From the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Star Class), Bunny (Bandit 22 LTE), Lampoon (Trudeau Patchogue II), Victor (TMS Star Class), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Kizzy (Bandit 22 LTE), Angus (Dolphin Moth), Red (Bandit IF), Julie (Bandit IF), Juicy (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Dolphin Moth), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, and Daenerys. On the pier: Slaschy, Frode.
Calm to choppy seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions started out smooth, with one DNF (Did Not Finish) occurring during the small boat portion due to a skippers connection failing. The seas picked up some chop during the big boat portion, as two more DNFs occurred. One of those big boat DNFs was due to a skipper crossing on a region corner, and the other was due to a skippers boat losing WWC wind after getting fouled around a race mark. The crowds that gathered along the shore of the island in the Ziziphus region, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in a great display of 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 small majority of five Bandit 22 LTEs. Four Bandit IFs, three sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively, one The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, one Dolphin Moth, and one Trudeau Patchogue II rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was made up of a small majority of four TMS I-Mocca 60s. Three WildWind Open 60s, and one Bandit 55 rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.
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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) second, and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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:
Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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 |
| ruggeromare Resident | 2 | 10 |
| Emileigh Starbrook | 5 | 7 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Rugger’s favor with having a second place finish over Emileigh’s fifth place finish as her best.
Max (Maximiliano Szondi) and Bunny (ScarlettJayy Nova) both finished tied with 13 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 | 6 | 7 |
| ScarlettJayy Nova | 4 | 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 sixth place finish over Bunny’s fourth place finish as her best.
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Interesting results in big boats, which stirs some reflection about the handicaps. Firstly, sailing a less used boat like the B55 is probably beneficial as her handicap may not be as “competitive”.
Secondly, sailing a boat that does not suffer from wind shadowing (e.g. any Wildwind boat), thus being much easier to sail in a regatta, is a point that may need be taken into account and reflected in the handicap.
Any further thoughts?
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To give some context to the big boat portion results, the foul mentioned that wiped out one of the WildWind Open 60s, was actually caused by an I-Mocca 60 skipper. That foul also happened to step dead a second I-Mocca 60 skipper, who was able to get underway again, only after some time stuck in irons. Those three boats were in fact neck and neck with the eventual winning WildWind Open 60 when this happened. Those events also gave advantage to the rear of the fleet as it allowed them to gain ground on the front. That said, the lack of wind shadow for any WildWind is factored in with the resulting handicap for those boats as it’s the boat sum of it’s features and drawbacks that’s recorded in it’s resulting data. The Mesh Shop boats, and Bandit as well, only receive wind shadow from those two brands. It’s the same for Trudeau only receiving wind shadow from Trudeau branded boats, and Quest from Quest branded boats. Next, the eventual first place scoring skipper in the WildWind Open 60, is usually at the top of what ever results list she’s in, regardless of boat she’s using (I know this wasn’t the intent of your thought, but it does need to be mentioned). Finally, to the Bandit 55 skipper, while that boat suffers slightly from a lack of recent data for the handicap, this race does in fact help work towards remedying that as it was on the standardized course used to base those handicaps, along with that skipper racing a good race.
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Thanks for the elements of context, Cryptic. And I know you prefer to use actual race results to base the handicaps tables, and with the play of averages, the handicaps are exactly that: an average compensation, so a fast sailor can indeed bests the handicap time of 10:33. I was intrigued because when the fleet is mostly far above the average, it means conditions were not so good. Yet, the first 2 finished with excellent compensated times despite so-so starts. The context with the foul at the mark helps understand the discrepancy.
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Regarding wind shadow, region borders do limit the effect with most boats. I haven’t specifically tested for all types, but for sure Trudeaus only check for other boats within the same region. And the key used is the name: if the name starts with “Trudeau” then there is wind shadow, even if the boat is moored. Potentially any boat types (any object even) with a name starting with Trudeau could cause wind shadow to a Trudeau. The range depends on the boat sailed, not the boat/object shadowing.
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For Bandit/TMS boats, the key is the system used: BOSS or IPAD-based BWind.
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Trudeaus wind shadow detection is not simply detecting a prim with Trudeau in the name. Trudeaus detection is ranged based, not region based, works across region borders, and is not effected by moored boats. This came up during the Second SOL Regatta in 2013, the SLF Regatta in 2015, and during Trudeau Week, held in The North Sea to host the first races for the RUNA IV when it was introduced. Just to check, to verify that nothing has changed, we just tested this all again with several Patchogue IIs, 12 Metres, and RUNA IVs.
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Well, I beg to differ having suffered wind shadow from moored Trudeau and getting free of the wind shadow by sailing out of a region. All sailing the Trudeau 12M.
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And yes, I was surprised when I experienced this 😉
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