Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Star Class), Vicky (Bandit 22 LTE), Red (TMS Star Class), Sandra (Bandit 25R), Niem (Bandit 22 LTE), Aymalie (Quest 2m), Xiao (TMS Sea Boss – Rider), Rugger and Yanny (Bandit 22 LTE), Jenna (TMS Nacra 17), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Claire, Daenerys, Tyson, Tamarushka, and Asher.
Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, The North Sea regions were mostly behaved as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. One DNF, occurring during the small boat portion, was due to a skipper deleting her boat after frustration from hitting the race dock right before the finish. The remaining two DNFs, occurring one a piece in each portion respectively, were from skippers crashing while crossing over region corners. The crowds that gathered on 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, took in a thrilling display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.
This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Triple Pink course, was made up of a majority of five Bandit 22 LTEs. Two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, one Bandit 25R, one Quest 2m, one TMS Nacra 17, and one TMS Sea Boss – Rider rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Extreme course, was made up of a small majority of two TMS I-Mocca 60s. One TMS Volvo Open 70, one WildWind Open 60, one WildWind RC-44r, one Isard Machichaco, and one TMS Ocean Beach rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.
Note:: With the onset of DST in the United States, Canada, and most of Mexico this past Sunday, SL time (PST) is now one hour ahead. However, Europe will not be entering EU Summer Time until Sunday, March 26th. In order to facilitate that our races are still at a friendly time for our sailors, we will be running our races one SL hour later, but still at the same time GMT/CET.
The schedule for The North Sea, for the next two weeks will be:
Monday 20th:
North Sea Bandit Regatta: 2 PM SL time (21:00 GMT/22:00 CET)Wednesday 22nd:
North Sea Open Regatta: 2 PM SL time (21:00 GMT/22:00 CET)Friday 17th, and 24th:
North Sea Cat Fight: 3:30 PM SL time (22:30 GMT/23:30 CET)Saturday 18th, and 25th:
North Sea Bandit IF Regatta: 2 PM SL time (21:00 GMT/22:00 CET)
Beginning with Monday, March 27th, The North Sea will return to our normal 1PM SL time slot for our Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday races, and 2:30 PM SL for our Friday race.
Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), Vicky and Tamarushka (TMS I-Mocca 60), Niem (Isard Machichaco), Xiao (TMS Ocean Beach), Aymalie (Isard Machichaco), Sandra (TMS Volvo Open 70), Sea (WildWind Open 60), and Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tyson, Red, 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 Aymalie (Aymalie Resident), with Sea (filax Carter) second, and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
Race Notes:
Xiao (XiaoMarque01 Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the small boat portion for sailing an incorrect course, missing the first course mark, the pink buoy in the Sloe region.
Xiao (XiaoMarque01 Resident), Rugger (ruggeromare Resident), and Vicky (Vicky4698 Resident) all finished tied with 11 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 |
| XiaoMarque01 Resident | 2 | 9 |
| ruggeromare Resident | 3 | 8 |
| Vicky4698 Resident | 5 | 6 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Xiao’s favor with having a second place finish over Rugger’s third, and Vicky’s fifth place finishes as their best.
Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) and Niem (NiemDarr 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 |
| WWWAAAA Resident | 7 | 9 |
| NiemDarr Resident | 8 | 8 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Sandra’s favor with having a seventh place finish over Niem’s eighth place finish as her best.
North Sea Racing 