
From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Emileigh (TMS Nacra 17), Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow), Juicy (TMS Flying Shadow), and Sea (TMS Flying Shadow). On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic: On the dock: Tara.
Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots coming from the southwest, rising to 21 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were smooth for everyone as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The crowds that gathered on the observation deck of the lighthouse in the Ziziphus region, as well as on the island in the Genip region, and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on the frenetic fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta Reverse and North Sea Double Loop courses, was made up of a majority of four The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, split evenly with two sailing single-handed and two sailing crewed respectively. One lone TMS Nacra 17 rounded out the first race fleet. The second race fleet was nearly the same with the exception of a skipper swapping her Flying Shadow for a WildWind AC-45.
Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Tara
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 Daenerys (blondij Resident), with Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) second, and Jenna (jnx1e 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 Sea (filax Carter) both finished tied with 7 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 | 2 | 5 |
filax Carter | 3 | 4 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Jenna’s favor with having a second place finish over Sea’s third place finish as her best.