Bandit IF Regatta – March 25th 2023

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Tamar, Vicky, Jack, Red, Siri & Minchen, Moon, Julie, Max & Wyndi, and Markis.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Dock: Cryptic, and Caethes.

The last Saturday afternoon, and last North Sea Bandit IF Regatta for March, 2023. We had nine bandit IFs at the start. Two Bandit IFs had crew on board.

In the first race we lost two skippers. One of them lost its way and another had a power failure in RL.

In the second race we also lost two skippers. One gave up before the end and the other gave up after a bad region border.

There were four DNFs (Did Not Finish) and no DSQs (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

Note: Due to EU Summer Time coming into affect this Sunday, March 26th, 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.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Directors: Cryptic

Wind: 120 (SEbE) 18kts

Wind: 115° (ESE) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Disqualified (DSQ) = number of finish + number of DNFs + 1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winners were Red (RedHeadJO Resident), with Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) second, and Moon (Moonglownight Resident) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both finished the second race tied at the finishing line with a time of 32:02. As their final time also remains tied, as they both sailed the same boat, Rule A7 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to score this tie:

“If boats are tied at the finishing line or if a handicap or rating system is used and boats have equal corrected times, the points for the place for which the boats have tied and for the place(s) immediately below shall be added together and divided equally. Boats tied for a race prize shall share it or be given equal prizes.“

Therefore, both Julie and Moon receive 1.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 1 and 2, added together and divided equally.

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Jack (Jacquimo Resident) and Tamar (Tamara Czervik) 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
Jacquimo Resident	6	5
Tamara Czervik	5	6

In the last race, Jack breaks the tie with Tamar with his second place finish over Tamar’s sixth place finish.

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Vicky (Vicky4698 Resident) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) both finished tied with 16 points. As they both have the exact same finishes,  DNFs (Did Not Finish) during the race, neither Rule A8.1 or Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing will satisfy breaking their tie. Therefore, Vicky (Vicky4698 Resident) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) both remain tied in fifth place overall.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – March 18th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Tamarushka, Vicky, Julie, Markis, Jackson, Sirius, Moon, and Rugger & Yanny.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Dock: Cryptic, and Caethes.

This weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta took place on another beautiful Saturday afternoon in March. This week, we had eight bandit IFs at the start. One Bandit IF had crew on board.

In the first race, Rugger took the lead. But he was soon caught up by Moon. This was already over the fleet at the first mark. Rugger got hooked up with Siri, and Julie. Tamar tried to hook up. Rugger slowly walked away from Julie, and Siri, who got into a battle for third place. Tamar continued to follow this from a distance. Beyond Genip, Rugger was overtaken by Julie, and Siri. However, both fell out of their boat and this put them back at a distance from Rugger. Tamar picked up on Julie, and they both gave chase to Rugger. Meanwhile, Siri, and Jack were also fighting, Rugger had to let Julie go ahead at the finish.

During the second race, Rugger took the lead. However, he was soon overtaken by Julie, and Siri. Tamar got into a fight with Moon. When she reached the first mark, Julie was in charge of the fleet. The group was still close together. On the way to Sloe, a chasing pair had formed behind Julie, Moon, and Siri. It seemed like a race, but Moon was the unlucky one who got too close to my windsetter and got the wrong wind settings. Unfortunately, he had to give up. Meanwhile, Tamar had taken on Rugger again.

There was one DNF (Did Not Finish) and no DSQs (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

Note: With the onset of DST in the United States, Canada, and most of Mexico last 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 following week 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 24th:
North Sea Cat Fight: 3:30 PM SL time (22:30 GMT/23:30 CET)

Saturday 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.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: 120 (SEbE) 18kts

Wind: 165° (SbE) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Disqualified (DSQ) = number of finish + number of DNFs + 1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winners were Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Siri (Sirius Rosca) second, and Jack (Jacquimo Resident) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Note
Siri (Sirius Rosca),  Jack (Jacquimo Resident),  Tamarushka (Tamara Czervik), and  Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) all finished tied with 8 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
Sirius Rosca	2	6
Jacquimo Resident	3	5
Tamara Czervik	3	5
ruggeromare Resident	4	4

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Sirius’s favor with having second place finish over Jack’s and Tamara’s third place, and Rugger’s fourth place finishes as their best.

