North Sea Open Regatta – Dec 29th 2021

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Cate and Anthony (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy and Di (Bandit 22 LTE), Lilita (Bandit 22 LTE), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Red (Bandit IF), Jackson (Bandit IF), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Farryn, Tamarushka, Nino, Erik, Caethes. On the pier: Asher.

The last North Sea Open Regatta¹ for 2021 featured a great fleet turnout with nice sim sailing weather. The North Sea regions were on their best New Year’s behavior as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF, occurring during the small boat portion, was due to a skipper’s router causing her to crash. After she reset her router, she was able to continue racing in the big boat portion. The second DNF, occurring during the big boat portion, was due to skipper crashing while crossing across region corners. The crowds that gathered along the beaches on the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, as well as on the small race dock and Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in a spirited display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta course, was made up of a majority of seven Bandit 22 LTEs. Four Bandit IFs, three sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively, rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Extreme course, was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) I-Mocca 60s. One WildWind Open 60, one WildWind RC-44r, one TMS Pacha 110, one Bandit 50/3, and one Bandit 55 rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

¹As is tradition in The North Sea, we are in the second week of our holiday break that started on Monday, December 20th, 2021, and continues through Saturday, January 1st, 2022. In the years past, we’ve held no races during the holiday weeks. This year, at the request of several skippers, we held our Open Regatta last week and today. All other North Sea races are postponed for the holidays. Our full racing schedule will resume on January 3rd, 2022. From everyone at North Sea Racing, we wish you a safe and happy holiday season.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), Anthony and Cate (TMS Pacha 110), Capitano (Bandit 50/3), Max and Wyndi (WildWind Open 60), Red (TMS I-Mocca 60), Juicy and Di (TMS I-Mocca 60), Moon (TMS I-Mocca 60), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), Sirius (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Rugger (Bandit 55).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Daenerys, Farryn, Jackson, Lilita, Caethes. On the pier: Asher.

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 Rugger (ruggeromare Resident), with Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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 racing duties.

Race Notes:
Cate (Cate Sewell) and Anthony (AnthonyKingston Resident) registered as a team prior to the start of the race, therefore their points are accredited together.

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Capitano (michael13navarro Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the big boat portion for sailing without race director assigned race wind.

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Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both finished tied with 8 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
Nicole Myhre	3	5
moonglownight Resident	4	4

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Zimtzicke’s favor with having a third place finish over Moon’s fourth place finish as his best.

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Capitano (michael13navarro Resident) and Lilita (lilita Cifuentes) both finished tied with 21 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
michael13navarro Resident	9	12
lilita Cifuentes	10	11

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Capitano’s favor with having a ninth place finish over Lilita’s tenth place finish as her best.
 

North Sea Open Regatta – Dec 22nd 2021

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Star Class), Lilita (Bandit 22 LTE), Aymalie (TMS Laser One), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Farryn, Daenerys, and Caethes.

Great sim sailing weather, a nice fleet turnout, and festive spirit highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta¹. With a Christmas fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, The North Sea regions were on their best holiday behavior with every skipper finishing both races with nary a hiccup. This weeks Open Regatta saw Hunter Marine providing the overall winner their new Hunter Sport fishing boat as a special Christmas gift. The crowds that gathered along the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, as well as on the small race dock and Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on a festive display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Copacabana course, was made up of a majority of three Bandit 22 LTEs. One The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, and one TMS Laser One rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea CCW (Counter-Clockwise) course, was made up of a majority of two TMS I-Mocca 60s. One WildWind RC-44r, and one Trudeau 12 Metre rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

¹As is tradition in The North Sea, we are on a holiday break starting Monday, December 20th, 2021, through Saturday, January 1st, 2022. In the years past, we’ve held no races during the holiday weeks. This year, at the request of several skippers, we held our Open Regatta today, and will hold it next week on Wednesday, December, 29th, 2021. All other North Sea races will be postponed for the holidays. Our full racing schedule will resume on January 3rd, 2022. From everyone at North Sea Racing, we wish you a safe and happy holiday season.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), Aymalie (Trudeau 12 Metre), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Moon (TMS I-Mocca 60).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Daenerys, Lilita, Caethes.

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 Aymalie (Aymalie Resident), with Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) second, and Moon (moonglownight 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:
Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), Moon (moonglownight Resident), and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) all 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
Emileigh Starbrook	2	4
moonglownight Resident	2	4
Nicole Myhre	3	3

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Emileigh’s and Moon’s favor with having second place finishes over Zimtzicke’s third place finish as her best.

