From the left to the right (in Bandit IFs): Rugger, Zero, Julie, Sirius, Moon, and Max. Committee boat: Daenerys. Dock: Tamarushka, and Cryptic.
A beautiful Saturday afternoon in August saw the last North Sea Bandit IF Regatta for August, 2022. We started with six Bandit IFs.
At the start of the first race, we had a strange duck in the fleet. It was not Donald duck but a Bandit 25. The skipper knew he was not allowed to participate. The Bandit IF fleet set out for the first route. This was a puzzle1 route. Heading into the first mark, Julie and Moon took the lead and were followed by Max, Siri and Zero. Rugger lagged behind. This is how the order remained until the last leg. Here, Moon started the sprint but he still had to let Julie go ahead on the line.
The second race was a newly created course and the same as the first route, but in reverse. On the way to the first mark, the fleet split up. Julie and Zero turned west. While the men, Rugger, Moon, Max and Siri continued to sail south. Moon returned first, followed by Julie and Zero. During the race, Moon would slowly run out. Julie and Zero would battle for second place. Siri and Max followed this battle from a distance.
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.
1A puzzle route is a course were skippers are given a map of numbered buoys in the race notice. During the skippers meeting for the race, the skippers are then given a sequence of numbers that represent the order and form of the course to be sailed.
Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Directors: Tarmarushka, and Cryptic
Wind: 225° (SW) 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 Moon (Moonglownight Resident), with Julie (JulieRoyale 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:
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 Julie with his first place finish over Julies second place finish.
Zero (Sleet Zero) 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 |
| Sleet Zero | 4 | 3 |
| Sirius Rosca | 3 | 4 |
In the last race, Zero breaks the tie with Sirius with her third place finish over Sirius’ fourth place finish.
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