Cat Fight – March 24th 2023

From the left (in boats): Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Palani (TMS Nacra 17), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), and Xiao (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Natacha, Aaliyah, Dejah, Sasha, and Caethes.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were well behaved as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The crowds that gathered on the lighthouse observation deck 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 frantic fleet-foiled feline fun on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline course and North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three sailing single-handed and two crewed¹ respectively. One TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

¹As of the publishing of these results, the handicap for the crewed (TMS) Flying Shadow is now 1.38, up from 1.36. Please see North Sea Handicap Table for our handicaps and a link to the Google Sheet used to calculate them.

Second Note:: With the onset of DST in the United States, Canada, and most of Mexico, SL time (PDT) is now one hour ahead. However, Europe will not be entering EU Summer Time until this 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 remainder of this wekk will be:

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

Beginning with this upcoming 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: 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 Sin (Sinarielle Resident), with Max (Max Starostin) 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:
Sin (Sinarielle Resident) and Max (Max Starostin) 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
Sinarielle Resident	1	3
Max Starostin	2	2

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

Cat Fight – March 17th 2023

From the left (in TMS Flying Shadows): Vicky, Rayz and Dids, Max, Sin and Cloe, Daenerys, and Palani.
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, Tamarushka, Broncocas, 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, turning to 21 knots out of the southeast during the second race, The North Sea regions were calm 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, delighted in the frenetic fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta and the North Sea Cat Fight 02 courses, was made up of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and two crewed respectively, in the first race. One single-handed skipper picked up crew for the second race.

Note:: With the onset of DST in the United States, Canada, and most of Mexico this past 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 next two weeks 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 18th, and 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: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Wind: SE (135°) 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 Max (Max Starostin) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
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.

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Max (Max Starostin) and Palani (Palani Allen) 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
Max Starostin	4	3
Palani Allen	3	4

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

Cat Fight – March 10th 2023

From the left (in boats): Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Xiao (TMS Flying Shadow), Palani (TMS Nacra 17), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Vicky, Red, Daenerys, Lin, Caethes, and Guilia.

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, climbing to 21 knots out of the northwest during the second race, The North Sea regions were calm for most as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. The lone DNF was from a skipper crashing while crossing region corners in the second race. The crowds that gathered on the shores of the island in the Ziziphus region, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on the fit of 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 five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three sailing single-handed and two crewed respectively. One TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Wind: NW (315°) 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 ViV (vivipezz Resident) second, and Max (Max Starostin) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Palani (Palani Allen) and Jenna (jnx1e Resident) 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
Palani Allen	6	5
jnx1e Resident	5	6

In the last race, Palani breaks the tie with Jenna with his fifth place finish over Jenna’s sixth place finish.
 

Cat Fight – March 3rd 2023

From the left (in boats): Vicky (TMS Nacra 17), Rayz and Dids (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Xiao (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (WildWind AC-45).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, Giulia, and Caethes. On the pier: Julia.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first Cat Fight in The North Sea for March, 2023. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, climbing to 21 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were generally well behaved as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The crowds that gathered along 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, indulged in the fresh fleet-foiled feline ferment on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Torpedo and the North Sea Snipe 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, and one WildWind AC-45 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. The lone Nacra skipper opted for her Flying Shadow instead, for the second race.

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 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:
Xiao (XiaoMarque01 Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, crossing the finish line while missing five of seven course marks.

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Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) and Vicky (Vicky4698 Resident) 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
Rayzza Rubble	6	5
Vicky4698 Resident	5	6

In the last race, Rayz breaks the tie with Vicky with his fifth place finish over Vicky’s sixth place finish.
 

Cat Fight – February 24th 2023

From the left (in boats): Vicky (TMS Nacra 17), Xiao (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin and Cloe (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, Tiffini, Gnarly, and Caethes. On the pier: Arwen, Cole, and Marius.

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, turning from of the Southeast 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 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 Copacabana and North Sea Cat Fight 02 courses, was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively. Two TMS Nacra 17s rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. One Nacra skipper opted to use her Flying Shadow with crew for the second race.

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 Moon (moonglownight 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:
Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Jenna (jnx1e Resident) finished tied with 6 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
moonglownight Resident	4	2
jnx1e Resident	2	4

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

Cat Fight – February 17th 2023

From the left (in boats):Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Vicky (TMS Nacra 17), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher, Kalley, Red, Rayz, Catherine, and Caethes. On the pier: Arwen, Reylenne, Marius.

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 mostly calm as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF, occurring during the first race, was attributed to a skipper’s connection dying on him during the first leg of the race. The second DNF, occurring during the second race, was from a skipper pulling her boat after hitting region corners, while trying to avoid another skipper who had right of way. 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, reveled in the energetic fleet-foiled feline fever on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and the North Sea Cat Fight 01 course, was made up of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows. One TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. For the second race, two skippers opted to switch to Nacra 17s from Flying Shadows.

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 Max (Max Starostin) 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:
Palani (Palani Allen) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, not passing through the fifth course mark, the gate in the Sloe region, instead rounding the northwestern gate pin from the outside in.

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Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both finished tied with 7 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	2	5
moonglownight Resident	3	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 Moon’s third place finish as his best.
 

Cat Fight – February 10th 2023

From the left (in TMS Flying Shadows): Vicky and Cole, Sin and Cloe, Julie, Sirius, and Jenna.
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, and Caethes. On the pier: Andree, Mutsy, and Zero.

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 was attributed to a skippers internet connection dying on her on the last leg of 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, thrilled in the fit of fleet-foiled feline fun on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Triple Pink and North Sea Cat Fight 04 courses, was made up of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, two sailing single-handed and three crewed respectively.

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.

 

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.