Cat Fight – Dec 3rd 2021

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Juicy (TMS Nacra 17), Aymalie (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), Sea (WildWind AC-45), Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow), and ViV (Trudeau HepCat).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Flapio, Caethes, and Emileigh.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first Cat Fight in The North Sea for December. The North Sea regions were smooth for most of our skippers as only two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Both DNFs, one a piece in each race, were due to skippers crashing while crossing over region corners. The crowds that gathered along the beaches of the islands in the Genip, and Ziziphus regions, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in the festive fleet-foiled feline furor on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta and North Sea Triple Pink courses, was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three sailing single-handed and two sailing crewed respectively. One TMS Nacra 17, one WildWind AC-45, and one Trudeau HepCat rounded out the fleet in the first race. The fleet makeup changed slightly for the second race, as one Flying Shadow went single-handed after her crew had to log, and another Flying Shadow skipper chose to switch to his Nacra 17.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Emileigh

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 Moon (moonglownight 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 Jenna (jnx1e 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	3	5
jnx1e Resident	4	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 third place finish over Jenna’s fifth place finish as her best.
 

Cat Fight – Mar 26th 2021

From the left (in boats): Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Juicy (TMS Nacra 17), Isa and Selena (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Cole (WildWind AC-45), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Palani and ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), and Julie (Trudeau HepCat).
On the committee boat: Cryptic: On the dock: Caethes. On the pier: Kai, and Anna May.

Mildly choppy seas, and a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were choppy for a few skippers, as although there were only two DNFs (Did Not Finish) on the day both in the first race, several skippers were un-sat from their boats across both races. Of those two DNFs, one was from a skipper crashing while crossing on region corners, with the remainder from a skipper losing all input control on their boat from a rough region crossing. The crowds that gathered along the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, as well as on the small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in the frisky fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Circle and North Sea Double Loop courses, was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three crewed and two single-handed respectively. Two WildWind AC-45s, one TMS Nacra 17, and one Trudeau HepCat rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

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 Cole (Colette Verino) 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 Cole (Colette Verino) both finished the first race tied with a final time of 0:11:54. As the final time result is rounded to the nearest whole second in the Google Sheet, the exact final times for each skipper are: (race time multiplied by handicap equaling final time, all time in seconds)

Skipper	Race Time	Handicap	Final Time
blondij	576	1.24	714.24
Colette	567	1.26	714.42

With the final times shown in seconds, the tie breaks in Daenerys’s favor with having a 714.24 seconds finish over Cole’s 714.42 seconds finish. Just to note, if both skippers final times had been an exact tie, Rule A7 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing would be used to break that tie instead:

“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.“

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Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) and Isa (isab DeCuir) 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
Rayzza Rubble	4	8
isab DeCuir	5	7

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

Cat Fight – Mar 5th 2021

From the left (in boats): Emileigh and Maggie (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Isa and Selena (TMS Flying Shadow), Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Juicy (Nacra 17), Diana (WildWind AC-45), Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin (WildWind AC-45), Sea (WildWind AC-45), Julie (Trudeau HepCat), Moon (WildWind AC-45), Cole (WildWind AC-45), ViV (WildWind AC-45), and Palani (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the committee boat: Cryptic: On the dock: Brianna, Caethes, and Helena. On the pier: Miya, and Marius.

Calm seas, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were well behaved as only one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day, from a skipper crashing on a region crossing during the second race. The crowds that gathered on the beaches of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, as wells as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on the fine fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Olympic Mirror and North Sea Circle courses, was made up of a small majority of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing crewed and three sailing single-handed respectively. Six WildWind AC-45s, one Trudeau HepCat, and one TMS Nacra 17 rounded out the fleet in the first race. The fleet makeup changed a bit for the second race as five crewed TMS Flying Shadows, one single-handed TMS Flying Shadow, two WildWind AC-45s, and two Trudeau HepCats took to the water.

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 Sin (Sinarielle Resident) second, and Cole (Colette Verino) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Rider (Rider Wilder) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, he missed the first mark, the green buoy in the Ziziphus region.

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Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Sin (Sinarielle Resident) finished tied with 5 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2
blondij Resident	4	1
Sinarielle Resident	1	4

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

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Isa (isab DeCuir) and Jenna (jnx1e Resident) finished tied with 9 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2
isab DeCuir	7	2
Sinarielle Resident	2	7

In the last race, Isa breaks the tie with Jenna with her second place finish over Jenna’s seventh place finish.

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ViV (vivipezz Resident) and Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) both finished tied with 16 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
vivipezz Resident	5	11
Rayzza Rubble	6	10

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

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Diana (Dianafra Allen) and Palani (Palani Allen) both finished tied with 22 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
Dianafra Allen	9	13
Palani Allen	11	11

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Diana’s favor with having a ninth place finish over Palani’s eleventh place finish as his best.

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Rider (Rider Wilder) and Sea (filax Carter) both finished tied with 23 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
Rider Wilder	8	15
filax Carter	11	12

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

Cat Fight – Feb 26th 2021

From the left (in boats): Rayz and Emileigh (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Rider (TMS Flying Shadow), Jenna (TMS Flying Shadow), Diana (Trudeau HepCat), Sin (WildWind AC-45), Cole (WildWind AC-45), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the committee boat: Cryptic: On the dock: Red, Caethes, Selena, and Lin.

