Thursday Triple Threat – November 5th 2020

Bandit B22: Emileigh, Jenna, Meireles, Rugger, Juicy, Sea, Julie
Star Class: Amy Pond, Sirius, Kim, Jackson
Dock: Daen and Fabber
Committee boat:: Daenerys

Thursday afternoon was beautiful with good sailing weather, the wind coming from the south west, and no sign of a thunderstorm. Today we had seven Bandit 22 LTEs and four Star Class on the starting line.

From the start, both competitions were exciting. Different lines were sailed by different skippers so that sometimes the buoys went just fine.

We had 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
Assist Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: 230° (SW) 18kts

Wind: 220° (SW) 15kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winners on the Bandit 22 LTE were Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) second, and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook in third place.

Today’s winners on the Star Class were Siri (Sirius Rosca), with Jack (Jacquimo Resident) second, and Kim (Kim Farleigh) in third place.

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

Race Notes:
Meireles (Meireles Diabolito) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for finishing under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn as instructed by a race director due to a Rule 10 On Opposite Tacks foul against another skipper in the region Dragonfruit.

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

Source: 2017 – 2020 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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
JulieRoyale Resident	3	2
Emileigh Starbrook	2	3

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

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Juicy (juice651 Resident) and Meireles (Meireles Diabolito) finished tied with 12 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
juice651 Resident	7	5
Meireles Diabolito	5	7

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

Thursday Triple Threat – Sept 17th 2020

Bandit IF: Amy, Jack, Siri, Julie, Tamar, Kim, Moon, Max & Wyndi
Bandit B22: Sea, Jenna, Emi
Dock, Alex, Baluta, Desdemona, Patrico, Leonardo
Committee boat: Daenerys

A beautiful Thursday afternoon, with good sailing weather, the wind coming from the south west, and no sign of a thunderstorm. Today we had eight Bandit IFs and three Bandit 22 LTEs, with one IF having extra crew on board.

The start of the first race went smoothly and it was going to be a great race with the three 22s split from the eight IFs right from the start. Out of these eight Bandit IFs, two boats would split off from the other six.

The start of the second race was almost the same as the first race. The three 22s took the lead right from the start. The seven Bandit IFs followed closely behind. The race ran through the heart of the Appleberry region.

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

the fleet rounding the mark in Dragonfruit, with the Bandit IF center in the background

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: 230° (SW) 18kts

Wind: 225° (SW) 13kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winners on the Bandit 22 LTE were Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), with Jenna (jnx1e Resident) second, and Sea (filax Carter) in third place.

Today’s winners on the Bandit IF were Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Tamar (Tamara Czervik) in third place.

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

Race Notes:
Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Sea (filax Carter) all 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
Emileigh Starbrook	1	3
jnx1e Resident	1	3
filax Carter	2	2

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Emileigh’s and Jenna’s favor with having a first place finish over Sea’s second place finish as her best. As Emileigh and Jenna both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to further 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
jnx1e Resident	1	3

In the last race, Emileigh breaks the tie with Jenna with her first place finish over Jenna’s third place finish

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Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both 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
JulieRoyale Resident	2	1
moonglownight Resident	1	2

In the last race, Julie breaks the tie with Moon with her first place finish over Moon’s second place finish

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Tamar (Tamara Czervik) and Siri (Sirius Rosca) both finished tied with 8 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
Tamara Czervik	5	3
Sirius Rosca	3	5

In the last race, Tamar breaks the tie with Siri with her third place finish over Max’s fifth place finish

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Amy (Montserrat Naidoo) and Jack (Jacquimo Resident) both finished tied with 11 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
Montserrat Naidoo	7	4
Jacquimo Resident	4	7

In the last race, Amy breaks the tie with Jack with her fourth place finish over Jack’s seventh place finish

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Max (Maximiliano Szondi) and Kim (Kim Farleigh) both finished tied with 14 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
Maximiliano Szondi	8	6
Kim Farleigh	6	8

In the last race, Max breaks the tie with Kim with his sixth place finish over Kim’s eightht place finish

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Cat Fight – Sept 4th 2020

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Falk and Jenny (TMS Nacra 17), Palani (TMS Nacra 17), Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow), Max and Wyndi (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon and Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Harry (TMS Flying Shadow), Nihiwatu (TMS Nacra 17), Alex (TMS Flying Shadow), and Emileigh (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the dock: Cryptic, and Caethes.

Calm seas and a great fleet turnout highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The regions of The North Sea behaved well for most as the Cat Fight took to the western portion of The North Sea estate, sailing from the Eden Jaeger race line. Two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day, both during the first race. Of those two DNFs, one was due to a skipper crashing while crossing on region corners and the other was from a crash on a region crossing. The crowds that gathered along the shores of the islands in the Eden Auk, and Genip regions, as well as along the shore of the Pelican Sailing School, in the Eden Murrelet region, cheered on the fleet-fouled feline frenzy from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Thornback and North Sea Barracuda courses, was comprised of a majority of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing with crew and three sailing single-handed respectively. Three TMS Nacra 17s 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 Jenna (jnx1e 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:
Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) was disqualified during the second race for finishing while under protest without completing a 360° penalty turn due to a Rule 11 On The Same Tack, Overlapped foul right after the start.

