Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Star Class), Red and Randy (Bandit IF), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE0, Fil (Bandit 22 LTE), Ester (Bandit 22 LTE), Darb (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Asher, Farryn, Daenerys, and Caethes. On the pier: Dan, and Rose.
Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first North Sea Open Regatta for August, 2022. 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 small boat portion. The crowds that gathered along 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 a thrilling display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.
This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Copacabana course, was made up of a majority of four Bandit 22 LTEs. Two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, one sailing crewed and one single-handed, and two Bandit IFs, one crewed and one single-handed, rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea CCW (counter-clockwise) course, was made up of a majority of four TMS I-Mocca 60s. One WildWind Open 60, one WildWind RC-44r, and one WildWind AC-62 rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.
Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), Max and Wyndi (WildWind Open 60), Ester and Niem (TMS I-Mocca 60), Diana (WildWind AC-62), Red and Randy (TMS I-Mocca 60), Sea (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Farryn, Tamarushka, Asher, Darb, Emilio, and Caethes. On the pier: Fred, and Mina.
Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Directors: Daenerys, and Tamarushka
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 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 racing duties.
Race Notes:
Max (Maximiliano Szondi) was disqualified (DSQ) during the big boat portion for sailing an incorrect course, missing the second course mark, the pink buoy in the Eden Fulmar region.
Red (RedHeadJO Resident) and Diana (Dianafra Allen) both finished tied with 9 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 | 6 |
| Dianafra Allen | 4 | 5 |
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 Diana’s fourth place finish as her best.
Darb (Darb Tabak) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) 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 |
| Darb Tabak | 6 | 8 |
| Maximiliano Szondi | 7 | 7 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Darb’s favor with having a sixth place finish over Max’s seventh place finish as his best.
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