From the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit IF), Ester (Bandit 22 LTE), Cilian (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Kassandra (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Alex (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Henry, Coralie, Nick, and Daenerys. On the pier: Red, and Fanny.
Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were well behaved as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. 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, delighted in a thrilling display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea 01 and North Sea 02 courses, was made up of a majority of seven Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively, rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.
The fleet rounds the southern shore of the island in the Ziziphus region, the first mark on the North Sea 01 course, during the first race of the North Sea Bandit Regatta, on Monday, May 16th, 2022.
Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
Wind: SW (225°) 11kts
Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1
Today’s winner was Moon (moonglownight Resident), with Sirius (Sirius Rosca) second, and Cilian (Cilian McCullough) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
Race Notes:
Cilian (Cilian McCullough) and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) both finished tied with 7 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 |
| Cilian McCullough | 1 | 6 |
| Nicole Myhre | 2 | 5 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Cilian’s favor with having a first place finish over Zimtzicke’s second place finish as her best.
Sea (filax Carter) and Ester (citacg Resident) both finished tied with 9 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 |
| filax Carter | 3 | 6 |
| citacg Resident | 4 | 5 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Sea’s favor with having a third place finish over Ester’s fourth place finish as her best.
Kassandra (kassandraa94 Resident) and Alex (Alex0730 Resident) both finished tied with 17 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 |
| kassandraa94 Resident | 7 | 10 |
| Alex0730 Resident | 8 | 9 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Kassandra’s favor with having a seventh place finish over Alex’s eighth place finish as his best.
North Sea Racing 