Race length
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Topic: Race length
Posted By: Time Lord
Subject: Race length
Date Posted: 03 Dec 13 at 5:38pm
How long (time wise) does your club make an individual race last for the leading boat and do you have a cut off for finishing for the slow boats.
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Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 03 Dec 13 at 7:01pm
It depends a little on how far in front the leader is getting, especially on a long course where being lapped isn't happening. About 50 minutes is fairly normal, with the hope that everyone finishes roughly by the hour. However, in a cold weather drifter race, this could be down to 35 minutes so that the people in the slow boats don't freeze.
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Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 03 Dec 13 at 7:19pm
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.
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Posted By: getafix
Date Posted: 03 Dec 13 at 7:20pm
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About 50-60 minutes, average lap means you can, hopefully, have a short gap between races, particularly important when its chilly
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Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 03 Dec 13 at 7:32pm
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.
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Posted By: robin34024
Date Posted: 03 Dec 13 at 7:46pm
About 45-50 mins, all our pursuit races (2, once every four weeks) are finished at 50 mins, and on pursuit days, we do two 25-30 min races back to back in the morning, instead of the usual :)
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Posted By: Steve411
Date Posted: 03 Dec 13 at 8:14pm
Over the winter, 2 x 30 minute (max) races back-to-back in the morning and then the same in the afternoon.
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Posted By: NickM
Date Posted: 03 Dec 13 at 9:33pm
Club racing: 2 x am races of c. 50 minutes and one pm race of about 60 minutes, with average lap times being taken for handicap fleet.
Opens: 2x 45 minutes am and the same again pm.
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Posted By: sargesail
Date Posted: 03 Dec 13 at 9:37pm
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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!
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Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 04 Dec 13 at 9:07am
We usually aim for between 40-50 minutes for the leading boat and finish everyone after that and use average laps if required for lapped boats.
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Posted By: RS400atC
Date Posted: 04 Dec 13 at 10:55am
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.
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Posted By: Oli
Date Posted: 04 Dec 13 at 12:43pm
races usually last 45mins, longer for one off specials
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