Race length

Due to tides, we normally only do one race a day.
Typically length is intended to be 1hr15 to 1hr 45 for a mid fleet boat.
No fixed policy, but much shorter or longer than get does not go down well unless there is good reason.

More shorter races would be ideal, but we have a diverse fleet so it tends to result in excess waiting time between races.

Proper racing round bouts in the harbour - 800 often ashore in 45-50 minutes.  Corrected fulcrum across the fleet 50-55 minutes.  But when conditions are good it can be a marathon, 90 minutes, even 2 hours!

Over the winter, 2 x 30 minute (max) races back-to-back in the morning and then the same in the afternoon.

An hour race in the morning, usually around 4 laps of a moderately complex course
Two twenty minute races at lunchtime, usually a couple of laps of a quadrilateral or the like.

Open meetings two ~ 40min each side of lunch, quadrilaterals or W/L depending on class preference.

No time limits, but we'll often average lap, maybe hit the shorten in front of the leading Laser or Solo depending on gaps, and certainly grand prix finish anyone who's been lapped.

Edited by JimC - 03 Dec 13 at 9:59pm

One hour and they'll grand prix finish slower boats and work out average lap time.

During that time, the windsurfers will run four short beat reach reach beat run finish races starting and finishing at the lee end.

So this year I'm hoping to get the single handers to join the windsurfers on Tuesday Nights to see if they like the idea of four quick fire races, the problem obviously will be the timing, Windsurfers don't race to handicaps so we might just ditch the Handicap system it's crap anyway and race scratch single hander uni rigs.