From the left (in Bandit boats): Cate and Anthony (Bandit 22 LTE), Erica (Bandit 22 LTE), Farryn (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius and Angelie (Bandit IF), Julie (Bandit IF), Juicy (Bandit IF), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit IF), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Faye (Bandit IF), and Angus (Bandit IF).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Daenerys, and Julia.
Great sim sailing weather and fleet turnout highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. With a gentle breeze of 8 knots from the southwest, building to a moderate breeze of 11 knots in the second race, the North Sea regions were calm for everyone as the only DNFs (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day were from two skippers crashing while crossing over region corners, and one skipper’s computer crashing. The crowds that gathered on the observation deck of the lighthouse on the island in the Ziziphus region, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on some feisty fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Short) and a 2 lap affair on the North Sea Short Loop course, was made up of a majority of seven Bandit IFs, six sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively. Six Bandit 22 LTEs rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.
Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys, and Tamarushka
Wind: SW (225°) 8kts
Wind: SW (225°) 11kts
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 Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) 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:
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both finished tied with 6 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 | 1 | 5 |
| moonglownight Resident | 2 | 4 |
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 Moon’s second place finish as his best.
Sea (filax Carter) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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 |
| filax Carter | 2 | 7 |
| Sirius Rosca | 3 | 6 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Sea’s favor with having a second place finish over Sirius’s third place finish as his best.
Juicy (juice651 Resident), Farryn (FarrynMoon Resident), and Faye (FayeAnneM Resident) all finished tied with 19 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 |
| juice651 Resident | 7 | 12 |
| FarrynMoon Resident | 8 | 11 |
| FayeAnneM Resident | 9 | 10 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Juicy’s favor with having a seventh place finish over Farryn’s eighth place, and Faye’s ninth place finishes as their best.
North Sea Racing 