Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Star Class), Ester and Yola (Bandit 22 LTE), Sandra (Bandit 25r), Erin (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Rugger and Morgan (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Shields Class), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), and Alex (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Farryn, and Suu.
Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first North Sea Open Regatta for June 2022. 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, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on an exciting display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.
This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was made up of majority of six Bandit 22 LTEs. One The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, one Shields Class, one Bandit IF, and one Bandit 25r rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Butterfly course, was made up of a majority of four TMS I-Mocca 60s. One TMS Volvo Open 70, one WildWind Open 60, one Bandit 60, one Trudeau 12 Metre, and one ACA33 rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.
Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Ester and Yola (TMS I-Mocca 60), Emileigh (Trudeau 12 Metre), Sandra (TMS Volvo Open 70), Sirius (TMS I-Mocca 60), Moon (TMS I-Mocca 60), Sea (WildWind Open 60), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), Alex (Bandit 60), and Max (ACA33).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Farryn, and Daenerys.
Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
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 Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre), with Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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 racing duties.
Race Notes:
Siri (Sirius Rosca) was disqualified (DSQ) during the small boat portion for finishing under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as directed by a race director due to a Rule 11 On The Same Tack, Overlapped foul at the start (colloquially known as barging).
“11 ON THE SAME TACK, OVERLAPPED
When boats are on the same tack and overlapped, a windward boat shall keep clear of a leeward boat.“
Source: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing
Ester (citacg Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the small boat portion for finishing under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as directed by a race director due to a Rule 11 On The Same Tack, Overlapped foul at the start (colloquially known as barging).
“11 ON THE SAME TACK, OVERLAPPED
When boats are on the same tack and overlapped, a windward boat shall keep clear of a leeward boat.“
Source: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing
Ester (citacg Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the big boat portion for sailing an incorrect course, sailing south of the blue buoy in the Sapote region, the first course mark, instead of north of the buoy.
Sea (filax Carter) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) 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 |
| filax Carter | 1 | 6 |
| moonglownight Resident | 2 | 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 first place finish over Moon’s second place finish as his best.
Max (maxgreyman Resident) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) both finished tied with 14 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 | 3 | 11 |
| ruggeromare Resident | 4 | 10 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Max’s favor with having a third place finish over Rugger’s fourth place finish as his best.
Erin (clairehunt Resident) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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 |
| clairehunt Resident | 7 | 10 |
| Sirius Rosca | 8 | 9 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Erin’s favor with having a seventh place finish over Sirius’s eighth place finish as his best.
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