From the left (in boats): Cate and Anthonty (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Red (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Erin (Bandit 22 LTE), Gryfin (Bandit 22 LTE), Alex (Bandit 22 LTE), Sandra (Bandit 25r), Ester (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Julie (Bandit 25r), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), and Moon (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Farryn, Tamarushka, and Daenerys. On the pier: Asher, Nikki, and Marius.
Calm seas, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were generally well behaved as four DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Two of those DNFs, occurring during the first race, were from skippers pulling their boats. The remaining two DNFs, occurring during the second race, were from a skipper’s connection dying on her, and crash to desktop in the middle of a region for another skipper. 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, cheered on a thrilling display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea SS-01 and North Sea Trapezoid courses, was made up of a majority of nine Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively, and two Bandit 25Rs 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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Ester (citacg Resident) second, and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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:
Moon (moonglownight Resident) 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 |
| moonglownight Resident | 4 | 9 |
| ruggeromare Resident | 5 | 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 fourth place finish over Rugger’s fifth place finish as his best.
Red (RedHeadJO Resident) and Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) 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 |
| RedHeadJO Resident/td> | 6 | 13 |
| WWWAAAA Resident | 9 | 10 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Red’s favor with having a sixth place finish over Sandra’s ninth place finish as her best.
Erin (clairehunt Resident) and Alex (Alex0730 Resident) both finished tied with 21 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 |
| clairehunt Resident | 8 | 13 |
| Alex0730 Resident | 10 | 11 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Erin’s favor with having an eighth place finish over Alex’s tenth place finish as his best.
North Sea Racing 