Bandit Regatta – Feb 20th 2023

From the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Rayz and Dids (Bandit 22 LTE), Alejandro (Bandit 22 LTE), Julie (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Claire, Tyson, Tamar, Daenerys, and Caethes. On the pier: Arwen.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. 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 generally behaved for most as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF, occurring during the first race, was attributed to a skipper crashing to her desktop in the middle of a region. The second DNF, occurring during the second race, was from a skipper crashing while she crossed over region corners. 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, were thrilled by an electric display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta and North Sea Manta Reverse courses, was made up of a majority of eight Bandit 22 LTEs. Two Bandit IFs, split evenly at one crewed and one single-handed respectively, rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.

With the publication of these results, comes the completion of the North Sea Standard Yearly Adjustment. All handicaps in today’s regatta are from the new adjustment. After two previous years of changes, The North Sea Standard¹ stayed steady this time at 0:10:30, with no change from last year. The largest refactoring came from the The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadow increasing to 1.09 from 1.03, placing it on par with the TMS Nacra 17, also up to 1.09 from 1.08. Likewise, the crewed TMS Flying Shadow also increases to 1.36, up from 1.32. North Sea Olympic Course (Long), the course the North Sea Standard is based on, was used 35 times in 2022, with the winning time of each race added to the data the standard is based on. From those 35 races, 287 finishing times were used to help update or reinforce the handicap values of more than 31 boats in our table. For more info, as well as a link to the Google Sheet used to calculate everything, please see North Sea Handicap Table.

¹ The North Sea Standard is the average sailing time of all race winners on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) racing with a 225° (SW) 18 knot wind. This is the time that all handicaps on the North Sea Handicap Table are weighted against.

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

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 Moon (moonglownight 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:
Emilio (emiliopc7 Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the last course mark, the blue buoy in the Sapote region.

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Alejandro (Boogie Aeghin) and Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) 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
Boogie Aeghin	6	5
Rayzza Rubble	5	6

In the last race, Alejandro breaks the tie with Rayz with his fifth place finish over Rayz’s sixth place finish.

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Julia (Geneer Gynoid) and Emilio (emiliopc7 Resident) both finished tied with 13 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
Geneer Gynoid	3	10
emiliopc7 Resident	4	9

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

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 Regatta – Feb 13th 2023

From the left (in boats): Vicky (Bandit 22 LTE), Rayz and Dids (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Cole (Bandit 22 LTE), Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit IF), Alejandro (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Farryn, Asher, and Tyson. On the pier: Arwen, Noapor, and Robpor.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. With a moderate breeze of 11 knots out of the southwest, rising to 15 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were calm for most as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Both DNFs, occurring one a piece in each race respectively, were from skippers crashing while crossing over region corners. The crowds that gathered on the beaches on the islands in the Ziziphus, and Genip regions, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, delighted in a dynamic display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea 01 and the North Sea 02 courses, was made up of a majority of ten Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet in the first race. One Bandit IF skipper opted for her Bandit 22 instead, for the second race.

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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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:
Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for finishing under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as instructed by a race director for a Rule 10 On Opposite Tacks foul.

“10 ON OPPOSITE TACKS
When boats are on opposite tacks, a port-tack boat shall keep clear of a starboard-tack boat.“

Source: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Emilio (emiliopc7 Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for finishing under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as instructed by a race director for a Rule 10 On Opposite Tacks foul.

“10 ON OPPOSITE TACKS
When boats are on opposite tacks, a port-tack boat shall keep clear of a starboard-tack boat.“

Source: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Alejandro (Boogie Aeghin) was accredited with a Did Not Dtart (DNS) for the second race as he was over the starting line early, before the race start countdown reached 0:00:00, and he never came back around to properly start the race.