As Jack and Tamara both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to further 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
Jacquimo Resident	5	3
Tamara Czervik	3	5

In the last race, Jack breaks the tie with Tamara with his third place finish over Tamar’s fifth place finish.

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Markis (Marcus Schechter) and Vicky (Vicky4698) 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
Marcus Schechter	6	8
Vicky4698	7	7

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Markis’s favor with having a sixth place finish over Vicky’s seventh place finish as her best.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – March 11th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Rugger, Red, Julie, Jack, and Siri.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Dock: Cryptic, Caethes, and Yanny.

Another wonderful Saturday afternoon in March. We had five Bandit IFs at the start.

Julie took the lead in the first race. She was followed by Siri, Rugger and Red. Jack took another line. After the bouy, Jack had joined the other four. At the turning point, Julie was in charge, followed by Siri. Rugger and Red battled for third place, which Rugger would eventually win.

During the second race, Red took the lead. She was closely followed by Julie, Siri, and Rugger. Jack had found yet another line. Rugger had to drop out quickly. On the way to the Canistel region, each skipper went his own way. Here it turned out that Red was still first, but that Julie had taken over second place from Siri. In the Tamarind region, Julie took over the lead position from Red. After this, Red, Siri and Jack made the decision to take a different line from Julie, hoping they could make a move. But this put Julie ahead of the fleet. In Morinda, however, Julie suffered a breakdown and had to watch as it left her behind.

There were two DNFs (Did Not Finish) and no DSQs (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: 120 (SEbE) 18kts

Wind: 115° (ESE) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Disqualified (DSQ) = number of finish + number of DNFs + 1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winners were Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Siri (Sirius Rosca) second, and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Siri (Sirius Rosca) 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
JulieRoyale Resident	1	3
Sirius Rosca	2	2

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Julie’s favor with having a first place finish over Siri’s second place finish as his best.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – March 4th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Vicky & Tamarushka, Red, Sirius, Rugger, Julie, Jackson, and Moon.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Pier: Arwen Ansaldo.
Dock: Cryptic, Caethes, and Suna Sunato.

The first North Sea Bandit IF Regatta for March, 2023, took place on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. We had seven bandit IFs at the start. One bandit IF had crew on board. We were back in the Dragonfruit region.

Jack took the lead in the first race. Followed by Julie, and Siri. With the southeast wind, everyone sailed straight for Satsuma’s island. This required two tacks to get to the first mark. Jack had miscalculated and Julie took over. Moon had already passed Siri and gave chase to Jack. At the lighthouse in the Raisin region, Moon had already caught up with Jack. Siri and Rugger had connected with Jack. This created a group. At the turning point, Julie and Moon had a big lead over the group. The group would compete for third place.

During the second race, Julie took the lead. She was chased by Moon, Jack and Siri. After the first mark, Julie and Moon took a lead. Behind them there was another battle for third place. It later turned out that they were fighting for second place

There were two DNFs (Did Not Finish) and one DSQ (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: 120 (SEbE) 18kts

Wind: 115° (ESE) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Disqualified (DSQ) = number of finish + number of DNFs + 1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +

Today’s winners were Moon (Moonglownight Resident), with Siri (Sirius Rosca) second, and Jack (Jacquimo Resident) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:

Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the first course mark, the northwestern island in the Crowberry region.

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Siri (Sirius Rosca) and Jack (Jacquimo Resident) both finished tied with 6 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
Sirius Rosca	2	4
Jacquimo Resident	3	3

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Siri’s favor with having a second place finish over Jack’s third place finish as his best.

