Cat Fight – Mar 29th 2019

From the left (in TMS Flying Shadows): Julnara, and Moon.
On the dock: Palani, Caethes, Cryptic, and Rayz.

Rocky sailing sim weather featured during this weeks Backwater Bay Yacht Club Cat Fight. The regions in the Bingo Strait were foul tempered as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day, all during the first race as both Palani and Moon succumbed to the Bingo Strait’s hunger. After the foiling feline sacrifice in the first race, the seas calmed down to allow all boats in the second race to finish. This weeks fleet, racing on the BBYC 05 and BBYC 04 Rev 1 courses, was comprised of a majority of three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows. One lone TMS Nacra 17 made up the remainder of the fleet.

Julnara, with Equen in her TMS Flying Shadow, and Daenerys, in her TMS Flying Shadow, cross the start line during race 2 of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Cat Fight, on Friday, March 29th, 2019.

More pictures after the results.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SE (135°) 15kts

Wind: SE (135°) 21kts

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

Today’s winner was Julnara (Julnara Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Palani (Palani Allen) tied in 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:
Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Palani (Palani Allen) both finished tied with 5 points. As they have identical finishes in each race, a DNF (Did Not Finish) in the first race and a DNS (Did Not Start) in the second race respectively, neither Rule A8.1 nor Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing will satisfy breaking this tie, therefore they both remained tied in second place overall.

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Julnara, with Equen in her TMS Flying Shadow, and Palani, in his TMS Nacra 17, cross the start line during the first race of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Cat Fight, on Friday, March 29th, 2019.

Moon, in his TMS Flying Shadow, and Julnara, with Equen in her TMS Flying Shadow, round the red buoy in the Rickover region during the first race of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Cat Fight, on Friday, March 29th, 2019.

Julnara, with Equen in her TMS Flying Shadow, rounds the red buoy by the lighthouse island in the Rodel region during the first race of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Cat Fight, on Friday, March 29th, 2019.

Daenerys, in her TMS Flying Shadow, passes the small lighthouse island in the Nimitz region during the second race of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Cat Fight, on Friday, March 29th, 2019.

 

IF Star 25R Regatta – Mar 18th 2019

From the left (in boats): Laured (Bandit 25r), Red (TMS Star Class), Daenerys (Bandit IF), and Max and Wyndi (Bandit 25r).
On the dock: Joshua, Cryptic, Moon, Victor, and Nikki.

The Backwater Bay Yacht Club IF Star 25R Regatta saw the sailing week get off to a trouble free start. The regions in Bingo Strait appear to have had a restful weekend as they behaved well resulting in no DNFs (Did Not Finish) on the day. Spectators enjoyed the crash free sailing showcase from the frontage pier of the Villa in the Twice Bitten region, and the committee boat dock in the Woodfall region. This weeks fleet, sailing on the BBYC 05 course and BBYC Olympic Race Course (Long), was evenly mixed between two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, two Bandit IFs, and two Bandit 25Rs.

The fleet gets under way during the first race of the the Backwater Bay Yacht Club IF Star 25R Regatta on Monday, March 18th, 2019.

More pictures from myself after the results.
Additional pictures from Forever Sundays at her Flickr.

Race Director: Victor
Wind: SE (135°) 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 Daenerys (blondij 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:
Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) both finished tied with 5 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the 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
blondij Resident	1	4
RedHeadJO Resident	2	3

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

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The fleet awaiting the start of the pre-start countdown for the first race of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club IF Star 25R Regatta on Monday, March 18th, 2019.

The fleet gets underway during race two of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club IF Star 25R Regatta on Monday, March 18th, 2019.

Moon, with Sherry in his TMS Star Class, rounds the third mark on BBYC Olympic Race Course (Long) with Red, in her TMS Star Class, following close behind during the second race of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club IF Star 25R Regatta on Monday, March 18th, 2019.

Laured, in her Bandit 25r, crosses the finish line during the second race of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club IF Star 25R Regatta on Monday, March 18th, 2019.

Laured, Caethes, Cryptic, Moon, and Sherry discuss the race with Victor, as Daenerys, in her Bandit IF, Max and Wyndi, in Max’s Bandit 25r, and Nikki and Xarabethe, in Nikki’s Bandit IF, listen from their boats after the conclusion of the second race of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club IF Star 25R Regatta on Monday, March 18th, 2019.

 

BBYC Open Regatta – Mar 13th 2019

From the left (in boats): Isa (TMS Flying Shadow), Rossafiore (Bandit 25r), Nikki and Xarabethe (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit 25r), Palani (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Cole (TMS Nacra 17).
On the dock: Cryptic, Rugger, Bianca, and Blair.

