Bandit IF Regatta – May 27th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Markis, Sirius, Julie, Moon, Juicy & DiSi.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Dock: Cryptic, and Caethes.

The last Saturday for May, 2023, saw great sailing weather at the North Sea Bandit IF Regatta. We had five Bandit IFs at the start. Julie and Moon immediately took charge. They were followed by Markis and Siri, but Juicy was on Markis’s trail. Julie and Moon would battle for first place. Siri firmly held third place.

In the second race, Julie took the lead. She was followed by Rugger, Siri and Moon. Julie backed off and Sirie, Rugger and Moon would battle for second place. Siri seemed to have a firm grip on second place, but Moon launched an attack. Siri held on until Watermelon, then moon would take over second place. Rugger saw the storm blowing again, but fought his way back to third place.

There were no DNFs (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 Director: 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 Siri (Sirius Rosca) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) 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
JulieRoyale Resident	2	1
moonglownight Resident	1	2

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

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Juicy (juice651 Resident) both finished tied with 9 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
ruggeromare Resident	3	6
juice651 Resident	4	5

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

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Markis (Marcus Schechter) and Sea (filax Carter) both finished tied with 12 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
Marcus Schechter	5	7
filax Carter	6	6

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

Bandit IF Regatta – May 20th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Julie, Siri, Rugger, Moon, Jack, and Markis.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Dock: Cryptic, and Caethes.

A calm mid-May Saturday was the scene for this weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta. We had six Bandit IFs at the start. Julie immediately took the lead, followed by Moon and Rugger. But, Julie and Moon quickly distanced themselves from Rugger, who in turn was chased by Siri. These two numbers would fight it out among themselves who would win against them.

In the second race, Moon took the lead but was followed by Rugger, Julie and Jack. The four of them went for the first mark. On the way to the second mark everyone had found their own line. The foursome had been caught up by Siri and Markis. However, two groups of three skippers emerged. Jack, Julie, and Moon as the frontrunners with Siri, Markis and Rugger as the second group. But that didn’t last long. Julie saw the chance to sail away from Jack and Moon. And Siri had connected with Jack. But on the way to the Melon region, the group fell apart and Moon joined Julie.

There were no DNFs (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: 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 Siri (Sirius Rosca) 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:
Moon (moonglownight Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as directed by a race director due to a Rule 13 While Taking foul.

“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: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Siri (Sirius Rosca) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) both finished tied with 6 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
Sirius Rosca	2	4
Ruggeromare Resident	3	3

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

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Markis (Marcus Schechter) and Jack (Jacquimo Resident) 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
Marcus Schechter	4	6
Jacquimo Resident	5	5

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

Bandit IF Regatta – May 13th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Davi, Rugger, Markis, Moon, and Julie.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Dock: Cryptic, and Caethes.

Another wonderful Saturday in May. We had five Bandit IFs at the start. Rugger immediately took the lead, followed by Moon, Julie, and Markis. After the first mark Ruuger made a mistake and had to let Moon, Julie, and Markis go first. Moon and Julie took a lead. This resulted in two groups. This would continue until the turning point at mark 6. On the way to the finish, Julie had taken the lead from Moon. Rugger would manage to take third place.

In the second race, Julie took the lead, but was followed by Moon and Rugger. On the way to the first mark, Moon had taken the lead from Julie. Rugger was in her wake, but he had to let Moon and Julie go. these would engage in a neck and neck contest. On the way to Kiwi, Julie was back in charge and would stay that way.

There were two DNFs (Did Not Finish) and one DSQs (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea. The first DNF, the skipper gave up and took his boat. The second DNF, the skipper crashed while crossing over a region corner.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Directors: 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 Markis (Marcus Schechter) second, and Moon (Moonglownight 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 second race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the eighth course mark, the huts in the Clementine region.

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Markis (Marcus Schechter), Moon (moonglownight Resident), and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) all finished tied with 6 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
Marcus Schechter	2	4
moonglownight Resident	2	4
ruggeromare Resident	3	3

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Markis’s and Moon’s favor with having second place finishes over Rugger’s third place finish as his best.

As Markis and Moon both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to further 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
Marcus Schechter	4	2
moonglownight Resident	2	4

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

Bandit IF Regatta – May 6th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Sirius, Red, Julie, Moon, Rugger, Jack, Markis, and Juicy.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Dock: Cryptic, Vicky, and Disi.

