Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Star Class), Wisdom (TMS Flying Shadow), Angus (Bandit 22 LTE), Gryfin (TMS Nacra 17), Julie (TMS Star Class), Jackson (TMS Star Class), Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class), Rugger and Anne (Bandit 22 LTE), Arbur (Bandit IF), Alex (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Shields Class), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), and Moon (TMS Star Class).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Farryn, Daenerys, and Elbag. On the pier: Asher, and Serena.
Stormy seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots coming out of the southwest, The North Sea regions had storm clouds overhead as six DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Three DNFs were due to skippers crashing across region corners. Two more DNFs were from one skipper crashing on region crossings in both portions of the regatta. The remaining DNF was from a WildWind’s scripts failing after a skipper bounced off a buoy. The crowds that gathered on the lighthouse observation deck on the island in the Ziziphus region, as well as along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on a great display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.
This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Half Mane course, was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, four sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively. Four Bandit 22 LTEs, one Bandit IF, one TMS Nacra 17, and one Shields Class 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 WildWind Open 60s. Two TMS I-Mocca 60s, two Bandit 60s, two Bandit 55s, one ACA33, and one Trudeau 12 Metre rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.
Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emi (Trudeau 12 Metre), Julie (Bandit 60), Max and Wyndi (WildWind Open 60), Angus (WildWind Open 60), Gryfin (Bandit 55), Rugger and Anne (Bandit 55), Moon (TMS I-Mocca 60), Sea (WildWind Open 60), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), Alex (Bandit 60), and Max (ACA33).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Farryn, and Dickerino. On the pier: Asher, Arbur, and Gabi.
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 Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) second, and Sea (filax Carter) 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:
Moon (moonglownight Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the small boat portion for finishing while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as directed by a race director due to a Rule 11 On Same Tack, Overlapped foul.
“11 ON THE SAME TACK, OVERLAPPED
When boats are on the same tack and overlapped, a windward boat shall keep clear of a leeward boat.“
Source: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing
Rugger (ruggeromare 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 |
| ruggeromare Resident | 3 | 2 |
| filax Carter | 2 | 3 |
In the last race, Rugger breaks the tie with Sea with his second place finish over Sea’s third place finish.
Alex (Alex0730 Resident) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) finished tied with 14 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 |
| Alex0730 Resident | 9 | 5 |
| Maximiliano Szondi | 5 | 9 |
In the last race, Alex breaks the tie with Max with his fifth place finish over Max’s ninth place finish.
Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Gryfin (Gryfin Goldshark) 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 |
| moonglownight Resident | 6 | 9 |
| Gryfin Goldshark | 7 | 8 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Moon’s favor with having a sixth place finish over Gryfin’s seventh place finish as his best.
Arbur (Arbur Highfield) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) both finished tied with 18 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 |
| Arbur Highfield | 6 | 12 |
| Emileigh Starbrook | 9 | 9 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Arbur’s favor with having a sixth place finish over Emileigh’s ninth place finish as her best.
North Sea Racing 