Race Series Software
Printed From: Yachts and Yachting Online
Category: General
Forum Name: Race Management
Forum Discription: For race officers and competiors to discuss the topic
URL: http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6769
Printed Date: 28 Jun 25 at 12:43am
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Topic: Race Series Software
Posted By: catmandoo
Subject: Race Series Software
Date Posted: 25 May 10 at 2:07pm
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I know its probably a worthless poll as multiple replies can come from same club , but if a message is added below stating club and what used would be good .
Our club use hal , not my decision , but have lost all my hair trying to help sort out , have used sailwave for other things I've run and no probs
So Thats Helensburgh Sailing Club --- Hal (current version as they evolve ) ------------- |
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Posted By: JohnW
Date Posted: 25 May 10 at 2:09pm
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Maidenhead use Sailwave
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Posted By: vscott
Date Posted: 25 May 10 at 2:32pm
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A member wrote ours - to deal with multiple 'series' covered by the one race, and calculating the handicap results and personal handicap results all at once. Average lap times too The multiple series arose because some double handers felt excluded when it was a single handed race so we now race the 2 at the same time ------------- Mk IV Osprey 1314 Think Again 
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so no one has to stay on shore. That lead to some other combinations such as Novice, Ladies, Junior.... and Men (to cover none of the others)Posted By: SUGmeister
Date Posted: 25 May 10 at 2:59pm
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Burghfield have been using Sailwave since 2000.
http://goo.gl/BgiA - BSC Results Pages In 2001 I set up the Sailwave User Group. Currently it has 1784 members world wide and help is offered pretty much on any aspect of using it. We even set up a forum here but people still seem to prefer to use the SUG Simon ------------- Simon SUGmeister I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me. |
Posted By: bawbag
Date Posted: 25 May 10 at 4:14pm
hal has 13 in their user group 
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Posted By: marke
Date Posted: 25 May 10 at 4:22pm
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Our club uses home grown PHP code to automatically calculate the race results and series results from our http://www.starcrossyc.org.uk/syc1/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155&Itemid=173 - race timing software . It also automatically posts them on the website. Time from last boat finishing to having the individual race results for each fleet and the series results for viewing on the web is <10 seconds. http://www.starcrossyc.org.uk/syc1/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=174 - Our results page There is also an online administration system to allow the inevitable OOD or competitor errors to modified after the event. Sailwave is a really good system if you have someone who knows how to use it producing the results - we had trouble finding someone to do the job for more than shortwhile. |
Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 25 May 10 at 4:32pm
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Hunts uses Sailwave and we have multiple people compiling results. As Fleet Captain (don;t ask) I do the fleet results (as should the other fleet captains). We also have another member who collates results for the club all in series. Sailwave is dead easy. I just has a csv set up for each series that I fill in and import in to a template each time. It works really well and I can update the results in a very short time period. The fleet like it because they can see how they are doing week on week rather than having to wait and I like it because the fleet is happy! ------------- Paul ---------------------- D-Zero GBR 74 |
Posted By: SUGmeister
Date Posted: 25 May 10 at 4:35pm
For anyone who needs it Mark Thompson of Alamitos Bay YC has built a user manual http://www.abyc.org/upload/Sailwave_ABYC_User_Guide_2009-08-21.pdf - Sailwave User Manual ------------- Simon SUGmeister I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me. |
Posted By: jlecou
Date Posted: 25 May 10 at 5:33pm
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Aldenham uses Sailwave and has done for a while. We were one of the original clubs that became a sponsor of Colin's great work. We now have a small team of people who enter the results http://www.aldenhamsc.co.uk/racing/current-results/189-racing-results-200910 - here ------------- RS400 880 : Laser 203302 : King George SC |
Posted By: patj
Date Posted: 25 May 10 at 6:19pm
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Classic and Vintage Racing Dinghy Association use Sailwave. We handicap with adjustments for age and state of tune and wooden masts, cotton sails, carbon masts, mylar sails etc. etc. so I generally do the results. Sailwave is great for dealing with it all and pulling in competitors from a previous series is really useful. |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 25 May 10 at 9:41pm
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Whitefriars uses a calculator. Does this count as Other? Mind, the results are re done on sailwave before going on the club website. Time for an upgrade at the club, I feel. ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: craiggo
Date Posted: 25 May 10 at 10:09pm
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Thornbury SC has used Sailwave for over 9 years now. Apart from our Regatta and opens the sailing secretary calculates the results. We write the times on paper sheets and these get put into sailwave after racing. For the regatta and opens we try to run on sailwave to output the results quickly.
We have a couple of expert users of sailwave in the club (on behalf of the topper association etc.) so plenty of experience, and have never really had any issues. Colins support has been first rate, and the SUG has provide excellent support and allowed us to support others. |