North Sea Open Regatta – March 8th 2023

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Vicky (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Aymalie (Quest 2m), Theresa (Bandit 22 LTE), Sandra (Bandit 25R), Rugger and Yanny (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class), Jenna (TMS Nacra 17), Markis (Bandit 22 LTE), ViV (TMS Star Class), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Red, Daenerys, and Suna. On the pier: Jackson, Naira, and Marius.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were well behaved as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Both DNFs, occurring during the small boat portion, were due to skippers connections dying on them during the race. The crowds that gathered along 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 a competitive display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Half Mane Mirror course, was made up of a majority of seven Bandit 22 LTEs. Two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, one sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively, one TMS Flying Shadow, one TMS Nacra 17, one Bandit 25R, and one Quest 2m rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Double Loop course, was made up of a majority of three TMS I-Mocca 60s. One TMS One Design 65, one TMS Volvo Open 70, one WildWind Open 60, one Trudeau 12 Metre, one Bandit 55, and one Isard Machimacho rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (Trudeau 12 Metre), Sandra (TMS Volvo Open 70), ViV (TMS I-Mocca 60), Aymalie (Isard Machimacho), Rugger and Yanny (Bandit 55), Sea (TMS I-Mocca 60), Jenna (TMS One Design 65), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Moon (WildWind Open 60).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Vicky, Red, Tamarushka, Daenerys, and Suna. On the pier: Nikola.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Directors: Daenerys, and 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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Aymalie (Aymalie Resident) second, and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both finished the small boat portion tied at the finishing line with a time of 15:18. 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 Rugger and Moon receive 4.5 points, as the product for the place for which they have tied and for the place immediately below, 4 and 5, added together and divided equally.

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ViV (vivipezz Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the big boat portion for missing the last course mark before crossing the finish line, the orange buoy in the Eden Jakana region.

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Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) 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
WWWAAAA Resident	6	8
Nicole Myhre	7	7

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

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Vicky (Vicky4698 Resident) and Theresa (Resi Pfeffer) both finished tied with 22 points. As they both have the exact same finishes in each race, a DNF (Did Not Finish) for the small boat portion and a DNS (Did Not Start) for the big boat portion, neither Rule A8.1 or A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing will satisfy breaking this tie. Therefore, Vicky and Theresa remain tied in twelfth place overall.
 

North Sea Open Regatta – October 5th 2022

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Rugger and Olivia (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (TMS Star Class), Niem (TMS Star Class), Lilita (Bandit 25 R), Red (Bandit IF), Fil (Bandit 22 LTE), Aymalie (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: Henry, Victoria, and Daenerys. On the pier: Brynn, and Marius.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first North Sea Open Regatta of October, 2022. The North Sea regions were well behaved as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF, occurring during the small boat fleet, was due to a skipper pulling her boat after frustration from getting caught in irons on the first leg. The second DNF, occurring during the big boat portion, was due to a skipper crashing while crossing across a region corner. 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 a competitive display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta Reverse course, was made up of a majority of five Bandit 22 LTEs. Two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, one TMS Nacra 17, one TMS Sea Boss – Rider, one Bandit IF, and one Bandit 25 R rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Double Loop course, was made up of a split majority of two TMS I-Mocca 60s, and two WildWind RC-44Rs. One TMS One Design 65, Trudeau Runa IV, and one Bandit 55 rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Note: As of the publishing of these results, the handicap value for the TMS Es Paradis has been adjusted to 0.94, from its preliminary release value of 1.00. Please see North Sea Handicap Table for more of our handicap values, and the link to the Google Sheet used to calculate them.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), Rugger and Olvia (Bandit 55), Moon (TMS I-Mocca 60), Aymalie (WildWind RC-44r), Sea (Trudeau Runa IV), Jenna (TMS One Design 65), and Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Henry, Victoria, Fil, Daenerys, Niem, and Red. On the pier: Marious.

