Scoring ideas for non-finishers Encouraging participation Rewarding effort Whisky flag TLE Average points for volunteers

Whisky Flag finish

Whisky Flag finish GBR 420 Standard Sailing Instructions 2018

Whisky Flag finish GBR 420 Standard Sailing Instructions 2018 GBR Optimist MEIs 2018

….or even simpler…. RS Feva European Championships 2018 ‘RRS 35 is changed so that after the first boat has finished, boats may be finished based on their observed position on the course.’ Risks: Who has authority to notify sailors? How do sailors know they’ve been finished? Benefits: No flags needed No race committee boat needed nearby

Post refresher day notes: Suggest that it would be better to use the phrase: ‘award a score’ rather than say anything to do with ‘finish’ as ‘Finish’ is a defined term in the RRS and cannot be changed.

Time limit expired – ‘TLE’ Reasons for a time limit: Nothing in RRS Follow-on race Nightfall Race team can stand down

Time limit expired – ‘TLE’ Reasons for a time limit: Nothing in RRS Follow-on race Nightfall Race team can stand down Time limit is arbitrary, so TLE allows those missing cut-off to get a result, but: only for those still racing – how to tell? is score last finisher + ‘x’ or average of those not finishing? TLE if 40 finish out of 100 is very different from 95 finish out of 100 does it work if Z flag (RRS30.2) in use – penalty is 20% of DNF score does it work fairly for handicap racing?

Needs careful wording in SIs ‘TLE’ – an SI example Needs careful wording in SIs 15. SCORING

Points for ‘volunteers’ – ‘duty points’ Volunteer based sport Encourage helpers Only use when helping is optional? Who sails at a club that gives ‘duty points’? Options include: 2nd place – for all helpers? Some form of average points Average of all results – including DNC, RET etc? If ‘x’ to count, average of ‘x’ results If ‘x’ to count, average of best ‘x-1’ results What ‘duty points’ are given by your club?

….and nothing in the SIs Scoring refresher… How many discards in a series? App A2.1 Total excluding her worst score (unless DNE) i.e. one discard unless SIs say otherwise How to split a series tie? App A8.1 Most firsts, with no excluded scores i.e. use counting results only – if still tied…. App A8.2 Rank on score in last race i.e. not last race both sailed in, or best discard etc

Other scoring questions.... How many boats are needed for a race?

Other scoring questions.... Who gets the result: Helm? Crew? Helm and crew? Boat?

Other scoring questions.... Who gets the result– do you want it to be the boat? During a regatta: Different helm in the same dinghy? Same helm in a different dinghy? (e.g. Laser Standard and Radial) Change of dinghy ‘crew’ or helm? During a ‘long’ series: Owner buys new boat (same one design)? Boat sold during series - different owner? ….care needed writing Sailing Instructions!