Bandit IF Regatta – March 18th 2023

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Tamarushka, Vicky, Julie, Markis, Jackson, Sirius, Moon, and Rugger & Yanny.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
Dock: Cryptic, and Caethes.

This weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta took place on another beautiful Saturday afternoon in March. This week, we had eight bandit IFs at the start. One Bandit IF had crew on board.

In the first race, Rugger took the lead. But he was soon caught up by Moon. This was already over the fleet at the first mark. Rugger got hooked up with Siri, and Julie. Tamar tried to hook up. Rugger slowly walked away from Julie, and Siri, who got into a battle for third place. Tamar continued to follow this from a distance. Beyond Genip, Rugger was overtaken by Julie, and Siri. However, both fell out of their boat and this put them back at a distance from Rugger. Tamar picked up on Julie, and they both gave chase to Rugger. Meanwhile, Siri, and Jack were also fighting, Rugger had to let Julie go ahead at the finish.

During the second race, Rugger took the lead. However, he was soon overtaken by Julie, and Siri. Tamar got into a fight with Moon. When she reached the first mark, Julie was in charge of the fleet. The group was still close together. On the way to Sloe, a chasing pair had formed behind Julie, Moon, and Siri. It seemed like a race, but Moon was the unlucky one who got too close to my windsetter and got the wrong wind settings. Unfortunately, he had to give up. Meanwhile, Tamar had taken on Rugger again.

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

Note: With the onset of DST in the United States, Canada, and most of Mexico last 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 following week will be:

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

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

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

Saturday 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: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: 120 (SEbE) 18kts

Wind: 165° (SbE) 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 Siri (Sirius Rosca) 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
Siri (Sirius Rosca),  Jack (Jacquimo Resident),  Tamarushka (Tamara Czervik), and  Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) all finished tied with 8 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	2	6
Jacquimo Resident	3	5
Tamara Czervik	3	5
ruggeromare Resident	4	4

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Sirius’s favor with having second place finish over Jack’s and Tamara’s third place, and Rugger’s fourth place finishes as their best.

As Jack and Tamara 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
Jacquimo Resident	5	3
Tamara Czervik	3	5

In the last race, Jack breaks the tie with Tamara with his third place finish over Tamar’s fifth place finish.

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Markis (Marcus Schechter) and Vicky (Vicky4698) 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
Marcus Schechter	6	8
Vicky4698	7	7

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

Bandit IF Regatta – Nov 12th 2022

From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Siri, Julie, Jack, Moon, Darb, Max, and Rugger. Committee boat: Daenerys, and Tamarushka. Dock: Cryptic, Caethes, and Sean.

Another beautiful Saturday afternoon in November was the backdrop for this weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta. We started with seven Bandit IFs. The fleet set out together for the first mark. There Julie took the lead, followed by Jack and they immediately cut a gap with the five pursuers. Max thought he had found a shortcut but got stuck under the land bridge at the island in the Genip region. On the way to the third mark, Julie and Jack kept the lead and were followed by Rugger, Siri and Moon. Julie also slowly distanced herself from Jack. However, the chasing three were not done with each other yet. Siri and Moon had launched the attack on Rugger and they would fight for third place.

In the second race, we started again with seven skippers. Jack had a really good start. Closely followed by Max, Julie, Rugger and Siri. En route to the first mark, Julie and Rugger separated from the fleet. This was to no avail, as Jack and Max were the first to round the mark. Followed by Julie, Siri, Rugger and Moon. On our way to the second mark we lost Darb and not much later Rugger fell too. So we were left with five skippers. By the third mark, Julie and Siri had caught up with Jack and Max. These four skippers seemed to be fighting for the win, but Moon followed in the wake of the foursome. In the Eden Auk region, Siri was the first to round the mark, but Jack was next to him and had to give Siri space. Max and Julie where behind them. Julie ran into trouble and dropped back to fifth. But she didn’t give up and gave up the chase, hoping for a good seat. Siri finished first, followed at a distance by Jack and Julie.

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: 180° (S) 18kts

Wind: 225° (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 Siri (Sirius Rosca), 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:
Siri (Sirius Rosca), Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), and Jack (Jacquimo Resident) all finished tied with 4 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	1	3
JulieRoyale Resident	1	3
Jacquimo Resident	2	2

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

As Siri and Julie 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
Sirius Rosca	3	1
JulieRoyale Resident	1	3

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

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Max (Max Starostin) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) finished tied with 11 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2
Max Starostin	6	5
Ruggeromare Resident	5	6

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

Bandit IF Regatta – July 2nd 2022

From the left (in Bandit IFs): Emileigh, Sirius, Darb & Kit, Fanny, Rugger, Zero, Dunia, and Julie. Committee boat: Daenerys. Dock: Cryptic, Caethes, and Red.

The first North Sea Bandit IF Regatta for July, 2022, was held on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. We started with eight Bandit IFs. One of the Bandit IFs had crew on board. The start of the first race went smoothly. Six boats in a row sailed across the starting line. Fanny and Julie took a small lead and arrived first at the first mark. The four other skippers, Rugger, Siri, Emi and Zero, were already slightly behind. They would be fighting for third place. Halfway through the race, Rugger took a small distance on his three fellow fighters, but in Sloe he was again overtaken by Siri and Zero.

The second race started from the Dragonfruit region. All eight boats together competed for first place. During the first leg we had a fleet consisting of two ranks. Rugger, Julie and Drab on the leeward side and Fanny, Zero, Siri, Dunia and Emi on the windward side. Rounding the first mark we had four boats that had a small lead. Rugger soon had to let go of the front runners Fanny, Julie and Zero. Siri and Emi followed Rugger at close range. Zero got into trouble and had to give up. But the venom was in the tail.

