From the left (in boats): Emilio and Bolero (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Kassandra (Bandit 22 LTE), Sandra (Bandit 25r), Erin (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Alex (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Henry, Tamarushka, Hunni, Cowboy, Daenerys, Isis, and Red. On the pier: Mew, Yorkie, Naomi, Lanelle, James, and Sara.
Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were generally well behaved as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Both DNFs, one in each race, were attributed to skippers crashing while crossing over region corners. The crowds that gathered on the shores of the island in the Ziziphus region, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, delighted in a great display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta Reverse and North Sea Bowline Reverse courses, was made up of a majority of seven Bandit 22 LTEs. One Bandit 25r rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.
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 Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), with Erin (clairehunt Resident) second, and Moon (moonglownight Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
Race Notes:
Erin (clairehunt Resident), Moon (moonglownight Resident), and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) all 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 |
| clairehunt Resident | 2 | 4 |
| moonglownight Resident | 2 | 4 |
| Nicole Myhre | 3 | 3 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Erin’s and Moon’s favor with having second place finishes over Zimtzicke’s third place finish as her best.
As Erin and Moon both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this remaining tie:
“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“
| Skipper | Race 1 | Race 2 |
| clairehunt Resident | 4 | 2 |
| moonglownight Resident | 2 | 4 |
In the last race, Erin breaks the tie with Moon with her second place finish over Moon’s fourth place finish.
Kassandra (kassandraa94 Resident) and Sandra (WWWAAAA 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 |
| kassandraa94 Resident | 5 | 8 |
| WWWAAAA Resident | 6 | 7 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Kassandra’s favor with having a fifth place finish over Sandra’s sixth place finish as her best.
North Sea Racing 