The first North Sea Bandit IF Regatta took place on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. We had eight Bandit IFs at the start. Julie immediately took the lead. Followed by Moon and Rugger Red and Jack. After the first race mark, Moon had to let the other sailors go ahead. This dropped him to sixth place. Meanwhile, Julie was firmly in control. She was followed by Red, Siri and Jack. These three skippers would fight for second place. At the halfway point of the competition, Siri held second place

In the second race Rugger, Red, Julie and Moon took the lead. Red followed by Siri sailing west of the Satsuma region, while the other sailors took the eastern route. This put Red in charge. She was followed by Julie and Moon. Moon slipped past Julie. Soon after, Moon took the lead, followed by Siri and Rugger. Julie had fallen behind because of bad luck. She didn’t give up and attacked Rugger and Jack. Meanwhile, Siri was also unlucky and Moon got the game thrown into his hands. However, Julie caught up with Jack and Rugger and gave chase to Moon. During the match, she slowly caught up with Moon. Would she succeed? Yes, in the Apricot region she had caught up with moon and taken over the lead.

There were five DNFs (Did Not Finish) and no DSQs (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea. For the DNFs, one skipper got stuck in shallows and was never been seen. One skipper gave up because of script errors. One skipper hit a corner, and two skippers pulled their boats due to frustration.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: 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 +

Today’s winners were Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Siri (Sirius Rosca) second, and Jack (Jacquimo Resident) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – March 25th 2023

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Tamar, Vicky, Jack, Red, Siri & Minchen, Moon, Julie, Max & Wyndi, and Markis.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Dock: Cryptic, and Caethes.

The last Saturday afternoon, and last North Sea Bandit IF Regatta for March, 2023. We had nine bandit IFs at the start. Two Bandit IFs had crew on board.

In the first race we lost two skippers. One of them lost its way and another had a power failure in RL.

In the second race we also lost two skippers. One gave up before the end and the other gave up after a bad region border.

There were four DNFs (Did Not Finish) and no DSQs (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

Note: Due to EU Summer Time coming into affect this Sunday, March 26th, The North Sea will return to our normal 1PM SL time slot for our Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday races, and 2:30 PM SL for our Friday race.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Directors: Cryptic

Wind: 120 (SEbE) 18kts

Wind: 115° (ESE) 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 Red (RedHeadJO Resident), with Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) second, and Moon (Moonglownight Resident) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both finished the second race tied at the finishing line with a time of 32:02. 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 Julie and Moon 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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Jack (Jacquimo Resident) and Tamar (Tamara Czervik) 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
Jacquimo Resident	6	5
Tamara Czervik	5	6

In the last race, Jack breaks the tie with Tamar with his second place finish over Tamar’s sixth place finish.

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Vicky (Vicky4698 Resident) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) both finished tied with 16 points. As they both have the exact same finishes,  DNFs (Did Not Finish) during the race, neither Rule A8.1 or Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing will satisfy breaking their tie. Therefore, Vicky (Vicky4698 Resident) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) both remain tied in fifth place overall.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – March 18th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Tamarushka, Vicky, Julie, Markis, Jackson, Sirius, Moon, and Rugger & Yanny.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Dock: Cryptic, and Caethes.

This weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta took place on another beautiful Saturday afternoon in March. This week, we had eight bandit IFs at the start. One Bandit IF had crew on board.

In the first race, Rugger took the lead. But he was soon caught up by Moon. This was already over the fleet at the first mark. Rugger got hooked up with Siri, and Julie. Tamar tried to hook up. Rugger slowly walked away from Julie, and Siri, who got into a battle for third place. Tamar continued to follow this from a distance. Beyond Genip, Rugger was overtaken by Julie, and Siri. However, both fell out of their boat and this put them back at a distance from Rugger. Tamar picked up on Julie, and they both gave chase to Rugger. Meanwhile, Siri, and Jack were also fighting, Rugger had to let Julie go ahead at the finish.

