From the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit 25r), Aymalie (Bandit IF), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Rugger and Lili (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Ester and Yola (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Alex (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), and Roland and Elyjia (Bandit 50/3).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Tamarushka, and Henry. On the pier: Asher, and Summer.
Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were well behaved as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. The lone DNF was attributed to a skipper crashing while she crossed over region corners during the first race. 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, cheered on a spirited display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and the North Sea Roundabout course, was made up of a majority of eight Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively, one Bandit 25r, and one Bandit 50/3 rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.
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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Moon (moonglownight 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 race duties.
Race Notes:
Ester (citacg Resident) was charged with a Did Not Start (DNS) during the second race due to being over the startline early, before the countdown clock reached 00:00, while never going back around to record a start. This was after notification from the start line, in local chat, and notification from a race director. A prescription to all North Sea races, a skipper must go around and re-cross the line to record a proper start if they are over the line early. Failing to record a proper start results in being charged with a DNS for that race.
Moon (moonglownight 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 |
| moonglownight Resident | 3 | 2 |
| filax Carter | 2 | 3 |
In the last race, Moon breaks the tie with Sea with his second place finish over Sea’s third place finish.
Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) both finished tied with 13 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 | 4 | 9 |
| ruggeromare Resident | 6 | 7 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Zimtzicke’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Rugger’s sixth place finish as his best.
Roland (roland Eun) and Diana (Dianafra Allen) finished tied with 22 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 |
| roland Eun | 12 | 10 |
| Dianafra Allen | 10 | 12 |
In the last race, Roland breaks the tie with Diana with his tenth place finish over Diana’s twelfth place finish.
North Sea Racing 