When is a regatta not a regatta?
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Topic: When is a regatta not a regatta?
Posted By: ohFFsake
Subject: When is a regatta not a regatta?
Date Posted: 19 Aug 11 at 12:44am
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Sorry guys, another scoring conundrum! In the RRS the points given to a non-finishing boat vary depending on the type of series. The official definition seems to be that it changes if the series is "longer than a regatta". Can anyone define what this actually means? We've always taken "regatta" to mean a series where all the races are either on the same day or on consecutive days, but is this correct? A good "edge case" might be if you had a six day series with a single rest day in the middle - would that be a regatta or not?
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Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 19 Aug 11 at 8:27am
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Its something you define in the Sis with the scoring system. There's no point in trying to build in rules.
I would use short series scoring if I anticpate pretty much the same entries for every race, and long series scoring if I expect competitors to come and go. |
Posted By: ohFFsake
Date Posted: 20 Aug 11 at 1:46am
| Thanks. That makes a lot of sense and explains why I can't find a "rule" anywhere that clarifies it. |