North Sea Open Regatta – March 15th 2023

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (TMS Star Class), Vicky (Bandit 22 LTE), Red (TMS Star Class), Sandra (Bandit 25R), Niem (Bandit 22 LTE), Aymalie (Quest 2m), Xiao (TMS Sea Boss – Rider), Rugger and Yanny (Bandit 22 LTE), Jenna (TMS Nacra 17), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Claire, Daenerys, Tyson, Tamarushka, and Asher.

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 mostly behaved as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. One DNF, occurring during the small boat portion, was due to a skipper deleting her boat after frustration from hitting the race dock right before the finish. The remaining two DNFs, occurring one a piece in each portion respectively, were from skippers crashing while crossing over region corners. 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, took in a thrilling display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Triple Pink course, was made up of a majority of five Bandit 22 LTEs. Two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, one Bandit 25R, one Quest 2m, 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 Extreme 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, one Isard Machichaco, and one TMS Ocean Beach rounded out this weeks big boat 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 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.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), Vicky and Tamarushka (TMS I-Mocca 60), Niem (Isard Machichaco), Xiao (TMS Ocean Beach), Aymalie (Isard Machichaco), Sandra (TMS Volvo Open 70), Sea (WildWind Open 60), and Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tyson, Red, and Daenerys.

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 Aymalie (Aymalie Resident), with Sea (filax Carter) second, and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Xiao (XiaoMarque01 Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the small boat portion for sailing an incorrect course, missing the first course mark, the pink buoy in the Sloe region.

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Xiao (XiaoMarque01 Resident), Rugger (ruggeromare Resident), and Vicky (Vicky4698 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
XiaoMarque01 Resident	2	9
ruggeromare Resident	3	8
Vicky4698 Resident	5	6

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

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Sandra (WWWAAAA Resident) and Niem (NiemDarr Resident) 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
WWWAAAA Resident	7	9
NiemDarr Resident	8	8

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

Cat Fight – November 18th 2022

From the left (in boats): Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), ViV (TMS Flying Shadow), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Palani (TMS Nacra 17).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Toni, Aurelia, Red, Vicky, Christi, and Caethes.

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, The North Sea regions were mostly well behaved as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF, recorded during the second race, was due to a skipper crashing while crossing over region corners. The remaining DNF, also recorded during the second race, was from a skipper’s viewer crashing to her desktop while in the middle of a region. 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, relished the fresh fleet-foiled feline fire on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and the North Sea Extreme course, was made up of a majority of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, six sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively. One TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. One Flying Shadow skipper opted to switch to his Nacra 17 for the second race.

Race Director: Cryptic
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 Sin (Sinarielle Resident) second, and Daenerys (blondij 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 Max (Max Starostin) 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
blondij Resident	1	7
Max Starostin	3	5

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

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ViV (vivipezz Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) 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
vivipezz Resident	2	7
moonglownight Resident	4	5

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

Cat Fight – July 1st 2022

From the left (in TMS Flying Shadows): Daenerys, Emileigh, Max, Sirius, and Moon
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher, and Caethes.

Great sim sailing weather, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first Cat Fight in The North Sea for July, 2022. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots coming out of the southwest, rising to 21 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were on their best behavior 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 on the small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, delighted in the energetic fleet-foiled feline fury on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Copacabana Reverse and North Sea Extreme courses, was made up of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows for the first race. One skipper opted for their TMS Nacra 17, and another for their WildWind AC-62 to round out the fleet 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:
Sirius(Sirius Rosca) and Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) 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
Sirius Rosca	3	5
Emileigh Starbrook	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 a third place finish over Emileigh’s fourth place finish as her best.
 