There was one DNF (Did Not Finish) and two DSQs (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.

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

Wind: 220° (SW) 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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Rugger (ruggeromare 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:
Fanny (FannyVermont Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the last course mark, the cyan blue buoy in the Raspberry region.

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Darb (Darb Tabak) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the last course mark, the cyan blue buoy in the Raspberry region.

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Zero (Sleet Zero) and Siri (Sirius Rosca) both finished tied with 9 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	3	6
Sirius Rosca	4	5

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

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Dunia (Dunia Moulliez) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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
Dunia Moulliez	3	7
Emi Starbrook	4	6

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

Bandit IF Regatta – Dec 18th 2021

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Emileigh, Juicy & Di Si, RedheadJo, Sirius, Jackson, Moonglownight, Ruggeromare Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka Dock: Lalia

The last¹ North Sea Bandit IF Regatta of 2021 took place on a beautiful December Saturday afternoon. Today, the races were held Eden Curlew. This time we had a fleet of seven Bandit IFs at the start. One Bandit IF had crew on board. The North Sea regions behaved well and there was not a cloud in the sky.

We sailed two races.  In the first race we started with compact fleet and sailed from Eden Curlew to Dragonfruit. In the second race we sailed to a small area of the fruit Islands.  Between the islands we lost three skippers.

We had three DNFs (Did Not Finish) and one DSQ (Disqualified) through all races and it was another successful and sporting day in The North Sea.

¹As is tradition in The North Sea, we will be going on a holiday break starting Monday, December 20th, 2021, through Saturday, January 1st, 2022. In the years past, we have held no races during the holiday weeks. This year, at the request of several skippers, we will be holding our Open Regatta on Wednesday, December 22nd, and Wednesday, December, 29th. All other North Sea races will be postponed for the holidays. Our full racing schedule will resume on January 3rd, 2022. From everyone at North Sea Racing, we wish you a safe and happy holiday season.

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

Wind: 225° (SW) 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 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.

Race Notes:
Rugger (Ruggeromare Resident) was disqualified during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the third course mark, the orange buoy in the Soncoya region.

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Rugger (ruggeromare Resident), Juicy (juice651 Resident), and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) all finished tied with 9 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	7
juice651 Resident	4	5
RedHeadJO Resident	4	5

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

As both Juicy and Red 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
juice651 Resident	5	4
RedHeadJO Resident	4	5

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

Bandit IF Regatta – Oct 30th 2021

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Angus, Brad, Moonglownight, Jackson, Sirius & Angelie, Rugger & Posh, JulieRoyale, Julia, Juicy Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

This weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta took place on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in October. Today, the races were again held Dragonfruit. This time we had a fleet of nine Bandit IF’s at the start. Two Bandit IF had crew on board. The North Sea regions behaved well and there was not a cloud in the sky. Two skippers gave up, because they where to far behind the fleet. One skipper did hit a crossing.

We would sailed two races. The first race started in Dragonfruit and finished in Eden Curlew. The second race would follow the same route back to Dragonfruit. In both races we started with compact fleets, making the races exciting.  In the first race the fleet did fall apart in couples of two or three boats. In the second race the fleet stayed together till the end.

We had three DNFs (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: 180° (S) 18kts

Wind: 225° (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 winner was Julie (JulieRoyale 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.

Race Notes:
Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Juicy (juice651 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
ruggeromare Resident	4	6
juice651 Resident	5	5

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

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Brad (Brad Zeurra) and Angus (Angus Finlayson) both finished tied with 16 points. As they both have the exact same finishes, finishing with an eight point finish during the first race and an eight point finish during the second race respectively, 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, Brad and Angus remain tied in eight place overall.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – Oct 2nd 2021

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Emileigh, Ruggeromare, Juicy, Julie, Jackson, Siri and Angelie Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka

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

Today we would sail two races. The first race started in Dragonfruit and finished in Eden Curlew. The second race would follow the same route back to Dragonfruit. In both races we had compact fleets, making the races exciting.

We had two DNFs (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: 180° (S) 18kts

Wind: 225° (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 winner was Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Siri (Sirius Rosca) second, and Juicy (juice651 Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
 

Bandit IF Regatta – Sept 11th 2021

From the left to the right: (in Bandit IFs): boats: Max & Wyndi, Moon, Jackson, Sirius & Angelie, Julie, Red & Evee, Juicy, Rugger Committee boat: Daenerys, Tamarushka Dock: Lalia

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

Today we would sail two races. The first race started in Dragonfruit and finished in Eden Curlew. The second race would follow the same route back to Dragonfruit. We used Lalia’s raceline, that’s in testing with a new networking feature, for the first time to host this type of competition, and it won’t be the last. In the first race, the fleet broke up after the first buoy. But there were still fights between different skippers. In the second race, the fleet stayed together until the end. This made the race even more exciting than the first race.

We had one DNF (Did Not Finish) and one DSQ (Disqualified) through all races and it was another successful and sporting day in The North Sea and Fruit Islands.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assist Race Director: Tamarushka

Wind: 180° (S) 18kts

Wind: 225° (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 winner was Julie (JulieRoyale Resident), with Red (RedHeadJO 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:
Jack (Jacquimo Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the fourth course mark, the yellow buoy in Eden Auk, completely.

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Red (RedHeadJO Resident) and Juicy (juice651 Resident) both finished tied with 8 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
RedHeadJO Resident	2	6
juice651 Resident	4	4

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

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Jack (Jacquimo Resident) and Siri (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
Jacquimo Resident	3	7
Sirius Rosca	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 third place finish over Siri’s fifth place finish as his best.