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.
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.
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.
North Sea Racing 