Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Cate and Anthony (Bandit 22 LTE), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Sandra and Tessy (Isard Sjogin), Max and Wyndi (Star Class), Ester and Yola (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit IF), Julie (Bandit IF), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Alex (Bandit 22 LTE), Aymalie (Shields Class), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), and Sea (Shields Class).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Henry, Daenerys, and Tamarushka. On the pier: Red, Summer, ThomasK, Asher, and Marius.
Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were generally behaved as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. All three DNFs, one during the small boat portion and two during the big boat portion, were due to skippers crashing while crossing over region corners. The crowds that gathered on the shores of the island in the Ziziphus region, and 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 Copacabana course, was made up of a majority of six Bandit 22 LTEs. Two Bandit IFs, two Shield Class, one crewed The Mesh Shap (TMS) Star Class, and one Isard Sjogin rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was made up of a split majority of four TMS I-Mocca 60s and four WildWind Open 60s. One TMS One Design 65, one ACA33, one WildWind RC-44r, one WildWind AC-62, and one Bandit 60 rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.
Note: As of the posting of these results, the handicaps for the WildWind AC-62 have been adjusted from 1.60, to 1.61, and the ACA33 have been adjusted from 0.87, to 0.89. For more of our handicaps and the link to the Google Sheets used to calculate them, please see North Sea Handicap Table.
Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Daenerys (TMS I-Mocca 60), Anthony and Cate (TMS I-Mocca 60), Diana (WildWind Open 60) Sandra (WildWind RC-44r), Max and Wyndi (WildWind Open 60), Aymalie (WildWind Open 60), Jenna (TMS One Design 65), Sea (WildWind Open 60), Julie (WildWind AC-62), Alex (Bandit 60), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), Max (ACA33), and Moon (TMS I-Mocca 60).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Henry, and Emileigh.
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:
Cate (Cate Sewell) and Anthony (AnthonyKingston Resident) registered as a team prior to the start of the race, therefore their points are accredited together.
Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Sea (filax Carter) 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 |
| jnx1e Resident | 4 | 8 |
| filax Carter | 6 | 6 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Jenna’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Sea’s sixth place finish as her best.
Max (maxgreyman Resident) and Alex (Alex0730 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 |
| maxgreyman Resident | 2 | 13 |
| Alex0730 Resident | 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 second place finish over Alex’s seventh place finish as his best.
Ester (citacg Resident) and Diana (Dianafra Allen) both finished tied with 19 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 |
| citacg Resident | 5 | 14 |
| Dianafra Allen | 9 | 10 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Ester’s favor with having a fifth place finish over Diana’s ninth place finish as her best.
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