BBYC Open Regatta – Mar 20th 2019

The Second Life Status page messages just before the start of the Backwater Bay Open Regatta, that prevented and also crashed residents across Second Life™ on Wednesday, March 20th, 2019. #justSLthings

The conditions for the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta were anything but pleasant. The Second Life™ platform was going through emergency maintenance to its login servers which in effect either crashed most who were logged in at the time, or prevented others from logging in. Yet, we still had several show up to race and even watch. Red was able to bring out her Bandit IF, Donkey, along with Nihiwatu, who had her own Bandit IF. The big boat portion of the regatta was abandoned as it was evident that the ongoing maintenance was preventing anyone from attending due to restricted login access, see Login Maintenance and Host Upgrade from the Second Life Status page.

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

Race 1 – Small Boats: BBYC 09 Rev 1
Race Results:
1: RedHeadJO Resident IDBS5D9B — 00:18:28
2: Nihiwatu Resident IDBSA520 — 00:25:05

Lap Times:
RedHeadJO Resident IDBS5D9B — Start: 00:00:11 — Last lap: 00:18:17
Nihiwatu Resident IDBSA520 — Start: 00:01:23 — Last lap: 00:23:42

Today’s winner was Red (RedHeadJO Resident), with Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) in second place. Congratulations to both of you, especially for enduring through rough grid conditions. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
The big boat portion of the regatta was abandoned due to ongoing technical difficulties to the Second Life™ platform from emergency maintenance by Linden Lab.

 

IF Star 25R Regatta – Oct 2018 Results

At long last, the results posts will start up again. This first cumulative posting contains the five Backwater Bay Yacht Club IF Star 25R Regattas held in October of 2018. More cumulative updates will follow as results from the new year are concurrently posted.

IF Star 25R Regatta – Oct 1st, 2018
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 Ian (IanPixel Resident), with ViV (vivipezz Resident) second, and Laured (laured Cabassoun) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
In race 1, Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident), Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident), and ViV (vivipezz Resident), were all disqualified (DSQ) for incorrect course as they missed the first course mark, the buoy at the corner of the Twice Bitten region.

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In race 1, Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) for incorrect course as he incorrectly rounded the lighthouse island in Melia region.

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ViV (vivipezz Resident), Laured (laured Cabassoun), and Jackson (Jacquimo Resident), all 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
vivipezz Resident	1	6
laured Cabassoun	2	5
Jacquimo Resident	3	4

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in ViV’s favor with having a first place finish over Laured’s second place finish and Jackson’s third place finish as their best. Subsequently, the tie further breaks in Laured’s favor with having a second place finish over Jackson’s third place best finish.

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Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) both finished tied with 12 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	2	10
WWWAAAA Resident	6	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 second place finish over Sandra’s sixth place finish as her best.

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident) both finished tied with 15 points. As they both have the exact same finishes in each race, a 6 point finish in the first race and 9 point finish 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 satisfy breaking the tie and as a result they remain tied with 15 points in 9th place.

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IF Star 25R Regatta – Oct 8th, 2018
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 Moon (moonglownight Resident), with Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) second, and Ian (IanPixel Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

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IF Star 25R Regatta – Oct 15th, 2018
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 Ian (IanPixel Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Ian (IanPixel Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) finished tied with 3 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
IanPixel Resident	2	1
moonglownight Resident	1	2

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

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IF Star 25R Regatta – Oct 22nd, 2018
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 Moon (moonglownight Resident), with Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) second, and Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Red (RedHeadJO 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
RedHeadJO Resident	3	7
Nikki Lacrima	4	6

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

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Jackson (Jacquimo 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
Jacquimo Resident	4	7
laured Cabassoun	5	6

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 Laured’s fifth place finish as her best.

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ViV (vivipezz Resident) and Ian (IanPixel Resident) finished tied with 16 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
vivipezz Resident	9	7
IanPixel Resident	7	9

In the last race, ViV breaks the tie with Ian with her seventh place finish over Ian’s nine point finish.

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IF Star 25R Regatta – Oct 29th, 2018
Race Director: Daenerys

Wind: SE (135°) 18kts

Wind: E (90°) 18kts

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

Today’s winner was Ian (IanPixel Resident), with ViV (vivipezz Resident) second, and Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Ian (IanPixel Resident) and ViV (vivipezz Resident) finished tied with 3 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
IanPixel Resident	2	1
vivipezz Resident	1	2

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

IF Star 25R Regatta – Sept 10th 2018

From the left (in boats): Yomogi (TMS Star Class), Jackson (TMS Star Class), Moon (TMS Star Class), Ian (TMS Star Class), Sandra (Bandit 25R), Astrid (Bandit 25R), ViV (TMS Star Class).
On the dock: Cryptic, Miky, Arwen, Daenerys, and Blair.

