Bandit IF Regatta – Jan 14th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Red, Julie, Moon, Siri, Jack & Amelia, Araton & Eve, and Juicy.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Dock: Cryptic, Vicky, Fionna, and Rugger.

The second North Sea Bandit IF Regetta of 2023 saw a fleet of seven Bandit IFs at the start. Two of the Bandit IFs had crew on board.

During the start of the first race, Julie immediately took the lead. Followed by Moon and Red. Siri, Juicy and Jack came over the start a little later. Juicy crashed on the way to the first mark. Julie and Siri took a different line from the other sailors, which helped Julie build her lead and Siri connected with Red and Moon. These three skippers would compete for second place. Red got real bad luck and had to retire. Bad luck had left Jack even further behind.

We started the second race with five boats. The five skippers had a good start. Julie took the lead followed by Moon, Red and Siri. Jack broke down and lost valuable time. It looked like a close race, but Red kept battling Moon. At the Kiwi region, the trio had caught up with Julie. This caused Red to take the lead, but as she sailed too close to an island, Siri saw his chance to take over the lead for good. The trio behind him continued to fight for second place. Red turned out to have the best papers here.

There were three 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: 240 (SWbW) 18kts

Wind: 245° (WSW) 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 Siri (Sirius Rosca), with Julie (JulieRoyale 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:
Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) 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
JulieRoyale Resident	1	4
moonglownight Resident	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 second place finish as his best.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – Nov 26th 2022

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Red, Julie, Jack, Darb & Kit, Siri, Moon, and Rugger. Committee boat: Daenerys, and Tamarushka.

The last North Sea Bandit IF regatta for November, 2022, took place on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. We started with seven Bandit IFs. One Bandit IF had crew on board. We had a great start and Rugger took the lead right away. He and Red hit a corner of a region and had to give up. Julie then took a lead and was chased by Moon. Siri and Jack would battle for third place all day. Luckily there were no guns on board :).

In the second race we left with five boats. Julie immediately took the lead again. Siri and Jack chased Moon, but he stayed ahead of them. Towards the end of the match, fate struck for Julie. She lost control of her boat and sailed directly against the huts in the region of Clementine. As a result, Moon and Jack overtook her, but in the end she was still second.

There were two 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: Tarmarushka, and Cryptic

Wind: 265 (W ) 18kts

Wind: 255° (WbS) 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 Moon (Moonglownight Resident), with Julie (JulieRoyale 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 Notes:
Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Julie (JulieRoyale 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
moonglownight Resident	2	1
JulieRoyale Resident	1	2

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

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Jack (Jacquimo Resident) and Siri (Sirius Rosca) finished tied with 7 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
Jacquimo Resident	4	3
Sirius Rosca	3	4

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

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Red (RedHeadJo Resident) both finished tied with 12 points. As they both have the exact same finishes,  DNFs (Did Not Finish) during the first race and DNSs (Did Not Start) for the second race, neither Rule A8.1 or Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing will satisfy breaking their tie. Therefore, Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Red (RedHeadJo Resident) both remain tied in sixth place overall.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – July 30th 2022

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Darb, Moon, Zero, Sirius, and Jackson. Committee boat: Daenerys. Dock: Cryptic, and Caethes.

The last North Sea Bandit IF Regatta for July, 2022, took place on another beautiful Saturday afternoon. We started with six Bandit IFs. A compact fleet of five Bandit Ifs sailed to the first turning point. Here two skippers took a slight lead over the fleet. On the way to the west, a third skipper joined the leaders. One of the front runners sailed away from his companions and the remaining two skippers competed for second place.

The second race we left with six Bandit IFs. On the way to the first mark a skipper broke down and had to let the fleet go. The remaining skippers slowly dispersed between the islands of Fruit. At the turning point in the south, the entire fleet scattered and we were left with lone skippers. However, there was still a fight in the tail for fifth place. In the last leg, two skippers came close to each other and competed for third place. This battle would last until the finish line.

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: 180° (S) 18kts

Wind: 180° (S) 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 Moon (Moonglownight Resident), with Zero (Sleet Zero) second, and Jack (Jacquimo Resident) in third place.

