North Sea Open Regatta – May 17th 2023

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.

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.

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.
 

North Sea Open Regatta – April 5th 2023

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Cate and Anthony (Bandit 22 LTE), Isa (Bandit 22 LTE), Markis (Bandit 22 LTE), Sandra (Bandit 25R), Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class), ViV (Quest 2m), Aymalie (Quest 2m), Jenna (TMS Nacra 17), Moon (TMS Nacra 17), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE). On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Claire, and Red. On the pier: Marius.

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Cate and Anthony (Bandit 22 LTE), Isa (Bandit 22 LTE), Markis (Bandit 22 LTE), Sandra (Bandit 25R), Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class), ViV (Quest 2m), Aymalie (Quest 2m), Jenna (TMS Nacra 17), Moon (TMS Nacra 17), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Claire, and Red. On the pier: Marius.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first North Sea Open Regatta for April, 2023. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, The North Sea regions were generally well behaved as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. The lone DNF came from a skipper crashing over region corners during the first race. 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, 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. Two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Nacra 17s, two Quest 2Ms, one crewed TMS Star Class, and one Bandit 25R rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea CCW (Counter-ClockWise) course, was made up of a majority of five TMS I-Mocca 60s. Three WildWind Open 60s, one TMS One Design 65, one TMS Volvo Open 70, one WildWind RC-44r, and one Isard Machichaco rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), Anthony and Cate (TMS I-Mocca 60), Isa (WildWInd Open 60), Sandra (TMS Volvo Open 70), Max and Wyndi (WildWInd Open 60), Aymalie (Isard Machichaco), Markis (TMS I-Mocca 60), Sea (TMS I-Mocca 60), Jenna (TMS One Design 65), ViV (TMS I-Mocca 60), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Moon (WildWInd Open 60). On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Claire, Daenerys, and Red.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), Anthony and Cate (TMS I-Mocca 60), Isa (WildWInd Open 60), Sandra (TMS Volvo Open 70), Max and Wyndi (WildWInd Open 60), Aymalie (Isard Machichaco), Markis (TMS I-Mocca 60), Sea (TMS I-Mocca 60), Jenna (TMS One Design 65), ViV (TMS I-Mocca 60), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Moon (WildWInd Open 60).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Claire, Daenerys, and Red.

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 Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) second, and Aymalie (Aymalie Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Cate (Cate Sewell) and Anthony (AnthonyKingston Resident) registered as a team prior to the start of the race, therefore their points are accredited together.


Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) and Aymalie (Aymalie 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 1 5
Aymalie Resident 2 4

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

Bandit IF Regatta – April 1st 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Julie, Rugger, Siri & Minchen, Xiao, Jack, and Moon. Committee boat: DaenerysPier: Marius.
Dock: Cryptic, and Vicky.

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Julie, Rugger, Siri & Minchen, Xiao, Jack, and Moon.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Pier: Marius
Dock: Cryptic, and Vicky.

The first North Sea Bandit IF Regatta for April, 2023, took place on a wonderful Saturday afternoon. We had six Bandit IFs at the start. One Bandit IF had crew on board. At the start of the first race, the fleet split into two groups of three boats. Moon took off first across the line followed by Julie. Moon and Julie decided to sail east of the island in the Zizphus region. Against that, the other four skippers opted for a western route. Moon and Julie turned out to have made the right choice. They arrived first at the first buoy. Rugger, Jack and Siri followed as a group a short distance from the front runners. They had taken a lead and were going to compete for first place. The group behind the front runners would fight for third place.

In the second race, Julie and Jack decided to take the western route past the Ziziphus region, while Siri and Moon took the eastern route. Moon and Siri got to the buoy first. Siri broke down along the way and had to let Julie and Moon go. They entered into a fierce battle for first place. Jack and Rugger tried to hook up, but had to see that Julie managed to get hold of the lead at Sloe

There were no DNFs (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: 165 (SbE) 18kts

Wind: 160° (SSE) 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 Jack (Jacquimo Resident) in third place.

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

Race Note
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) finished tied with 3 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
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.


