Cat Fight – March 10th 2023

From the left (in boats): Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Xiao (TMS Flying Shadow), Palani (TMS Nacra 17), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Vicky, Red, Daenerys, Lin, Caethes, and Guilia.

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, climbing to 21 knots out of the northwest during the second race, The North Sea regions were calm for most as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. The lone DNF was from a skipper crashing while crossing region corners in the second race. The crowds that gathered on the shores of the island in the Ziziphus region, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on the fit of fleet-foiled feline fury on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline Reverse and the North Sea Cat Fight 01 courses, was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three sailing single-handed and two crewed respectively. One TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Wind: NW (315°) 21kts

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

Today’s winner was Sin (Sinarielle Resident), with ViV (vivipezz Resident) second, and Max (Max Starostin) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Palani (Palani Allen) and Jenna (jnx1e Resident) finished tied with 11 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
Palani Allen	6	5
jnx1e Resident	5	6

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

Cat Fight – February 17th 2023

From the left (in boats):Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Vicky (TMS Nacra 17), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher, Kalley, Red, Rayz, Catherine, and Caethes. On the pier: Arwen, Reylenne, Marius.

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, blowing from of the northwest during the second race, The North Sea regions were mostly calm as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF, occurring during the first race, was attributed to a skipper’s connection dying on him during the first leg of the race. The second DNF, occurring during the second race, was from a skipper pulling her boat after hitting region corners, while trying to avoid another skipper who had right of way. The crowds that gathered on the beaches 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, reveled in the energetic fleet-foiled feline fever on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and the North Sea Cat Fight 01 course, was made up of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows. One TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. For the second race, two skippers opted to switch to Nacra 17s from Flying Shadows.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Wind: NW (315°) 18kts

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

Today’s winner was Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Max (Max Starostin) 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:
Palani (Palani Allen) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, not passing through the fifth course mark, the gate in the Sloe region, instead rounding the northwestern gate pin from the outside in.

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Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Moon (moonglownight 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
blondij Resident	2	5
moonglownight Resident	3	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 second place finish over Moon’s third place finish as his best.
 

Cat Fight – December 16th 2022

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Vicky (TMS Nacra 17), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Caethes. Pn the pier: Marius, and Sunday.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. With a moderate breeze of 15 knots out of the southwest, turning to a fresh breeze of 18 knots from the northwest during the second race, The North Sea regions were generally well behaved as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF was from a skipper pulling his boat during the first race after navigation HUD issues. The remaining DNF was from a skipper crashing as she crossed over region corners during the second race. The crowds that gathered on 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 the festive fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Trapezoid and the North Sea Cat Fight 01 courses, was made up of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively. One TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 15kts

Wind: NW (315°) 18kts

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 ViV (vivipezz Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Sin (Sinarielle Resident) and ViV (vivipezz Resident) 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
Sinarielle Resident	3	2
vivipezz Resident	2	3

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

Cat Fight – December 2nd 2022

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Xiao (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow), Vicky (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (TMS Nacra 17).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, Asher, Jackson, and Caethes. On the pier: Erin.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first Cat Fight in The North Sea for December, 2022. With a moderate breeze of 15 knots out of the southwest, rising to a fresh breeze of 18 knots turning from the northwest during the second race, The North Sea regions were relatively well behaved as four DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Three of those DNFs, recorded during the second race, were due to skippers crashing while crossing over region corners. The remaining DNF, also occurring during the second race, was due to a skipper pulling her boat after she got lost. The crowds that assembled on the lighthouse observation deck on the island in the Ziziphus region, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, delighted in the stirring fleet-foiled feline fury on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline Reverse and the North Sea Cat Fight 01 courses, was made up of a majority of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, five sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively. One TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. The Nacra skipper opted to join a Flying Shadow skipper as her crew for the second race.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 15kts

Wind: NW (315°) 18kts

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 ViV (vivipezz 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:
Daenerys (blondij Resident) and ViV (vivipezz Resident) both finished the second race tied at the finishing line with a time of 13:54. 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 Daenerys and ViV receive 1.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 1 and 2, added together and divided equally.
 

