North Sea Open Regatta – May 31st 2023

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Star Class), Sevenia (Bandit 22 LTE), Ester (Bandit 22 LTE), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Markis (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class), Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE), Max (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Asher, Weedwacker, and Sere.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the last North Sea Open Regatta for May, 2023. The North Sea regions were generally well behaved as four DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Three of those DNFs, one in the small boat portion and two from the big boat portion, were from skippers crashing while crossing over regions corners. The remaining DNF, also from the big boat portion, was from a skippers internet connection dying on her. The crowds that assembled along 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 an energetic display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea 108 course, was made up of a majority of eight Bandit 22 LTEs. Two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, split evenly with one crewed and one single-handed respectively, rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea 04 v3 course, was made up of a majority of five TMS I-Mocca 60s. Two WildWind Open 60s, and two WildWind RC-44Rs rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), Ester (TMS I-Mocca 60), Max and Wyndi (WildWind Open 60), Max (TMS I-Mocca 60), Emilio (WildWind Open 60), Markis (TMS I-Mocca 60), Sea (TMS I-Mocca 60), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Weedwacker (WildWind Open 60).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher, Sevenia, Deanerys, and Sere.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
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 Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre), with Sea (filax Carter) second, and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate and the SLCG for helping with race duties.

Race Notes:
Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Max (MrMekMax Resident) both finished tied with 15 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	5	10
MrMekMax Resident	7	8

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

Bandit Regatta – Apr 17th 2023

From the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Sevenia (Bandit 60), Rugger (Bandit IF), Sirius and Minchen (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Cris and Lucia (Bandit 22 LTE), Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit IF), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Seymour, and Suna. On the pier: Cole, Sunday, and Debbie.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, The North Sea regions were behaved for most as four DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF, occurring during the first race, was due to a skipper pulling her boat after she realized she had the wrong course loaded in her navigation HUD. The remaining three DNFs, one also occuring in the first race and the later two in the second race, were from skippers crashing while sailing across region corners. The crowds that gathered on the beaches of 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, delighted in a dynamic display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea 107 and North Sea 108 courses, was made up of a majority of five Bandit 22 LTEs. Four Bandit IFs, split evenly with two crewed and two single-handed respectively, and one Bandit 60 rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet in the first race. The second race saw a Bandit IF skipper opt for his Bandit 22 instead.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
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 Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), with Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) second, and Moon (moonglownight Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate and to the SLCG for helping with race duties.

Race Notes:
Max (Maximiliano Szondi) and Sea (filax Carter) finished tied with 14 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	8	6
filax Carter	6	8

In the last race, Max breaks the tie with Sea with his sixth place finish over Sea’s eighth place finish.
 

Bandit Regatta – Mar 6th 2023

From the left (in boats): Vicky (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Sandra (Bandit 25), ViV (Bandit 50/3), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Meireles (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit IF), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), and Red (Bandit IF).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, and Tamarushka.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first North Sea Bandit Regatta for March, 2023. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, The North Sea regions were generally 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 giving out due to stormy weather in her neighborhood. The remaining DNF, recorded during the second race, was from a skipper crashing while crossing over region corners. The crowds that gathered on the beaches of 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, were thrilled by an enlivened display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea 107 and North Sea 108 courses, was made up of a majority of six Bandit 22 LTEs. Four Bandit IFs, three sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively, one Bandit 25R, and one Bandit 50/3 rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Directors: Daenerys, and Tamarushka
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 Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre), with Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) second, and Moon (moonglownight Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate and to the SLCG for helping with race duties.

Race Notes:
Vicky (Vicky4698 Resident), ViV (vivipezz Resident), and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) all 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
Vicky4698 Resident	1	12
vivipezz Resident	5	8
RedHeadJO Resident	5	8

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Vicky’s favor with having a first place finish over ViV’s and Red’s fifth place finishes as their best.

As ViV and Red both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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
vivipezz Resident	8	5
RedHeadJO Resident	5	8

In the last race, ViV breaks the tie with Red with her fifth place finish over Red’s eighth place finish.
 

Bandit Regatta – Jan 2nd 2023

From the left (in boats): Sirius (Bandit IF), Red (Bandit IF), Xiao (Bandit IF), Alejandro and Madeleine (Bandit 22 LTE), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Cilian (Bandit 22 LTE), Riz (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Henry, and Loly.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first North Sea Bandit Regatta for 2023. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, The North Sea regions were well behaved as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Both DNFs, one a piece in each race, were from skippers crashing while crossing over region corners. The crowds that gathered at the lighthouses 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, reveled in an energetic display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea CCW (counter-clockwise) and North Sea 108 courses, was made up of a majority of seven Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
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 Cilian (Cilian McCullough), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate and to the SLCG for helping with race duties.

