
Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (Quest M-24), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Diana (Bandit 25 R), Markis (Bandit 22 LTE), Sevenia (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Elizabeth, and Sachin. On the pier: Sumaryo, Lin, Sin, and Rosalynd.
Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were well behaved as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. The lone DNF came during the big boat portion as a skipper pulled her boat in the middle of the race due to the physical world interrupting. The crowds that assembled 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, enjoyed a fun display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.
This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Copacabana course, was made up of a majority of five Bandit 22 LTEs. One Quest M-24, and one Bandit 25 R rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Butterfly course, was made up of a majority of three The Mesh Shop (TMS) I-Mocca 60s. One WildWind Open 60, one ACA33, and one WildWind RC-44r rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), Diana (WildWind Open 60), Moon (TMS I-Mocca 60), Markis (TMS I-Mocca 60), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), and A r a and Azamoan (ACA33).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher, Vicky, Sevenia, Daenerys, Tamarushka, Caethes, Sumaryo, and Cloe. On the pier: Elizabeth.
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 Moon (moonglownight Resident), with Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) second, and Markis (Marcus Schechter) 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:
Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) was disqualied (DSQ) during the big boat portion for sailing an incorrect course, missing the first course mark, the blue buoy in the Sapote region.
Diana (Dianafra Allen), Sevenia (Seven Orbit), and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) all finished tied with 11 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 |
Dianafra Allen | 4 | 7 |
Seven Orbit | 4 | 7 |
Emileigh Starbrook | 5 | 6 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Diana’s and Sevenia’s favor with having a fourth place finishes over Emileigh’s fifth place finish as her best.
As Diana and Sevenia 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 |
Dianafra Allen | 7 | 4 |
Seven Orbit | 4 | 7 |
In the last race, Diana breaks the tie with Sevenia with her fourth place finish over Sevenia’s seventh place finish.