From the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Red (Bandit IF), Rugger and Klisy (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, and Sam. On the pier: Asher.
Calm seas, with a lighter than usual US holiday fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. Today was the Presidents’ Day holiday in the US, which saw real life occupy some of our weekly sailors. With a gentle breeze of 8 knots out of the southwest, building to a moderate breeze of 11 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were well behaved as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. 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, cheered on a competitive 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 four Bandit 22 LTEs. Two Bandit IFs, split evenly with one crewed and one single-handed respectively, rounded out the first race fleet. A 22 skipper opted to switch to her IF for the second race.
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 Rugger (ruggeromare Resident), with Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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:
Rugger (ruggeromare Resident), Sirius (Sirius Rosca), and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) all finished tied with 4 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 | 1 | 3 |
| Sirius Rosca | 1 | 3 |
| Nicole Myhre | 2 | 2 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Rugger’s and Sirius’s favor with having a first place finishes over Zimtzicke’s second place finish as her best.
As Rugger and Sirius 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 |
| ruggeromare Resident | 3 | 1 |
| Sirius Rosca | 1 | 3 |
In the last race, Rugger breaks the tie with Sirius with his first place finish over Sirius’s third place finish.
Diana (Dianafra Allen), (Maximiliano Szondi), and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) all 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 |
| Dianafra Allen | 4 | 6 |
| Maximiliano Szondi | 4 | 6 |
| Emileigh Starbrook | 5 | 5 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Diana’s and Max’s favor with having a fourth place finishes over Emileigh’s fifth place finish as her best.
As Diana and Max both 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 |
| Dianafra Allen | 6 | 4 |
| Maximiliano Szondi | 4 | 6 |
In the last race, Diana breaks the tie with Max with her fourth place finish over Max’s sixth place finish.
North Sea Racing 