From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Max & Wyndi, Jackson, Moonglownight, Sirius, Ruggeromare, JulieRoyale, Dunia & Emileigh, Kim, Julia Raymond, Miki
Dock: Desdemona
Committee boat: Daenerys
Saturday afternoon, we had a fleet of ten Bandit IFs at the start. Two Bandit IFs had crew. The North Sea regions behaved well and even in the Eden waters there was not a cloud in the sky.
We had a great start with eight boats together. It can be seen that the skippers are getting better at pre-starts, however the threat from barging is still present.
After the start, a boat split from the fleet to then rejoin the fleet at the first mark. The tack to the first mark went smoothly for the remaining nine boats. At the mark buoy, we had a leading group of four boats, with the boat that had separated itself at the start as the leader. On the way to the second mark, there was a fight for second place. Later in the race there was still fighting for first place.
The start of the second race also went well. After the start, we already had a stretched fleet. This would not mean anything because the “venom was in the tail”. When entering Eden, we had a front runner and a chasing group of four above, taking the wind away from each other. After rounding the first mark, an island in the Eden Owl region, the skippers made their way between the islands. After they passed the gate, the route followed through a river in the Eden Kittiwake region. With the wind blowing on the bow, the steering skills of the various skippers surfaced. A skipper ran into problems and had to lower his sails, making it more of a challenge for the skippers behind to sail through the river.
We had two DNFs (Did Not Finish) and no DSQs (Disqualififed) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.
The fleet in the river of Eden Kittiwake
More pictures after the results.
Race Director: Daenerys
Wind: 225° (SW) 18kts
Wind: 240° (SW) 11kts
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 Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) second, and Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
Race Notes:
Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) both finished tied with 4 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 |
| Moonglownight Resident | 1 | 3 |
| Ruggeromare Resident | 2 | 2 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Moon’s favor with having a first place finish over Rugger’s second place finish as his best.
Jack (Jacquimo Resident) and Kim (Kim Farleigh) both finished tied with 13 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 |
| Jacquimo Resident | 4 | 9 |
| Kim Farleigh | 6 | 7 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Jack’s favor with having a forth place finish over Kim’s sixth place finish as her best.
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