sailing crewed respectively. One TMS Nacra 17 and one WildWind AC-45 rounded out the second race fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Tamarushka

Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Wind: NW (315°) 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 Daenerys (blondij Resident) second, and Moon (moonglownight Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Daenerys (blondij Resident) both finished the first race tied at the finishing line with a time of 10:10. As their final time also remains tied, as they both sailed the same boat, Rule A7 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to score this tie:

“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.“

Therefore, both Jenna and Daenerys receive 1.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 1 and 2, added together and divided equally.
 

Thursday Triple Threat – May 27th 2021

From the left to the right: Bandit B22: Emileigh & Flapio, Diana, Julia Bennett, Safy Bennett, Rugger, Jenna, Nicole, Sea, Moonglownight & Nata, Juicy Bandit IF: Max & Wyndi, JulieRoyale, Jackson Pier: Kai, Summer Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

This weeks Triple Threat featured good wind coming from the southwest on a beautiful Thursday afternoon in May. The North Sea regions behaved well and there was not a cloud in the sky.

We had 13 Bandits at the start line of the first race. The fleet was made up of ten Bandit 22 LTEs and three Bandit IFs. A Bandit IF and a 22 had crew on board.

We had two great matches. There were close fights between all the skippers.

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

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

Wind: 230° (SW) 15kts

Wind: 220° (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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) in third place.

Today’s winners on the Bandit IF were Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Jack (Jacquimo Resident) 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:
Julia (juliabennett Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, rounding the fifth race mark counter-clockwise instead of clockwise, the blue buoy in the Sapote region.

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Sea (filax Carter) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for failing to complete a 360° penalty turn under protest due to a Rule 10 On Opposite Tacks foul.

“10 ON OPPOSITE TACKS
When boats are on opposite tacks, a port-tack boat shall keep clear of a starboard-tack boat.“

Source: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Safy (CarissaBellane Resident) finished tied with 9 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
ruggeromare Resident	6	3
CarissaBellane Resident	3	6

In the last race, Rugger breaks the tie with Safy with his third place finish over Safy’s sixth place finish.

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Sea (filax Carter) and Emi (Emileigh Starbrook) finished tied with 13 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
filax Carter	9	4
Emileigh Starbrook	4	9

In the last race, Sea breaks the tie with Emi with her fourth place finish over Emi’s ninth place finish.
 

North Sea Open Regatta – May 26th 2021

From the left (in boats): ViV (Quest M-24), Sirius (Bandit IF), Jackson (Bandit IF), Rugger and Sara (Bandit 22 LTE), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy (Bandit IF), Cat (Isard Sjogin), Safy and Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (Bandit 25r), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Jenna (TMS Flying Shadow), Sea (Dolphin Moth), and Kim (Bandit IF).
On the Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Eboney, Daenerys, and Kai.

Calm to choppy seas, a great fleet turnout, and a new boat highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were behaving well for everyone during the small boat portion of the regatta as all fourteen boats in the fleet finished the course with nary a hiccup. Storm clouds started to brew during the big boat portion, however, as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) occurred, both from mishaps on a region crossing in the Citrus region. The crowd that gathered on the small race dock, in the Eden Jakana region, and along the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus, Genip, and Citrus regions, cheered on a spirited display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

With the great conditions during the small boat portion, also came the first race for the new Isard Sjogin. The Sjogin, a double-ender sloop from Lalia (laliacasau Resident), was released earlier in the morning before the Open Regatta. As of the publication of this post, the X version of the Sjogin, the version intended to be raced, has a preliminary handicap value of 0.60. As always, with any new boat, times run on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) will help the accuracy of the handicap. Any runs made for the Sjogin can be submitted, via notecard, to Cryptic or Daenerys. Please see North Sea Handicap Table for our handicap list and a link to the Google Sheet used to calculate those values.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was made up of a majority of five Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, one sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively, one Bandit 25r, one Dolphin Moth, one Quest M-24, and one Isard Sjogin rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the newly created North Sea Hay course¹, was made up of a small majority of four TMS I-Mocca 60s. Three WildWind Open 60s, one TMS One Design 65, one WildWind RC-44r, and one Trudeau 12 Metre rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

¹North Sea Hay is an updated version of a course by Hay Ah from 2013 named NSHay01.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Directors: Daenerys
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 ViV (vivipezz Resident) second, and Jenna (jnx1e 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 racing duties.

Race Notes:
Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) was disqualified (DSQ) during the big boat portion for sailing an incorrect course, missing the western island in the Cherry region, the third course mark.

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Moon (moonglownight Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the big boat portion 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

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Sirius (Sirius Rosca) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) finished tied with 12 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	7	5
moonglownight Resident	5	7

In the last race, Sirius breaks the tie with Moon with his fifth place finish over Moon’s seventh place finish.