Race Notes:
Riz (RIZLER Rodex) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race due to sailing with an incorrect racewind, 135° instead of the 225° set by the race director.

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for finising while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as requested by a race director due to a Rule 18.2 Giving Mark Room foul.

“18.2 Giving Mark-Room
(b) If boats are overlapped when the first of them reaches the zone, the outside boat at that moment shall
thereafter give the inside boat mark-room. If a boat is clear ahead when she reaches the zone,
the boat clear astern at that moment shall thereafter give her mark-room.“

Source: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), Rugger (ruggeromare Resident), and Riz (RIZLER Rodex) all finished tied with 17 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
Emileigh Starbrook	7	10
ruggeromare Resident	8	9
RedHeadJO Resident	8	9

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Emileigh’s favor with having a seventh place finish over Rugger’s and Riz’s eighth place finishes as their best.

As Rugger and Riz both have the exact same finishes in both races, an eight point finish in the first race and a nine point finish in the second race respectively, neither Rule A8.1 or A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing will satisfy breaking their remaining tie. Therefore, Rugger and Riz remain tied in ninth place overall.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – Oct 29th 2022

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Red, Siri, Julie, Rugger, Moon Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka Pier: Diana Dock: Cryptic, Caethes, Tamarushka, Darb, Rodney, Mace

The last North Sea Bandit IF Regatta for October, 2022, took place on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. We started with 5 bandit IFs. I had again instructed the skippers to make a route and sail on the basis of a list of landmarks. This didn’t go well, because everyone was sailing in a different direction. As a result, the first route is not included in the final result of the day. Nevertheless, it was educational and fun to see the skippers sail with their own USB, without a USB card provided, or manually with the help of the world map.

One skipper had to leave the field before the start of the second race, but two other skippers joined the fleet. We had a good start and Julie took the lead right away. Followed by Rugger, Moon and Siri. Moon immediately gave chase to Rugger who had to recognize Moon as superior at the end of the match. Siri also made it difficult for Rugger in the last meters. But it just held up as we approached the finish line. The result of the second match is the only one that counts towards the final result of the day.

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

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Directors: Tarmarushka, and Cryptic

Wind: 225° (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

Today’s winners were Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Moon (Moonglownight Resident) second, and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) in third place.

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

Bandit IF Regatta – Oct 8th 2022

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Red, Sirius, Jackson, Julie, Emi, Darb, Dunia, Rugger & Olivia, and Moon. Committee boat: Daenerys. Pier: EvaKat, Soh, and Sjippie. Dock: Jaidyn, Cryptic, and Cae.

Another beautiful Saturday afternoon in October was the backdrop for this weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta. We started with nine Bandit IFs. One of the Bandit IFs had crew on board.

The first race got off to a good start. Eight of the nine boats departed simultaneously. One boat stayed slightly behind, but the race was still young. During the first leg, three skippers (Dunia, Moon, Siri) took a different route to the first mark. The others followed their way south. Julie was the first to round the mark, followed shortly by Jack, Moon, Rugger and Siri. The fleet was already spreading out over the North Sea. Julie got ahead of her pursuers. The first group consisted of Moon, Jack and Siri. Then Red and Rugger followed, the latter had to stop the race in the second half.

At the start of the second race, the entire fleet rushed to the start. This ended well, so that again a nice start took place. The road to the first mark was short, and Julie took the lead again. Shortly followed by Moon, Siri and Red. Behind that we had a group of three, namely Jack, Rugger and Emi. Jack tried to connect with Red and Siri. Who, on their own, gave chase to Moon. Julie, meanwhile, had run away from the fleet again. In this order they would end the day.

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

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: Cryptic
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

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.

Race Notes:
Red (RedHeadJO Resident) and Siri (Sirius Rosca) 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
RedHeadJO Resident	3	5
Sirius Rosca	4	4

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

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Darb (Darb Tabak) finished tied with 17 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
ruggeromare Resident	9	8
Darb Tabak	8	9

In the last race, Rugger breaks the tie with Darb with his eighth place finish over Darb’s ninth place finish.
 

Bandit Regatta – Sept 26th 2022

From the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit IF), Fil (Bandit 22 LTE), Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE), Red (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), and Sea (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, and Henry.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. With a moderate breeze of 15 knots out of the southwest, building 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 was due to skipper pulling his boat, during the first race, after getting lost on the first leg. The crowds that gathered along the beaches of 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, enjoyed a great display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta and North Sea 108 courses, was made up of a majority of four Bandit 22 LTEs. Two Bandit IFs rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys

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 Moon (moonglownight Resident), with Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) second, and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate and to the SLCG for helping with race duties.

Race Notes:
Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) both finished tied with 6 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

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

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
Emileigh Starbrook	2	4
RedHeadJO Resident	3	3

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