The results for today’s North Sea Open Regatta have been posted Congrats to the winners. and thanks to the SLCG for helping with race duties.
Small boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (Isard Mini Transat), Juicy (Bandit IF), Katey (Bandit 22 LTE), Mary (Shields Class), Rugger & Chaos (Bandit IF), Cole (Bandit IF), Di Si (Bandit 22 LTE), Kael (Isard Mini Transat), Jamie (Bandit 22 LTE), Aoife (Isard Mini Transat), Bea (Bandit 22 LTE), Kristaly (Isard Snipe), and Zimtzicke (Isard Mini Transat).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, Daenerys, Zoe, Rossy, Josie, Caethes.
Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted the last North Sea Open Regatta for July, 2024. The North Sea regions were well behaved with one DNF (Did Not Finish) recorded on the day. The lone DNF came during the small boat portion as a skipper deleted her boat after getting lost and wandering five regions off the course. 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, savored a great display of fleet racing from this weeks skippers.
This weeks small boat fleet, sailing on the North Sea Bowline Reverse course, was made up of a split majority of four Isard Mini Transats and four Bandit 22 LTEs. Three Bandit IFs, two sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively, one Isard Snipe, and one Shields Class rounded out this weeks small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, sailing a two lap affair on the North Sea Long Loop course, was made up of a majority of three The Mesh Shop (TMS) I-Mocca 60s, two sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively. Two Trudeau 12 Metres, two TMS Ushuaias, one ACA33, one Isard Machcichaco, and one WildWind SC-40 rounded out this weeks big boat fleet.
Big boat fleet, from the left (in boats): Emileigh (Trudeau 12 Metre), Jamie (Trudeau 12 Metre), Juicy & Di Si (TMS I-Mocca 60), Chaos & Rugger (TMS Ushuaia), Kael (TMS I-Mocca 60), Aoife (Isard Machichaco), Kristaly (WildWind SC-40), Cole (TMS Ushuaia), Zimtzicke (TMS I-Mocca 60), and Mary (ACA33).
On the Race Committee Boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Red, Daenerys, Leela, Rossy, Josie, Zoe, and Caethes.
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 Kristaly (kristaly Resident), with Kael (Kael Decosta) second, and Cole (ColeBatriani 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:
Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) and Chaos (OnechanbaraChaos Resident) registered as a team prior to the start of the race, therefore their points are accredited together.
Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) was disqualified (DSQ) during the big boat portion for sailing an incorrect course, sailing north of the first mark, the green buoy in the Ziziphus region, on the second lap, instead of south as indicated for the course.
Emileigh, in her Trudeau 12 Metre, sailing north of, instead of south of the green buoy in the Ziziphus region, on her second lap of the North Sea Long Loop course, during the big boat portion of the North Sea Open Regatta, on Wednesday, July 31st, 2024.
Aoife (Aoife Treeflame), Jamie (JamieGawith Resident), and Mary (Marousca 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 |
| Aoife Treeflame | 1 | 10 |
| JamieGawith Resident | 3 | 8 |
| Marousca Resident | 4 | 7 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Aoife’s favor with having a first place finish over Jamie’s third, and Mary’s fourth place finishes as their best.
Katey (KateyBeach Resident) and Juicy (juice651 Resident) both finished tied with 17 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 |
| KateyBeach Resident | 6 | 11 |
| juice651 Resident | 8 | 9 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Katey’s favor with having a sixth place finish over Juicy’s eighth place finish as his best.
Emileigh (Emileigh Starbrook) and Di Si (Diamant Siamendes) both finished tied with 22 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 |
| Emileigh Starbrook | 10 | 12 |
| Diamant Siamendes | 11 | 11 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Emileigh’s favor with having a tenth place finish over Di Si’s eleventh place finish as her best.