Bandit IF Regatta – Oct 15th 2022

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Emi, Red & Sharon, Rugger, Darb, Moon, Siri, and Dunia. Committee boat: Daenerys. Pier: Ron. Dock: Cryptic, Cae, and Jaidyn.

A beautiful Saturday afternoon in October was again the scene for this weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta. We started with seven Bandit IFs. One of the Bandit IFs had crew on board.

The first race got off to a good start. Six of the seven boats started over starboard and one over port. The whole fleet, except Julie, followed the boat that started from port. Red took the lead, followed by Moon, Rugger and Siri. At the first mark, Julie moved in between Red and Moon. When rounding the next mark, Moon and Julie had switched places. Rugger and Siri followed at an appropriate distance. History repeated itself at the last mark.

Between the races, a skipper joined the fleet. She had missed the first race due to computer issues. At the start of the second race, the RC was pressed for time. The entire fleet rushed to the start. This ended well, so that again a nice start took place. On the way to the first mark, Red took the lead, followed by Julie, Moon and Siri. Unfortunately, Rugger crashed while crossing over region corners. Arriving in Genip, we had a fierce battle between Julie and Moon, fighting neck and neck until the next mark. Siri followed a short distance from the fight. Going into the final leg, Red, Julie and Moon lay side by side and it would be a fierce battle all the way to the finish line

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: 220° (SW) 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 Red (RedHeadJO Resident) in third place.

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

Thursday Triple Threat – March 31st 2022

From the left to the right: Bandit B22: Alex Bandit IF: Rugger, Jack, Siri, Julie, Moon Star Class: Ester, Emi, Max & Wyndi, Nicole Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

The last North Sea Triple Threat of March took place on a beautiful Thursday afternoon, with good sailing weather coming from the southwest. Today we had one Bandit 22 LTE, five Bandit IFs and four Star Class at the starting line. A Bandit IF and Star Class had crew on board.

Today we had two great races. Because the 22s started last, we got a completely different picture because the fleets were overtaking each other.

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 Directors: Tamarushka, and Cryptic

Wind: 230° (SW) 18kts

Wind: 230° (SW) 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

Moon and Julie, in their Bandit IFs, for a photo finish at the finish line, during the second race of the North Sea Thursday Triple Threat, on Thursday, Match 31st, 2022.

Today’s winners on the Bandit IF were Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Siri (Sirius Rosca) second, and Moon (Moonglownight Resident) in third place.

Today’s winners on the Bandit 22 LTE were Emi (Emileigh Starbrook), with Ester (citacg Resident) second, and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) in third place.

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

Race Notes:
Alex (Alex0730 Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as directed by a race director due to a Rule 10 On Opposite Tacks foul.

“10 ON OPPOSITE TACKS
When boats are on opposite tacks, a port-tack boat shall keep clear of a starboard-tack boat.“

Source: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Jack (Jacquimo 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
ruggeromare Resident	3	5
Jacquimo Resident	4	4

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 Jack’s fourth place finish as his best.
 

Cat Fight – Mar 18th 2022

From the left (in boats): Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), and Moon (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: 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, rising to 21 knots during the second race, The North Sea and Fruit Islands regions were well behaved with one DNF (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. The lone DNF was due to a skipper crashing while crossing across region corners. The crowds that gathered on the beaches on the islands in the Ziziphus, and Genip regions, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on the furious fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline and North Sea 04 v3 courses, was made up of four The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows in the first race. One skipper opted to switch to his TMS Nacra 17 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 Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) 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:
Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) and Daenerys (blondij Resident) both finished the second race tied at the finishing line with a time of 14:32. 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 Rayz and Daenerys receive 2.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 2 and 3, added together and divided equally.
 

Thursday Triple Threat – Feb 3rd 2022

From the left to the right: Bandit B22: Rugger, Juicy & DiSI, Farryn, Julia, Sea Bandit IF: Siri, Jack, Moon Star Class: Emi, Max & Wyndi, Nicole Committee boat: Daenerys

For the first Thursday Triple Threat of February 2022, we had five Bandit 22 LTEs, three Bandit IFs and three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class. One 22 and Star Class had crew on board. During the first race we had a DNF (Did Not Finish) due a skipper hitting a corner. The races were exciting until the end. However, we had two absolute winners in the Star Class and Bandit IF. Do the skippers want to control themselves in the future and watch their language use? I won’t be the first RD who DSQ a skipper due incorrect language. Thank you.