During the second race, Rugger took the lead. However, he was soon overtaken by Julie, and Siri. Tamar got into a fight with Moon. When she reached the first mark, Julie was in charge of the fleet. The group was still close together. On the way to Sloe, a chasing pair had formed behind Julie, Moon, and Siri. It seemed like a race, but Moon was the unlucky one who got too close to my windsetter and got the wrong wind settings. Unfortunately, he had to give up. Meanwhile, Tamar had taken on Rugger again.

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.

Note: With the onset of DST in the United States, Canada, and most of Mexico last Sunday, SL time (PST) is now one hour ahead. However, Europe will not be entering EU Summer Time until Sunday, March 26th. In order to facilitate that our races are still at a friendly time for our sailors, we will be running our races one SL hour later, but still at the same time GMT/CET.

The schedule for The North Sea, for the following week will be:

Monday 20th:
North Sea Bandit Regatta: 2 PM SL time (21:00 GMT/22:00 CET)

Wednesday 22nd:
North Sea Open Regatta: 2 PM SL time (21:00 GMT/22:00 CET)

Friday 24th:
North Sea Cat Fight: 3:30 PM SL time (22:30 GMT/23:30 CET)

Saturday 25th:
North Sea Bandit IF Regatta: 2 PM SL time (21:00 GMT/22:00 CET)

Beginning with Monday, March 27th, The North Sea will return to our normal 1PM SL time slot for our Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday races, and 2:30 PM SL for our Friday race.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: 120 (SEbE) 18kts

Wind: 165° (SbE) 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 Siri (Sirius Rosca) second, and Jack (Jacquimo Resident) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Note
Siri (Sirius Rosca),  Jack (Jacquimo Resident),  Tamarushka (Tamara Czervik), and  Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) all 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
Sirius Rosca	2	6
Jacquimo Resident	3	5
Tamara Czervik	3	5
ruggeromare Resident	4	4

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Sirius’s favor with having second place finish over Jack’s and Tamara’s third place, and Rugger’s fourth place finishes as their best.

As Jack and Tamara both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to further 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
Jacquimo Resident	5	3
Tamara Czervik	3	5

In the last race, Jack breaks the tie with Tamara with his third place finish over Tamar’s fifth place finish.

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Markis (Marcus Schechter) and Vicky (Vicky4698) both finished tied with 14 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
Marcus Schechter	6	8
Vicky4698	7	7

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

Bandit IF Regatta – March 11th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Rugger, Red, Julie, Jack, and Siri.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Dock: Cryptic, Caethes, and Yanny.

Another wonderful Saturday afternoon in March. We had five Bandit IFs at the start.

Julie took the lead in the first race. She was followed by Siri, Rugger and Red. Jack took another line. After the bouy, Jack had joined the other four. At the turning point, Julie was in charge, followed by Siri. Rugger and Red battled for third place, which Rugger would eventually win.

During the second race, Red took the lead. She was closely followed by Julie, Siri, and Rugger. Jack had found yet another line. Rugger had to drop out quickly. On the way to the Canistel region, each skipper went his own way. Here it turned out that Red was still first, but that Julie had taken over second place from Siri. In the Tamarind region, Julie took over the lead position from Red. After this, Red, Siri and Jack made the decision to take a different line from Julie, hoping they could make a move. But this put Julie ahead of the fleet. In Morinda, however, Julie suffered a breakdown and had to watch as it left her behind.

There were two DNFs (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 Director: Cryptic

Wind: 120 (SEbE) 18kts

Wind: 115° (ESE) 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 Siri (Sirius Rosca) 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:
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Siri (Sirius Rosca) both finished tied with 4 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
JulieRoyale Resident	1	3
Sirius Rosca	2	2

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

Bandit IF Regatta – March 4th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Vicky & Tamarushka, Red, Sirius, Rugger, Julie, Jackson, and Moon.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Pier: Arwen Ansaldo.
Dock: Cryptic, Caethes, and Suna Sunato.

The first North Sea Bandit IF Regatta for March, 2023, took place on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. We had seven bandit IFs at the start. One bandit IF had crew on board. We were back in the Dragonfruit region.

Jack took the lead in the first race. Followed by Julie, and Siri. With the southeast wind, everyone sailed straight for Satsuma’s island. This required two tacks to get to the first mark. Jack had miscalculated and Julie took over. Moon had already passed Siri and gave chase to Jack. At the lighthouse in the Raisin region, Moon had already caught up with Jack. Siri and Rugger had connected with Jack. This created a group. At the turning point, Julie and Moon had a big lead over the group. The group would compete for third place.

