Cat Fight – May 10th 2024

From the left (in boats): Sin (WildWind AC-45), Mary (WildWInd AC-45), Kael (TMS Flying Shadow), Xiao (TMS Flying Shadow), Leif (WildWind AC-45), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), and Sirius & Red (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Jules, Asher, Vicky, Jamie, and Caethes. On the pier: Lexie, and Nikola.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, rising to 21 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were well behaved once more with no DNFs (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. The crowds that assembled 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, indulged in the fresh fleet-foiled feline ferment on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Copacabana Reverse and North Sea Extreme courses, was made up of a majority of four The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three sailing single-handed and one crewed¹ respectively. Three WildWind AC-45s rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

¹Today’s crewed boat was the team of Sirius (Sirius Rosca) & Red (RedHeadJo Resident). Crewed boats are noted with the skipper’s name in the results table.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Vicky

Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Wind: SW (225°) 21kts

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

Today’s winner was Sin (Sinarielle Resident), with Max (Max Starostin) second, and Mary (Marousca Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Sin (Sinarielle Resident) and Max (Max Starostin) 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
Sinarielle Resident	2	1
Max Starostin	1	2

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

North Sea Open Regatta – May 8th 2024

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (Trudeau One), Leif (Bandit 22 LTE), Xiao (TMS Sea Boss – Rider), Mary (Shields Class), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Isard Mini Transat), Jamie (Bandit 22 LTE), Emilio (Isard Mini Transat), Alex (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Isard Mini Transat.
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Red, Cassie, and Julia. On the pier: Caipi.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were mostly behaved with two DNFs (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. Both DNFs, one a piece in the small and big boat portions respectively, came when skippers crashed while crossing over region corners. The crowds that gathered along the beaches on the islands in the Ziziphus, and Genip regions, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, savored a great display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Trapezoid course, was made up of a majority of four Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Isard Mini Transats, one The Mesh Shop (TMS) Sea Boss – Rider, one Shields Class, and one Trudeau One rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Torpedo course, was made up of a small majority of two Trudeau 12 Metres. One TMS I-Mocca 60, one ACA33, one WildWind AC-45, one TMS Palain, one TMS Ocean Beach, one Bandit 60, and one Bandit 55 rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Leif (WildWind AC-45), Emileigh (Trudeau 12 Metre), Jamie (Bandit 55), Xiao (TMS Ocean Beach), Rugger (TMS Palain), Sea (Trudeau 12 Metre), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), Alex (Bandit 60), and Mary (ACA33).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Red, Phoenix, Cassie, Amanda, and Julia.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
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 Rugger (ruggeromare Resident), with Jamie (JamieGawith Resident) second, and Sea (filax Carter) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate and the SLCG for helping with race duties.

Race Notes:
Mary (Marousca Resident) and Xiao (XiaoMarque01 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
Marousca Resident	3	9
XiaoMarque01 Resident	5	7

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

Bandit Regatta – May 6th 2024

From the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit IF), Rugger & Swirja (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Xiao (Bandit IF), Leif (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit IF), Jamie (Bandit 22 LTE), Alex (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Sin, Daenerys, Cassie, and Sere.

Great sim sailing weather, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first North Sea Bandit Regatta for May, 2024. With a moderate breeze of 11 knots, rising to a fresh breeze of 15 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were well behaved as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. 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, thrilled in a lively 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 five Bandit 22 LTEs. Four Bandit IFs rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet in the first race. For the second race, one IF skipper opted to use her 22 instead.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys

Wind: SW (225°) 11kts

Wind: SW (225°) 15kts

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

Today’s winner was Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), with Jamie (JamieGawith Resident) second, and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) 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:
Leif (Stefan Mrigesh) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the race line and failing to record the completion of his first lap before continuing on to the first mark of the second lap.

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Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) both finished tied with 7 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
Nicole Myhre	1	6
Sirius Rosca	3	4

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

Bandit IF Regatta – May 4th 2024

From the left (in Bandit IFs): Jack, Rugger, Red, Markis, Alex, Xiao, Siri, and Sin.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Pier: Julia.
Dock: Cryptic, Caethes, and Jenny.

We had two exciting races for the first North Sea Bandit IF Regatta for May, 2024. We had eight Bandit IF’s at the start of the first race and seven Bandit IF’s at the start of the second race.

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. One of the skippers had a bad crash, ending up in an event after relog. The other three skippers did hit a crossing.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: Cryptic
Wind: 240° (SWbW) 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 Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) second, and Markis (Marcus Schechter) in third place.

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

Race Notes:
Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) both finished the second race tied at the finishing line with a time of 18:39. 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 Rugger and Red receive 2.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 2 and 3, added together and divided equally.

