From the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Ester (Bandit 22 LTE), Red (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Emilio and Niem (Bandit 22 LTE), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Farryn, Anne, and Tamar.
Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were generally well behaved as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF, occurring during the first race, was due to a skipper crashing to their desktop in the middle of the Nance region. The remaining two DNFs, occurring during the second race, were due to skippers crashing while sailing over region corners. The crowds that gathered along the beaches on the island in the Ziziphus region, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in a thrilling display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta and North Sea Bowline courses, was made up of a majority of nine Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively, rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.
Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Tamarushka, and 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 Moon (moonglownight Resident), with Jenna (jnx1e Resident) second, and Ester (citacg Resident) 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 race duties.
Race Notes:
Sea (filax Carter) was disqualifed (DSQ) during the second race for finishing under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn due to a Rule 11 On The Same Tack, Overlapped foul committed right before the finish line.
“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
Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Jenna (jnx1e Resident) finished tied with 3 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 | 2 | 1 |
| jnx1e Resident | 1 | 2 |
In the last race, Moon breaks the tie with Jenna with his first place finish over Jenna’s second place finish.
Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) finished tied with 13 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 |
| Nicole Myhre | 10 | 3 |
| ruggeromare Resident | 3 | 10 |
In the last race, Zimtzicke breaks the tie with Rugger with her third place finish over Rugger’s tenth place finish.
Diana (Dianafra Allen) and Emilio (emiliopc7 Resident) both finished tied with 16 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 |
| Dianafra Allen | 7 | 9 |
| emiliopc7 Resident | 8 | 8 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Diana’s favor with having a seventh place finish over Emilio’s eighth place finish as his best.
North Sea Racing 