Excellent sim sailing weather and a great fleet turnout featured during this weeks Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta. The regions in Bingo Strait behaved well as not a single DNF (Did Not Finish) was a result from bad crossings or crashing. The only DNF on the day was due to a sailor pulling their boat three regions from the finish line and leaving. A small crowd turned out to witness both races from both the committee boat dock in the Woodfall region and at the lighthouse islands in the Nimitz and Rodel regions.

This weeks small boat fleet, racing on the BBYC 05 course, was comprised of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows. Two Bandit 25Rs, one Bandit IF, and one TMS Nacra 17 made up the remainder of the small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, racing on the BBYC W1 course, was comprised of two Wildwind Open 60s, one Wildwind RC-45r, one ACA33, one TMS Volvo Open 70, one TMS One Design 65, and one TMS Ushuaia.

The fleet gets underway during the big boat portion of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta, on Wednesday, March 13th, 2019. – Photo courtesy of Forever Sundays

See Forever Sundays full race album, from the regatta, at her Flickr.

More pictures, from myself, after the results.

Race Director: Cryptic
Wind: SE (135°) 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 Bianca (TgBianca Resident) second, and Nikki (Nikki Lacrima) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Bianca (TgBianca Resident) and Nikki (Nikki Lacrima) both finished tied with 6 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the 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
TgBianca Resident	2	4
Nikki Lacrima	3	3

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

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Daenrys (blondij Resident) and Isa (isab DeCuir) both finished tied with 9 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the 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
blondij Resident	1	8
isab DeCuir	4	5

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

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Max (Maximiliano Szondi) and Cole (Colette Verino) both finished tied with 13 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the 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
Maximiliano Szondi	5	8
Colette Verino	6	7

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

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The fleet gets under way during the small boat portion of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta on Wednesday, March 13th, 2019.

Bianca and Isa, both on their The Mesh Shop Flying Shadows, approach the red buoy in the Rodel region, during the small boat portion of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta on Wednesday, March 13th, 2019.

Bianca and Isa, both in their The Mesh Shop Flying Shadows, round the orange buoy in the Tymel region during the small boat portion of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta on Wednesday, March 13th, 2019.

Daenerys, with Red on her The Mesh Shop Flying Shadow, crosses the finish line during the small boat portion of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta on Wednesday, March 13th, 2019.

The fleet gets underway during the big boat portion of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta on Wednesday, March 13th, 2019.

 

Cat Fight – Mar 8th 2019

From the left (in The Mesh Shop Flying Shadows): Daenerys, Rayz, Moon, Julnara, and Isa.
On the dock: Caethes, Nihiwatu, Laured, and Cryptic.

Semi-smooth sim sailing weather featured during this weeks Backwater Bay Yacht Club Cat Fight. With Linden Lab attending too and repairing the Farragut region earlier in the week, at Elbag’s request, we were able to return to running courses through that portion of Bingo Strait. Both courses on the day, BBYC 05 and BBYC 12, run through Farragut and all crossings were smooth there. However, the southern channel of Nautilus City would prove to be more stubborn as the two DNFs (Did Not Finish) on the day were claimed there, near the Howe region crossing. This weeks fleet, comprised entirely of The Mesh Shop Flying Shadows, otherwise had no lag issues as the rest of the regions behaved well.

Julnara, with Equen on her TMS Flying Shadow, and Isa, with Luared on her TMS Flying Shadow, listening to instructions during the skippers meeting of the BBYC Cat Fight on Friday, March 8th, 2019 – Photo courtesy of Forever Sundays

More photos of the event at Forever Sundays’ Flickr.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SE (135°) 15kts

Wind: SE (135°) 21kts

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

Today’s winner was Isa (isab DeCuir), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) 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:
Moon (moonglownight Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for failing to complete a penalty turn before finishing after committing a Mark-Room foul (Rule 18) at the last race mark, the light house island in the Nimitz region.

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Julnara (Julnara Resident) and Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) both finished tied with 8 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the 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
Julnara Resident	3	5
Rayzza Rubble	4	4

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

 

IF Star 25R Regatta – Jan 21st 2019

From the left (in boats): Laured (Bandit 25r), Rayz (Bandit 25r), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Astrid (Bandit 25r), and Rugger (TMS Star Class).
On the dock: Caethes, Petra, Joshua, Arwen, JoJo, Cryptic, Victor, and KK.

A new week brings a new Backwater Bay Yacht Club IF Star 25R Regatta. The Bingo Strait regions behaved well as the only DNF (Did Not Finish) on the day was due to the scripts in Max’s Bandit 25 ceasing to function. Spectator turnout was great as the committee boat dock in the Woodfall region was packed along with the waterfront for the Villa in the Twice Bitten region. This week also saw the debut of a new race director for Backwater Bay Yacht Club. Victor, who is certainly not new to Secondlife sailing, has joined Backwater Bay Yacht Club and brings with him race directing experience from races in The Blake Sea. This weeks fleet, racing on BBYC Olympic Course (Long) for race one, was comprised of a majority of four Bandit 25s with a The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class as the remainder. Race two saw the fleet mix flip as the majority was comprised of four TMS Star Class with two Bandit 25s as the remainder.