During the second race, Julie took the lead. She was chased by Moon, Jack and Siri. After the first mark, Julie and Moon took a lead. Behind them there was another battle for third place. It later turned out that they were fighting for second place

There were two DNFs (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 Director: Cryptic

Wind: 120 (SEbE) 18kts

Wind: 115° (ESE) 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 Moon (Moonglownight Resident), with Siri (Sirius Rosca) 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:

Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the first course mark, the northwestern island in the Crowberry region.

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Siri (Sirius Rosca) and Jack (Jacquimo Resident) both finished tied with 6 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
Sirius Rosca	2	4
Jacquimo Resident	3	3

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

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) 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
ruggeromare Resident	4	6
RedHeadJO Resident	5	5

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

Bandit IF Regatta – Jan 14th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Red, Julie, Moon, Siri, Jack & Amelia, Araton & Eve, and Juicy.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Dock: Cryptic, Vicky, Fionna, and Rugger.

The second North Sea Bandit IF Regetta of 2023 saw a fleet of seven Bandit IFs at the start. Two of the Bandit IFs had crew on board.

During the start of the first race, Julie immediately took the lead. Followed by Moon and Red. Siri, Juicy and Jack came over the start a little later. Juicy crashed on the way to the first mark. Julie and Siri took a different line from the other sailors, which helped Julie build her lead and Siri connected with Red and Moon. These three skippers would compete for second place. Red got real bad luck and had to retire. Bad luck had left Jack even further behind.

We started the second race with five boats. The five skippers had a good start. Julie took the lead followed by Moon, Red and Siri. Jack broke down and lost valuable time. It looked like a close race, but Red kept battling Moon. At the Kiwi region, the trio had caught up with Julie. This caused Red to take the lead, but as she sailed too close to an island, Siri saw his chance to take over the lead for good. The trio behind him continued to fight for second place. Red turned out to have the best papers here.

There were three DNFs (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 Director: 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 Siri (Sirius Rosca), with Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) second, and Moon (Moonglownight Resident) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both finished tied with 5 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
JulieRoyale Resident	1	4
moonglownight Resident	2	3

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

Bandit IF Regatta – Jan 7th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Siri, Julie, Moon, Riz, Rugger & Yanny.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Dock: Cryptic, Caethes, Vicky, and Cloe.

The first Bandit IF Regatta of 2023 saw a fleet of five Bandit IFs at the start. One of the Bandit IFs had crew on board. This year we are going to take a different tack and the skippers will have to face different wind directions. This makes a familiar route completely different again. All lines that one has learned in the past can be immediately thrown overboard. Why am I doing this? Not to tease the skippers but to keep them awake and that the races are far from boring. And with BOSS3+ boats you have many options to do this.

Back to the race because this is what we came for. As mentioned, five boats entered the battle. Rugger, Julie and Moon got off to a good start, Siri followed at a distance. And Riz had a late start but had to retire due to technical problems. Julie took the lead from Rugger at the first mark. Moon followed and Siri had connected with Moon. By the next mark, Julie had taken a lead. Moon, Siri and Rugger battled for second place. Moon won this one and Siri and Rugger battled for third place. On the way to the westernmost mark of the day, Rugger was forced to retire and the cards for the first race were shuffled.

We started the second race with four boats. The four skippers had a good start. Julie took the lead, followed by Rugger Moon and Siri. Approaching the first mark, Moon had taken over second. Siri and Rugger were in contention for third again. And this was going to be a long fight. Julie and Moon, meanwhile, had already distanced themselves from the two fighters. At the Easternmost mark, Siri had left Rugger behind him and was trying to connect with Moon and Julie. Which turned out to be quite a task. Nevertheless, he seemed to be getting closer to Moon. On the way to the Clementine Region, each skipper sought his own lines between the islands of Fruit. Julie and Moon appeared to have found the best lines here. They had distanced themselves from Siri and Rugger for good. However, the battle was over again.

There were two DNFs (Did Not Finish) and no DSQs (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

More pictures after the results.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: 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 Siri (Sirius Rosca) in third place.

Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Julie and Moon sailing around a Namaste in the first race

Julie and Moon ronding the huts in the Region Clementine in the second race