Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class), Aymalie (TMS Sea Boss – Rider), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Red and Kim (Bandit IF).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Daenerys, and Kama. On the pier: Karg, Asher, and Niem.
Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were generally well behaved as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. The lone DNF, occurring during the big boat portion, was due to a skipper crashing while crossing across region corners. The crowds that gathered along the beaches 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, were thrilled by a great 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 small majority of two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows. One crewed TMS Star Class, one TMS Sea Boss – Rider, one Bandit 22 LTE, and one crewed Bandit IF rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Circle course, was made up of a small majority of two WildWind Open 60s. One TMS I-Mocca 60, one Bandit 50/3, one WildWind RC-44r, and one WildWind SC-40 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), Julie (Bandit 50/3), Aymalie (WildWind SC-40), Red (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Moon (WildWind Open 60).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, and Daenerys.
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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Aymalie (Aymalie 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 Aymalie (Aymalie Resident) finished tied with 5 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 | 3 | 2 |
| Aymalie Resident | 2 | 3 |
In the last race, Moon breaks the tie with Aymalie with his second place finish over Aymalie’s third place finish.
Max (Maximiliano Szondi) and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) finished tied with 11 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 |
| Maximiliano Szondi | 6 | 5 |
| RedHeadJO Resident | 5 | 6 |
In the last race, Max breaks the tie with Red with his fifth place finish over Red’s sixth place finish.
North Sea Racing 