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) both finished tied with 10 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
ruggeromare Resident	4	6
RedHeadJO Resident	5	5

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Rugger’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Red’s fifth place finish as her best.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – Feb 25th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Julie, Sirius, Red, Darb & Kit, Markis, and Moon.
Committee boat: Daenerys, and Tamarushka.
Pier: Cole, and Marius.
Dock: Tamar, Cryptic, Cae, Vicky, and Sandra.

The last North Sea Bandit IF Regatta for February, 2023, took place on a pleasant Saturday afternoon. We had six bandit IFs at the start. One bandit IF had crew on board. Later, two more skippers joined the fleet.

Julie took the lead in the first race. Followed by Moon and Siri. They would fight fiercely for the top three places. During the race, two skippers broke down.

During the second race, Siri took the lead, but it was soon taken over by Moon. Julie broke down but was still able to resume her race. Two other skippers had to give up during the race.

It had to happen in the last race. Julie immediately took the head and did not give it away. Siri went into battle with Moon. Jack managed to take advantage of this and took second place. He would have to defend this place in the course of the race, because Moon didn’t leave him alone. Siri, meanwhile, was battling Rugger for fourth place.

There were four DNFs (Did Not Finish) and no DSQs (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Directors: Tarmarushka, and Cryptic

Wind: 285 (WNW) 18kts

Wind: 280° (WbN) 18kts

Wind: 280° (WbN) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Disqualified (DSQ) = number of finish + number of DNFs + 1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winners were Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Moon (Moonglownight Resident) second, and Siri (Sirius Rosca) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Jack (Jacquimo Resident), Darb (Darb Tabak), and Markis (Marcus Schechter) all 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
Jacquimo Resident	2	7
Darb Tabak	4	5
Marcus Schechter	4	5

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Jack’s favor with having a second place finish over Darb’s and Markis’s fourth place finishes as their best.

As Darb and Markis both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to further 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	Race 3
Darb Tabak	5	4	6
Marcus Schechter	4	5	7

In the last race, Darb breaks the tie with Markis with his sixth place finish over Markis’s seventh place finish.

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) 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	Race 3
ruggeromare Resident	7	6	5
RedHeadJO Resident	5	6	8

In the last race, Rugger breaks the tie with Red with his fifth place finish over Red’s eighth place finish.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – Feb 18th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Julie, Rugger, Markis, Siri, Darb & Kit, and Moon.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Pier: Arwen, and Dana.
Dock: Cryptic, Caethes, and Red.

This weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta took place on a slightly stormy Saturday afternoon in February. We had six bandit IFs at the start. One Bandit IF had crew on board.

The fleet set out with Julie in the lead. Moon, Siri and Darb at an appropriate distance. As the match progressed, Moon and Siri joined Julie. Darb and Marcus soon became distant.

At the start of the second race, Julie took the lead again. She was immediately followed by Siri, Moon, and Rugger. Halfway through the race, a storm (https://status.secondlifegrid.net/incidents/qjsnz431kdqm) was created by SL™. This caused Julie, and Siri to lose their way. Moon, and Rugger took advantage of this. Julie, and Siri had to pull out all the stops to reconnect with Moon, and Rugger. Rugger was still overtaken, but Moon had the lead for good

Finally, it was time. The third and final race of the day. The storm had passed again. And a seventh sailor joined the party. This time it was crowded at the starting line. Moon, Julie, Siri, Jack, and Rugger left almost simultaneously. The quintet headed for the first mark in good spirits. Here Julie took the lead. Moon followed in her wake. Jack had to drop out. At the turning point, Julie was still in charge. She wouldn’t let this one go

There was one DNF (Did Not Finish) and two DSQs (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Directors: Cryptic, and Red

Wind: 290 (WNW) 18kts

Wind: 280° (WbN) 18kts

Wind: 280° (WbN) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Disqualified (DSQ) = number of finish + number of DNFs + 1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +

Today’s winners were Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Moon (Moonglownight Resident) second, and Siri (Sirius Rosca) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Darb (Darb Tabak) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, Sailing over the finish line before sailing the last part of the route.