Calm to choppy seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The regions of The North Sea were calm throughout the first race and then turned slightly choppy during the second race, as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. One of those DNFs was due to a skippers connection dying on her during the race, with the remaining DNF due to a skipper crashing while crossing on region corners. The crowds that gathered along the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, and on the small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on the finicky fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea CCW (Counter Clockwise) and North Sea Extreme Reverse courses, was made up of a majority of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three sailing single-handed and three sailing with crew respectively. Two WildWind AC-45s, and one Trudeau HepCat rounded out the catamaran fleet during the first race. For the second race, one single-handed Flying Shadow picked up crew, and the Trudeau HepCat skipper sailed a WildWind AC-45 instead.

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 Cole (Colette Verino), 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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident) finished tied with 7 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2
blondij Resident	4	3
jnx1e Resident	3	4

In the last race, Daenerys breaks the tie with Jenna with her third place finish over Jenna’s fourth place finish.

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Rayz (Rayzza Rubble), Sea (filax Carter), and Palani (Palani Allen) both finished tied with 12 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
Rayzza Rubble	5	7
filax Carter	5	7
Palani Allen	6	6

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Rayz’s and Sea’s favor with having a fifth place finishes over Palani’s sixth place finish as his best. As Rayz and Sea both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this remaining 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	7	5
filax Carter	5	7

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

Cat Fight – Feb 19th 2021

From the left (in boats): Rayz and Emileigh (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Jenna (TMS Flying Shadow), Diana (WildWind AC-45), Rider (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Cole (WildWind AC-45), and Palani and Selena (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the committee boat: Cryptic: On the dock: Caethes, and Skyler.

Mild seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were mostly calm for everyone, as four DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Of those four DNFs, three were due to skippers crashing from hitting regions corners, with the remainder due to a skipper crashing in the middle of a region. The crowds that gathered along the shores of the islands in the Genip and Ziziphus regions, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on the frantic fleet-foiled feline frenzy from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Summer Sailstice 01 (SS-01) and North Sea Double Loop courses, was made up of a majority of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, five sailing single-handed and two with crew respectively, and two WildWind AC-45s for the first race. The fleet makeup changed for the second race as the majority fell to six TMS Flying Shadows, split evenly between three crewed and three single-handed, one WildWind AC-45, and one Trudeau HepCat.

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 Cole (Colette Verino), with Daenerys (blondij 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:
Palani (Palani Allen), Rayz (Rayzza Rubble), and Moon (moonglownight Resident) all finished tied with 10 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
Palani Allen	4	6
Rayzza Rubble	4	6
moonglownight Resident	5	5

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Palani’s and Rayz’s favor with having fourth place finishes over Moon’s fifth place finish as his best. As Palani and Rayz both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this remaining 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	4
Rayzza Rubble	4	6

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

Trudeau Classic Regatta – June 23rd 2016

From left: Kristaly (in her Francois Jacques), Julia, Cryptic, Rulette, Tess, Jackson, Sue, Josh, and Arya awaiting the start of the skippers meeting.

A small turn out yet nicely mixed fleet featured in this weeks North Sea Trudeau Classic Regatta. A Patchogue II, T-12, Trudeau One, HepCat, and a Francois Jacques were on display in a nicely mixed fleet. Racing was fun and spread out due to each boat’s different handicaps. The first race was run on North Sea Trapezoid and the second race on North Sea Manta, recently created by our RD Julia.

Race Director: Julia
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 Sue, with Kristaly second, and Cryptic in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Prize plaques will be awarded for the first, second, and third place finishers based on the final points tally.

Race Note:
Sue and Kristaly finished tied with 3 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2
suemelgand Resident	2	1
kristaly Resident	1	2

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

 

Trudeau Classic Regatta – May 19th 2016

From the left (in boats): Cole (12 Metre), Cryptic (12 Metre), Rosie (Leetle Cat II), Arya (Hepcat), Jamie (12 Metre), Omar (Patchogue II), Elbag (Francois Jacques), Asami (Patchogue II), and Peter (12 Metre).
On the dock: Julia, Gabi, Petra, josh, and Nenrio.

This weeks Trudeau Classic Regatta, in The North Sea, saw a great turnout with a nicely mixed fleet. This weeks fleet consisted of four 12 Metre’s, two Patchogue II’s, a Hepcat, a Leetle Cat II, and a Francois Jacques, that was switched out for a T-12 by it’s owner, Elbag, for the second race.

The first race, on NS-SOL-13B, saw some spirited competition among the 12 Metre’s with everyone chasing Peter after he passed Cole on the first upwind beat. The rest of the 12 Metre’s remained tight all the up to the finish. The small Patchogue II pack also some some tight racing as Asami and Omar were close for the entire course.

The second race, on North Sea Butterfly, saw Elbag switch out his Francois Jacques for a T-12, however RL came knocking and he recorded a DNF as he had to leave. The rest of the fleet saw some exciting racing between Peter and I, right from the start. The sound of Peter’s sails were in my ears the entire course as he stuck tight with me, finishing a mere 20 seconds behind me.

Race Director: Julia
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 Peter, with Cryptic second, and Rosie in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Prize plaques will be awarded for the first, second, and third place finishers based on the final points tally.

Race Note:

Arya and Omar finished tied with 12 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best	Worst
Arya89 Resident	5	7
OutToLunch Resident	6	6

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