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Alex (Alex0730 Resident) and Xiao (XiaoMarque01 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
Alex0730 Resident	5	7
XiaoMarque01 Resident	6	6

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

Cat Fight – May 3rd 2024

From the left (in boats): Mary (WildWind AC-45), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Kael (TMS Flying Shadow), Xiao (TMS Flying Shadow), Leif (WildWind AC-45), and Diana (WildWind AC-45).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Vicky, Asher, Leftism, and Daenerys.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first Cat Fight in The North Sea for May, 2024. The North Sea regions were well behaved again with no DNFs (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. The crowds that assembled 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, relished the charged fleet-foiled feline force on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea CCW (Counter-ClockWise) and North Sea Circle courses, was made up of a majority of four The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows. Three WildWind AC-45s rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. For the second race, one of the AC-45 skippers opted to use her WildWind AC-62 instead.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Wind: SW (225°) 21kts

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

Today’s winner was Max (Max Starostin), with Kael (Kael Decosta) second, and Mary (Marousca Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Diana (Dianafra Allen) and Xiao (XiaoMarque01 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
Dianafra Allen	6	5
XiaoMarque01 Resident	5	6

In the last race, Diana breaks the tie with Xiao with her fifth place finish over Xiao’s sixth place finish.
 

North Sea Open Regatta – May 1st 2024

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Star Class), Mary (Shields Class), Kazuka (Isard Mini Transat), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Leif (Bandit 22 LTE), Markis (Bandit 22 LTE), Alex (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Isard Mini Transat), and Aoife (Isard Mini Transat).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Vicky, Chira, Chaos, Morticia, and Julia. On the pier: Penny.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first North Sea Open Regatta for May, 2024. The North Sea regions were well behaved as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The crowds that assembled on the lighthouse observation deck on the island in the Ziziphus region, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, enjoyed a fun display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing a three lap affair on the North Sea Short Loop Mirror course, was made up of a majority of four Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Isard Mini Transats, one The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, and one Shields Class rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was made up of a majority of three TMS I-Mocca 60s. One ACA33, one Trudeau 12 Metre, one Isard Machichaco, one Bandit 50/3, one TMS Palain, and one TMS Amante rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Note: As of the publication of these results, the Isard Mini Transat has had its handicap value adjusted to 0.88, up from 0.82. Please sea the North Sea Handicap Table for our handicaps and the Google Sheet used to make those calculations.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Leif (TMS Amantee), Emileigh (Trudeau 12 Metre), Rugger (TMS Palain), Aoife (Isard Machimacho), Sea (TMS I-Mocca 60), Markis (TMS I-Mocca 60), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), Alex (Bandit 50/3), and Mary (ACA33).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Mort, Chira, Vicky, Daenerys, Zoe, Emmy, Jesus, Morticia, Sin, Caethes, and Julia.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Directors: Daenerys, and Vicky
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 Mary (Marousca Resident), with Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) second, and Aoife (Aoife Treeflame) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate and the SLCG for helping with race duties.

Race Notes:
Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Alex (Alex0730 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
ruggeromare Resident	7	4
Alex0730 Resident	4	7

In the last race, Rugger breaks the tie with Alex with his fourth place finish over Alex’s seventh place finish.

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Markis (Marcus Schechter) and Sea (filax Carter) 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
Marcus Schechter	3	9
filax Carter	6	6

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

Bandit Regatta – Apr 29th 2024

From the left (in boats): Sin (Bandit 22 LTE), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Leif (Bandit 22 LTE), Ana (Bandit 22 LTE), Markis (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy (Bandit IF), Araton (Bandit 22 LTE), Lo (Bandit IF), SIrius (Bandit IF), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Jamie (Bandit 22 LTE), Alex (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, Daenerys, Sere, and Pip. On the pier: Lexie, Amanda, Phoenix, Allustrial, and Cassie.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the last North Sea Bandit Regatta for April, 2024. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, The North Sea regions were mostly smooth with two DNFs (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. Both DNFs, occurring during the second race, were due to skippers crashing while crossing over region corners. The crowds that assembled along the beaches 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, reveled in an energetic display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and the North Sea Trapezoid course, was made up of a majority of ten Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
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 Sin (Sinarielle Resident), with Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) second, and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) 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:
Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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
Nicole Myhre	2	6
Sirius Rosca	4	4

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

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Leif (Stefan Mrigesh) and Araton (Araton Titanium) both finished tied with 21 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
Stefan Mrigesh	8	13
Araton Titanium	10	11

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Leif’s favor with having an eighth place finish over Araton’s tenth place finish as his best.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – April 27th 2024

From the left (in Bandit IFs): Sin, Rugger, Siri, Alex, and Markis.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Dock: Cryptic, Caethes, Asher, and Vicky.

