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North Sea Open Regatta – May 10th 2023

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Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Sevenia (Bandit 22 LTE), Ester and Paula (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (TMS Star Class), Markis (Bandit 22 LTE), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Xiao (TMS Sea Boss - Rider), Lalia (TMS Nacra 17), Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), and Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE) On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Farryn, Red, Bozz, and Kael. On the pier: Massimo, and Rosalynd.

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Sevenia (Bandit 22 LTE), Ester and Paula (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (TMS Star Class), Markis (Bandit 22 LTE), Diana (Bandit 22 LTE), Xiao (TMS Sea Boss – Rider), Lalia (TMS Nacra 17), Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), and Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE)
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Farryn, Red, Bozz, and Kael. On the pier: Massimo, and Rosalynd.

Mostly calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were generally well behaved as four DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Three DNFs, two in the small boat portion and one in the big boat portion, were from skippers crashing while crossing over regions corners. The remaining DNF, occurring during the big boat portion, was from a skipper having connection issues. The crowds that assembled on the lighthouse observation deck on the island in the Ziziphus region, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, relished a peppy display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing a three lap affair on the North Sea Short Loop course, was made up of a majority of seven Bandit 22 LTEs. Two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, one sailing crewed and one single-handed respectively, one TMS Nacra 17, one TMS Sea Boss – Rider, and one Trudeau HepCat rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was made up of a split majority of three WildWind Open 60s, and three TMS I-Mocca 60s. One ACA 33, one WildWind RC-44r, one TMS Cafe del Mar 75, one Trudeau Francois Jacques, and one TMS Ocean Beach rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), Diana (TMS Cafe del Mar 75), Ester and Paula (TMS I-Mocca 60), Max and Wyndi (WIldWInd Open 60), Moon and Aquarius (WildWind Opn 60), Xiao (TMS Ocean Beach), Emilio (WildWind Open 60), Sea (TMS I-Mocca 60), Lalia (Isard Machichaco), ViV (Trudeau Francois Jacques), Markis (TMS I-Mocca 60), and A R A and Mitti (ACA33). On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Farryn, Sevenia, Vicky, Red, and Kael.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), Diana (TMS Cafe del Mar 75), Ester and Paula (TMS I-Mocca 60), Max and Wyndi (WIldWInd Open 60), Moon and Aquarius (WildWind Opn 60), Xiao (TMS Ocean Beach), Emilio (WildWind Open 60), Sea (TMS I-Mocca 60), Lalia (Isard Machichaco), ViV (Trudeau Francois Jacques), Markis (TMS I-Mocca 60), and A R A and Mitti (ACA33).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, Farryn, Sevenia, Vicky, Red, and Kael.

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 Moon (moonglownight Resident), with ViV (vivipezz Resident) second, and Ester (citacg Resident) 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:
Sea (filax Carter) and Emilio (emiliopc7 Resident) both 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
filax Carter 3 8
emiliopc7 Resident 4 7

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 Emilio’s fourth place finish as his best.

A R A (SirAramis Resident) and Markis (Marcus Schechter) both finished tied with 15 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
SirAramis Resident 2 13
Marcus Schechter 6 9

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

Bandit Regatta – May 8th 2023

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From the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit IF), Xiao (Bandit IF), Sevenia (Bandit 22 LTE), Ester and Yola (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius and Minchen (Bandit IF), Red (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit IF), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE). On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Daenerys, Davi, and Dark.

From the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit IF), Xiao (Bandit IF), Sevenia (Bandit 22 LTE), Ester and Yola (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius and Minchen (Bandit IF), Red (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit IF), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tamarushka, Daenerys, Davi, and Dark.

Calm seas, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were mostly well behaved as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Two DNFs came from skippers crashing while crossing over region corners during the second race. The remaining DNF came from a skipper crashing after a rough crossing, also during the second race. The crowds that gathered on the lighthouse observation deck on the island in the Ziziphus region, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on an exciting display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and the North Sea Half Mane course, was made up of an even split of six Bandit 22 LTEs, and six Bandit IFs, four sailing single-handed and two crewed respectively. One IF skipper switched to her 22 for the second race.