Cat Fight – May 13th 2022

From the left (in boats): Erin (TMS Nacra 17), Moon (TMS Nacra 17), Julie (WildWind AC-62), Max (WildWind AC-62), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), and Sea (WildWind AC-45).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Caethes, Emiliano, Emi, Lilita, Rossa, and Josy. On the pier: Zero, Marius, and Paula.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were generally well behaved with two DNFs (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. The first DNF happened during the first race, when a skipper crashed while crossing over region corners. The second DNF, occurring during the second race, was due to a skipper pulling his boat after his WildWind lost WWC wind. The crowds that gathered along the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus, and Genip regions, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on the frenetic fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Triple Pink and North Sea Extreme courses, was made up of a split majority of two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Nacra 17s, and two WildWind AC-62s. One TMS Flying Shadow, and one WildWind AC-45 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: Emileigh

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 Erin (clairehunt Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Moon (moonglownight Resident), Erin (clairehunt Resident), and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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
clairehunt Resident	3	4
Sirius Rosca	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 Erin’s and Sirius’s third place finishes as their best.

As Erin and Sirius 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
clairehunt Resident	4	3
Sirius Rosca	3	4

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

Cat Fight – Mar 25th 2022

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Diana (WildWind AC-45), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), and Juicy (TMS Nacra 17).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Max, and Caethes. On the pier: Julia.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea and Fruit Islands regions were well behaved with one DNF (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. The lone DNF was due to a skipper crashing while crossing over region corners. The crowds that gathered on the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus, and Genip regions, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in the feverish fleet-foiled feline fray 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 three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows. One TMS Nacra 17, and one WildWind AC-45 rounded out the fleet for the first race. One Flying Shadow skipper took on crew 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 Julie (JulieRoyale Resident) second, and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Diana (Dianafra Allen) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for sailing an incorrect course, missing the last two course marks, the white buoy in the Eden Jakana region, and the blue buoy in the Sapote region.

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Daenerys (blondij 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
blondij Resident	2	1
JulieRoyale Resident	1	2

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

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Diana (Dianafra Allen) and Juicy (juice651 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
Dianafra Allen	5	4
JulieRoyale Resident	4	5

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

Cat Fight – Jan 21st 2022

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Red (TMS Flying Shadow), Julia (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Nacra 17), and Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Jackson, Randy, Emileigh, Asher, Duckling, Boncocas, and Caethes.

Calm to choppy 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 on their best behavior until a storm rolled in as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) occurred in the second race. Both DNFs were due to skippers disconnecting in the middle of the same region. The crowds that gathered along the shores of the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in the frenetic fleet-foiled feline furor on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Triple Pink and North Sea Extreme courses, was made up of a majority of three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, two sailing crewed and one sailing single-handed respectively. One TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Emileigh

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 Jenna (jnx1e 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) both 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
blondij Resident	1	3
moonglownight Resident	2	2

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

North Sea Open Regatta – Dec 29th 2021

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Cate and Anthony (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy and Di (Bandit 22 LTE), Lilita (Bandit 22 LTE), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), Red (Bandit IF), Jackson (Bandit IF), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Farryn, Tamarushka, Nino, Erik, Caethes. On the pier: Asher.

The last North Sea Open Regatta¹ for 2021 featured a great fleet turnout with nice sim sailing weather. The North Sea regions were on their best New Year’s behavior as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF, occurring during the small boat portion, was due to a skipper’s router causing her to crash. After she reset her router, she was able to continue racing in the big boat portion. The second DNF, occurring during the big boat portion, was due to skipper crashing while crossing across region corners. The crowds that gathered along the beaches on the islands in the Ziziphus and Genip regions, as well as on the small race dock and Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in a spirited display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Manta course, was made up of a majority of seven Bandit 22 LTEs. Four Bandit IFs, three sailing single-handed and one sailing crewed respectively, rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Extreme course, was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) I-Mocca 60s. One WildWind Open 60, one WildWind RC-44r, one TMS Pacha 110, one Bandit 50/3, and one Bandit 55 rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

¹As is tradition in The North Sea, we are in the second week of our holiday break that started on Monday, December 20th, 2021, and continues through Saturday, January 1st, 2022. In the years past, we’ve held no races during the holiday weeks. This year, at the request of several skippers, we held our Open Regatta last week and today. All other North Sea races are 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.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), Anthony and Cate (TMS Pacha 110), Capitano (Bandit 50/3), Max and Wyndi (WildWind Open 60), Red (TMS I-Mocca 60), Juicy and Di (TMS I-Mocca 60), Moon (TMS I-Mocca 60), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), Sirius (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Rugger (Bandit 55).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Daenerys, Farryn, Jackson, Lilita, Caethes. On the pier: Asher.

