
From the left (in boats): Emileigh (Bandit IF), Sevenia (Bandit 22 LTE), Ester and Yola (Bandit 22 LTE), Rugger (Bandit 22 LTE), Markis (Bandit 22 LTE), Sirius (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit IF), Max and Wyndi (Bandit IF), Sea (Bandit IF), Jackson (Bandit IF), and Zimtzicke (Bandit 22 LTE).
On the race committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Benna, and Wendy.
Calm seas, with a great fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The North Sea regions were generally well behaved as five DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. Two DNFs, from the same skipper in both races, were due to her deleting her boat after being fouled even though the opposing skipper completed penalty turns. Another DNF, occurring during the second race, was also from a skipper deleting her boat after she realized her navigation HUD was not functioning. The remaining two DNFs, also occurring during the second race, were from skippers crashing while crossing over region corners. 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, reveled in an energetic display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on North Sea Olympic Course (Short) and a two lap affair on the North Sea Short Loop course, was made up of a majority of six Bandit 22 LTEs. Five Bandit IFs, four sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively, rounded out this weeks Bandit fleet in the first race. The second race saw two Bandit IF skippers switch to Bandit 22 LTEs.
Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys, and Asher
Wind: SW (225°) 8kts
Wind: SW (225°) 11kts
Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1
Today’s winner was Sea (filax Carter), with Moon (moonglownight 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:
Sea (filax Carter) and Moon (moonglownight Resident) both finished tied with 5 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:
“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“
Skipper | Best Finish | Next Best Finish |
filax Carter | 1 | 4 |
moonglownight Resident | 2 | 3 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Sea’s favor with having a first place finish over Moon’s second place finish as his best.
Sirius (Sirius Rosca) and Markis (Marcus Schechter) 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 |
Sirius Rosca | 3 | 7 |
Marcus Schechter | 4 | 6 |
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 Markis’s fourth place finish as his best.