Great sailing weather and a nice turnout featured during this weeks Backwater Bay Yacht Club IF Star 25R regatta. Bingo Strait was well behaved again as region crossings were smooth and no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were claimed due to region behavior. However, Moon, who had the only DNF on the day, disconnected in the middle of the de Grasse region and did not log back in for the rest of the regatta. Spectator turnout was nice with crowds gathered at the spectator areas in the Twice Bitten and Woodfall regions as well as on the small committee boat dock. Race turn out was nice as well as this weeks fleet, racing on the BBYC Lightouse and BBYC 09 Rev 1 courses, was comprised of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class. Two Bandit 25Rs made up the remainder of this weeks fleet.

The fleet gets under way on the BBYC 09 Rev 1 course during the second race of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club IF Star 25R Regatta on Monday, September 10th, 2018.

More pictures after the results.

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 Ian (IanPixel Resident) second, and Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) and Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident) 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
Jacquimo Resident	3	5
AstridNewBonham Resident	4	4

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

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Astrid, in her Bandit 25R, rounds the Rodel region lighthouse island during the Backwater Bay Yacht Club IF Star 25R Regatta on Monday, September 10th, 2018.

Sandra, in her Bandit 25R, rounds the Rodel region lighthouse island during the Backwater Bay Yacht Club IF Star 25R Regatta on Monday, September 10th, 2018.

ViV, in her TMS Star Class, rounds the Rodel region lighthouse island during the Backwater Bay Yacht Club IF Star 25R Regatta on Monday, September 10th, 2018.

Ian and Moon, each in a TMS Star Class, approach the Rodel region lighthouse island during the Backwater Bay Yacht Club IF Star 25R Regatta on Monday, September 10th, 2018.

Jackson, in his TMS Star Class, approaches the Rodel region lighthouse island during the Backwater Bay Yacht Club IF Star 25R Regatta on Monday, September 10th, 2018.

Yomogi, in her TMS Star Class, leaves the Rodel region lighthouse island during the Backwater Bay Yacht Club IF Star 25R Regatta on Monday, September 10th, 2018.

 

BBYC Open Regatta – Sept 5th 2018

From the left (in boats): Isab (TMS Flying Shadow), Ian and Yomogi (TMS Star Class), Laured (TMS Star Class), Jackson (TMS Star Class), Moon (TMS Star Class), Ultra (TMS Star Class), Zepp (Bandit 25R), Rugger (TMS Star Class), Blair (Bandit 25R), Bianca (TMS Star Class), ViV (TMS Star Class), and Palani (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the dock: Joshua, Cryptic, Nenrio, Arwen, and Roxanne.

Excellent region sailing weather and a great turnout featured in this weeks Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta. The Bingo Strait regions continued their streak of stable behavior as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The crowd turnout was great as spectators crowded the small committee boat dock in the Woodfall region and along the spectator area in the Twice Bitten region.

This weeks small boat fleet, racing on the BBYC 04 Rev 1 course, was comprised of a majority of nine The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class. Two TMS Flying Shadows, and two Bandit 25Rs made up the remainder of the small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, racing on the BBYC 09 Rev 1 course, was comprised of a majority of five TMS One Design 65s. Two TMS Volvo Open 70s, one TMS Ushuaia, and one Wildwind RC-44r made up the remainder of the big boat fleet.

From the left (in boats): Laured (TMS Volvo Open 70), Isab (TMS One Design 65), Michael (TMS One Design 65), Ultra (TMS Ushuaia), Moon (TMS Volvo Open 70), Zepp (TMS One Design 65), Blair (TMS One Design 65), ViV (TMS One Design 65), and Palani (Wildwind RC-44r).
On the dock: Joshua, Cryptic, Jackson, Yomogi, Arwen, Nenrio, and Ian.

