Cat Fight – September 30th 2022

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Emileigh (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin and Lin (WildWind AC-62), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), and Sea (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Asher, and Caethes.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the last Cat Fight in The North Sea for September, 2022. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, turning from the northwest 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 shores 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 delighted by the feverish fleet-foiled feline furor on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Half Mane and North Sea Cat Fight 01¹ courses, was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows. One WildWind AC-62² rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. One Flying Shadow skipper opted for her WildWind AC-45 for the second race.

¹Cat Fight 01 is an updated version of a previously named course.

²As of the publishing of these results, the handicap value for the WildWind AC-62 has been adjusted to 1.87, from 1.61. Please see the North Sea Handicap Table for more of our handicap values, and the link to the Google Sheet used to calculate them.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Wind: NW (315°) 18kts

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

Today’s winner was ViV (vivipezz Resident), with Daenerys (blondij Resident) second, and Max (Max Starostin) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Sea (filax Carter) was disqualified during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, she missed the tenth course mark, the gate in the Sapote region.
 

Cat Fight – September 9th 2022

From the left (in TMS Flying Shadows): Emileigh, Sin and Cloe, Daenerys, Sirius, Julie, Moon, and Max.
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Zimtzicke, and Caethes.

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, The North Sea regions were well behaved as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. 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, cheered on the frantic fleet-foiled feline furor on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta Reverse and North Sea Torpedo courses, was made up of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, six sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively, during the first race. For the second race, one skipper opted to switch to their WildWind AC-62 instead.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: 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 Max (Max Starostin) 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:
Moon (moonglownight Resident), Sin (Sinarielle Resident), and Daenerys (blondij Resident) all 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
moonglownight Resident	2	5
Sinarielle Resident	3	4
blondij Resident	3	4

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Moon’s favor with having a second place finish over Sin’s and Daenerys’s third place finishes as their best.

As Sin and Daenerys both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this remaining 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	4	3
blondij Resident	3	4

In the last race, Sin breaks the tie with Daenerys with her third place finish over Daenerys’s fourth place finish.

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Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) finished tied with 13 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
Emileigh Starbrook	7	6
Sirius Rosca	6	7

In the last race, Emileigh breaks the tie with Sirius with her sixth place finish over Sirius’s seventh place finish.
 

Cat Fight – September 2nd 2022

From the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Diana (WildWind AC-62), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), and Sea (WildWind AC-45).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Zimtzicke, Tamarushka, Alexey, Tatulia, Lin, Caethes, and Korey. On the pier: Keila.

Great sim sailing weather, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first Cat Fight in The North Sea for September, 2022. With a moderate breeze of 15 knots out of the southwest, rising to a fresh breeze of 18 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were well behaved as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) was 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, delighted in the frisky fleet-foiled feline fever on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline course and North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was made up of a majority of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, six sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively. One WildWind AC-45, and one WildWind AC-62 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet for the first race. The AC-62 skipper, and one Flying Shadow skipper switched to their TMS Nacra 17s for the second race.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 15kts

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 Max (Max Starostin) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Sirius (Sirius Rosca) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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	5	7
Emileigh Starbrook	6	6

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

Cat Fight – August 19th 2022

From the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Diana (WildWind AC-45), Isa (TMS Flying Shadow), and Max (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Broncocas, and Caethes.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were generally well behaved as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF, occurring during the first race, was due to a skipper crashing while crossing over regions corners. The final DNF, also occurring during the first race, was from a skipper pulling her boat during the middle of the race. The crowds that gathered on the shores 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, thrilled in the energetic fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline Reverse and North Sea Triple Pink courses, was made up of a majority of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, five sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively. One WildWind AC-45 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. The AC-45 skipper switched to her AC-62 for the second race.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 15kts

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 Daenerys (blondij Resident) second, and Sin (Sinarielle Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Diana (Dianafra Allen) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the second course mark, the white buoy in the Eden Jakana region.

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Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Daenerys (blondij 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
JulieRoyale Resident	1	3
blondij Resident	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 Daenerys’s second place finish as her best.

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Max (Max Starostin) and Isa (isab DeCuir) 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
Max Starostin	3	5
isab DeCuir	4	4

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

Cat Fight – August 12th 2022

From the left (in boats): Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Emileigh (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Jenna and Amber (TMS Nacra 17), and Diana (WildWind AC-62).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher, and Caethes.

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, building to 21 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were well behaved as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. The lone DNF, occurring during the second race, was due to a skipper crashing while crossing over region corners. The crowds that gathered on the shores 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, delighted in the thrilling fleet-foiled feline furor on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea CCW (counter-clockwise) and North Sea Roundabout courses, was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively. One TMS Nacra 17, and one WildWind AC-62 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Tamarushka

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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Max (Max Starostin) second, and Julie (JulieRoyale 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 Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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
JulieRoyale Resident	1	6
Emileigh Starbrook	3	4

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 Emileigh’s third place finish as her best.