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 Aymalie (Aymalie Resident), with Jenna (jnx1e Resident) second, and Sea (filax Carter) 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:
Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) 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
Emileigh Starbrook	3	7
Nicole Myhre	4	6

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

Bandit IF Regatta – Oct 1st 2022

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Emi, Jack, Sirius, Darb, Red & Bryndyn, Julie, and Moon. Committee boat: Daenerys. Dock: Cryptic, Caethes, Daniel, Rugger, and Olivia.

A beautiful Saturday afternoon was the scene for the first North Sea Bandit IF Regatta for October, 2022. We started with seven Bandit IFs. One Bandit IF had crew on board.

Today we sailed a long route. We had a fantastic start. Five of the seven boats formed a leading group. Julie took a lead between the first and second buoy, which would only got bigger as the race progressed. At the same time, the sixth boat, Red, had joined the group, leaving the group still consisting of six skippers. The group consisting of Jack, Moon, Siri, Red and Emi would compete for second place. Going into the second lap, Red and Moon had distanced themselves from Siri, Jack and Emi. This made it clear who would compete for second place. Darb continued to follow the scene for a short distance.

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 Directors: Cryptic

Wind: 240° (SWbW) 15kts

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 Red (RedHeadJO Resident) in third place.

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

Cat Fight – August 26th 2022

From the left (in TMS Flying Shadows): Daenerys and Tamarushka, Sin and Cloe, Max, Julie, Moon, and Zero.
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Lin, and Caethes.

Another week of calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the last Cat Fight in The North Sea for August, 2022. 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 as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. The lone DNF, occurring during the first race, was due to a skipper’s boat spewing script errors resulting in her pulling the boat. 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, reveled in the frenetic fleet-foiled feline fury on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Double Loop and North Sea Snipe courses, was made up of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and two crewed respectively, for the first race. One skipper switched to their TMS Nacra 17 for the second race.

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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Moon (moonglownight 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:
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), Moon (moonglownight Resident), and Max (Max Starostin) all finished tied with 5 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
JulieRoyale Resident	1	4
moonglownight Resident	2	3
Max Starostin	2	3

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Julie’s favor with having a first place finish over Moon’s, and Max’s second place finishes as their best.

As Moon and Max 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
moonglownight Resident	3	2
Max Starostin	2	3

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

Cat Fight – July 29th 2022

From the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys and Kim (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (WildWind AC-62), Diana (WildWind AC-45), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), and Moon (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher.

Another week of great sim sailing weather, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the last Cat Fight in The North Sea for July, 2022. The North Sea regions were calm and smooth as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The crowds that gathered along 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 thrilled by the frenetic fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Double Loop and North Sea Snipe courses, was made up of a majority of four The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively. One WildWind AC-45, and one WildWind AC-62 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. A Flying Shadow skipper opted for his TMS Nacra 17 for the second race.

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 Moon (moonglownight 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:
Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race due to sailing an incorrect course, rounding the red buoy in the Cocoa region, the fifth course mark, counter-clockwise instead of clockwise.

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Daenerys (blondij 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
blondij Resident	2	1
moonglownight Resident	1	2

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

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Diana (Dianafra Allen) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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
Dianafra Allent	6	5
Emileigh Starbrook	5	6

In the last race, Diana breaks the tie with Emileigh with her fifth place finish over Emileigh’s sixth place finish.
 

North Sea Open Regatta – June 22nd 2022

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Star Class), Lilita (Bandit 25R), Sandra (Bandit 25R), Aymalie (Bandit 25R), Julie (Bandit 25R), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Farryn, Red, Daenerys, and Tamarushka. On the pier: Sara.

Another week of great sim sailing weather, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots coming from the southwest, The North Sea regions were well behaved as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The crowds that gathered on the lighthouse observation deck on the islands in the Ziziphus region, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on a great display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea SS-01 course, was made up of a majority of four Bandit 25Rs. Two Bandit 22 LTEs, and one The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Double Loop course, was made up of a small majority of two TMS I-Mocca 60s. One TMS Volvo Open 70, one WildWind Open 60, one WildWind RC-44r, and one Bandit 60 rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), Julie (Bandit 50/3), Sandra (TMS Volvo Open 70), Aymalie (WildWind Open 60), Moon (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Farryn, Cloe, Tamarushka, Mirtilla, Anna, Daenerys, and Lilita. On the pier: Sara.