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 Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre), with Rugger (ruggeromare 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:
Ester (citacg Resident) and Sevenia (Seven Orbit) 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
citacg Resident 6 10
Seven Orbit 7 9

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

Cat Fight – May 5th 2023

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From the left (in TMS Flying Shadows): Vicky, Max, Xiao, Daenerys, Moon, Sirius, Flare and Bogey, and Palani. On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Sevenia, and Caethes. On the pier: Marius, and Wendy.

From the left (in TMS Flying Shadows): Vicky, Max, Xiao, Daenerys, Moon, Sirius, Flare and Bogey, and Palani.
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Sevenia, and Caethes. On the pier: Marius, and Wendy.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first Cat Fight in The North Sea for May, 2023. With a moderate breeze of 15 knots out of the southwest, rising to a fresh breeze of 18 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were mostly well behaved with two DNFs (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. The first DNF, occurring during the second race, came when a skipper pulled her boat after issues with her gestures. The later DNF, also occurring during the second race, came after a skipper crashed while crossing over region corners. The crowds that gathered on the lighthouse observation deck on the island in the Ziziphus region, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, thrilled in the fit of fleet-foiled feline fun on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Trapezoid course and North Sea Olympic Course (Long), consisted of eight The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, seven sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 15kts

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 Moon (moonglownight Resident), with Sirius (Sirius Rosca) 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:
Max (Max Starostin) and Palani (Palani Allen) 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
Max Starostin 1 7
Palani Allen 3 5

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

Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Vicky (Vicky4698 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
blondij Resident 3 7
Vicky4698 Resident 4 6

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

Flare (Flare Doge) and Xiao (XiaoMarque01 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
Flare Doge 5 8
XiaoMarque01 Resident 6 7

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

North Sea Open Regatta – May 3rd 2023

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Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (Quest M-24), Markis (Bandit 22 LTE), Jackson (Bandit IF), Red (Bandit IF), Sirius and Minchen (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class), Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), and Moon (Bandit 22 LTE). On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Farryn, Kael, Daenerys, and Lalia. On the pier: Aspen, and Marius.

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (Quest M-24), Markis (Bandit 22 LTE), Jackson (Bandit IF), Red (Bandit IF), Sirius and Minchen (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class), Emilio (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), and Moon (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Farryn, Kael, Daenerys, and Lalia. On the pier: Aspen, and Marius.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the first North Sea Open Regatta for May, 2023. 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 portion, was from a skipper pulling her boat right after the start due to her internet connection failing. The later DNF, occurring during the big boat portion, was also from a skipper pulling his boat, this time from frustration on the course. 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, took in a thrilling display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was made up of a majority of six Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two sailing single-handed and one crewed, two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Star Class, one sailing crewed and one single-handed, and one Quest M-24 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 five TMS I-Mocca 60s. Two WildWind Open 60s, two Trudeau 12 Metres, one TMS Cafe del Mar 75, and one Isard Machichaco rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): ViV (Trudeau 12 Metre), Emileigh (Trudeau 12 Metre), Max and Wyndi (WildWind Open 60), Emilio (WildWind Open 60), Sirius and Minchen (TMS I-Mocca 60), Diana (TMS Cafe del Mar 75), Markis (TMS I-Mocca 60), Lalia (Isard Machichaco), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), Moon (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Sea (TMS I-Mocca 60). On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, Vicky, Sevenia, Farryn, Kael, Jackson, and Daenerys. On the pier: Aspen, Jess, Marius, BlackSpark, and YaNyRa.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): ViV (Trudeau 12 Metre), Emileigh (Trudeau 12 Metre), Max and Wyndi (WildWind Open 60), Emilio (WildWind Open 60), Sirius and Minchen (TMS I-Mocca 60), Diana (TMS Cafe del Mar 75), Markis (TMS I-Mocca 60), Lalia (Isard Machichaco), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), Moon (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Sea (TMS I-Mocca 60).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, Vicky, Sevenia, Farryn, Kael, Jackson, and Daenerys. On the pier: Aspen, Jess, Marius, BlackSpark, and YaNyRa.

