From the left (in boats): Ester and Yuli (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh and Jools (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Jackson (Bandit IF), Lilita and Mirtilla (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), and Aymalie (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Tamarushka, and Rorie. On the pier: Summer.
Calm to choppy seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, The North Sea regions were generally smooth for most, with two DNFs (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. Both DNFs occurred during the second race, as one skipper crashed to desktop in the middle of a region, and another crashed on a region crossing. The crowds that gathered on the beaches of the island in the Ziziphus region, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on an exciting display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and the North Sea Half Mane course, was made up of a majority of six Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively, rounded out this weeks Bandit 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 Jackson (Jacquimo Resident), with Sirius (Sirius Rosca) second, and Aymalie (Aymalie 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 race duties.
Race Notes:
Sea (filax Carter) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) 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 |
| filax Carter | 5 | 8 |
| Maximiliano Szondi | 6 | 7 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Sea’s favor with having a fifth place finish over Max’s sixth place finish as his best.
Ester (citacg Resident) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) both finished tied with 16 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 |
| citacg Resident | 7 | 9 |
| Emileigh Starbrook | 8 | 8 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Ester’s favor with having a seventh place finish over Emileigh’s eighth place finish as her best.
North Sea Racing 