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Marcus (Marcus Schechter) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, Sailing over the finish line before sailing the last part of the route.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – Feb 11th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Vicky, Red, Sirius, Jackson, Moon, Julie, and Rugger.
Committee boat: Daenerys, and Tamarushka.
Pier: Cole, Buttercups, and Sunday.
Dock: Tamar, Cryptic, Caethes, and Markis.

The second North Sea Bandit IF Regatta for February, 2023, took place on a pleasant Saturday afternoon. We had seven bandit IFs at the start. The fleet set out with Julie in the lead. Moon, Rugger, and Siri followed at an appropriate distance. Jack, and Vicky followed behind. On the way to the second mark, Moon broke away from Rugger, and Siri. Jack, and Vicky joined them. On the way to the final mark, Julie had managed to maintain a good lead over Moon. Moon against that had a good lead over the fleet.

At the start of the second race, Red ran into a bit of trouble, which meant that Moon took the lead. Closely followed by Siri, and Julie. Behind that we had Jack, and Rugger. At the statues, or where statues used to be in Eden, Rugger sailed away from Jack. But that was only for a short time. At the next mark, Jack had overtaken Rugger again. Meanwhile, Julie had passed Siri, and was chasing Moon. Moon had to pull out all the stops to stay ahead of Julie.

Finally it was time. The third and final race of the day. Rugger, and Julie had a good start. Rugger took the lead followed by Vicky, Siri, and Julie. Moon took another line and this made him take over the lead in the region of Ziziphus. Siri, and Rugger fought over the Ziziphus coastline. Julie, on the other hand, had broken away from Rugger, and tried to follow Moon. Red, and Jack tacked before Moon, and Siri. Julie got stuck behind Rugger again and had to wait because of this. When they arrived at Genip, Moon was still in charge. Julie had taken second place. Jack, Siri, and Rugger followed at an appropriate distance. Leaving Genip, Jack was firmly in control of third place. Back in the region of Ziziphus, Julie surprised Moon and took charge of him. Rugger, Siri, and Red would go on to battle for fourth place.

There was one DNF (Did Not Finish) and no DSQs (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Directors: Tarmarushka, and Cryptic

Wind: 285 (WNW) 18kts

Wind: 280° (WbN) 18kts

Wind: 280° (WbN) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Disqualified (DSQ) = number of finish + number of DNFs + 1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winners were Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Moon (Moonglownight Resident) second, and Siri (Sirius Rosca) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Jack (Jacquimo Resident) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) both finished tied with 8 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
Jacquimo Resident	3	5
ruggeromare Resident	4	4

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Jack’s favor with having a third place finish over Rugger’s fourth place finish as his best.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – Feb 4th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Siri, Red, Rugger, Jack, Julie, and Moon.
Committee Boat: Daenerys.
Pier: Cole.
Dock: Tamarushka, Cryptic, Caethes, Sunday, Yanny, and Vicky.

After being away for a week we are back with the first North Sea Bandit IF Regatta for February, 2023. We had three races scheduled today. Nevertheless, we had six Bandit IFs at the start. Today’s starts would give some problems because we had to sail with a completely different wind direction than usual.

The three races were exciting and the skippers were evenly matched. This would make the decision fall in the last race.

There were two DNFs (Did Not Finish) and one DSQ (Disqualified) through all three races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Directors: Tarmarushka, and Cryptic

Wind: 280 (WbN) 18kts

Wind: 285° (WNW) 18kts

Wind: 285° (WNW) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Disqualified (DSQ) = number of finish + number of DNFs + 1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winners were Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Moon (Moonglownight Resident) second, and Jack (Jacquimo Resident) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Siri (Sirius Rosca) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for finishing under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn due to a Rule 11 On The Same Tack, Overlapped foul at the start, colloquially known as barging.

