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Time Lord 
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 Topic: Club Racing FormatsPosted: 03 Dec 13 at 5:34pm |
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We have recently got rid of the qualification nonsense at Banbury even though it was only 25% of races sailed by the fleet concerned. However we always used to list their results even when they haven't qualified but now it is better when we just score everybody who took part.
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yellowwelly
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Posted: 03 Dec 13 at 5:10pm |
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fair enough ;-)
let us know how that goes, seriously... do. I'd love to see what would happen if a D-One deliberately raced without its kite on a small RTC inland course sailing by the lee when it could with that superbly cut, fully battened mainsail.... corrected times and spreadsheet aside, that could be one demon of a boat across the line.
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winging it
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Posted: 03 Dec 13 at 5:03pm |
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James, I'm only talking the occasional club race, and I wouldn't bother with the kite.
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the same, but different...
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JimC
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Posted: 03 Dec 13 at 4:57pm |
That's another interesting one... Is it more likely that people can make 6 races over 12 weeks or 3 races over 6 weeks? The thing I have against lots of short series is, lets suppose your club has a budget of 12 bottles of wine/engraved glasses/whatever your prizes are. If you have 6 short series prizes go to the top 2 and quite probably the same two people get all of them anyway. If you have one long series then 12 different people get prizes. |
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Posted: 03 Dec 13 at 4:39pm |
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What about series length? Personally I prefer shorter series and would be happy to count most races in the score (e.g. 4 from 5).
Twelve or fourteen race series seem pointless - if everyone is turning up then will the results be much changed after the 5th race? With a six from 12 format we get plenty of examples where boats never actually race each other on the water yet get counted in the same series! |
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yellowwelly
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Posted: 03 Dec 13 at 4:37pm |
I think you need to put that theory to the test to see what works better. Talking from experience of the 100, I'd rather have used it in a mixed fleet of 5 average speed asymmetrics (400s/200s/4000s etc) than RTC with Lasers and Phantoms and Five-Ohs. Firstly the nature of the racing is different, and having a unarig luff you when trying to hoist is a PITA, as is taking them high off their rhumline if they decide to go to windward just before you heat up. Secondly you won't realise the kite is quite so pointless for RTC sailing if you all have one
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JimC
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There's an awful lot you can do in Sailwave to score series within series without having to enter the results multiple times: its very flexible in that regard. But what stuffs that sort of thing for me is when people swap boats. We score the sailor, no matter what boat they are in, which is good for encouraging turnouts I think, but a real pain in the neck for scoring if you are doing subclasses, dual scoring and the like. When I score the results for our dual handicapped series I usually spend 5 minutes putting 90% plus of the results in, and what feels like half an hour or more sorting out people with different boats, new members and the like which comprise the rest...
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yellowwelly
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winging it
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Posted: 03 Dec 13 at 4:25pm |
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The series I run for the kids is held over the summer holidays which means a lot of them will miss races because of being away. I therefore allow them two weeks' worth of discards, plus everyone gets a place anway. We use the term 'qualify' simply to get them used to the process as well as to encourage turnout. It's a sponsored sereis with good prizes so worth getting out for.
In terms of formats, the thing putting me off racing the D1 at Grafham is that there are lots of tiny fleets. If I race with the assy fleet there will only be about six boats - and that's on a good day. Surely for a winter series best to merge at least inot fast and slow handicap. At the moment I'd be better off RTC at Hunts to get used to sailing it with lots of boats around, and just going to Grafham to practice the kite work. Edited by winging it - 03 Dec 13 at 4:26pm |
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the same, but different...
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blaze720
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Posted: 03 Dec 13 at 4:23pm |
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It is very unlikely to make any difference to the overall results .... so why not allow all to 'qualify' ... if they have to count a couple of DNS what problem does it cause anyone ?
You want club membership and racing to prosper ? Yes ? Start by getting rid of petty stuff that hacks off the 'occasional' racers. If you don't start from that position .. don't expect them to renew their subscriptions in the same numbers every year either. Remember THEY subsidise the regular racers !! The same thing applies to 'personal handicap' racing ... it really does encourage the back of the fleet (aka 'participation') . So what if it is not 'purist' ... Golf clubs do rather well out of the concept and there will still be plenty of 'open' (no personal handicap) competition at sailing clubs as well if they went that way a bit more often. Move forward. The choice is 'adapt' ... or else .... Mike L. PS - I think Will Carling had a few comments on those with rather 'traditional views' as well ...  Edited by blaze720 - 03 Dec 13 at 4:26pm |
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