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