There was one DNF (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: 230° (SW) 18kts

Wind: 220° (SW) 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 on the Bandit 22 LTE were Sea (filax Carter), with Juicy (juice651 Resident) second, and Julia (Geneer Gynold) in third place.

Today’s winners on the Bandit IF were Moonglownight (Moonglownight Resident), with Siri (Sirius Rosca second, and Jack (Jacquimo Resident) in third place.

Today’s winners on the TMS Star Class were Emi (Emileigh Starbrook), with Nicole (Nicole Myhre) second, and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) in third place.

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

Race Notes:
Jack (Jacquimo Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for finishing the race under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn due to a Rule 10 On Opposite Tacks foul.

“10 ON OPPOSITE TACKS
When boats are on opposite tacks, a port-tack boat shall keep clear of a starboard-tack boat.“

Source: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Juicy (juice651 Resident) and Julia (Geneer Gynold) 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
juice651 Resident	1	4
Geneer Gynold	2	3

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

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Nicole (Nicole Myhre) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) 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
Nicole Myhre	3	2
Maximiliano Szondi	2	3

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

Thursday Triple Threat – Dec 2nd 2021

From the left to the right: Bandit B22: Ani, Farryn, Rugger, Bambi & Starlight, Nicole, Sea, Ester, Moon Bandit IF: Sirius, Jack, Juicy, Max & Wyndi Star Class: Aymalie, Starbright Pier: Ivy Dock: Cryptic, Emileigh, Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

The first Thursday afternoon of December saw a beautiful day for Triple Threat, with good sailing weather coming in from the southwest. The North Sea and Fruit Islands regions behaved well.

Today, we had twelve Bandits and two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class at the starting line of the first race. There were eight Bandit 22 LTEs, and four Bandit IFs. One Bandit 22 and one Bandit IF had crew on board

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 Directors: Tamarushka, Cryptic, and Emileigh

Wind: 230° (SW) 186kts

Wind: 220° (SW) 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 on the Bandit 22 LTE were Ester (citacg Resident), with Moonglownight (Moonglownight Resident) second, and Nicole (Nicole Myhre) in third place.

Today’s winners on the Bandit IF were Jack (Jacquimo Resident), with Siri (Sirius Rosca) second, and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) in third place..

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

Race Notes:
Max (Maximiliano Szondi) and Juicy (juice651 Resident) both 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
Maximiliano Szondi	4	3
juice651 Resident	3	4

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

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Farryn (FarrynMoon 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	1	8
FarrynMoon Resident	3	6

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

Cat Fight – Nov 19th 2021

From the left (in boats): Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Fabber (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Kurt (TMS Flying Shadow), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Nacra 17), Aymalie (TMS Flying Shadow), and Juicy (TMS Nacra 17).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Emileigh, and Caethes.

Calm to choppy seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were well behaved today, as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded during the first race due to a skipper crashing while crossing on region corners. However, during the second race, as the course dipped south into Fruit Islands, three more DNFs occurred. Two of those DNFs were due to skippers pulling their boats after script errors occurred in one region. The remaining DNF was due to a skipper pulling his boat from frustration after being stuck in irons. The crowds that gathered on 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, reveled in the frantic fleet-foiled feline furor on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline and North Sea 04 v3 courses, was made up of a majority of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, six sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively. Two TMS Nacra 17s rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

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 Aymalie (Aymalie Resident), with Fabber (Fabber 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:
Sea (filax Carter) and Juicy (juice651 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
filax Carter	2	8
juice651 Resident	5	5

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

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Kurt (Kurt Calamity) and Siri (Sirius Rosca) 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
Kurt Calamity	3	9
Sirius Rosca	6	6

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

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Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) both finished tied with 13 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 Resident	4	9
Rayzza Rubble	6	7

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

Thursday Triple Threat – Oct 7th 2021

From the left to the right: Bandit B22: Emileigh, Angus, Sea, Jenna, Nicole Bandit IF: RedheadJo, Jackson, Juicy, JulieRoyale, Nax & Wyndi, Moonglownight Dock: Di Si Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

The first Thursday afternoon of October was a beautiful day for Triple Threat, with good sailing weather coming in from the southwest. The North Sea regions behaved well.

Today we had eleven Bandits at the starting line of the first race. There were six Bandit 22 LTEs, and five Bandit IFs. One of the 22s and one of the IFs had crew on board.