The last North Sea Bandit IF Regatta for April, 2024, saw two races in calm seas. At the start of the first races we had five Bandits. Sin, Siri, and Rugger formed a leading group from the start. On the way to the western part of Fruit, Sin showed that he was the stronger one. She took the lead and never relinquished it. Siri, and Rugger would fight for second place from then on.

In the second race, we had the same group again: Sin, Siri, and Rugger. But they were closely followed by Markis. Due to a navigation error, Rugger took a longer route to the next mark and therefore lost connection with the front runners. Markis was now hot on Siri’s heels. Sin slowly walked away from Siri and Markis. Siri was able to hold on to second place. Rugger had to settle for fourth place.

There were no 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

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 Sin (Sinarielle Resident), with Siri (Sirius Rosca) second, and Markis (Marcus Schechter) in third place.

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

Race Notes:
Markis (Marcus Schechter) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) finished tied with 7 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
Marcus Schechter	4	3
ruggeromare Resident	3	4

In the last race, Markis breaks the tie with Rugger with his third place finish over Rugger’s fourth place finish.
 

Cat Fight – Apr 26th 2024

From the left (in boats): Sin & Zoe (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Mary (WildWind AC-45), and Kael (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Caethes.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were well behaved as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The crowds that gathered on the lighthouse observation deck on the island in the Ziziphus region, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in the energetic fleet-foiled feline fever on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Half Mane course and North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was made up of a majority of four The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three sailing single-handed and one crewed¹ respectively. Two WildWind AC-45s rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

¹Today’s crewed boat was the team of Sin (Sinarielle Resident) & Zoe (Zoe Ayashi). Crewed boats are noted with the skipper’s name in the results table.

Race Director: Cryptic
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 Sin (Sinarielle Resident), with ViV (vivipezz Resident) second, and Kael (Kael Decosta) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Mary (Marousca Resident) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) finished tied with 9 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
Marousca Resident	5	4
Sirius Rosca	4	5

In the last race, Mary breaks the tie with Sirius with his fourth place finish over Sirius’s fifth place finish.
 

North Sea Open Regatta – Apr 24th 2024

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Mary (Shields Class), Leif (TMS Sea Boss – Rider), Xiao (TMS Sea Boss – Rider), Araton & Ana (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Erica (Bandit 22 LTE), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Isard Mini Transat), Alex (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Isard Mini Transat), Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE), and Lo (Bandit IF).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, and Henry. On the pier: Cole, and Lexie.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were mostly well behaved with two DNFs (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. The first DNF, occurring during the small boat portion, was due to a skipper crashing while crossing over region corners. The remaining DNF, occurring during the big boat portion, was from a skipper removing his boat after getting caught in irons. The crowds that gathered on the shores on the islands in the Ziziphus, and Genip regions, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, relished a peppy display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was made up of a majority of four Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two sailing single-handed and one crewed¹ respectively, two Isard Mini Transats, two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Sea Boss – Riders, one TMS Flying Shadow, and one Shields Class rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Butterfly course, was made up of a majority of three TMS I-Mocca 60s. One WildWind AC-45, one Trudeau 12 Metre, one ACA33, one TMS Palain, one TMS Es Paradis, one TMS Ocean Beach, and one Bandit 50/3 rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

¹Today’s crewed boat was the team of Araton (Araton Titanium) & Ana (Sheeana Yue). Crewed boats are noted with the skipper’s name in the results table.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): ViV (WildWind AC-45), Leif (TMS Es Paradis), Rugger (TMS Palain), Xiao (TMS Ocean Beach), Alex (Bandit 50/3), Sea (TMS I-Mocca 60), Sirius (TMS I-Mocca 60), Emilio (Trudeau 12 Metre), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Mary (ACA33).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Henry, Erica, Araton, and Ana. On the pier: Lexie, and Yorkie.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
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 Mary (Marousca Resident), with Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) second, and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate and the SLCG for helping with race duties.

Race Notes:
Leif (Stefan Mrigesh) was disqualified (DSQ) during the small boat portion for sailing an incorrect course, rounding the first course mark, the green buoy in the Ziziphus region, counter-clockwise instead of clockwise.

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Leif (Stefan Mrigesh) was disqualified (DSQ) during the big boat portion for sailing without racewind.

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) 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
ruggeromare Resident	1	5
Nicole Myhre	2	4

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

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Sirius (Sirius Rosca) and Sea (filax Carter) 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
Sirius Rosca	3	9
filax Carter	5	7

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

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Alex (Alex0730 Resident) and Erica (EricaMusashi Resident) both finished tied with 19 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
Alex0730 Resident	7	12
EricaMusashi Resident	8	11

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

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Leif (Stefan Mrigesh) and Lo (sybilquine Resident) both finished tied with 21 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
Stefan Mrigesh	9	12
sybilquine Resident	10	11

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Leif’s favor with having a ninth place finish over Lo’s tenth place finish as her best.