Cat Fight – February 3rd 2023

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Vicky (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Palalni (TMS Flying Shadow), and Moon (TMS Nacra 17). On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Red, and Caethes. On the pier: Arwen, Cole, and Ashley.

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Vicky (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Palalni (TMS Flying Shadow), and Moon (TMS Nacra 17).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Red, and Caethes. On the pier: Arwen, Cole, and Ashley.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, blowing from of the northwest during the second race, The North Sea regions were well behaved as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The crowds that gathered on the beaches of the islands in the Ziziphus, and Genip regions, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on the frantic fleet-foiled feline fervor on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta Reverse and North Sea Cat Fight 03 courses, was made up of a majority of four The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows. One TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Wind: NW (315°) 18kts

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

Today’s winner was Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Daenerys (blondij Resident) second, and Palani (Palani Allen) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Daenerys (blondij 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
blondij Resident 1 2

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


Palani (Palani Allen) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) finished tied with 7 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
Palani Allen 4 3
moonglownight Resident 3 4

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

Cat Fight – January 27th 2023

From the left (in boats): Vicky (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV and Palani (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow). On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher, Alejandro, and Caethes. On the pier: Sunday, Luca, and Leonardo.

From the left (in boats): Vicky (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV and Palani (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher, Alejandro, and Caethes. On the pier: Sunday, Luca, and Leonardo.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, blowing from of the southeast during the second race, The North Sea regions were well behaved as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. The lone DNF, recorded during the first race, came when a skippers net connection quit on her. The crowds that gathered on the beaches of the islands in the Ziziphus, and Genip regions, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, delighted in the electric fleet-foiled feline fire on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Trapezoid and North Sea Cat Fight 02 courses, was made up of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three sailing crewed and four single-handed respectively. For the second race, a skipper jumped on as crew with another skipper, making four crewed Flying Shadows, and only two single-handed.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Sin (Sinarielle Resident) second, and Jenna (jnx1e Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
ViV (vivipezz Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the final two legs of the course before finishing the race, the gates in the Eden Fulmar, and Sapote regions.


Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Sin (Sinarielle 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
Sinarielle Resident 1 2

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

Cat Fight – January 20th 2023

From the left (in boats): Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Vicky (TMS Flying Shadow), Xiao (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (TMS Nacra 17). On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Lin, and Caethes. On the pier: Wendell.

From the left (in boats): Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Vicky (TMS Flying Shadow), Xiao (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (TMS Nacra 17).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Lin, and Caethes. On the pier: Wendell.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, rising to 21 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were generally well behaved as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF, occurring during the second race, was from a skipper crashing as he crossed over region borders. The second DNF, also occurring during the second race, was from a skipper pulling her boat after frustration from getting lost. The third and final DNF, also occurring during the second race, was from a skipper pulling her boat after frustration from a navigation error. The crowds that gathered at the islands in the Ziziphus, Genip, and Citrus regions, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, indulged in the fresh fleet-foiled feline fun on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Copacabana Reverse and the North Sea Hay courses, was made up of a majority of nine The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, seven sailing single-handed and two crewed respectively. One TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. For the second race, a Flying Shadow skipper picked up crew, and another opted for his TMS Nacra 17.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Wind: SW (225°) 21kts

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

Today’s winner was Sin (Sinarielle Resident), with Daenerys (blondij 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:
Xiao (XiaoMarque01 Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the third course mark, the northwest island in the Cherry region.


Sin (Sinarielle Resident) and Daenerys (blondij 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
Sinarielle Resident 2 1
blondij Resident 1 2

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

Cat Fight – January 13th 2023

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin (WildWind AC-45), Vicky (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (TMS Flying Shadow). On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Lin, Caethes, and Red.

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin (WildWind AC-45), Vicky (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Lin, Caethes, and Red.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were well behaved as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. The only DNF was from a skipper pulling her boat during the first race after realizing she had two conflicting sets of gestures active. The crowds that gathered on the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, relished the charged fleet-foiled feline force on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline and the North Sea Bowline Reverse courses, was made up of a majority of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, five sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively. One WildWind AC-45 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. For the second race, a Flying Shadow skipper opted to switch to his TMS Nacra 17.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Wind: SW (225°) 21kts

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

Today’s winner was Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Sin (Sinarielle Resident) second, and Julie (JulieRoyale 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 Moon (moonglownight Resident) both 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
blondij Resident 1 7
moonglownight Resident 3 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 Moon’s third place finish as his best.
 

Cat Fight – January 6th 2023

From the left (in boats): Vicky (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Riz (TMS Nacra 17), and ViV (TMS Flying Shadow). On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Caethes.

From the left (in boats): Vicky (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Riz (TMS Nacra 17), and ViV (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Caethes.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first Cat Fight in The North Sea for 2023. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, rising 21 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were well behaved as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF, recorded during the first race, was from a skipper’s internet connection dying on them. The second DNF, also recorded during the first race, was from a skipper pulling her boat after her boat’s scripts started to produce errors. The crowds that gathered on the beaches of the island in the Ziziphus region, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, thrilled in the fit of fleet-foiled feline fun on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline and the North Sea Bowline Reverse courses, was made up of four The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively. One TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. The second race saw Another skipper joined with their Nacra 17, after a Flying Shadow skipper’s net connection continued to give them issues and they left.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Wind: SW (225°) 21kts

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 Sin (Sinarielle Resident) second, and Riz (RIZLER Rodex) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Riz (RIZLER Rodex) and Vicky (Vicky4698 Resident) both 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
RIZLER Rodex 3 5
Vicky4698 Resident 4 4

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

Cat Fight – December 16th 2022

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Vicky (TMS Nacra 17), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (TMS Flying Shadow). On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Caethes. Pn the pier: Marius, and Sunday.

