Thursday Triple Threat – March 31st 2022

From the left to the right: Bandit B22: Alex Bandit IF: Rugger, Jack, Siri, Julie, Moon Star Class: Ester, Emi, Max & Wyndi, Nicole Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

The last North Sea Triple Threat of March took place on a beautiful Thursday afternoon, with good sailing weather coming from the southwest. Today we had one Bandit 22 LTE, five Bandit IFs and four Star Class at the starting line. A Bandit IF and Star Class had crew on board.

Today we had two great races. Because the 22s started last, we got a completely different picture because the fleets were overtaking each other.

There were two DNFs (Did Not Finish) and one DSQ (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: 230° (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

Moon and Julie, in their Bandit IFs, for a photo finish at the finish line, during the second race of the North Sea Thursday Triple Threat, on Thursday, Match 31st, 2022.

Today’s winners on the Bandit IF were Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Siri (Sirius Rosca) second, and Moon (Moonglownight Resident) in third place.

Today’s winners on the Bandit 22 LTE were Emi (Emileigh Starbrook), with Ester (citacg Resident) second, and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) in third place.

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

Race Notes:
Alex (Alex0730 Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as directed by a race director due to a Rule 10 On Opposite Tacks foul.

“10 ON OPPOSITE TACKS
When boats are on opposite tacks, a port-tack boat shall keep clear of a starboard-tack boat.“

Source: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Jack (Jacquimo 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
ruggeromare Resident	3	5
Jacquimo Resident	4	4

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

North Sea Open Regatta – Mar 30th 2022

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Star Class), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Aymalie (Shields Class), Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class), Gryfin (Bandit 22 LTE), Alex (Bandit 22 LTE), Mel (Bandit 22 LTE), Julie (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit IF), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Daenerys, Jod, Cas, Julia, and Anne. On the pier: Ricsab, Benn, Selene, Yoshi, Snakes, and Martin.

Calm seas, with nice fleet turnouts, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, The North Sea regions were generally well behaved as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first two DNFs, both occurring during the small boat portion, were due to a skipper pulling his boat after computer hardware issues, and another skipper crashing while crossing across region corners. The remaining DNF, occurring during the big boat portion, was due to a skipper’s boat’s scripts spitting out errors after a crossing. The crowds that gathered on the beaches of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, as well as along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on a spirited display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline Reverse course, was made up of a majority of five Bandit 22 LTEs. Two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, split evenly between one crewed and one single-handed respectively, two Bandit IFs, and one Shields Class rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Extreme course, was made up of a small majority of three TMS I-Mocca 60s. Two Bandit 55s, one Bandit 60, one TMS Volvo Open 70, one WildWind SC-40, one Trudeau 12 Metre, and one ACA33 rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Julie (TMS I-Mocca 60), Emileigh (Trudeau 12 Metre), Rugger (Bandit 55), Aymalie (WildWind SC-40), Moon (TMS I-Mocca 60), Gryfin (Bandit 55), Anne (TMS VO-70), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), Alex (Bandit 60), and Max (ACA33).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Daenerys, and Julia. On the pier: Benn, Selene, Yoshi, and Snakes.

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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Aymalie (Aymalie Resident) 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:
Max (maxgreyman Resident) and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) both finished tied with 15 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
maxgreyman Resident	4	11
Nicole Myhre	6	9

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

Bandit Regatta – Mar 28th 2022

From the left (in boats): Emi (Bandit IF), Ariadne (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Diana (Bandit 60), Red and Kim (Bandit IF), Jackson (Bandit IF), Mel (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Aymalie (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit IF), Erin (Bandit 22 LTE), Gryfin (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Henry, Coralie, Hay, Filo, and Jane. On the pier: Faye.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. With a gentle breeze of 8 knots out of the southwest, rising to a moderate breeze of 11 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were well behaved as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF occurred during the first race, when a skipper crashed due to her connection. The second DNF came when a skipper pulled his boat during the second race after frustration from windshadow from other boats. 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, reveled in an exciting display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Short) and a two lap affair on the North Sea Short Loop course, was made up of a majority of eight Bandit IFs, six sailing single-handed and two sailing crewed respectively. Four Bandit 22 LTEs, and one Bandit 60 rounded out the first race fleet. The Bandit 60 skipper opted to use her Bandit 22 LTE during 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 Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Erin (clairehunt 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:
Aymalie (Aymalie Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as directed by a race director due to a Rule 10 On Opposite Tacks foul.

“10 ON OPPOSITE TACKS
When boats are on opposite tacks, a port-tack boat shall keep clear of a starboard-tack boat.“

Source: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) and Moon (moonglownight 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
Nicole Myhre	2	1
moonglownight Resident	1	2

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

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Aymalie (Aymalie Resident) and Mel (MelannieVeena Resident) both finished tied with 15 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
Aymalie Resident	3	12
MelannieVeena Resident	7	8

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Aymalie’s favor with having a third place finish over Mel’s seventh place finish as her best.