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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), 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 to the SLCG for helping with racing duties.

Race Notes:
Moon (moonglownight Resident), Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) 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	2	5
Emileigh Starbrook	3	4
Nicole Myhre	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 second place finish over Emileigh’s and Zimtzicke’s third place finishes as their best.

As Emileigh and Zimtzicke 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
Emileigh Starbrook	4	3
Nicole Myhre	3	4

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

Bandit IF Regatta – June 18th 2022

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Emileigh, Julie, Zero, Rugger, Red, Fanny, Max and Wyndi, Moon, Alex, and Dunia. On the committee boat: Daenerys. On the dock: Tamarushka, and Cryptic. On the Pier: Marius.

This weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta took place on another beautiful Saturday afternoon in June. We started with ten Bandit IFs. One of the Bandit IFs had crew on board. The start of the first race was almost flawless. Dunia started from port and collided with Fanny. During the first leg, the fleet split up. Five skippers headed south, while the other five skippers headed west. At the first mark, Julie had already taken a small lead over Fanny, Moon, and Rugger. The other sailors had already fallen far behind. During the race, Julie slowly walked out on Fanny, and Moon. Rugger had to let the three leaders go.

During the start of the second race, the fleet was pressed near the Race Committee boat. A compact fleet of 8 boats set out for the first mark. Julie, Zero, and Moon took a slight lead. En route to the first mark, Moon and Julie would compete in a heated battle to see who would complete the mark first. This was supposed to be Moon, but Julie did not give up yet and rounded the second mark first. Fanny was now hot on their heels and was followed again by Zero.

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: 220° (SW) 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 Fanny (FannyVermont 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 Fanny (FannyVermont 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
moonglownight Resident	3	2
FannyVermont Resident	2	3

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

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Dunia (Dunia Moulliez) and Emi (Emileigh Starbrook) 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
Dunia Moulliez	9	6
Emileigh Starbrook	6	9

In the last race, Dunia breaks the tie with Emi with her sixth place finish over Emi’s ninth place finish.

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Max (Maximiliano Szondi) and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) finished tied with 17 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
Maximiliano Szondi	10	7
RedHeadJO Resident	7	10

In the last race, Max breaks the tie with Red with his seventh place finish over Red’s tenth place finish.
 

Cat Fight – June 17th 2022

From the left (in TMS Flying Shadows): Daenerys and Tamarushka, Sin, Emileigh, Max , Moon, and Erin.
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Caethes. On the pier: Naomi, and Como.

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 as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. The lone DNF came from a skipper pulling her boat during the last legs of the first race. The crowds that gathered along 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, reveled in the electric fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Double Loop and North Sea Lion’s Mane courses, was made up of six The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, five sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively, during the first race. The second race saw the fleet makeup change as two skippers opted for their Nacra 17s, with a third skipper opting to sit out and watch from the pier.

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 Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Sin (Sinarielle 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 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
blondij Resident	2	1
moonglownight Resident	1	2

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

North Sea Open Regatta – May 18th 2022

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Star Class), Ester and Yola (Bandit 22 LTE), Cate and Anthony (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Rugger (Bandit IF), Julie (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Kassandra (Bandit 22 LTE), Alex (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Dolphin Moth), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, Randy, Emilio, Farryn, and Daenerys. On the pier: Fanny, Summer, Asher, and Marius.