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Sin (Sinarielle Resident) and Sirius (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
Sinarielle 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 Sin’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Sirius’s fifth place finish as his best.
 

Cat Fight – August 5th 2022

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Emileigh (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Diana (WildWind AC-62), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Sea (WildWind AC-45).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher, Sharon, and Caethes.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first Cat Fight in The North Sea for August, 2022. With a moderate breeze of 15 knots out of the southwest, building to a fresh breeze of 18 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were generally well behaved as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Script issues were behind both DNFs, one in each race, as skippers pulled their boats in both instances, when their boat scripts stopped responding. 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, cheered on the frantic fleet-foiled feline flurry on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Half Mane and North Sea Extreme Reverse courses, was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively. One WildWind AC-62, and one WildWind AC-45 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. The second race saw a slight shakeup with the original AC-62 skipper opting for her AC-45, and a Flying Shadow skipper opting for his AC-62 instead.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 15kts

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 Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), with Max (Max Starostin) second, and Daenerys (blondij Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Sirius (Sirius Rosca) and Sea (filax Carter) both 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
Sirius Rosca	3	6
filax Carter	4	5

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 fourth place finish as her best.
 

Cat Fight – July 29th 2022

From the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys and Kim (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (WildWind AC-62), Diana (WildWind AC-45), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), and Moon (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher.

Another week of great sim sailing weather, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the last Cat Fight in The North Sea for July, 2022. The North Sea regions were calm and smooth as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The crowds that gathered along the shores 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 the frenetic fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Double Loop and North Sea Snipe courses, was made up of a majority of four The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively. One WildWind AC-45, and one WildWind AC-62 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. A Flying Shadow skipper opted for his TMS Nacra 17 for the second race.

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 Daenerys (blondij Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Max (Max Starostin) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race due to sailing an incorrect course, rounding the red buoy in the Cocoa region, the fifth course mark, counter-clockwise instead of clockwise.

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Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) 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
blondij Resident	2	1
moonglownight Resident	1	2

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

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Diana (Dianafra Allen) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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 Allent	6	5
Emileigh Starbrook	5	6

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

Cat Fight – July 15th 2022

From the left (in TMS Flying Shadows): Daenerys, Emileigh, Max, Sirius, Moon, and Jenna.
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher, Asuna, and 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 one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. The lone DNF was attributed to a skipper having to leave during the second race for plans with her family. The crowds that gathered on 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, cheered on the feverish fleet-foiled feline flurry on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline and North Sea Torpedo courses, was made up of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows in the first race, five sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively. One skipper opted for their WildWind AC-62, and another for their TMS Nacra 17 for the second race.

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 Moon (moonglownight Resident), with Daenerys (blondij Resident) second, and Max (Max Starostin) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Daenerys (blondij 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
moonglownight Resident	1	3
blondij Resident	2	2

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

Cat Fight – July 8th 2022

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Emileigh (TMS Flying Shadow), Diana (WildWind AC-45), Zero (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), and Moon (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher, and Caethes.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. With a moderate breeze of 15 knots coming out of the southwest, rising to a fresh breeze of 18 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, and along the Pooseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in the frantic fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Trapezoid course and North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively. One WildWind AC-45 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. The AC-45 skipper switched to her AC-62 in the second race.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 15kts

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 Moon (moonglownight Resident), with Max (Max Starostin) second, and Zero (Sleet Zero) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Max (Max Starostin), Zero (Sleet Zero), and Daenerys (blondij Resident) all 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
Max Starostin	1	5
Sleet Zero	2	4
blondij Resident	3	3

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Max’s favor with having a first place finish over Zero’s second place, and Daenerys’s third place finishes as their best.
 

Cat Fight – July 1st 2022

From the left (in TMS Flying Shadows): Daenerys, Emileigh, Max, Sirius, and Moon
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher, and Caethes.

Great sim sailing weather, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first Cat Fight in The North Sea for July, 2022. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots coming out of the southwest, rising to 21 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were on their best behavior as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The crowds that gathered along the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, and on the small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, delighted in the energetic fleet-foiled feline fury 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 five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows for the first race. One skipper opted for their TMS Nacra 17, and another for their WildWind AC-62 to round out the fleet for the second race.

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 Daenerys (blondij Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Max (Max Starostin) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Sirius(Sirius Rosca) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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
Sirius Rosca	3	5
Emileigh Starbrook	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 a third place finish over Emileigh’s fourth place finish as her best.