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 Rugger (ruggeromare Resident), with Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) second, and Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) 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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Capitano (michael13navarro Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the big boat portion for sailing without race director assigned race wind.

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Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) and Moon (moonglownight 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
Nicole Myhre	3	5
moonglownight Resident	4	4

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

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Capitano (michael13navarro Resident) and Lilita (lilita Cifuentes) both finished tied with 21 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
michael13navarro Resident	9	12
lilita Cifuentes	10	11

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

Cat Fight – Oct 29th 2021

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Alexander (TMS Nacra 17), Sea (WildWind AC-45), Juicy (TMS Nacra 17), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow), and Moon (TMS Nacra 17).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Caethes.

Calm to slightly choppy seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were well behaved for everyone, with no DNFs (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. However, one Fruit Islands region was slightly stormy, causing some lag issues for a skipper deep into the second race. The crowds that gathered along the shores of the islands in the Genip, and Ziziphus regions, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on the frenzied fleet-foiled feline fever on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Triple Pink and North Sea Extreme courses, was made up of a majority of four The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows. One TMS Nacra 17, and one WildWind AC-45 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

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 Daenerys (blondij Resident) second, and ViV (vivipezz 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 ViV (vivipezz 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
blondij Resident	1	4
vivipezz Resident	2	3

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

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Sea (filax Carter) and Aymalie (Aymalie 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	4	6
Aymalie 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 fourth place finish over Aymalie’s fifth place finish as her best.
 

Cat Fight – Sept 24th 2021

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Meli and Alina (TMS Flying Shadow), Emileigh (TMS Flying Shadow), Sirius (TME Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), Juicy (TMS Nacra 17), Jenna and Amber (TMS Flying Shadow), and Koichi (TMS Nacra 17).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Caethes. On the pier: Dede, and Broncocas.

Mostly 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 two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on they day. The first DNF occurred during the first race, as a skipper crashed while crossing across region corners. The remaining DNF occurred during the second race due to a skipper pulling her boat after running aground on an island. The crowds that gathered at the lighthouses on the islands in the Genip, and Ziziphus regions, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on the furious fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline Reverse and North Sea Extreme courses, was made up of a majority of seven The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and three sailing crewed respectively. Two TMS Nacra 17s rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

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 Jenna (jnx1e 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:
Jenna (jnx1e Resident), Moon (moonglownight Resident), and Daenerys (blondij Resident) all 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	2	4
moonglownight Resident	2	4
blondij Resident	3	3

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Jenna’s and Moon’s favor with having second place finishes over Daenerys’s third place finish as her best.

As Jenna and Moon 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
jnx1e Resident	4	2
moonglownight Resident	2	4

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

Cat Fight – Aug 27th 2021

From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Juicy (TMS Nacra 17), Astrid (TMS Nacra 17), Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow), Sea (WildWind AC-45), and Jenna (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic: On the dock: Caethes, and Milla. On the pier: Julie.

Wonderful sim sailing weather, and a nice fleet turnout highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. The North Sea regions were calm and well behaved for everyone as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) or crashes were seen on the day. The crowds that gathered along the shores of the islands in the Genip, and Ziziphus regions, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in the frantic fleet-foiled feline furor on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Torpedo¹ and North Sea Extreme courses, was made up of a majority of three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, two sailing crewed and one sailing single-handed respectively. Two TMS Nacra 17s, and one WildWind AC-45 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

¹North Sea Torpedo is an updated version of the old North Sea Skate course, created by Cryptic.

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 Jenna (jnx1e Resident), with Daenerys (blondij Resident) second, and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.