[13:33:12] StartLine : 1 SECONDS to the start
[13:33:12] StartLine shouts: Boogie Aeghin IDBS998c is over early! Go around and recross!
[13:33:13] StartLine : RACE STARTED

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) both finished the second race tied at the finishing line with a time of 11:02. 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 Rugger and Zimtzicke receive 5.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 5 and 6, added together and divided equally.

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Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) finished tied with 6 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2
moonglownight Resident	4	2
Sirius Rosca	2	4

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

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Alejandro (Boogie Aeghin) and Vicky (Vicky4698 Resident) both finished tied with 22 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
Boogie Aeghint	9	13
Vicky4698 Resident	11	11

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

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 Regatta – Feb 6th 2023

From the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Cate and Anthony (Bandit 22 LTE), Ester and Yola (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Alejandro (Bandit 22 LTE), Rugger and Yanny (Bandit 22 LTE), Cole (Bandit 22 LTE), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Tamarushka, Asher, Henry. On the pier: Julie, and Marius.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, The North Sea regions were calm for most as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF, occurring during the second race, was from a skipper crashing she crossed over region corners. The later DNF, also occurring during the second race, was from a skipper crashing as she crossed over the border between the Mammea and Muskmelon regions. The crowds that gathered on the beaches on the islands in the Ziziphus, and Genip regions, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, enjoyed an eager display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and the North Sea 107 courses, was made up of a majority of ten Bandit 22 LTEs. One Bandit IF rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Directors: Daenerys, and Tamarushka
Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

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

Today’s winner was Sirius (Sirius Rosca), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) 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:
Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Nicole (Nicole Myhre) both finished the second race tied at the finishing line with a time of 11:11. 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 Nicole 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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Alejandro (Boogie Aeghin) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for finishing under protest while failing to complete a 360° panelty turn due to a Rule 18.2 Giving Mark-Room foul.

“18.2 Giving Mark-Room
(b) If boats are overlapped when the first of them reaches the zone, the outside boat at that moment shall
thereafter give the inside boat mark-room. If a boat is clear ahead when she reaches the zone,
the boat clear astern at that moment shall thereafter give her mark-room.“

Source: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Jenna (jnx1e Resident), Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), and Sea (filax Carter) all 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
jnx1e Resident	1	9
Emileigh Starbrook	3	7
filax Carter	5	5

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

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Cole (ColeBatriani Resident) and Ester (citacg Resident) both finished tied with 16 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
ColeBatriani Resident	6	10
citacg Resident	8	8

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Cole’s favor with having a sixth place finish over Ester’s eighth place finish as her 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 Regatta – Jan 30th 2023

From the left (in boats): Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE), Vicky (Bandit 22 LTE), Cate and Anthony (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Alejandro (Bandit 22 LTE), Red (Bandit IF), Xiao (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Rugger and Yanny (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Helios, Black, Henry, and Daenerys. On the pier: Julie, Cole, Piper, and Sunday.

Calm seas, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were calm for most as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. The lone DNF, occurring during the first race, was from a skipper crashing while crossing over region corners. 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, cheered on a spirited display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta and North Sea Trapezoid courses, was made up of a majority of nine Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively, rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys

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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Sea (filax Carter) second, and Cate (Cate Sewell) 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:
Alejandro (Boogie Aeghin) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for finishing under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as directed by a race directer due to a Rule 10 On Opposite Tacks foul.

“10 ON OPPOSITE TACKS
When boats are on opposite tacks, a port-tack boat shall keep clear of a starboard-tack boat.“

Source: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) and Vicky (Vicky4698 Resident) finished tied with 15 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
Nicole Myhre	8	7
Vicky4698 Resident	7	8

In the last race, Zimtzicke breaks the tie with Vicky with her seventh place finish over Vicky’s eighth place finish.

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Emilio (emiliopc7 Resident) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) both finished tied with 20 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
emiliopc7 Resident	9	11
Maximiliano Szondi	10	10

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

Bandit Regatta – Jan 23rd 2023

From the left (in boats): Rayz and Dids (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Red (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Rugger and Yanny (Bandit 22 LTE), Vicky (Bandit 22 LTE), Lilita and Dali (Bandit 22 LTE), Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE), Kama (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), and Jenna (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher, Henry, and Daenerys. On the pier: Cole, Sunday, and Zimtzicke.