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 was attributed to a skipper pulling his boat during the big boat portion. The crowds that gathered on the shores of the island in the Ziziphus region, and on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, delighted in an exciting display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Trapezoid course, was made up of majority of six Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively, one The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, and one Dolphin Moth rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Double Loop course, was made up of a split majority of three TMS I-Mocca 60s and three WildWind Open 60s. Two Bandit 60s, one Bandit 55, one ACA33, and one Trudeau 12 Metre rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Anthony and Cate (TMS I-Mocca 60), Emileigh (Trudeau 12 Metre), Rugger (Bandit 55), Ester and Yola (TMS I-Mocca 60), Sea (WildWind Open 60), Moon and Kassandra (WildWind Open 60), Julie (Bandit 60), Max and Wyndi (WildWind Open 60), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), Alex (Bandit 60), and Max (ACA33).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Farryn, Emilio, and Daenerys.

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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) second, and Cate & Anthony (Cate Sewell & Anthony) 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 racing duties.

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.

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Cate & Anthony (Cate Sewell/Anthony), Alex (Alex0730 Resident), and Moon (moonglownight Resident) all finished tied with 12 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
Cate Sewell/Anthony	3	9
Alex0730 Resident	5	7
moonglownight Resident	5	7

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Cate & Anthony’s favor with having a third place finish over Alex’s and Moon’s fifth place finishes as their best.

As Alex and Moon both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing 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
Alex0730 Resident	7	5
moonglownight Resident	5	7

In the last race, Alex breaks the tie with Moon with his fifth place finish Moon’s seventh place finish.

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Ester (citacg 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	2	11
citacg Resident	4	9

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

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Max (maxgreyman Resident) and Sea (filax Carter) both finished tied with 16 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
maxgreyman Resident	4	12
filax Carter	6	10

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

Thursday Triple Threat – April 28th 2022

From the left to the right: Bandit B22: Moon, Aymalie, Astrid, Ester & Yolamat, Alex, Nicole Bandit IF: Jack, Julie Star Class: Emi, Max & Wyndi Pier: Marius, Sea, Elo Dock: Cryptic Committee boat: Daenerys

The last North Sea Triple Threat of April saw a beautiful Thursday afternoon, with good sailing weather coming from the southwest. Today we had six Bandit 22 LTEs, two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, and two Bandit IFs at the starting line. A Star Class had crew on board.

For a change, everyone would start at the same time and since we only had more than two boats of the Bandit 22, these skippers would compete for the win. And they would do their best to stay together until the end of the races.

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

More pictures, after the results, courtesy of Cryptic.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: 230° (SW) 18kts

Wind: 230° (SW) 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 on the Bandit 22 LTE were Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident), with Moon (Moonglownight Resident) second, and Nicole (Nicole Myhre) 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 first race for finishing under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty due to a Rule 11 On The Same Tack, Overlapped foul right before the finish.

“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: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Aymalie (Aymalie Resident) 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 11 On The Same Tack, Overlapped foul committed in the first leg of the race.

“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: 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing

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Moon (Moonglownight Resident) and Nicole (Nicole Myhre) both finished tied with 5 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	4
Nicole Myhre	2	3

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 Nicole’s secondh place finish as her best.

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Sea (filax Carter) and Alex (Alex0730 Resident) 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
Alex0730 Resident	5	5

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 Alex’s fifth place finish as his best.

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The fleet rounds the island in the Ziziphus region, the fifth course mark on the North Sea Circle course, before heading to the finish during the first race of the North Sea Thursday Triple Threat, on Thursday, April 28th, 2022.

The fleet heads towards the Sloe region, on the fourth leg of the North Sea Circle course, during the first race of the North Sea Thursday Triple Threat, on Thursday, April 28th, 2022.

(From the left) Julie, in her Bandit IF, follows Zimtzicke, in her Bandit 22 LTE, during the first race of the North Sea Thursday Triple Threat, on Thursday, April 28th, 2022.

(from the left) Julie, in her Bandit IF, and Zimtzicke, in her Bandit 22 LTE, tack upwind on the first leg of the North Sea Circle course, during the first race of the North Sea Thursday Triple Threat, on Thursday, April 28th, 2022.