From the left (in boats): Rossafiore (Bandit 25r), Max and Wyndi (Bandit 25r), Red and Randy (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit IF), and Astrid (Bandit 25r).
On the dock: Cryptic, Laured, and Victor.
This weeks Backwater Bay Yacht Club IF Star 25R Regatta featured great sailing sim weather with some finicky course obstacles. The regions of the Bingo Strait continued their recent trend of smooth sim behavior as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) on the day were attributed to sim conditions. The DNFs that did happen, one in each race, were due to water obstacles, in both cases the ram of the LL Roman ship build in the Nimitz region. The lesson here is to prepare as much as you can before hand and learn the area you are sailing in to acclimate to the water obstacles present. This weeks fleet, sailing on the BBYC 01 and BBYC 11 courses, was comprised of a majority of three Bandit 25Rs with two Bandit IFs making up the remainder.
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 Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident) second, and Rossafiore (rossamare 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 Astrid (AstridNewBonham 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 |
| moonglownight Resident | 2 | 1 |
| AstridNewBonham Resident | 1 | 2 |
In the last race, Moon breaks the tie with Astrid with his first place finish over Astrid’s second place finish.
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