Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Star Class), Ester (TMS Star Class), Erin (Bandit 22 LTE), Red (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class), Alex (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Shields Class), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Sandra, Hotatl, Daenerys, and Ed. On the pier: Kizzy.
Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, 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 crossing over region corners during the big boat portion. The crowds that gathered on the beaches on the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, and along 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 small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea CCW (Counter-Clockwise) course, was made up of a split majority of three Bandit 22 LTEs, and three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, two sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively. Two Bandit IFs, and one Shields Class rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Circle course, was made up of a majority of four TMS I-Mocca 60s. One Trudeau 12 Metre, one Trudeau Runa IV, one ACA33, one WildWind Open 60, and one Bandit 60 rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.
Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (Trudeau 12 Metre), Max and Wyndi (WildWind Open 60), Ester and Yola (TMS I-Mocca 60), Sirius (TMS I-Mocca 60), Sea (Trudeau Runa IV), Alex (Bandit 60), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), Red (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Max (ACA33).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Sandra, and Daenerys. On the pier: Tron, and Kizzy.
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 Sea (filax Carter), with Alex (Alex0730 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:
Sea (filax Carter) and Alex (Alex0730 Resident) both finished tied with 6 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 | 5 |
| Alex0730 Resident | 2 | 4 |
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 Alex’s second place finish as his best.
Red (RedHeadJO Resident) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) both finished tied with 11 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 | 3 | 8 |
| Sirius Rosca | 4 | 7 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Red’s favor with having a third place finish over Sirius’s fourth place finish as his best.
North Sea Racing 