“11 ON THE SAME TACK, OVERLAPPED
When boats are on the same tack and overlapped, a windward boat
shall keep clear of a leeward boat“

Source: 2017 – 2020 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Daenerys (blondij Resident) 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
jnx1e Resident	2	1
blondij Resident	1	2

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

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Palani (Palani Allen) and Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident) finished tied with 13 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
Palani Allen	9	4
Nihiwatu Resident	4	9

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

Cat Fight – July 31st 2020

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Jenna and Amber (TMS Nacra 17), Moon (TMS Nacra 17), and Palani (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the dock: Caethes and Cryptic.

Calm sim sailing weather, with a nice fleet turnout, featured during this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The regions of The North Sea were well behaved, with only one DNF (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day, as the catamaran fleet plied their sails along the western portion of estate for both races. The small crowd gathered on the race dock, in the Eden Jaeger region, and along the shores of the islands in the Eden Auk and Genip regions, reveled in the fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Thornback and North Sea Barracuda courses, was comprised of a majority of three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Nacra 17s. Two TMS Flying Shadows, one sailing single-handed and one sailing with crew respectively, rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

The catamaran fleet gets underway during the second race of the Cat Fight in The North Sea, on Friday, July 31st, 2020.

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 Jenna (jnx1e 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:
Palani (Palani Allen) and Sea (filax Carter) 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
Palani Allen	5	4
filax Carter	4	5

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

Cat Fight – May 8th 2020

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Isa (TMS Flying Shadow), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Tara (TMS Flying Shadow), Riz (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Cole (Wildwind AC-45).
On the committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Caethes, Giulia, and Maya.

Smooth seas, that turned choppy late, with a nice fleet turnout highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The regions of the North Sea behaved beautifully for the skippers during the first race, a jaunt across the entire North Sea estate, from the Eden Curlew region race line to the Eden Jaeger region race line. The seas turned a bit choppy for the second race, as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded, two DNFs from skippers crashing and the third from a skipper pulling his boat after putting up an admirable fight against the 21 knot prevailing winds that gusted late. The spectators on hand, scattered along the race course on the beaches of the islands in the Ziziphus, Genip, and Eden Auk regions, as well as on the small race dock in the Eden Jaeger region, were reveling in the fleet-foiled flying feline frenzy put on by this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Curlew to Jaeger 01 and North Sea Barracuda courses, was comprised of a majority of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, five sailing single-handed and one sailing with crew respectively. One lone Wildwind AC-45 made up the remainder of the fleet during the first race. The second race saw a shift in composition as the Wildind AC-45 skipper switched to her TMS Nacra 17, a single-handed Flying Shadow skipper jumped on as crew with another TMS Flying Shadow skipper, and another TMS Flying Shadow skipper picked up crew of her own.

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 Isa (isab DeCuir), with Daenerys (blondij Resident) second, and Tara (Zella Ansar) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Sea (filax Carter) both 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
moonglownight Resident	3	7
filax Carter	4	6

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

Cat Fight – Mar 13th 2020

Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Tara (TMS Flying Shadow), Teagan (TMS Nacra 17), Palani (TMS Nacra 17), and Julie (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the dock: Caethes, Cryptic, Antonella, and Rugger.

Mild sim sailing weather, with a smaller fleet turnout, featured during this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The regions of The North Sea were overall well behaved, as only one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day, due to a skipper crashing right after the race line during the first race. No other crossing issues or lag was experienced by any of the other skippers involved. The weeks Cat Fight was sailed from the Eden Jaeger race line, the North Sea’s second race line and a full region. The spectators on hand, gathered on the small race dock in the Eden Jaeger region, as well as the small peninsula of the Pelican Sailing School, in the Eden Murrelet region, and the island in the Genip region, were excited as they were treated to some great fleet-foiled feline racing. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Thornback and North Sea Barracuda courses, was comprised of a majority of three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, two sailing single-handed and one sailing with crew respectively. Two TMS Nacra 17s rounder 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 Teagan (Teagan Snowpaw) 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:
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Tara (Zella Ansar) 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
JulieRoyale Resident	4	3
Zella Ansar	3	4

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

Cat Fight – Jan 24th 2020

From the left (in boats): Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Nihiwatu (Nacra 17), and Julie (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the dock: Lanky, Caethes, Saga, and Cryptic. On the pier: Diana,

Mild sim sailing weather, with a new course, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were mostly behaved as only three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day, two during the first race and one during the second race. The spectators on hand were still cheerful and reveling in the fleet-foiled feline action on display, as they gathered along the course on the islands in the Ziziphus, Genip, and Eden Auk regions, as well as both small racing docks in the Eden Jakana and Eden Jaeger regions. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Curlew to Jaeger 01 and the North Sea Barracuda¹ courses, was comprised of a majority of four The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three sailing single-handed and one sailing with crew respectively. Two TMS Nacra 17s made up the remainder of this weeks fleet.

¹North Sea Barracuda is a new course, created by myself, Cryptic, starting and finishing at our Eden Jaeger race line.

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 Nihiwatu (Nihiwatu Resident), with Isa (isab DeCuir) 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:
Isa (isab DeCuir) and Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) finished tied with 6 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	4	2
JulieRoyale Resident	2	4

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