From the left (in boats): Julie (Bandit IF), Cate and Anthony (Bandit 22 LTE), Jackson and Red(Bandit IF), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy (TMS Star Class), MaikeMia (Bandit 25r), Jenna (Dolphin Moth), Sirius and Angelie (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Erin (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit IF), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Massimo (Bandit 22 LTE), and Sea (Dolphin Moth).
On the Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Danerys, Tamarushka, and Julia. On the pier: Fire, Faye, and Selena.
Calm 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 behaved well for everyone with only one DNF (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. The lone DNF was due to a skipper crashing while crossing region corners during the small boat portion. The crowds that gathered along the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on some competitive and exciting fleet racing on display from this weeks skippers.
This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea CCW (counter-clockwise) course, was made up of a slim majority of six Bandit 22 LTEs. Five Bandit IFs, three sailing crewed and two sailing single-handed respectively, two Dolphin Moths, one The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, and one Bandit 25r rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Outer Inner Loop (OIL) course, was made up of a majority of five TMS I-Mocca 60s. Three WildWind Open 60s, two WildWind AC-45s, one TMS Ushuaia, and one Trudeau 12 Metre 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:
Cate (Cate Sewell) and Anthony (AnthonyKingston Resident) registered as a team prior to the start of the race, therefore their points are accredited together.
Diana (Dianafra Allen) was disqualified (DSQ) during the big boat portion for sailing without race wind.
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) finished tied with 4 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 |
| JulieRoyale Resident | 3 | 1 |
| Emileigh Starbrook | 1 | 3 |
In the last race, Julie breaks the tie with Emileigh with her first place finish over Emileigh’s third place finish.
Sea (filax Carter) and Cate & Anthony (Cate Sewell & Anthony) 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 |
| filax Cartert | 7 | 9 |
| Cate Sewell & Anthony | 8 | 8 |
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 Cate & Anthony’s eighth place finish as their best.
Max (Maximiliano Szondi) and Massimo (MrMekMax Resident) 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 |
| Maximiliano Szondi | 9 | 11 |
| MrMekMax Resident | 10 | 10 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Max’s favor with having a ninth place finish over Massimo’s tenth place finish as his best.
Juicy (juice651 Resident) and Diana (Dianafra Allen) both finished tied with 24 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 |
| juice651 Resident | 11 | 13 |
| Dianafra Allen | 12 | 12 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Juicy’s favor with having an eleventh place finish over Diana’s twelfth place finish as her best.
North Sea Racing 