“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

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Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both 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	Race 3
JulieRoyale Resident	2	2	1
moonglownight Resident	3	1	2

In the last race, Julie breaks the tie with Moon with her first place finish over Moon’s second place finish.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – Jan 21th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Jackson, Red, Siri, Moon, Julie, Sea, and Rugger.
Committee boat: Daenerys, and Tamarushka.
Dock: Cryptic, Cae, and Vicky.

The third North Sea Bandit IF Regatta of 2023 saw a fleet of seven Bandit IFs at the start.

During the start of the first race, Julie immediately took the lead. Followed by Moon, Red and Jack. During the course of the match, Julie distanced herself from Moon. He was closely followed by Red, Jack, and Siri. They would fight for second place.

We started the second race with six boats. Jack was at the start line too early and had to catch up behind. The other five skippers had a good start. Red in front, with Julie at her side and Moon, Siri and Rugger on the second line. Julie and Moon engaged in a fight. Red took advantage of this again. Siri and Rugger continued to follow Red. In Sloe Julie had caught up with Red, Siri followed the two skippers but broke down. Rugger and Moon had fallen a little behind. Jack had made it to the fleet, but failed here. Moon managed to connect with Julie and Red, but Rugger just couldn’t connect. At the Banana region, Julie was still in the lead and Moon and Red battled for second place. Rugger hadn’t given up hope yet and kept his distance. In the Melon region, Moon made a wrong decision that caused Julie to leave the fleet for good. Red and Rugger saw their chance and took over the second and third positions. With Red in second and Rugger in third, the cards seemed to be on the table. However, Red took a different line than Rugger and Moon in the last leg. This would see her finish fourth.

There was one DNF (Did Not Finish) and one DSQ (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Directors: Tarmarushka, and Cryptic

Wind: 240 (SWbW) 18kts

Wind: 245° (WSW) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Disqualified (DSQ) = number of finish + number of DNFs + 1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start + 1

Today’s winners were Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Moon (Moonglownight Resident) second, and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Jack (Jacquimo Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the forth course mark, the yellow buoy in the Sloe region.

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Jack (Jacquimo Resident) and Siri (Sirius Rosca) both finished tied with 10 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
Jacquimo Resident	4	6
Sirius Rosca	5	5

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Jack’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Siri’s fifth place finish as his best.

Bandit IF Regatta – Jan 14th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Red, Julie, Moon, Siri, Jack & Amelia, Araton & Eve, and Juicy.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Dock: Cryptic, Vicky, Fionna, and Rugger.

The second North Sea Bandit IF Regetta of 2023 saw a fleet of seven Bandit IFs at the start. Two of the Bandit IFs had crew on board.

During the start of the first race, Julie immediately took the lead. Followed by Moon and Red. Siri, Juicy and Jack came over the start a little later. Juicy crashed on the way to the first mark. Julie and Siri took a different line from the other sailors, which helped Julie build her lead and Siri connected with Red and Moon. These three skippers would compete for second place. Red got real bad luck and had to retire. Bad luck had left Jack even further behind.

We started the second race with five boats. The five skippers had a good start. Julie took the lead followed by Moon, Red and Siri. Jack broke down and lost valuable time. It looked like a close race, but Red kept battling Moon. At the Kiwi region, the trio had caught up with Julie. This caused Red to take the lead, but as she sailed too close to an island, Siri saw his chance to take over the lead for good. The trio behind him continued to fight for second place. Red turned out to have the best papers here.

There were three DNFs (Did Not Finish) and no DSQs (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: 240 (SWbW) 18kts

Wind: 245° (WSW) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Disqualified (DSQ) = number of finish + number of DNFs + 1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winners were Siri (Sirius Rosca), with Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) second, and Moon (Moonglownight Resident) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both finished tied with 5 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
JulieRoyale Resident	1	4
moonglownight Resident	2	3

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Julie’s favor with having a first place finish over Moon’s second place finish as his best.