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Ariadne (Ariadne Mint), Red (RedHeadJO Resident), and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) all finished tied with 20 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
Ariadne Mint	7	13
RedHeadJO Resident	8	12
Maximiliano Szondi	9	11

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Ariadne’s favor with having a seventh place finish over Red’s eighth place, and Max’s ninth place finishes as their best.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – March 26th 2022

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Jack, Kim, Moon, Julie, Max & Diana, Sirius, Alex Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

Today’s North Sea Bandit IF Regatta took place on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in March. This time we had a fleet of seven Bandit IFs at the start. One of the seven Bandit IFs had crew. The North Sea and Fruit Regions behaved well. But none the less, different skippers would end up in a thunderstorm.

We had two great Races. A skipper had to give up at Mango. The other skippers would fight to the end and however, there was a skipper who was allowed to put the competitions in her name.

There was one DNF (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: 170° (S) 18kts

Wind: 190° (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 winners on the Bandit IF were Julie (JulieRoyale), 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:
Max (Max Starostin) and Kim (Kim Farleigh) finished tied with 11 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
Max Starostin	6	5
Kim Farleigh	5	6

In the last race, Max breaks the tie with Kim with his fifth place finish over Kim’s sixth place finish.
 

Cat Fight – Mar 25th 2022

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Diana (WildWind AC-45), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), and Juicy (TMS Nacra 17).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Max, and Caethes. On the pier: Julia.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea and Fruit Islands regions were well behaved with one DNF (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. The lone DNF was due to a skipper crashing while crossing over region corners. The crowds that gathered on the shores of 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 feverish fleet-foiled feline fray on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Copacabana and North Sea Extreme courses, was made up of a majority of three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows. One TMS Nacra 17, and one WildWind AC-45 rounded out the fleet for the first race. One Flying Shadow skipper took on crew for the second race.

Race Director: Cryptic

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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) second, and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Diana (Dianafra Allen) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the last two course marks, the white buoy in the Eden Jakana region, and the blue buoy in the Sapote region.

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Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Julie (JulieRoyale 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
blondij Resident	2	1
JulieRoyale Resident	1	2

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

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Diana (Dianafra Allen) and Juicy (juice651 Resident) finished tied with 9 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
Dianafra Allen	5	4
JulieRoyale Resident	4	5

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

Thursday Triple Threat – March 24th 2022

From the left to the right: Bandit B22: Ester, Sea, Moon, Nicole, Alex Bandit IF: Aymalie, Jackson, Angus Star Class: Emi, Max & Wyndi, Julie Pier: Minerva Dock: Cryptic Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

This weeks North Sea Triple Threat took place on another beautiful Thursday afternoon in March, with good sailing weather coming from the southwest. Today we had five Bandit 22 LTEs, three Bandit IFs, and three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class at the starting line. A Star Class had crew on board

Today, we had two great races. Because the 22s started last, we got a completely different picture because the fleets were overtaking each other.

There were three DNFs (Did Not Finish) and one DSQ (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

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

Wind: 225° (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 IF were Jack (Jacquimo Resident), with Aymalie (Aymalie Resident) second, and Angus (Angus Finlayson) in third place.

Today’s winners on the TMS Star Class were Julie (JulieRoyale), with Emi (Emileigh Starbrook) second, and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) in third place.

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

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

Race Notes:
Max (Maximiliano Szondi) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the second course mark, the blue buoy in the Sapote region.

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Nicole (Nicole Myhre) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both finished tied with 5 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	1	4
moonglownight Resident	2	3

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

North Sea Open Regatta – Mar 23rd 2022

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius and Angelie (Bandit IF), Aymalie (Shields Class), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Helena (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class), Moon (Shields Class), Sea (Shields Class), Alex (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Tamarushka, Harrison, Caethes, and Roxanne. On the pier: Lolly, Cat, JoAnne, and Marius.

Calm seas, with nice fleet turnouts, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions behaved well as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF, occurring during the big boat portion, was from a skipper pulling his WildWind after script issues. The remaining DNF, also occurring during the big boat portion, was due to a skipper crashing while crossing across region corners. The crowds that gathered on the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, as well as along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in an exciting display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta Reverse course, was made up of a small majority of four Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Shields Class, two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, split evenly with one crewed and one single-handed respectively, one Bandit IF, and one TMS Flying Shadow rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Butterfly course, was made up of a majority of three TMS I-Mocca 60s. Two Bandit 60s, one WildWind Open 60, one TMS Pacha 110, one WildWind SC-40, one Trudeau 12 Metre, one Trudeau Runa IV, and one ACA33 rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (Trudeau 12m), Max and Wyndi (WildWind Open 60), Diana (Bandit 60), Julie (Trudeau 12m), Mel (Bandit 50), Juicy (TMS Cafe Del Mar 75), Aymalie (WildWind SC-40), Alex (Bandit 60), Sea (TMS I-Mocca 60), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), Moon (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Max (AC33).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Red, Rugger, Daenerys, Farryn, and Caethes. On the pier: Asher, Randy, and Marius.