More pictures 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 ViV (vivipezz Resident) second, and Ultra (ultramantra Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) and Blair (Blair Karas) 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
Jacquimo Resident	3	10
Blair Karas	6	7

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

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Palani (Palani Allen) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) both finished tied with 18 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
Palani Allen	5	13
ruggeromare Resident	8	10

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

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Michael (Lycan1269 Resident) and Bianca (TgBianca Resident) both finished tied with 21 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
Lycan1269 Resident	9	12
TgBianca Resident	10	11

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

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The fleet gets under way in the mill area during pre-start of the small boat portion of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta on Wednesday, September 5th, 2018.

The small boat fleet crosses the start line during the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta on Wednesday, September 5th, 2018.

The small boat fleet during the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta on Wednesday, September 5th, 2018.

Isab, in her TMS Flying Shadow, leaves the red buoy in the Rodel region during the small boat portion of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta on Wednesday, September 5th, 2018.

Blair, in his Bandit 25R, approaches the red buoy in the Rodel region with Zepp, in his Bandit 25R, close behind during the small boat portion of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta on Wednesday, September 5th, 2018.

Palani, in his TMS Flying Shadow, leaves the red buoy in the Rodel region as ViV, in her TMS Star Class, and Zepp, in his Bandit 25R, follow during the small boat portion of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta on Wednesday, September 5th, 2018.

Jackson and Ultra leave the red buoy in the Rodel region as Laured and Rugger approach, all in TMS Star Class, during the small boat portion of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta on Wednesday, September 5th, 2018.

Palani, in his Wildwind RC-44r, Moon, in his TMS Volvo Open 70, and ViV, in her TMS One Design 65, in the Nautilus – Mlachthi region during the big boat portion of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta on Wednesday, September 5th, 2018.

The big boat fleet in the Nautilus – Mlachthi region during the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta on Wednesday, September 5th, 2018.

 

Cat Fight – Aug 17th 2018

From the left (in boats): Beane (TMS Flying Shadow), Rayz and Missy (TMS Flying Shadow), Fanny (TMS Nacra 17), Daenerys and Sasha (TMS Flying Shadow), Sandra (TMS Flying Shadow), Astrid (TMS Nacra 17), and Moon (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the dock: Joshua, Cryptic, Arwen, Nenrio, and Raven.

Smooth sim weather and some exciting racing featured in this weeks Backwater Bay Yacht Club Cat Fight. The Bingo Strait behaved itself as the DNFs (Did Not Finish) in the regatta, three from both races, were due to either non regatta boat interference or hitting a corner*, rather than crashes. This weeks fleet was comprised of a majority of five TMS Flying Shadows, with two TMS Nacra 17s making up the remainder. The racing itself was exciting as Rayz, with Missy on Rayz’s The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadow, and Fanny, on her TMS Nacra 17, were neck and neck at the end of the first race, on the BBYC 09 Rev 1 course, before Fanny put on a show with a speedy jibe in front of Rayz to get across the finish line. In the second race, on the BBYC 06 course, Moon and Beane, both on TMS Flying Shadows, were in a tight battle exchanging positions up until the finish.

*”You can’t be in four regions at once” ~ Unnamed racer before they hit a corner in the second race.

The fleet gets underwater on the BBYC 06 course during the second race of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Cat Fight on Friday, August 17th, 2018.

More pictures 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 Fanny (FannyVermont Resident), 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:
Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Beane (beane Bade) 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
blondij Resident	2	6
beane Bade	4	4

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

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Fanny, in her TMS Nacra 17, crosses the finish line in front of Rayz and Missy, on Rayz’s TMS Flying Shadow, on the BBYC 09 Rev 1 course during the first race of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Cat Fight on Friday, August 17th, 2018.

Daenerys and Sasha, on Daenerys’s TMS Flying Shadow, round the red buoy by the lighthouse island in the Rodel region, during the second race of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Cat Fight on Friday, August 17th, 2018.

Fanny, on her TMS Nacra 17, rounds the red buoy at the lighthouse island in the Rodel region, during the second race of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Cat Fight on Friday, August 17th, 2018.

Moon, on his TMS Flying Shadow, rounds the red buoy at the lighthouse island in the Rodel region, with Beane, on her TMS Flying Shadow, right behind, during the second race of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Cat Fight on Friday, August 17th, 2018.

Beane, on her TMS Flying Shadow, rounds the red buoy at the lighthouse island in the Rodel region, during the second race of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Cat Fight on Friday, August 17th, 2018.

Fanny, on her TMS Nacra 17, crosses the finish line during the second race of the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Cat Fight on Friday, August 17th, 2018.