Siri (Sirius Rosca) and Rugger (ruggeromare 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
Sirius Rosca 5 4
ruggeromare Resident 4 5

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

Cat Fight – March 31st 2023

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

From the left (in boats): Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Vicky (TMS Flying Shadow), Xiao (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), Jenna (TMS Nacra 17), Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (TMS Nacra 17).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Lin, and Caethes. On the pier: 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, rising to 21 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were well behaved again, with no DNFs (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. 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 the North Sea Copacabana and North Sea Extreme courses, was made up of a majority of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, five sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively. Two TMS Nacra 17s rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. For the second race, one Nacra 17 skipper opted to join one of the single-handed Flying Shadows as crew.

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 Sin (Sinarielle Resident), with Jenna (jnx1e 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:
Sin (Sinarielle Resident) and Jenna (jnx1e Resident) finished tied with 3 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 2 1
jnx1e Resident 1 2

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


ViV (vivipezz Resident) and Daenerys (blondij 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
vivipezz Resident 5 4
blondij Resident 4 5

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


Xiao (XiaoMarque01 Resident) and Palani (Palani Allen) finished tied with 15 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
XiaoMarque01 Resident 8 7
Palani Allen 7 8

In the last race, Xiao breaks the tie with Palani with her seventh place finish over Palani’s eighth place finish.
 

Bandit Regatta – Mar 13th 2023

From the left (in boats): Vicky (Bandit 22 LTE), Markis (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Sandra (Bandit 25R), Rayz and Dids (Bandit 22 LTE), Farryn (Bandit 22 LTE), Julia (Bandit 22 LTE), Red (Bandit IF), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE). On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: James, Tamarushka, Daenerys, Tyson, DJ, Burton, and Caethes.

From the left (in boats): Vicky (Bandit 22 LTE), Markis (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Sandra (Bandit 25R), Rayz and Dids (Bandit 22 LTE), Farryn (Bandit 22 LTE), Julia (Bandit 22 LTE), Red (Bandit IF), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: James, Tamarushka, Daenerys, Tyson, DJ, Burton, and Caethes.

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, rising to a fresh breeze of 18 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were mostly well behaved as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF, occurring during the first race, was from a skipper pulling his boat after realizing he was sailing an incorrect course. The second DNF, also occurring during the first race, was from a skipper crashing to her dekstop in the middle of a region, just one region from the finish line. The remaining DNF, occurring during the second race, was from a skipper crashing while crossing over region corners. The crowds that gathered on the lighthouse observation deck on the island in the Ziziphus region, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, took in a peppy display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Copacabana and North Sea Copacabana Reverse courses, was made up of a majority of eleven Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, and one Bandit 25R rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.

Note:: With the onset of DST in the United States, Canada, and most of Mexico this past Sunday, SL time (PST) is now one hour ahead. However, Europe will not be entering EU Summer Time until Sunday, March 26th. In order to facilitate that our races are still at a friendly time for our sailors, we will be running our races one SL hour later, but still at the same time GMT/CET.

The schedule for The North Sea, for the next two weeks will be:

Monday 20th:
North Sea Bandit Regatta: 2 PM SL time (21:00 GMT/22:00 CET)

Wednesday 15th, and 22nd:
North Sea Open Regatta: 2 PM SL time (21:00 GMT/22:00 CET)

Friday 17th, and 24th:
North Sea Cat Fight: 3:30 PM SL time (22:30 GMT/23:30 CET)

Saturday 18th, and 25th:
North Sea Bandit IF Regatta: 2 PM SL time (21:00 GMT/22:00 CET)

Beginning with Monday, March 27th, The North Sea will return to our normal 1PM SL time slot for our Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday races, and 2:30 PM SL for our Friday race.

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

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 Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), with Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) second, and Sea (filax Carter) 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:
Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) and Markis (Marcus Schechter) both finished the first race tied at the finishing line with a time of 22:19. 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 Zimtzicke and Markis receive 10.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 10 and 11, added together and divided equally.


Sea (filax Carter) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) both finished tied with 10 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
filax Carter 3 7
Sirius Rosca 4 6

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


Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) both 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
ruggeromare Resident 5 8
Jacquimo Resident 6 7

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 Jackson’s sixth place finish as his best.
 

Cat Fight – February 24th 2023

From the left (in boats): Vicky (TMS Nacra 17), Xiao (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow). On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher, Tiffini, Gnarly, and Caethes. On the pier: Arwen, Cole, and Marius.