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: Tamarushka, and Cryptic

Wind: 230° (SW) 16kts

Wind: 220° (SW) 17kts

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 on the Bandit 22 LTE were Nicole (Nicole Myhre), with Jenna (jnx1e Resident) second, and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) in third place.

Today’s winners on the Bandit IF were Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) 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:
Max (Maximiliano Szondi) and Juicy (juice651 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
Maximiliano Szondi	4	6
juice651 Resident	5	5

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

Bandit IF Regatta – Aug 28th 2021

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Julie, Jackson, Red, Sirius & Angelie, Emileigh & Nicole, Moon, Jay, Rugger, Julia, Juicy Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

A beautiful Saturday afternoon in the summer, the last Saturday of August. This time we had a fleet of ten Bandit IF’s at the start. Two of the nine Bandit IFs had crew. The North Sea and Fruit regions behaved well and there was not a cloud in the sky. Until we got a thunderstorm on our roof in the second race, causing two skippers to stop

Today we would sail two races. In the first race there were duos and this resulted in several beautiful spectacles. At the second race a group of 4 and a group of 5 ships were formed. We kept this situation until we entered the Isles of Fruit. There we lost two skippers.

We had three DNFs (Did Not Finish) and no DSQs (Disqualified) through all races and it was another successful and sporting day in The North Sea.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assist Race Director: Tamarushka, and Cryptic

Wind: 220° (SW) 16kts

Wind: 215° (SW) 17kts

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 winner was Moon (Moonglownight Resident), with Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) 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) did hit the fire of “The Circle of the Dragon” in the Pre-Start of the first race

“During the start there will be a circle in the water that we call “The Circle of the Dragon”. Everyone stays out of this circle until 10 seconds before the start signal. When you are to early in the circle, then I will add 30 second penalty to you finish time.“

Therefore Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) finish time was added with 30 seconds.

 

Thursday Triple Threat – August 12th 2021

Bandit 22 LTEs (from the left): Cate and Anthony, Emileigh, Farryn, Sea, and Ruggeromare. Bandit IFs (from the left): Jackson, Sirius, Julie, Juicy, and Moonglownhight. Pier: Summer. Committee boat: Daenerys, and Tamarushka.

A beautiful Thursday afternoon in August was great day for the Triple Threat, with good sailing weather coming in from the southwest. The North Sea behaved well, however, a thunderstorm arose in the Fruit regions, causing problems for several skippers.

Today we had ten bandits at the starting line of the first race. There were five Bandit 22 LTEs, one with crew, and five Bandit IFs.

We had two great races. There were fights between the skippers. In the second race, the battle for first place was fought all the way to the finish line.

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.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: Tamarushka

Wind: 230° (SW) 16kts

Wind: 215° (SW) 17kts

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 on the Bandit B22 were Emi (Emileigh Starbrook), with Sea (filax Carter) second, and Cate (Cate Sewell) in third place.

Today’s winners on the Bandit IF were Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) 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:
Emi (Emileigh Starbrook) and Sea (filax Carter) finished tied with 4 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
Emileigh Starbrook	3	1
filax Carter	1	3

In the last race, Emi breaks the tie with Sea with her first place finish over Sea’s third place finish.

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Farryn (FarrynMoon Resident) and Rugger (ruggeromare 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
FarrynMoon Resident	2	5
ruggeromare Resident	3	4

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

Cat Fight – Aug 6th 2021

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Emileigh (TMS Flying Shadow), Juicy (TMS Nacra 17), and Sea (TMS Flying Shadow). On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic: On the dock: Caethes. On the pier: Koichi, and Julie.

Calm to choppy seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea and Fruit Islands regions were generally well behaved for everyone as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. However, during the second race, one skipper crashed while crossing region corners, but recovered to finish the race. A second skipper had an issue with her draw distance rising to 800 meters and crashing her in the middle of a region, while her computer suddenly gorged itself on a buffet of data from half the grid all at once. That skipper also was able to log back in and recover to finish the race. The crowds that gathered along the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus, and Genip regions, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in the frenetic fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Circle and North Sea 04 v3 courses, was made up of a majority of three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, two sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively. One lone TMS Nacra 17 rounded out the first race fleet. The fleet mostly remained the same for the second race with the exception of a Flying Shadow skipper switching to a Nacra 17.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Tara

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 Sea (filax Carter) second, and Juicy (juice651 Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.