Race Director: Victor
Asst Race Rirector: Cryptic
Wind: SE (135°) 18kts

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

Today’s winner was Laured (laured Cabassoun), with Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) second, and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident) and ViV (vivipezz Resident) both finished tied with 10 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the 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
AstridNewBonham Resident	3	7
vivipezz Resident	4	6

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

 

IF Star 25R Regatta – Jan 7th 2019

From the left (in boats): Nikki and Xarabethe (Bandit IF), Ian (TMS Star Class), Candance (Bandit 25R), Jackson (TMS Star Class), and Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class).
On the dock: Daenerys, Cryptic, Arwen, Rugger, lilita, and Blair.

The first IF Star 25R Regatta of 2019 kicked off with some calm sailing weather and a nice turnout. The Bingo Strait regions behaved well as only one DNF (Did Not Finish) was attributed to rough region crossings (the other two DNFs resulting from connection issues). Spectators gathered along the bay front of the Villa in the Twice Bitten region, the slip pier in the Woodfall region, and the committee boat dock. The fleet itself, racing on the BBYC 10 and BBYC 05 courses, was comprised of a majority of six The Mesh Shop Star Class. Two Bandit 25Rs and one Bandit IF made up the remainder of the fleet.

Race Director: Daenerys
Wind: SE (135°) 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 Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Ian (IanPixel Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Ian (IanPixel Resident) finished tied with 5 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the 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	3	2
IanPixel Resident	2	3

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

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Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) and Nikki (Nikki Lacrima) both finished tied with 10 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the 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
Nikki Lacrima	5	5

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

 

Bandit Regatta – Aug 20th 2018

This weeks Backwater Bay Yacht Club Bandit Regatta saw a smaller than usual turnout but nonetheless showcased some close racing. The fleet this week was comprised of a split of two Bandit IFs and two Bandit 25s for the first race but switched to three Bandit 25s and one Bandit IF for the second race. We still saw five racers combined for the regatta. The racing was tight as Moon took out his Bandit 25 for the second race and was in close contention with Astrid for the entire course.

Race Director: Daenerys
Wind: SE (135°) 18kts

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

Today’s winner was Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident), with Ultra (ultramantra Resident) second, and Moon (moonglownight Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

 

Bandit Regatta – July 30th 2018

Bandit IFs sail around the lighthouse in the Rodel region during the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Bandit Regatta on Monday, July 30th, 2018.

As with all things, change happens and is a force not unlike water and wind. This past week, The North Sea and The Eden Naturist Estate endured change. Elbag Gable, the owner of both estates, has fallen ill. In his absence, the Fruit Islands estate will be guiding the Eden Naturist Estate. However, The North Sea estate will come to an end. Due to the removal of all full regions in Eden and North Sea, and the removal of the Poseidon Sailing Centre and racing infrastructure, the North Sea Racing program will move to Backwater Bay Yacht Club. Backwater Bay is also owned by Elbag Gable, on the mainland region of Woodfall. North Sea Racing will operate under the Backwater Bay Yacht Club banner with all races in our program moving to the Woodfall region. In the coming weeks this website will also change to reflect the name change. In the future, we will be updating the course used to determine our handicap times and thus also update the times accordingly. Until that time, the current handicap times will still be valid. And now on to what you came here for, race results…

Some pretty smooth sailing weather and a very warm cheerful crowd featured in this weeks Backwater Bay Yacht Club Bandit Regatta. The protected water regions of the Bingo Strait behaved well for the fleet as we held the first Bandit Regatta at the Backwater Bay Yacht Club, in Woodfall. The crowd was wonderful as it gathered along the docks in both the Twice Bitten and Woodfall regions as well as the small race dock at the race line. This weeks fleet was composed of a majority of seven Bandit IFs with one lone Bandit 25.

The fleet gets underway during the second race of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Bandit Regatta on Monday, July 30th, 2018.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: Cryptic
Wind: SE (135°) 18kts

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

Today’s winner was Macz (Macz Murfin), with Kayo (Kayo Torii) second, and Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate and to the SLCG for their assistance with race duties.

Race Notes:
Kayo (Kayo Torii) and Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) both finished tied with 7 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the 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
Kayo Torii	2	5
Jacquimo Resident	3	4

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

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Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Laured (laured Cabassoun) both finished tied with 11 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the 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	3	8
laured Cabassoun	5	6

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