More photos, courtesy of Cat Hunter, after the results.

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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Aymalie (Aymalie 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:
Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) and Moon (moonglownight 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
Emileigh Starbrook	4	6
moonglownight Resident	5	5

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

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Max (maxgreyman Resident), Alex (Alex0730 Resident), and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) all finished tied with 15 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
maxgreyman Resident	3	12
Alex0730 Resident	7	8
Sirius Rosca	7	8

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Max’s favor with having a third place finish over Alex’s and Sirius’s seventh place finishes as their best.

As Alex 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
Alex0730 Resident	8	7
Sirius Rosca	7	8

In the last race, Alex breaks the tie with Sirius with his seventh place finish over Sirius’s eighth place finish.

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Diana (Dianafra Allen) and Sea (filax Carter) finished tied with 19 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
Dianafra Allen	10	9
filax Carter	9	10

In the last race, Diana breaks the tie with Sea with her ninth place finish over Sea’s tenth place finish.

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The small boat fleet gets underway during the start of the small boat portion of the North Sea Open Regatta on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022. Photo courtesy of Cat Hunter.

The big boat fleet crosses the start line during the start of the big boat portion of the North Sea Open Regatta, on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022. Photo courtesy of Cat Hunter.

The big boat fleet gets underway during the start of the big boat portion of the North Sea Open Regatta, on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022. Photo courtesy of Cat Hunter.

 

Bandit Regatta – Mar 21st 2022

From the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy and Di (Bandit 22 LTE), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Aymalie (Bandit IF), Gryfin (Bandit 55), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Alex (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, and Caethes.

Calm 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 well behaved as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF, occurring during the first race, was due to a skipper pulling his boat after frustration from getting stuck in irons. The remaining DNFs, occurring during the second race, were due to skippers crashing while crossing over region corners. 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 great display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea SS-01 and North Sea Half Mane courses, was made up of a majority of eight Bandit 22 LTEs. Two Bandit IFs, split evenly with one single-handed and one crewed respectively, and one Bandit 55 rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
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 Sea (filax Carter) 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:
Sea (filax Carter) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both finished the second race tied at the finishing line with a time of 14:59. As their final time also remains tied, as they both sailed the same boat, Rule A7 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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 Sea and Moon receive 1.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 1 and 2, added together and divided equally.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – March 19th 2022

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Emileigh, Ruggeromare & Anne, JulieRoyale, Jackson, Sirius, Max & Wyndi, Alex Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

This weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta took place on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in March. This time we had a fleet of seven Bandit IFs at the start. Two of the seven Bandit IFs had crew. The North Sea and Fruit Islands regions behaved well. But, at least several different skippers would end up in a thunderstorm

A great start in the first race. Half of the fleet started from port tack and the other half started from starboard tack. As a result, we had a number of exciting moments on the starting line. Four of the seven skippers stayed together for a long time until one of the skippers got bad luck and joined the chasing group of two skippers. As far as the competition progressed, the groups fell apart and two skippers stayed at the head which loved the end to the end.

The start of the second race ran much better and we already had a group of six boats from the start. After the first Mark, a skipper held it. As a result, we left with a group of five boats. A skipper took the lead but he fermented at the fourth mark, which lost the head of position. Another skipper saw the opportunity and immediately took the head position to give it out of your hands. The group of five fell apart and two boats continued to fight for second place.

There were two DNFs (Did Not Finish) and one DSQ (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: 170° (S) 18kts

Wind: 190° (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 winners on the Bandit IF were Julie (JulieRoyale), with Siri (Sirius Rosca) second, and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) in third place.

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

Race Notes:

Jack (Jacquimo Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, sailing the first course mark Clockwise instead of Counter Clockwise , the light blue buoy in the Raspberry region.

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Alex (Alex0730 Resident) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) 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
Alex0730 Resident	5	7
ruggeromare Resident	6	6

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Alex’s favor with having a fifth place finish over Rugger’s sixth place finish as his best.
 

Cat Fight – Mar 18th 2022

From the left (in boats): Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), and Moon (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Caethes.

Calm 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, rising to 21 knots during the second race, The North Sea and Fruit Islands regions were well behaved with one DNF (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. The lone DNF was due to a skipper crashing while crossing across region corners. The crowds that gathered on the beaches on 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, cheered on the furious fleet-foiled feline frenzy 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 four The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows in the first race. One skipper opted to switch to his TMS Nacra 17 for the second race.

Race Director: Cryptic

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 Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) second, and Moon (moonglownight Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) and Daenerys (blondij Resident) both finished the second race tied at the finishing line with a time of 14:32. As their final time also remains tied, as they both sailed the same boat, Rule A7 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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 Rayz and Daenerys receive 2.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 2 and 3, added together and divided equally.