From the left (in boats): Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Fabber (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Kurt (TMS Flying Shadow), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Nacra 17), Aymalie (TMS Flying Shadow), and Juicy (TMS Nacra 17).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Emileigh, and Caethes.
Calm to choppy seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were well behaved today, as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded during the first race due to a skipper crashing while crossing on region corners. However, during the second race, as the course dipped south into Fruit Islands, three more DNFs occurred. Two of those DNFs were due to skippers pulling their boats after script errors occurred in one region. The remaining DNF was due to a skipper pulling his boat from frustration after being stuck in irons. The crowds that gathered on the shores of the islands in the Genip, and Ziziphus regions, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in the frantic fleet-foiled feline furor on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline and North Sea 04 v3 courses, was made up of a majority of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, six sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively. Two TMS Nacra 17s rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.
Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Emileigh
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 Aymalie (Aymalie Resident), with Fabber (Fabber Resident) second, and Daenerys (blondij Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
Race Notes:
Sea (filax Carter) and Juicy (juice651 Resident) both 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 |
| filax Carter | 2 | 8 |
| juice651 Resident | 5 | 5 |
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 Juicy’s fifth place finish as his best.
Kurt (Kurt Calamity) and Siri (Sirius Rosca) both finished tied with 12 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 |
| Kurt Calamity | 3 | 9 |
| Sirius Rosca | 6 | 6 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Kurt’s favor with having a third place finish over Siri’s sixth place finish as his best.
Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) 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 |
| moonglownight Resident | 4 | 9 |
| Rayzza Rubble | 6 | 7 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Moon’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Rayz’s sixth place finish as his best.
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