Cat Fight – November 11th 2022

From the left (in TMS Flying Shadows):Daenerys, Emileigh, Max, Isa, Sin and Cloe, and Moon.
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher, Tamarushka, Red, Vicky, and Caethes.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. With a moderate breeze of 15 knots out of the southwest, rising to a fresh breeze of 18 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were mostly well behaved as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. The lone DNF, recorded during the first race, was due to a skipper crashing while crossing across region corners. The crowds that gathered on the shores on the islands in the Ziziphus, and Genip regions, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, thrilled in the energetic fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline and North Sea Cat Fight 01 courses, was made up of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and two crewed respectively, for the first race fleet. One Flying Shadow skipper switched to his TMS Nacra 17 for the second race.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Tamarushka

Wind: SW (225°) 15kts

Wind: NW (315°) 18kts

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

Today’s winner was Max (Max Starostin), with Sin (Sinarielle Resident) second, and Moon (moonglownight Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

 

Cat Fight – October 14th 2022

From the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Erin (TMS Nacra 17), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), Aymalie (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), and Moon (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Caethes, and Xiǎo.

Calm to choppy seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. With a moderate breeze of 15 knots out of the southwest, rising to a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the northwest during the second race, The North Sea regions were generally well behaved as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. The lone DNF, recorded during the first race, was from a skipper pulling her boat right after the start. The crowds that gathered along the beaches 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, thrilled in the energetic fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta and North Sea Cat Fight 01 courses, was made up of a majority of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows. One TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 15kts

Wind: NW (315°) 18kts

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 Max (Max Starostin) 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:
Aymalie (Aymalie Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for finishing the race under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn due to a Rule 10 On Opposite Tacks foul immediately after the last mark on the course.

“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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Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Aymalie (Aymalie Resident) finished tied with 9 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
blondij Resident	6	3
Aymalie Resident	3	6

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

Cat Fight – September 30th 2022

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Emileigh (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin and Lin (WildWind AC-62), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), and Sea (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Asher, and Caethes.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the last Cat Fight in The North Sea for September, 2022. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, turning from the northwest during the second race, The North Sea regions were well behaved as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The crowds that gathered on 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, were delighted by the feverish fleet-foiled feline furor on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Half Mane and North Sea Cat Fight 01¹ courses, was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows. One WildWind AC-62² rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. One Flying Shadow skipper opted for her WildWind AC-45 for the second race.

¹Cat Fight 01 is an updated version of a previously named course.

²As of the publishing of these results, the handicap value for the WildWind AC-62 has been adjusted to 1.87, from 1.61. Please see the North Sea Handicap Table for more of our handicap values, and the link to the Google Sheet used to calculate them.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Wind: NW (315°) 18kts

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 Daenerys (blondij Resident) second, and Max (Max Starostin) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Sea (filax Carter) was disqualified during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, she missed the tenth course mark, the gate in the Sapote region.
 

Cat Fight – May 28th 2021

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Diana (WildWind AC-45), Safy and Julia (TMS Flying Shadow), Julia (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), Jean (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), Jenna (TMS Flying Shadow), and Sea (WildWind AC-45).
On the committee boat: Cryptic, and Tamarushka. On the dock: Sandra, Julien, and Caethes. On the pier: Kai.

Calm to choppy seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions saw a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest for the first race, which saw every skipper finish on calm seas. A storm rolled in during the second race, as the wind shifted from the northwest, with four DNFs (Did Not Finish) occurring. Of those four DNFs, two were from skippers crashing while crossing over regions corners, a third was from a skipper crashing to her desktop in the middle of a region, and the remainder was from a skipper pulling her boat due to frustration. 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 frantic fleet-foiled frenetic frenzy on display from this weeks skippers.

This weeks first race fleet, sailing on North Sea SS-01 (Summer Sailstice), was made up of a majority of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and three sailing with crew respectively. Two WildWind AC-45s rounded out the first race fleet. Meanwhile, the second race fleet, sailing on the newly created North Sea Cat Fight 01 course, was again made up of a majority of seven TMS Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and three sailing crewed respectively. One TMS Nacra 17 and one WildWind AC-45 rounded out the second race fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Tamarushka

Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Wind: NW (315°) 18kts

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:
Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Daenerys (blondij Resident) both finished the first race tied at the finishing line with a time of 10:10. As their final time also remains tied, as they both sailed the same boat, Rule A7 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the 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 Jenna and Daenerys receive 1.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 1 and 2, added together and divided equally.