Y&Y.com Calendar

I used to look at the calendar and see whats on but now the format has changed, am I looking in the wrong place

Of course I am looking at Calendar from the main menu bar, last year an actual calendar was visable.  The question is has the format changed.

Sorry - I couldn't understand what you meant by "the wrong place". I wasn't intending to be patronising!

To answer: Yes, one of the ways in which we used to display fixtures has not been reproduced in the new calendar. We no longer display a 'month view' since that was listing every event for every class of boat across the entire country, which really isn't very useful.

The new calendar is optimised for searches agaist a particular class of boat, or club, enabling you to find suitable events much easier. We expected owners of Lasers in Devon to get annoyed scrolling through Etchells events on the Clyde, and so on.

One important feature is the linking of classes to handicap events, so you can find all the possible races that your own boat qualifies for, not just fleet-racing. This option can be switched off.

Obviously you might want to search for several different classes if you sail in several boats, and your geographical range may be quite high, but a 'month view' of all events would look extremely messy, believe me! I failed to find a pleasant and usable way to list the 82 events in our database for April (for example), especially when most occur on weekends, some overlap, and some clash yet are open to the same classes.

Hopefully that explains why we think the class/club search will help you find a helpful list much faster.

Originally posted by bert "One important feature is the linking of classes to handicap events, so you can find all the possible races that your own boat qualifies for, not just fleet-racing. This option can be switched off".   I assume that this feature only works if the class or event has linked class`s to the event.

I just found the list all class`s / events link at the bottom of the page -- very impressive & kinda removes my concern.

Originally posted by timeintheboat I'm not sure I'm really invited to turn up to the QM Spring series! (Try the Wayfarer class calendar (1 event so far) to see what I mean.

Yup, you are eligible for the QM events! They are 'open'; non-club-members can enter for a single day for a fee. I admit that there are a lot of similar club events that are filling up the lists somewhat.

It is a shame the other Wayfarer fleet-racing events are not listed yet - I will try to pester the class secretary! Whilst it requires their effort to add events to the calendar (well, they can always email me a spreadsheet) we hope that the publicity they get in return is worth it for the class.

Edited by MerlinMags - 15 Feb 11 at 1:42pm