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 Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), with Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) second, and ViV (vivipezz Resident) 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:
Diana (Dianafra Allen), Moon (moonglownight Resident), and Sirius (Sirius Rosca) all finished tied with 15 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
Dianafra Allen 4 11
moonglownight Resident 4 11
Sirius Rosca 7 8

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Diana’s and Moon’s favor with having fourth place finishes over Sirius’s seventh place finish as his best.

As Diana 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
Dianafra Allen 11 4
moonglownight Resident 4 11

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

Lalia (LaliaCasau Resident) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) both finished tied with 19 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
LaliaCasau Resident 6 13
Maximiliano Szondi 9 10

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

Bandit IF Regatta – April 15th 2023

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

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

Another beautiful Saturday in April was the scene for this weeks North Sea Bandit IF Regatta. We had seven Bandit IFs at the start. At the start of the first race, Vicky took the lead, closely followed by Julie and Moon. By the first mark, Moon had taken over the lead and Julie, Vicky and Siri followed close behind, battling for second place. The battle for second put Jack back and took fourth from Vicky. Red had technical problems and had to give up.

In the second race, Vicky was at the starting line way too early. This created chaos. Two other skippers fell victim to this. Moon missed this dance and immediately took the lead. Jack, Siri and Julie followed at a distance. These were in fierce competition for second place. On the way to the Soncoya region, Julie had distanced herself from Siri and Jack. These would battle for third place and this battle would be decided at the finish.

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.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: 165° (SbE) 18kts

Wind: 160° (SSE) 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 Siri (Sirius Rosca) in third place.

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

Race Notes:

Markis (Marcus Schechter) and Vicky (Vicky4698 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
Marcus Schechter 6 5
Vicky4698 Resident 5 6

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

North Sea Open Regatta – March 29th 2023

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Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Markis (Bandit IF), Sandra (Bandit 25R), Lampoon (Bandit 22 LTE), Ellion (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy (Bandit 22 LTE), Aymalie (Quest 2m), Sirius and Minchen (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), and ViV (Quest M-24). On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tyson, Daenerys, and Claire.

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Markis (Bandit IF), Sandra (Bandit 25R), Lampoon (Bandit 22 LTE), Ellion (Bandit 22 LTE), Juicy (Bandit 22 LTE), Aymalie (Quest 2m), Sirius and Minchen (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE), and ViV (Quest M-24).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Tyson, Daenerys, and Claire.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were well behaved as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. 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, relished a spirited display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing a three lap affair on the North Sea Short Loop course, was made up of a majority of six Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two sailing crewed and one single-handed respectively, one Bandit 25R, one Quest M-24, and one Quest 2m rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was made up of a majority of three The Mesh Shop (TMS) I-Mocca 60s. One TMS Volvo Open 70, one Quest IACC1, one Trudeau 12 Metre, and one WildWind SC-40 rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

1As of the publication of these results, the handicap value for the Quest IACC is now 0.93, down from 0.94. Please see North Sea Handicap Table for the rest of our handicaps and the link to the Google Sheet used to calculate them.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (Trudeau 12 Metre), Sandra (TMS Volvo Open 70), ViV (Quest IACC), Markis (TMS I-Mocca 60), Aymalie (WildWind SC-40), Sea (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60). On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Claire, Vicky, Red, Danerys, Tyson, Sirius, Minchen, and Juicy.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (Trudeau 12 Metre), Sandra (TMS Volvo Open 70), ViV (Quest IACC), Markis (TMS I-Mocca 60), Aymalie (WildWind SC-40), Sea (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Claire, Vicky, Red, Danerys, Tyson, Sirius, Minchen, and Juicy.

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 Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook), with ViV (vivipezz Resident) second, and Zimzticke (Nicole Myhre) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Sea (filax Carter) and Aymalie (Aymalie 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
filax Carter 2 6
Aymalie Resident 3 6

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

Markis (Marcus Schechter) and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) both finished tied with 19 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 7 12
Maximiliano Szondi 8 11

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

Bandit Regatta – Mar 27th 2023

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From the left (in boats): ViV (Bandit IF), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Markis (Bandit 22 LTE), Sandra (Bandit 25R), Sirius and Minchen (Bandit IF), Red (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Rugger and Yanny (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE). On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, and Suna.