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Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) both finished tied with 14 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
Jacquimo Resident	3	11
Emileigh Starbrook	4	10

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

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Cat (CatalinaHunter Resident) and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) both finished tied with 15 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
CatalinaHunter Resident	4	11
Nicole Myhre	7	8

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

Bandit Regatta – May 24th 2021

From the left (in Bandit boats): Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Julie (Bandit 22 LTE), Jackson (Bandit IF), Lucien (Bandit 60), Safy (Bandit 22 LTE), Julia (Bandit 22 LTE), Farryn (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Kim (Bandit IF), Sirius and Angelie (Bandit IF), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Faye (Bandit 25r), Juicy (Bandit IF), and Moon (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Bull, and Julia. On the pier: Kai, and Sara.

Choppy seas, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were generally behaved as a fresh breeze of 18 knots came out of the southwest. However, three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Of those thee DNFs, one was from a skipper crashing on a region corner, and the remaining two were from region crossing crashes. The crowds that gathered along the shores of the island in the Ziziphus region, and on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier, in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in the exciting fleet racing on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline and North Sea Copacabana courses, as made up of a majority of ten Bandit 22 LTEs. Five Bandit IFs, three sailing single-handed and two sailing crewed respectively, and one Bandit 25r rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
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 Julie (JulieRoyale 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 race duties.

Race Notes:
Julia (juliabennett Resident) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) both finished the second race tied at the finishing line with a time of 18:41. As their final time also remains tied, as they both sailed the same boat, Rule A7 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to score this tie:

“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.“

Therefore, both Julia and Emileigh receive 5.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 5 and 6, added together and divided equally.

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Sea (filax Carter) and Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) both finished tied with 11 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	3	8
Jacquimo Resident	4	7

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

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Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Diana (Dianafra Allen) both finished tied with 27 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	12	15
Dianafra Allen	13	14

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

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Kim (Kim Farleigh) and Farryn (FarrynMoon Resident) both finished tied with 28 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
Kim Farleigh	12	16
FarrynMoon Resident	13	15

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Kim’s favor with having a twelfth place finish over Farryn’s thirteenth place finish as her best.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – May 22th 2021

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Sirius & Angelie, JulieRoyale, Juicy, RedheadJo, Dunia, Emileigh Starbrook, Moonglownight, Ruggeromare, JuliaRaymond, Jackson Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

A beautiful May Saturday afternoon in the North Sea and Fruit, with wind coming from the south, was the backdrop for this weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta. The North Sea and Fruit regions were well behaved and there was not a cloud in the sky. Today we had a fleet of ten Bandit IFs at the start. One of the ten Bandit IFs had crew.

Before the start of the first race, each skipper was given a list of landmarks and a map and they had to draw their own route on the map themselves. The start went smoothly and four skippers distanced themselves from the rest of the fleet, but it would not stay that way. In the Elderberry region, a skipper had taken on the fleet. From here skippers would each sail a different route around the island in the Ziziphus region. In the Eden Fulmar region, the order of the first five boats turned out to have been completely changed. The skipper who was now first did not relinquish this position. However, there was fight for second place right up to the finish line.

At the start of the second race we had two surprising port starts, which went just fine. As a result, we had a compact fleet and two skippers with a completely different line to the first mark. Here the paths of all skippers crossed again. The skippers probably thought “all roads lead to Rome”, because between mark two and mark three the fleet was completely spread over several regions. Arriving at the third mark, it became clear how the race would continue. We had a leader that could no longer be overtaken, with several groups behind her.

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

More pictures after the results.
Race Director: Daenerys
Assist Race Director: Tamarushka, and Cryptic

Wind: 190 (S) 18kts

Wind: 170° (S) 18kts

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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Jack (Jacquimo Resident) second, and Moon (Moonglownight Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Dunia (Dunia Moulliez) and Juicy (juice651 Resident) finished tied with 15 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
Dunia Moulliez	8	7
juice651 Resident	7	8

In the last race, Dunia breaks the tie with Juicy with her seventh place finish over Juicy’s eight place finish.

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Cat Fight – May 21st 2021

From the left (in boats): Emileigh and Zimtzicke (TMS Flying Shadow), Diana (WildWind AC-45), Riley and Julia (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin (WildWind AC-45), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius and Angelie (TMS Flying Shadow), Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow), and Sea (WildWind AC-45).
On the committee boat: Cryptic, and Tamarushka. On the dock: Tamarushka, Bull, and Caethes. On the pier: Kai.

Calm to choppy seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. With a fresh breeze of 18 to 21 knots coming from the southwest, The North Sea saw generally calm conditions for most as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Two of those three DNFs were due to skippers crashing while sailing across region corners. The remaining DNF was due to a skipper pulling her boat after her crew crashed on a region crossing. The crowds that gathered on the small racing dock in the Eden Jakana region, and along the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, cheered on the frenetic fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks first race fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing crewed and one sailing single-handed respectively. Three Wildwind AC-45s rounded out the first race fleet. Meanwhile, the second race fleet, sailing on the North Sea 04 course, was made up of a majority of five crewed TMS Flying Shadows. Two WildWind AC-45s, and one lone TMS Nacra 17 rounded out the second race fleet.

