From the left (in Bandit boats): Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Rugger and Alix (Bandit 22 LTE), Angus (Bandit 55), Julie (Bandit IF), Thomas and Edita (Bandit 60), Moon (Bandit IF), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy (Bandit IF), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Wyndi, and Daenerys. On the pier: Marius, Summer, Angie, and Clemancy.
Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were well behaved for all, as the only DNF (Did Not Finish) on the day was due to a new skipper pulling his boat after getting caught in irons without his foresail raised immediately after the start. The crowds that gathered on the observation platform of the lighthouse in the Ziziphus region, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on exciting display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline and North Sea Trapezoid courses, was comprised of a split majority of four Bandit 22 LTEs and four Bandit IFs, split evenly between two sailing single-handed and two sailing crewed respectively. One Bandit 55, and one Bandit 60 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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Sea (filax Carter) 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:
Moon (moonglownight 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 |
| moonglownight Resident | 1 | 6 |
| filax Carter | 3 | 4 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Moon’s favor with having a first place finish over Sea’s third place finish as her best.
Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) both finished tied with 8 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 |
| ruggeromare Resident | 1 | 7 |
| Emileigh Starbrook | 3 | 5 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Rugger’s favor with having a first place finish over Emileigh’s third place finish as her best.
North Sea Racing 