BBYC Open Regatta – Mar 20th 2019

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

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 – 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.

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.

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.


 

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.

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.

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.


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.


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.


 

BBYC Open Regatta – Aug 8th 2018

From the left (in boats): Beane (TMS Flying Shadow), Bianca (Bandit 25r),Kayo and Shine (TMS Flying Shadow), Sandra (TMS Flying Shadow), Laured (TMS Flying Shadow), Rugger (Bandit IF), Palani (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), Siri (Bandit IF), Lucy (Quest Melges-24), Blair (Bandit 25r), Astrid (Bandit 25r), and Daenerys and Sasha (TMS Flying Shadow). On the dock: Arwen, Nenrio, Cryptic, JoJo, and Speedy.

From the left (in boats): Beane (TMS Flying Shadow), Bianca (Bandit 25r),Kayo and Shine (TMS Flying Shadow), Sandra (TMS Flying Shadow), Laured (TMS Flying Shadow), Rugger (Bandit IF), Palani (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), Siri (Bandit IF), Lucy (Quest Melges-24), Blair (Bandit 25r), Astrid (Bandit 25r), and Daenerys and Sasha (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the dock: Arwen, Nenrio, Cryptic, JoJo, and Speedy.

Stormy regions and a great racing turnout featured in this weeks Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta. Several of the regions in the Bingo Strait area were misbehaving during the small boats portion of the regatta, resulting in four racers claiming DNFs (Did Not Finish). As the Rodel region was likened to a bowl of soup with the lag conditions, we changed the big boat course from the published course of W1 to BBYC 09, recently created by Backwater Bay Yacht Club Race Director Daenerys, in order to avoid that region. The turnout for the regatta was great this week as the small boats fleet, racing on the BBYC 03 course, was comprised of a majority of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows. Three Bandit 25rs, one Quest Melges-24, and one Bandit IF made up the remainder of the small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, racing on the aforementioned BBYC 09 course, was comprised of a majority of three TMS One Design 65s. One Wildwind RC-44r and one Wildwind Open 60 made up the remainder of the big boat fleet.

Lucy, in her Quest Melges-24, leaves the lighthouse in the Rodel region after rounding the red buoy on the BBYC 03 course during the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta on Wednesday, August 8th, 2018.

Lucy, in her Quest Melges-24, leaves the lighthouse in the Rodel region after rounding the red buoy on the BBYC 03 course during the Backwater Bay Yacht Club Open Regatta on Wednesday, August 8th, 2018.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

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

Today’s winner was Beane (beane Bade), with Bianca (TgBianca Resident) second, and Lucy (LucyInTheSky Afarensis) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate and to the SLCG for assisting with race duties.

Race Notes:
Bianca (TgBianca Resident) was disqualified in the big boat portion of the regatta for finishing the race under protest while failing to complete a penalty turn for a Rule 13* foul committed on the course.
*Rule 13 – WHILE TACKING

After a boat passes head to wind, she shall keep clear of other boats until she is on a close-hauled course. During that time rules 10, 11 and 12 do not apply. If two boats are subject to this rule at the same time, the one on the other’s port side or the one astern shall keep clear.

Source: The Racing Rules of Sailing 2017-2020


Beane (beane Bade) and Bianca (TgBianca 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
beane Bade 4 1
TgBianca Resident 1 4

In the last race, Beane breaks the tie with Bianca with her first place finish over Bianca’s fourth point finish.


Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Daenerys (blondij Resident) 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
blondij Resident 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 Daenerys’s fifth point finish as her best.


Blair (Blair Karas), Kayo (Kayo Torii), and Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident) all finished tied with 14 points. As they all finished with the exact same finishes, a DNF in the small boats portion and a DNS in the big boats portion, neither Rule A8.1 or Rule 8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing will satisfy breaking their tie and they remain tied in ninth place overall.