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

Race Notes:
Zero (Sleet Zero) and Jack (Jacquimo 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
Sleet Zero	2	4
Jacquimo Resident	3	3

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

Bandit IF Regatta – May 14th 2022

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka Dock: Siri, Julie, Rugger, Zero, Alex, Jack, Red, Moon

A beautiful Saturday afternoon in May. We thought so. We start with eight Bandit IFs. The start of the first race went smoothly. Eight boats in a row would be heading for the first mark. This was an island in Prune. Three skippers, Jack, Rugger and Red, broke down here. Rugger even ended up on the beach. Jack was able to continue sailing and made the best of the situation. Because of this situation, we had a front runner, Julie, who could not be overtaken. The chasing group, included Moon, Siri, Zero and Jack, would compete for second place. this resulted in beautiful images. At the Western turning point, Jack had to let the other three go. The three skippers kept fighting for second place until the very end.

We would start the second races with six boats. Two unlucky ones from the first race had to go home. Before the start, disaster struck for Jack. He had to drop out of the race. So we left with five skippers. Five Bandit Ifs in a row and the battle for first place would be a fierce one. Julie and Moon battled to the bitter end for first place. The other three, Siri, Zero and Alex, skippers should settle for third place. The front runners slowly moved away from the other three legs and the chasing group slowly broke up. As a result, third place was already secured by Siri. Julie made a mistake on the head, but recovered, so that the battle was not yet over.

There were four DNFs (Did Not Finish) and one DSQ (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

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

Wind: 180° (S) 18kts

Wind: 180° (S) 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

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Today’s winners were Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Zero (Sleet Zero) in third place.

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

Race Notes:

Siri (Sirius Rosca) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for finishing under protest while failing to complete a 360° penalty turn due to a Rule 11 On The Same Tack foul right before the finish line.

“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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Jack (Jacquimo Resident) 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
Jacquimo Resident	4	6
Alex0730 Resident	5	5

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Jack’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Alex’s fifth place finish as his best.

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Siri (Sirius Rosca), Rugger (ruggeromare Resident), and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) 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
Sirius Rosca	3	8
ruggeromare Resident	5	6
RedHeadJO Resident	5	6

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Siri’s favor with having third place finish over Rugger’s and Red’s fifth place finishes as their best.

As Rugger and Red both have the exact same finishes,  DNFs (Did Not Finish) and DNS (Did Not Start) during the races, neither Rule A8.1 or Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing will satisfy breaking their tie. Therefore, Rugger and Red both remain tied in seventh place overall.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – Jan 22th 2022

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs) JulieRoyale, Moonglownight, Sirius, Jackson, Juicy & Di Si, Alex, and Solo Alpha. Committee boat: Daenerys, and Red. Dock: Orb Tatham.

Today was the third Bandit IF Regatta in 2022. We had seven Bandit IFs on the start, one of them had crew on board. In the first race we would have two dropouts. One skipper lost his way and the other crashed. The first race was decided halfway through the race. In the second race, two fleets of three boats arose. The first three skippers would keep the race exciting until the end.

There were two 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: Red, and Cryptic

Wind: 170° (S) 18kts

Wind: 190° (S) 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 IF were Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Moon (Moonglownight Resident) second, and Siri (Sirius Rosca) in third place.

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

Race Notes:
Juicy (juice651 Resident) 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
juice651 Resident	4	6
Alex0730 Resident	5	5

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Juicy’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Alex’s fifth place finish as his best.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – Nov 13th 2021

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Moon, Rugger, Siri & Angelie, Jackson, Max & Wyndi Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

This weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta took place on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in November. Today, the races were again held Dragonfruit. This time we had a fleet of five Bandit IFs at the start. Two Bandit IFs had crew on board. The North Sea regions and Fruit behaved well and there was not a cloud in the sky.

We sailed two races. The first race went through the Green Fruit section of Fruit Islands. The second race went through the tropic part of Fruit Islands. In both races we started with compact fleets, making the races exciting.

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

Race Director: Daenerys
Assist Race Director: Tamarushka, and Cryptic

Wind: 170° (S) 18kts

Wind: 190° (S) 19kts

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 winner was Moon (Moonglownight Resident), with Jack (Jacquimo Resident) second, and Siri (Sirius Rosca) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.