From the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Niem (Bandit 22 LTE), Ester and Yola (Bandit 22 LTE), Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Red (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Aen, Henry, Daenerys, and Broncocas. On the pier: Andree, and Chris.
Another week of calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the last North Sea Bandit Regatta for August, 2022. With a gentle breeze of 8 knots out of the southwest, building to a moderate breeze of 11 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were generally well behaved as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF was due to a skipper pulling her boat during the first race, after an incident were another boat fouled her into a course mark. The remaining two DNFs happened during the second race, as two skippers crashed as they crossed over region corners. The crowds that gathered on the lighthouse observation deck 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, were thrilled by a great display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Short) and a two lap affair on the North Sea Short Loop course, was made up of a majority of seven Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively, rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet in the first race. A late arriving skipper joined the second race with their Bandit 22, while a Bandit IF skipper withdrew.
Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
Wind: SW (225°) 8kts
Wind: SW (225°) 11kts
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 Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both finished tied with 4 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 | 3 |
| moonglownight Resident | 2 | 2 |
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 Moon’s second place finish as his best.
Ester (citacg Residentr) and Emilio (emiliopc7 Resident) both finished tied with 12 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 |
| citacg Residentr | 4 | 8 |
| emiliopc7 Resident | 6 | 6 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Ester’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Emilio’s sixth place finish as his best.
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