From the left (in boats): Emileigh and Gin (TMS Star Class), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Cate and Anthony (Bandit 22 LTE), Isa (TMS Flying Shadow), Victor (TMS Star Class), Moon (Bandit IF), Julie (Bandit IF), Jackson (Bandit IF), Juicy (Bandit IF), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Dolphin Moth), Jenna (TMS Nacra 17), and Palani (TMS Nacra 17).
On the Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, Daenerys, and Tamarushka. On the pier: Kai.
Calm seas, with a nice great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were well behaved as all the DNFs (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day, two in the small boat portion and two in the big boat portion respectively, were due to skippers crashing while crossing over region corners. The crowds that gathered along the shores of the island in the Ziziphus regions, as well as on the small boat dock in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on the competitive display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks small boat fleet, sailing a two lap affair on the North Sea Short Loop course, was made up of a split majority of four Bandit 22 TLEs and four Bandit IFs. Two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, one sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively, two TMS Nacra 17s, one TMS Flying Shadow, and one Dolphin Moth rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) was made up of a majority of five TMS I-Mocca 60s. Three TMS Ushuaias, one TMS One Design 65, and one WildWind RC-44r rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.
Note: The handicap for The Mesh Shop Ushuaia has been updated to 0.68, from 0.65, as of the publishing of this post. Please see the North Sea Handicap Table for our handicap table and the link to the Google Sheet used to calculate those values.
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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) second, and Moon (moonglownight 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:
Cate (Cate Sewell) and Anthony (AnthonyKingston Resident) registered as a team prior to the start of the race, therefore their points are accredited together.
Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) finished tied with 3 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 |
| jnx1e Resident | 2 | 1 |
| JulieRoyale Resident | 1 | 2 |
In the last race, Jenna breaks the tie with Julie with her first place finish over Julie’s second place finish.
Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre), Cate & Anthony (Cate Sewell & Anthony), and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) all 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 |
| Nicole Myhre | 4 | 7 |
| Cate Sewell/Anthony | 5 | 6 |
| Emileigh Starbrook | 5 | 6 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Zimtzicke’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Cate & Anthony’s and Emileigh’s fifth place finishes as their best.
As Cate & Anthony and Emileigh both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this remaining 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 |
| Cate Sewell/Anthony | 6 | 5 |
| Emileigh Starbrook | 5 | 6 |
In the last race, Cate & Anthony breaks the tie with Emileigh with her fifth place finish over Emileigh’s sixth place finish.
Diana (Dianafra Allen) and Juicy (juice651 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 |
| Dianafra Allen | 8 | 12 |
| juice651 Resident | 9 | 11 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Diana’s favor with having an eighth place finish over Juicy’s ninth place finish as his best.
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