From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Ruggeromare, FannyVermont, Moonglownight, Sirius Rosca, Sleet Zero, JulieRoyale, RedheadJo. Committee boat: Daenerys. Dock: Cryptic, and Lin.
This weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta saw another beautiful Saturday afternoon in July. We started with seven Bandit IFs. A compact fleet of seven Bandit IFs sailed to the first turning point. Here a skipper took a slight lead over the fleet. Two followers tried to overtake the leader, but that turned out to be an impossible task. The other four skippers stuck together faithfully. Here and there positions changeded. A skipper did have to give up halfway.
The second race we left with six Bandit IFs. The fleet remained fairly close to each other until the first mark. A skipper then took charge. Two other skippers tried to break free from the fleet and gave chase for the leader. By the end of the race there was a head group of three skippers. They would decide who would win at the finish line.
There was one DNF (Did Not Finish) and no DSQs (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.
More pictures, courtesy of Cryptic, after the results.
Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: Cryptic
Wind: 180° (S) 18kts
Wind: 180° (S) 18kts
Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Disqualified (DSQ) = number of finish + number of DNFs + 1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1
Today’s winners were Fanny (FannyVermont Resident), with Julie (JulieRoyale 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:
Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) finished tied with 8 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this 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 |
| moonglownight Resident | 5 | 3 |
| RedHeadJO Resident | 3 | 5 |
In the last race, Moon breaks the tie with Red with his third place finish over Red’s fifth place finish.
Zero (Sleet Zero) and Siri (Sirius Rosca) finished tied with 10 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this 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 |
| Sleet Zero | 6 | 4 |
| Sirius Rosca | 4 | 6 |
In the last race, Zero breaks the tie with Sirius with her fourth place finish over Sirius’s sixth place finish.
Race Pictures:
North Sea Racing 