As Emileigh and Moon both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to further break this tie:

“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2
Emileigh Starbrook	4	2
moonglownight Resident	2	4

In the last race, Emileigh breaks the tie with Moon with her second place finish over Moon’s fourth place finish.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – Dec 18th 2021

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Emileigh, Juicy & Di Si, RedheadJo, Sirius, Jackson, Moonglownight, Ruggeromare Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka Dock: Lalia

The last¹ North Sea Bandit IF Regatta of 2021 took place on a beautiful December Saturday afternoon. Today, the races were held Eden Curlew. This time we had a fleet of seven Bandit IFs at the start. One Bandit IF had crew on board. The North Sea regions behaved well and there was not a cloud in the sky.

We sailed two races.  In the first race we started with compact fleet and sailed from Eden Curlew to Dragonfruit. In the second race we sailed to a small area of the fruit Islands.  Between the islands we lost three skippers.

We had three DNFs (Did Not Finish) and one DSQ (Disqualified) through all races and it was another successful and sporting day in The North Sea.

¹As is tradition in The North Sea, we will be going on a holiday break starting Monday, December 20th, 2021, through Saturday, January 1st, 2022. In the years past, we have held no races during the holiday weeks. This year, at the request of several skippers, we will be holding our Open Regatta on Wednesday, December 22nd, and Wednesday, December, 29th. All other North Sea races will be postponed for the holidays. Our full racing schedule will resume on January 3rd, 2022. From everyone at North Sea Racing, we wish you a safe and happy holiday season.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: Tamarushka, and Cryptic

Wind: 225° (SW) 18kts

Wind: 180° (S) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish + 1
Disqualified (DSQ) = number of finish + number of DNFs + 1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start + 1

Today’s winner was Moon (Moonglownight Resident), with Jack (Jacquimo Resident) second, and Siri (Sirius Rosca) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Rugger (Ruggeromare Resident) was disqualified during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the third course mark, the orange buoy in the Soncoya region.

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident), Juicy (juice651 Resident), and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) all 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
ruggeromare Resident	2	7
juice651 Resident	4	5
RedHeadJO Resident	4	5

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Rugger’s favor with having second place finishe over Juicy’s and Red’s fourth place finishes as their best.

As both Juicy and Red have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this remaining tie:

“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2
juice651 Resident	5	4
RedHeadJO Resident	4	5

In the last race, Juicy breaks the tie with Red with his fourth place finish over Red’s fifth place finish.
 

Cat Fight – Dec 17th 2021

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadoow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Sea (WildWind AC-45).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Emileigh, and Caethes.

Calm seas, with a light fleet turnout, highlighted the last¹ Cat Fight in The North Sea for 2021. With this being the last weekend before Christmas, many of our usual skippers had to bow out for real life as holiday festivities are under way. The North Sea regions were behaved for our skippers, as the only DNF (Did Not Finish) on they day, was due to a skipper pulling his boat after he mis-timed his start. The crowds that gathered on the the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in the festive fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and the North Sea Snipe course, was made up of a majority of two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, split evenly with one crewed and one single-handed respectively. One WildWind AC-45 rounded out the fleet for the first race. In the second race, a Flying Shadow skipper opted for his TMS Nacra 17 instead.

¹As is tradition in The North Sea, we will be going on a holiday break starting Monday, December 20th, 2021, through Saturday, January 1st, 2022. In the years past, we’ve held no races during the holiday weeks. This year, at the request of several skippers, we will be holding our Open Regatta on Wednesday, December 22nd, and Wednesday, December, 29th, 2021. All other North Sea races will be postponed for the holidays. Our full racing schedule will resume on January 3rd, 2022. From everyone at North Sea Racing, we wish you a safe and happy holiday season.

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 Daenerys (blondij Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Sea (filax Carter) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Sea (filax Carter) finished tied with 5 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2
moonglownight Resident	3	2
filax Carter	2	3

In the last race, Moon breaks the tie with Sea with his second place finish over Sea’s third place finish.
 

Thursday Triple Threat – Dec 16th 2021

From the left to the right: Bandit B22: Ani & Victor, Astrid, Alex, Nicole Bandit IF: Jackson, Juicy, Siri, Moonglownight Star Class: Emileigh, Starbright Wingtips & Sara, Aymalie Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

For the last Triple Threat race in 2021, we had stormy weather. During the first race we lost almost the entire Bandit 22 LTE and The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class fleet. The Bandit IFs braved the December storm. The competitions became open and the winner was only decided on the last few meters before the finish line.