From the left (in boats): Vicky (TMS Nacra 17), Xiao (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher, Tiffini, Gnarly, and Caethes. On the pier: Arwen, Cole, and 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, turning from of the Southeast 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, relished the charged fleet-foiled feline force on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Copacabana and North Sea Cat Fight 02 courses, was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively. Two TMS Nacra 17s rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. One Nacra skipper opted to use her Flying Shadow with crew for the second race.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Wind: SE (135°) 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 Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Jenna (jnx1e 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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident) finished tied with 6 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
moonglownight Resident 4 2
jnx1e Resident 2 4

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

North Sea Open Regatta – January 18th 2023

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Star Class), ViV (TMS Star Class), Alejandro (Bandit 22 LTE), Vicky (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class), Xiao (TMS Sea Boss - Rider), Jenna (TMS Nacra 17), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE). On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Henry, Asher, and Niem. On the pier: Sunday.

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Star Class), ViV (TMS Star Class), Alejandro (Bandit 22 LTE), Vicky (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class), Xiao (TMS Sea Boss – Rider), Jenna (TMS Nacra 17), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Henry, Asher, and Niem. On the pier: Sunday.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, The North Sea regions were well behaved as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. The loan DNF was attributed to a skipper crashing while crossing over regions corners during the small boat portion. 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, relished a thrilling 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. Three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, two sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively, one TMS Nacra 17, and one TMS Sea Boss – Rider rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea CCW (counter-clockwise) course, was made up of a majority of four TMS I-Mocca 60s. Two WildWind Open 60s, one TMS One Design 65, one WildWind RC-44r, and one TMS Ocean Beach rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Edit: The results for the big boat portion were incorrectly sorted and have been corrected, as well as the final results. The final first, second, and third place finishers still remain the same.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): ViV (TMS I-Mocca 60), Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), Jenna (TMS One Design 65), Alejandro (TMS I-Mocca 60), Xiao (TMS Ocean Beach), Vicky (TMS I-Mocca 60), Sea (WildWind Open 60), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Moon (WildWind Open 60). On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Deanerys, and Henry. On the pier: Mutsy, Kiwi, and Jackson.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): ViV (TMS I-Mocca 60), Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), Jenna (TMS One Design 65), Alejandro (TMS I-Mocca 60), Xiao (TMS Ocean Beach), Vicky (TMS I-Mocca 60), Sea (WildWind Open 60), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Moon (WildWind Open 60).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Deanerys, and Henry. On the pier: Mutsy, Kiwi, and Jackson.

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 Moon (moonglownight Resident) 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:
Jenna (jnx1e Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the small boat portion for sailing an incorrect course, missing the last course mark, the blue buoy in the Sapote regoin.


Moon (moonglownight Resident), Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), and ViV (vivipezz Resident) all 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
moonglownight Resident 1 6
Emileigh Starbrook 2 5
vivipezz Resident 3 4

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 Emileigh’s second place, and ViV’s third place finishes as their best.


Max (Maximiliano Szondi) and Alexandro (Boogie Aeghin) both finished tied with 18 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
Maximiliano Szondi 8 10
Boogie Aeghin 9 9

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Max’s favor with having an eighth place finish over Alexandro’s ninth place finish as his best.
 

Bandit Regatta – Dec 12th 2022

From the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE), Cilian (Bandit 22 LTE), Red (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Rugger and Yanny (Bandit 22 LTE), and Aymalie (Bandit 22 LTE). On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Daenerys, Henry, Sky, and Caethes. On the pier: Alaya.

From the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE), Cilian (Bandit 22 LTE), Red (Bandit IF), Sirius (Bandit IF), Rugger and Yanny (Bandit 22 LTE), and Aymalie (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Daenerys, Henry, Sky, and Caethes. On the pier: Alaya.

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, rising to a fresh breeze of 18 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were calm and 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 pulling her boat after she collided with the race committee boat. The second DNF, also recorded during the first race, was from a skipper crashing while crossing over region corners. The crowds that gathered on the lighthouse observation deck on the island in the Ziziphus region, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, enjoyed a festive display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Copacabana and North Sea Copacabana Reverse courses, was made up of a majority of five Bandit 22 LTEs. Two Bandit IFs rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.