Note: As of the publishing of this post, the handicap values for the WildWind AC-45 and crewed The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadow have been updated. The WildWind AC-45 now has a value of 1.45, up from 1.26. The crewed TMS Flying Shadow now has a value of 1.28, up from 1.24. Please see North Sea Handicap Table for more info and a link to the Google Sheet used to calculate those values.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Tamarushka

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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Sin (Sinarielle Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both finished tied with 4 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	3
moonglownight Resident	2	2

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 Moon’s second place finish as his best.

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Diana (Dianafra Allen) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) both finished tied with 14 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
Dianafra Allen	6	8
Sirius Rosca	7	7

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

Thursday Triple Threat – May 20th 2021

From the left to the right: Bandit B22: Emileigh Starbrook, Ruggeromare, Safy Bennett, Julia Bennett, Farryn Sterling, Sea, Summer;  Bandit IF: Max & Wyndi, Jackson, Juicy, Sirius, JulieRoyale, Moonglownight;  Pier: Vimse, Marius, Massimo, Kai, Autodrive;  Dock: Bull Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

This weeks Triple Threat featured good wind coming from the southwest on a beautiful Thursday afternoon in May. The North Sea regions behaved well and there was not a cloud in the sky.

We had 13 Bandits at the start line of the first race. The fleet was made up of eight Bandit 22 LTEs and five Bandit IFs. A Bandit IF had crew on board.

We had two great matches. There were close fights between all the skippers.

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: Cryptic, and Tamarushka

Wind: 230° (SW) 15kts

Wind: 220° (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 Emi (Emileigh Starbrook), with Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) second, and Sea (filax Carter) in third place.

Today’s winners on the Bandit IF were Jack (Jacquimo Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Siri (Sirius Rosca) in third place.

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

Race Notes:

Summer (NCsummer Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, rounding the third race mark clockwise instead of counter-clockwise, the orange buoy in the Sapodilla region.

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Nicole (Nicole Myhre) and Julia (juliabennett Resident) both finished tied with 10 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
Nicole Myhre	1	9
juliabennett Resident	4	6

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

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Moon (moonglownight Resident ) and Siri (Sirius Rosca) finished tied with 5 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
moonglownight Resident	3	2
Sirius Rosca	2	3

In the last race, Moon breaks the tie with Siri with his second place finish over Siri’s third place finish.

North Sea Open Regatta – May 19th 2021

From the left (in boats): Julia (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Isa and Christi (TMS Flying Shadow), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Bunny (TMS Flying Shadow), Safy (Bandit 22 LTE), Red (Bandit IF), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Jenna (TMS Nacra 17), Rugger and Sara (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Julie (Bandit 22 LTE), Massimo and Mari (Bandit 22 LTE), Cillian (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Dolphin Moth), and Moon (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, ViV, Daenerys, Meli, and Yolanda. On the pier: Barry, Palani, and Faye.

Choppy to smooth seas, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots coming from the southwest, The North Sea regions were generally behaved as only one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. However, the choppiness came from a bit of barging during the start of the small boat portion. After penalties were sorted and 360° turns completed, nearly everyone in the fleet finished. The lone DNF was due to a skippers connection dyeing on her just as she got within a regions length of the finish. The big boat portion had a much cleaner start and race, as every one of the fourteen strong fleet finished. The crowd that gathered on the small race dock and Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, and on the lighthouse observation deck on the island in the Ziziphus region, cheered on the spirited fleet racing on display from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Half Mane course, was made up of a majority of ten Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively, two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, one sailing single-handed and one sailing with crew respectively, one TMS Nacra 17, one Quest 2m, and one Dolphin Moth rounded out his 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. Four WildWind AC-45s, two WildWind Open 60s, one TMS Ushuaia, and one WildWind RC-44r 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 ViV (vivipezz 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 racing duties.

Race Notes:
Safy (CarissaBellane Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both finished the small boat portion tied at the finishing line with a time of 15:35. As their final time also remains tied, as they both sailed the same boat, Rule A7 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to score this tie:

“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.“

Therefore, both Safy and Moon receive 4.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 4 and 5, added together and divided equally.

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Bunny (ScarlettJayy Nova) and Isa (isab DeCuir) both finished the big boat portion tied at the finishing line with a time of 11:56. As their final time also remains tied, as they both sailed the same boat, Rule A7 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to score this tie:

“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.“

Therefore, both Bunny and Isa receive 10.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 10 and 11, added together and divided equally.

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Sin (Sinarielle Resident) and Massimo (MrMekMax Resident) both finished tied with 21 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
Sinarielle Resident	2	19
MrMekMax Resident	7	14

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

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Sea (filax Carter) and Julia (juliabennett Resident) 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
filax Carter	7	16
juliabennett Resident	8	15

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 Julia’s eighth place finish as her best.

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Diana (Dianafra Allen) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) both finished tied with 30 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
Dianafra Allen	13	17
Maximiliano Szondi	15	15

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