From the left (in boats): ViV (Bandit IF), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Markis (Bandit 22 LTE), Sandra (Bandit 25R), Sirius and Minchen (Bandit IF), Red (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Rugger and Yanny (Bandit 22 LTE), Sea (Bandit 22 LTE), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Daenerys, and Suna.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. With a fresh breeze of 18 knots out of the southwest, The North Sea regions were mostly calm as one DNF (Did Not Finish) was recorded on the day. The lone DNF happened right after the start of the first race, when a skipper pulled his boat on the course side of the start line. The crowds that assembled along the beaches on the island in the Ziziphus region, as well as on the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, cheered on an exciting display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and the North Sea Trapezoid course, was made up of a majority of six Bandit 22 LTEs1. Four Bandit IFs, two sailing single-handed and two crewed respectively, and one Bandit 25R rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet.

1As of the publication of these results, the handicap value for the Bandit 22 LTE has been adjust to 0.79, up from 0.78. Please see North Sea Handicap Table for the rest of our handicaps and a link to the Google Sheet used to calculate them.

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 Sirius (Sirius Rosca), with Zimtzicke (Nicole Myhre) second, and Moon (moonglownight Resident) 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 race duties.

Race Notes:
Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) and Red (RedHeadJO Resident) finished tied with 16 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
Emileigh Starbrook 9 7
RedHeadJO Resident 7 9

In the last race, Emileigh breaks the tie with Red with her seventh place finish over Red’s ninth place finish.
 

Cat Fight – March 24th 2023

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From the left (in boats): Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Palani (TMS Nacra 17), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), and Xiao (TMS Flying Shadow). On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Natacha, Aaliyah, Dejah, Sasha, and Caethes.

From the left (in boats): Sin and Cloe (TMS Flying Shadow), Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Palani (TMS Nacra 17), Sea (TMS Flying Shadow), and Xiao (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Natacha, Aaliyah, Dejah, Sasha, and Caethes.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. 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 of the island in the Ziziphus region, and along the Poseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, thrilled in the frantic fleet-foiled feline fun on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline course and North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, three sailing single-handed and two crewed1 respectively. One TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet.

1As of the publishing of these results, the handicap for the crewed (TMS) Flying Shadow is now 1.38, up from 1.36. Please see North Sea Handicap Table for our handicaps and a link to the Google Sheet used to calculate them.

Second Note:: With the onset of DST in the United States, Canada, and most of Mexico, SL time (PDT) is now one hour ahead. However, Europe will not be entering EU Summer Time until this 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 remainder of this wekk will be:

Saturday 25th:
North Sea Bandit IF Regatta: 2 PM SL time (21:00 GMT/22:00 CET)

Beginning with this upcoming 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: 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 Sin (Sinarielle Resident), with Max (Max Starostin) 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:
Sin (Sinarielle Resident) and Max (Max Starostin) 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
Sinarielle Resident 1 3
Max Starostin 2 2

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

North Sea Open Regatta – March 22nd 2023

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Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Vicky (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Markis (Bandit 22 LTE), Cate and Anthony (Bandit 22 LTE), Sandra (Bandit 25R), ViV (Quest M-24), Rugger and Yanny (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class), Jenna (TMS Nacra 17), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE). On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, Tamarushka, Daenerys, Julie, and Caethes. On the pier: Nikola, and Tina.

Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Vicky (Bandit 22 LTE), Emileigh (Bandit 22 LTE), Markis (Bandit 22 LTE), Cate and Anthony (Bandit 22 LTE), Sandra (Bandit 25R), ViV (Quest M-24), Rugger and Yanny (Bandit 22 LTE), Max and Wyndi (TMS Star Class), Jenna (TMS Nacra 17), Moon (Bandit 22 LTE), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, Tamarushka, Daenerys, Julie, and Caethes. On the pier: Nikola, and Tina.

Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. The North Sea regions were generally well behaved as three DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. One DNF, recorded during the small boat portion, was from a skipper having computer issues causing a reboot in the middle of the race. The remaining two DNFs, also recorded during the small boat portion, were from skippers crashing while crossing over region corners. 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, delighted in an entertaining display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.

This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was made up of a majority of seven Bandit 22 LTEs. One Bandit 25R, one Quest M-24, one The Mesh Shop (TMS) Nacra 17, and one crewed TMS Star Class rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Butterfly course, was made up of a majority of five TMS I-Mocca 60s. One TMS One Design 65, one TMS Volvo Open 70, and one WildWind RC-44r rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.

Note: As of the publication of these results, the handicap value for the Quest M-24 has been adjusted to 0.93, up from 0.92. Please see North Sea Handicap Table for our handicaps and the Google Sheet used to make those calculations.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), Anthony and Cate (TMS I-Mocca 60), Vicky and Tamarushka (TMS I-Mocca 60), Sandra (TMS Volvo Open 70), Sea (TMS I-Mocca 60), Markis (TMS I-Mocca 60), Jenna (TMS One Design 65), and ViV (TMS I-Mocca 60). On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Zimtzicke, Danerys, Julia, and Caethes. On the pier: Tina.

Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (WildWind RC-44r), Anthony and Cate (TMS I-Mocca 60), Vicky and Tamarushka (TMS I-Mocca 60), Sandra (TMS Volvo Open 70), Sea (TMS I-Mocca 60), Markis (TMS I-Mocca 60), Jenna (TMS One Design 65), and ViV (TMS I-Mocca 60).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Zimtzicke, Danerys, Julia, and Caethes. On the pier: Tina.

Second Note:: With the onset of DST in the United States, Canada, and most of Mexico, SL time (PDT) 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 remainder of this week will be:

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

Saturday 25th:
North Sea Bandit IF Races: 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: 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 ViV (vivipezz Resident), with Jenna (jnx1e 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:
Cate (Cate Sewell) and Anthony (AnthonyKingston Resident) registered as a team prior to the start of the race, therefore their points are accredited together.

Sandra (Sandra Nebula) was disqualified during the big boat portion for sailing an incorrect course, missing the first course mark, the blue buoy in the Sapote Region.

Anthony Kingston (anthonykingston Resident) was disqualified during the big boat portion for sailing an incorrect course, missing the fourth course mark, sailing south of the the blue buoy in the Sapote Region instead of north of it.

Markis (Marcus Schechter) and Cate & Anthony (Cate Sewell & Anthony) 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
Cate Sewell/Anthony 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 Cate & Anthony’s seventh place finish as their best.
 

Cat Fight – February 17th 2023

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From the left (in boats):Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Vicky (TMS Nacra 17), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow). On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher, Kalley, Red, Rayz, Catherine, and Caethes. On the pier: Arwen, Reylenne, Marius.

From the left (in boats):Daenerys (TMS Flying Shadow), Vicky (TMS Nacra 17), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), Julie (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (TMS Flying Shadow), and Sirius (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher, Kalley, Red, Rayz, Catherine, and Caethes. On the pier: Arwen, Reylenne, Marius.

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, blowing from of the northwest during the second race, The North Sea regions were mostly calm as two DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The first DNF, occurring during the first race, was attributed to a skipper’s connection dying on him during the first leg of the race. The second DNF, occurring during the second race, was from a skipper pulling her boat after hitting region corners, while trying to avoid another skipper who had right of way. 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 the energetic fleet-foiled feline fever on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Long) and the North Sea Cat Fight 01 course, was made up of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows. One TMS Nacra 17 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. For the second race, two skippers opted to switch to Nacra 17s from Flying Shadows.

Race Director: Cryptic

Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Wind: NW (315°) 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 Max (Max Starostin) 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:
Palani (Palani Allen) was disqualified (DSQ) during the second race for sailing an incorrect course, not passing through the fifth course mark, the gate in the Sloe region, instead rounding the northwestern gate pin from the outside in.

Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both 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
blondij Resident 2 5
moonglownight Resident 3 4

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