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

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 Aymalie (Aymalie Resident), with Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) second, and Cilian (Cilian McCullough) 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:
Emilio (emiliopc7 Resident) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) finished tied with 10 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
emiliopc7 Resident 6 4
ruggeromare Resident 4 6

In the last race, Emilio breaks the tie with Rugger with his fourth place finish over Rugger’s sixth place finish.
 

North Sea Open Regatta – December 7th 2022

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Xiao (TMS Sea Boss - Rider), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Lilita (Bandit 22 LTE), Ester and Yola (Bandit 22 LTE), Aymalie (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Red (Bandit IF), Theresa (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (TMS Nacra 17), Jenna (TMS Nacra 17), and Toni (TMS Flying Shadow). On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Farryn, and Tamarushka. On the pier: Kiri.

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Xiao (TMS Sea Boss – Rider), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Lilita (Bandit 22 LTE), Ester and Yola (Bandit 22 LTE), Aymalie (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Red (Bandit IF), Theresa (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (TMS Nacra 17), Jenna (TMS Nacra 17), and Toni (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Farryn, and Tamarushka. On the pier: Kiri.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first North Sea Open Regatta for December, 2022. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, The North Sea regions were mostly well behaved as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. The lone DNF occurred during the small boat portion, as a skipper crashed while enter the Mammea region after rounding the third course mark. The crowds that gathered along 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, cheered on 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. Two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, two TMS Nacra 17s, two Bandit IFs, and one TMS Sea Boss Rider 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 TMS I-Mocca 60s. One TMS One Design 65, one TMS Ocean Beach, one WildWind RC-44r, and one WildWind SC-40 rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Ester and Yola (TMS I-Mocca 60), Xiao (TMS Ocean Beach), Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), ViV (TMS I-Mocca 60), Jenna (TMS One Design 65), Moon (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Aymalie (WildWind SC-40). On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Farryn, Red, Lilita, Sirius, Theresa, and Toni.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Ester and Yola (TMS I-Mocca 60), Xiao (TMS Ocean Beach), Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), ViV (TMS I-Mocca 60), Jenna (TMS One Design 65), Moon (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Aymalie (WildWind SC-40).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Farryn, Red, Lilita, Sirius, Theresa, and Toni.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: 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 Aymalie (Aymalie Resident), with Jenna (jnx1e Resident) 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:
ViV (vivipezz Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the big boat portion for sailing an incorrect course, missing the first course mark, the blue buoy in the Sapote region.


Ester (citacg Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the big boat portion for sailing an incorrect course, missing the first course mark, the blue buoy in the Sapote region.


Jenna (jnx1e Resident) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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
jnx1e Resident 1 5
Emileigh Starbrook 2 4

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


Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Lilita (lilita Cifuentes) both finished tied with 14 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
moonglownight Resident 5 9
lilita Cifuentes 6 8

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


Xiao (XiaoMarque01 Resident) and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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
XiaoMarque01 Resident 4 11
Sirius Rosca 7 8

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

Cat Fight – November 4th 2022

From the left (in TMS Flying Shadows):Emileigh and Durnia, Max, Isa, Sirius, Moon, Daenerys, and Xiao. On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, Caethes, and Vicky. On the pier: Stripey, Phillip, and Como.

From the left (in TMS Flying Shadows):Emileigh and Durnia, Max, Isa, Sirius, Moon, Daenerys, and Xiao.
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, Caethes, and Vicky. On the pier: Stripey, Phillip, and Como.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first Cat Fight in The North Sea of November, 2022. With a fresh breeze of 21 knots out of the southwest, calming to 18 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were mostly well behaved as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. One DNF, occurring during the first race, was due to a skipper pulling his boat from frustration. The remaining two DNFs, split between both races, were due to a skipper crashing while crossing across region corners. The crowds that gathered on the beaches 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, cheered on the fit of fleet-foiled feline fervor on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Snipe and North Sea Copacabana courses, was made up of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, six sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively, during the first race. One skipper opted for his TMS Nacra 17 to round out the weeks catamaran fleet during the second race.

For more photos of today’s race, please Sunday’s full album at Flickr.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 21kts

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