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Vicky (TMS Nacra 17), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Caethes. Pn the pier: Marius, and Sunday.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. With a moderate breeze of 15 knots out of the southwest, turning to a fresh breeze of 18 knots from the northwest during the second race, The North Sea regions were generally well behaved as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF was from a skipper pulling his boat during the first race after navigation HUD issues. The remaining DNF was from a skipper crashing as she crossed over region corners during the second race. The crowds that gathered on the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on the festive fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Trapezoid and the North Sea Cat Fight 01 courses, was made up of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively. One TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 15kts

Wind: NW (315°) 18kts

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

Today’s winner was Daenerys (blondij Resident), with Sin (Sinarielle Resident) second, and ViV (vivipezz Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Sin (Sinarielle Resident) and ViV (vivipezz Resident) finished tied with 5 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
Sinarielle Resident 3 2
vivipezz Resident 2 3

In the last race, Sin breaks the tie with ViV with her second place finish over ViV’s third place finish.
 

Cat Fight – December 9th 2022

From the left (in TMS Flying Shadows): Tamarushka, Daenerys, Moon, ViV, Ester, Jenna and Amber, and Sin and Cloe. On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Vicky, Caethes, and Yaline.

From the left (in TMS Flying Shadows): Tamarushka, Daenerys, Moon, ViV, Ester, Jenna and Amber, and Sin and Cloe.
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Vicky, Caethes, and Yaline.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. With a moderate breeze of 15 knots out of the southwest, rising to a fresh breeze of 18 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were well behaved as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. The lone DNF occurred during the first race, after a foul during the pre-start caused script failure on a skippers Flying Shadow, prompting her to pull her boat immediately on the course side of the start line. The crowds that assembled on the lighthouse observation deck on the island in the Ziziphus region, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in the electric fleet-foiled feline fever on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta and the North Sea Manta Reverse courses, was made up of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, five sailing single-handed and two sailing crewed respectively.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 15kts

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 Daenerys (blondij Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Sin (Sinarielle Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

 

Cat Fight – December 2nd 2022

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Xiao (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow), Vicky (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (TMS Nacra 17). On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, Asher, Jackson, and Caethes. On the pier: Erin.

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Xiao (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow), Vicky (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (TMS Nacra 17).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, Asher, Jackson, and Caethes. On the pier: Erin.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first Cat Fight in The North Sea for December, 2022. With a moderate breeze of 15 knots out of the southwest, rising to a fresh breeze of 18 knots turning from the northwest during the second race, The North Sea regions were relatively well behaved as four DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Three of those DNFs, recorded during the second race, were due to skippers crashing while crossing over region corners. The remaining DNF, also occurring during the second race, was due to a skipper pulling her boat after she got lost. The crowds that assembled on the lighthouse observation deck on the island in the Ziziphus region, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, delighted in the stirring fleet-foiled feline fury on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline Reverse and the North Sea Cat Fight 01 courses, was made up of a majority of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, five sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively. One TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. The Nacra skipper opted to join a Flying Shadow skipper as her crew for the second race.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 15kts

Wind: NW (315°) 18kts

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

Today’s winner was Daenerys (blondij Resident), with ViV (vivipezz 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:
Daenerys (blondij Resident) and ViV (vivipezz Resident) both finished the second race tied at the finishing line with a time of 13:54. 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 Daenerys and ViV 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.
 

Cat Fight – November 25th 2022

From the left (in TMS Flying Shadows): Tamarushka, Sirius, Daenerys, Vicky, Moon, ViV, and Palani. On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Caethes, Lin, and Cloe.

From the left (in TMS Flying Shadows): Tamarushka, Sirius, Daenerys, Vicky, Moon, ViV, and Palani.
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Caethes, Lin, and Cloe.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, rising to 21 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were well behaved for most as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Both DNFs, in both races, were from the same skipper crashing from her internet connection failing and then removing her boat. The crowds that assembled on the lighthouse observation deck on the island in the Ziziphus region, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, indulged in the fresh fleet-foiled feline fun on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Triple Pink and the North Sea Copacabana Reverse courses, was made up of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows in the first race. The second race saw four single-handed Flying Shadows merge into two crewed boats, with another skipper switching to his TMS Nacra 17.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Wind: SW (225°) 21kts

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 Daenerys (blondij Resident) second, and Moon (moonglownight) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Moon (moonglownight) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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
moonglownight 1 5
Sirius Rosca 3 3

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


Vicky (Vicky4698 Resident) and Tamarushka (Tamara Czervik) 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
Vicky4698 Resident 5 7
Tamara Czervik 6 6

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

Cat Fight – November 18th 2022

From the left (in boats): Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (TMS Nacra 17). On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Toni, Aurelia, Red, Vicky, Christi, and Caethes.

From the left (in boats): Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (TMS Nacra 17).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Toni, Aurelia, Red, Vicky, Christi, and Caethes.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, The North Sea regions were mostly well behaved as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF, recorded during the second race, was due to a skipper crashing while crossing over region corners. The remaining DNF, also recorded during the second race, was from a skipper’s viewer crashing to her desktop while in the middle of a region. The crowds that gathered on the beaches on the islands in the Ziziphus, and Genip regions, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, relished the fresh fleet-foiled feline fire on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and the North Sea Extreme course, was made up of a majority of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, six sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively. One TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. One Flying Shadow skipper opted to switch to his Nacra 17 for the second race.

Race Director: Cryptic
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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Sin (Sinarielle 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 Max (Max Starostin) both 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
blondij Resident 1 7
Max Starostin 3 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 Max’s third place finish as his best.


ViV (vivipezz Resident) and Moon (moonglownight 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
vivipezz Resident 2 7
moonglownight Resident 4 5

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