Calm seas, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. 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 two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF, occurring during the first race, was from a skipper pulling his boat towards the end of the race when his crew decided they needed to go dancing instead. The second DNF, occurring during the second race, was from a skipper crashing while crossing over region corners. The crowds that gathered on the shores of the island in the Ziziphus region, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, took in a lively display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline and North Sea Bowline Reverse courses, was made up of a majority of ten Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively, rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet in the first race. For the second race, the crewed Bandit IF team left to go and dance during the end of the first race, while two Bandit 22 LTE skippers joined the fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys

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 Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) second, and Sea (filax Carter) 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:
Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race due to finishing while under protest and failing to comeplte a 360° penalty turn as instructed by a race director for a Rule 18.2 Giving Mark Room foul.

“18.2 Giving Mark-Room
(b) If boats are overlapped when the first of them reaches the zone, the outside boat at that moment shall
thereafter give the inside boat mark-room. If a boat is clear ahead when she reaches the zone,
the boat clear astern at that moment shall thereafter give her mark-room.“

Source: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) was accredited with a Did Not Dtart (DNS) for the second race as he was over the starting line early, before the race start countdown reached 0:00:00, and he never came back around to properly start the race.

[13:48:04] StartLine : 1 SECONDS to the start
[13:48:04] StartLine shouts: ruggeromare Resident IDBSf78d is over early! Go around and recross!
[13:48:05] StartLine : RACE STARTED

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Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) was accredited with a Did Not Dtart (DNS) for the second race as she was over the starting line early, before the race start countdown reached 0:00:00, and she never came back around to properly start the race.

[13:48:04] StartLine : 1 SECONDS to the start
[13:48:04] StartLine shouts: Nicole Myhre IDBS8754 is over early! Go around and recross!
[13:48:05] StartLine : RACE STARTED

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Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) and Sea (filax Carter) 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
Emileigh Starbrook	1	6
filax Carter	2	5

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

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Vicky (Vicky4698 Resident) and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) both finished tied with 11 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
Vicky4698 Resident	3	8
RedHeadJO Resident	5	6

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

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Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) and Kama (kamakura Nootan) both finished tied with 16 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
Rayzza Rubble	4	12
kamakura Nootan	7	9

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

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) finished tied with 24 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, 12 point finishes in each race respectively, neither Rule A8.1 or A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing will satisfy breaking their tie. Therefore, Rugger and Max remain tied in thirteenth place overall.
 

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 Regatta – Jan 16th 2023

From the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit 22 TLE), Cate and Anthony (Bandit 22 LTE), Alejandro (Bandit 22 LTE), Vicky and Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Red (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), Anne (Bandit 22 LTE), and Xiao (Bandit IF).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, and Suna. On the pier: Mutsy, and Giovanni.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. With a moderate breeze of 15 knots out of the southwest, The North Sea regions were well behaved as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Both DNFs, occurring one a piece in each race, were from skippers crashing as they crossed over region corners. The crowds that gathered at the lighthouses on the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, delighted in a peppy display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea 01 and North Sea 02 courses, was made up of a majority of nine Bandit 22 LTEs. Four Bandit IFs, three sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively, rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet in the first race. In the second race, a Bandit 22 LTE skipper opted to use his Bandit IF instead.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
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 Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre), with Sea (filax Carter) second, and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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:
Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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
Emileigh Starbrook	4	3
ruggeromare Resident	3	4

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

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Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) both finished tied with 13 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	11
RedHeadJO Resident	6	7

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 Red’s sixth place finish as her best.

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Alejandro (Boogie Aeghin) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) both finished tied with 20 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
Boogie Aeghin	9	11
Maximiliano Szondi	10	10

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