From the left (in Bandit boats): Cate and Anthony (Bandit 22 LTE), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Safy (Bandit 22 LTE), Jackson (Bandit IF), Red and Kim (Bandit IF), Julie (Bandit 25r), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Duke, Julia, and Daenerys.
Smooth to slightly choppy seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were calm for the fleet during the first race as every skipper finished. However, the waters grew a bit rough during the second race as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded. Of those three DNFs, two were due to skippers crashing while crossing across region corners. The remaining DNF was due to skipper crashing on a region crossing. The crowds that gathered along the shores of the island in the Ziziphus region, and on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on some great sailing on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet for the first race, sailing on the North Sea SS-01 (Second Sailstice) course, was made up of a majority if seven Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two sailing crewed and one sailing single-handed respectively, and one Bandit 25r rounded out the first race fleet. The second race fleet changed things up slightly, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), with a smaller majority of five Bandit 22 LTEs. Four Bandit IFs, two sailing single-handed and two sailing crewed respectively, one Bandit 50/3, and one Bandit 25r rounded out the second race fleet.
Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: 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 Jackson (Jacquimo 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 race duties.
Race Notes:
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Jackson (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 Jackson’s second place finish as his best.
Max (Maximiliano Szondi) and Cate (Cate Sewell) 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 |
| Maximiliano Szondi | 7 | 10 |
| Cate Sewell | 8 | 9 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Max’s favor with having a seventh place finish over Cate’s eighth place finish as her best.
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