From the left (in boats): Emileigh and Jay (TMS Star Class), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Moon (TMS Nacra 17), Julie (RM Clever), Jenna (TMS Nacra 17), and Sea (TMS Nacra 17).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Rayz. On the pier: Marius.
Calm to choppy seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions for behaved for most, with one DNF (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. The lone DNF was due to a skipper pulling her boat after experiencing several sudden stops at region crossings, which appears to still be a rare and random occurrence since Linden Research™ moved Secondlife™ to Amazon servers. The crowds that assembled 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, reveled in the spirited display of fleet racing on display from this weeks skippers.
This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Copacabana course, was made up of a split majority of three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Nacra 17s and three Bandit IFs, two sailing single handed and one sailing crewed respectively. One Bandit 22 LTE, one crewed TMS Star Class, and one ReneMarine Clever rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Circle course, was made up of a small majority of three TMS I-Mocca 60s. Two WildWind Open 60s, one TMS One Design 65, one Bandit 55, and one Trudeau 12 Metre rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.
Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Directors: 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 Rugger (ruggeromare 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 and to the SLCG for helping with racing duties.
Race Notes:
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the small boat portion for sailing an incorrect course, missing the last mark, the blue buoy in the Sapote region.
Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Sea (filax Carter) both finished tied with 9 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 | 1 | 8 |
| RedHeadJO Resident | 3 | 6 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Jenna’s favor with having a first place finish over Sea’s third place finish as her best.
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), Sirius (Sirius Rosca), and Moon (moonglownight Resident) all finished tied with 10 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 | 2 | 8 |
| Sirius Rosca | 3 | 7 |
| moonglownight Resident | 4 | 6 |
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 Sirius’s third place, and Moon’s fourth place best finishes.
nbsp;
North Sea Racing 