Today, we had eleven boats, Four Bandit 22 LTEs, four Bandit IFs and three TMS Star Class at the starting line of the first race. One Star Class and Bandit 22 had crew on board

There were seven DNFs (Did Not Finish) and no DSQs (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Directors: Tamarushka, and Cryptic

Wind: 255° (WSW) 18kts

Wind: 260° (WSW) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Disqualified (DSQ) = number of finish + number of DNFs + 1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winners on the Bandit 22 LTE were Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident), with Nicole (Nicole Myhre) second, and Alex (Alex0730 Resident) and Ani (Anixit Resident) in third place.

Today’s winners on the Bandit IF were Moonglownight (Moonglownight Resident), with Jack (Jacquimo Resident) second, and Juicy (Juicy651 Resident) in third place.

Today’s winners on the Star Class were Aymalie (Aymalie Resident), with Emi (Emileigh Starbrook) second, and Starbright (Starbright Wingtips) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident) and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) finished tied with 3 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2
AstridNewBonham Resident	2	1
Nicole Myhre	1	2

In the last race, Astrid breaks the tie with Zimtzicke with her first place finish over Zimtzicke’s second place finish.

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Ani (anixit Resident) and Alex (Alex0730 Resident) both finished tied with 5 points. As they all have the exact same finishes in both races, a DNF (Did Not Finish) during the first race and a DNS (Did Not Start) during the second race respectively, neither Rule A8.1 or Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing will satisfy breaking their tie. Therefore, Ani and Alex both remain tied in third place overall.

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Juicy (juice651 Resident) and Siri (Sirius Rosca) finished tied with 7 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2
juice651 Resident	4	3
Sirius Rosca	3	4

In the last race, Juicy breaks the tie with Siri with his third place finish over Siri’s fourth place finish.

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Aymalie (Aymalie Resident) and Emi (Emileigh Starbrook) finished tied with 3 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2
Aymalie Resident	2	1
Emileigh Starbrook	1	2

In the last race, Aymalie breaks the tie with Emi with her first place finish over Emi’s second place finish.
 

North Sea Open Regatta – Dec 15th 2021

From the left: Ani (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy(Bandit 22 LTE), Aymalie (TMS Laser One), Ester and Monica (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Rugger(Bandit 22 LTE), Jackson (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), and Sirius (Bandit IF) start off the small boat portion of The North Sea Open Regatta, on Wednesday, December 15th, 2021.

Stormy seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were generally behaved with only one DNF (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day, due to a skipper crashing while crossing a region corner in the small boat portion. Yet, Secondlife™ itself was not in the best of shape, with Amazon (the host of Linden Research™’s (LL) services) suffering an outage throughout the morning. Our skippers endured the rough virtual seas, as LL still had not issued the all clear by the time the Open Regatta ended.

The Secondlife™ status page (source: https://status.secondlifegrid.net/incidents/7ln011h8q0bj ) throughout the duration of the Open Regatta.

The crowds that gathered along the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, as well as on the small race dock and Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on a festive display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea CCW (Counter-Clockwise) course, was made up of a majority of five Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively, and one The Mesh Shop (TMS) Laser One rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Double Loop course, was made up of a majority of three TMS I-Mocca 60s. One Bandit 55, one WildWind Open 60, and one Trudeau 12 Metre rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Juicy (TMS I-Mocca 60), Aymalie (Trudeau 12m), Max and Wyndi (WildWind Open 60), Rugger (Bandit 55), Moon (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Daenerys, Farryn, Emileigh, Victor, and Ania. On the pier: Jackson.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Directors: Daenerys, Tamarushka, and Emileigh
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 Aymalie (Aymalie Resident), with Rugger (ruggeromare 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 racing duties.

Race Notes:
Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) finished tied with 5 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2
ruggeromare Resident	3	2
Nicole Myhre	2	3

In the last race, Rugger breaks the tie with Zimtzicke with his second place finish over Zimtzicke’s third place finish.
 

Bandit Regatta – Dec 13th 2021

From the left (in boats): Lilita and Alex (Bandit 22 LTE), Aymalie (Bandit 22 LTE), Ester (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Juicy (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Daenerys, and Depopgurl. On the pier: Kim.

Choppy seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. With a gentle breeze of 8 knots out of the southwest, growing to a moderate breeze of 11 knots in the second race, the sailing weather on The North Sea was deceptively rough as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. All three DNFs, two during the first race and one during the second race, were due to crashes on region crossings. The crowds that gathered on the lighthouse observation deck on the island in the Ziziphus region, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in a festive display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Olympic Short Mirror course, and a two lap affair on the North Sea Short Loop Mirror course, was made up of a majority of seven 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°) 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 Aymalie (Aymalie 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:
Lilita (lilita Cifuentes) was disqualified during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the fourth course mark, the blue buoy in the Sapote region.

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Sea (filax Carter) was disqualified during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, rounding the first mark incorrectly, the blue buoy in the Sapote region.

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Sea (filax Carter), Rugger (ruggeromare Resident), and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) all 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
filax Carter	2	10
ruggeromare Resident	4	8
Sirius Rosca	5	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 second place finish over Rugger’s fourth place, and Sirius’s fifth place finishes as their best.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – Dec 11th 2021

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: RedheadJo & Kim, Jackson, Sirius & Angelie, Moonglownight Committee boat: Daenerys Pier: Jake Dock: Victor

This weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta took place on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in December. Today, the races were held Eden Curlew. This time we had a fleet of four Bandit IFs at the start. Two Bandit IFs had crew on board. The North Sea regions behaved well and there was not a cloud in the sky.

We sailed three races. All three the race courses remained on the northeast side of The North Sea waters. In all races we started with compact fleets, making the races exciting. One sailor did rule the sea from begin to the finish in the first two races

We had one DNF (Did Not Finish) and no DSQs (Disqualified) through all races and it was another successful and sporting day in The North Sea.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: 225 (SW) 18kts

Wind: 225° (SW) 18kts

Wind: 225° (SW) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish + 1
Disqualified (DSQ) = number of finish + number of DNFs + 1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start + 1

Today’s winner was Jack (Jacquimo Resident), with Moon (Moonglownight Resident) second, and Siri (Sirius Rosca) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
 

Cat Fight – Dec 10th 2021

From the left (in boats): Diana (WildWind AC-62), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Astrid (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), Sea (WildWind AC-45), and Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Emileigh, Rayz, and Caethes. On the pier: Paula.

Slightly choppy seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest for the duration of both races, The North Sea regions were fair for most as four DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Two of those DNFs were due to skippers crashing while crossing over region corners. The remaining two DNFs were due to one skipper crashing on region crossings, once in each race. The crowds that gathered on the shores of the island in the Ziziphus region, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on the feisty fleet-foiled feline fury on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing a three lap affair on the North Sea Short Loop course and another lap on the North Sea Double Loop course, was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively. One WildWind AC-62, and one WildWind AC-45 rounded out the first race fleet. The fleet changed slightly for the second race, as the AC-62 skipper opted for her AC-45, and a Flying Shadow skipper opted for his TMS Nacra 17.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Emileigh
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 Moon (moonglownight Resident), with ViV (vivipezz 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:
Moon (moonglownight Resident) and ViV (vivipezz Resident) finished tied with 3 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2
moonglownight Resident	2	1
vivipezz Resident	1	2

In the last race, Moon breaks the tie with ViV with his first place finish over ViV’s second place finish.
 

Thursday Triple Threat – Dec 9th 2021

From the left to the right: Bandit B22: Cate & Anthony, Ani & Victor, Aymalie, Astrid, Alex, Nicole, Moonglownight, Ester Bandit IF: Juicy, Siri, Jackson, Star Class: Emileigh, Starbright, Dock: Jools Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

The second Thursday afternoon of December saw a beautiful day for Triple Threat, with good sailing weather coming in from the southwest. The North Sea and Fruit Islands regions behaved well.

Today, we had eleven Bandits and two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class at the starting line of the first race. There were eight Bandit 22 LTEs, and three Bandit IFs. Two Bandit 22s had crew on board

There were three DNFs (Did Not Finish) and no DSQs (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Directors: Tamarushka, and Cryptic

Wind: 230° (SW) 18kts

Wind: 220° (SW) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Disqualified (DSQ) = number of finish + number of DNFs + 1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winners on the Bandit 22 LTE were Aymalie (Aymalie Resident), with Nicole (Nicole Myhre) second, and Moonglownight (Moonglownight Resident) in third place.

Today’s winners on the Bandit IF were Siri (Sirius Rosca), with Jack (Jacquimo Resident) second, and Juicy (Juicy651 Resident) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident) and Cate (Cate Sewell) both finished the second race tied at the finishing line with a time of 13:24.7. As their final time also remains tied, as they both sailed the same boat, Rule A7 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to score this tie:
“If boats are tied at the finishing line or if a handicap or rating system is used and boats have equal corrected times, the points for the place for which the boats have tied and for the place(s) immediately below shall be added together and divided equally. Boats tied for a race prize shall share it or be given equal prizes.“
Therefore, both Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident) and Cate (Cate Sewell) receive 5.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 5 and 6, added together and divided equally.