1. Scoring ideas for non-finishers
Encouraging participation
Rewarding effort
Whisky flag
TLE
Average points for volunteers

2. Whisky Flag finish

3. Whisky Flag finish
GBR 420 Standard Sailing Instructions 2018

4. Whisky Flag finish GBR 420 Standard Sailing Instructions 2018
GBR Optimist MEIs 2018

5. ….or even simpler…. RS Feva European Championships 2018
‘RRS 35 is changed so that after the first boat has finished, boats may be finished based on their observed position on the course.’
Risks:
Who has authority to notify sailors?
How do sailors know they’ve been finished?
Benefits:
No flags needed
No race committee boat needed nearby

6. Post refresher day notes:
Suggest that it would be better to use the phrase:
‘award a score’ rather than say anything to do with ‘finish’ as ‘Finish’ is a defined term in the RRS and cannot be changed.

7. Time limit expired – ‘TLE’
Reasons for a time limit:
Nothing in RRS
Follow-on race
Nightfall
Race team can stand down

8. Time limit expired – ‘TLE’
Reasons for a time limit:
Nothing in RRS
Follow-on race
Nightfall
Race team can stand down
Time limit is arbitrary, so TLE allows those missing cut-off to get a result, but:
only for those still racing – how to tell?
is score last finisher + ‘x’ or average of those not finishing?
TLE if 40 finish out of 100 is very different from 95 finish out of 100
does it work if Z flag (RRS30.2) in use – penalty is 20% of DNF score
does it work fairly for handicap racing?

9. Needs careful wording in SIs
‘TLE’ – an SI example
Needs careful wording in SIs
15. SCORING

10. Points for ‘volunteers’ – ‘duty points’
Volunteer based sport
Encourage helpers
Only use when helping is optional?
Who sails at a club that gives ‘duty points’?
Options include:
2nd place – for all helpers?
Some form of average points
Average of all results – including DNC, RET etc?
If ‘x’ to count, average of ‘x’ results
If ‘x’ to count, average of best ‘x-1’ results
What ‘duty points’ are given by your club?

11. ….and nothing in the SIs Scoring refresher…
How many discards in a series?
App A2.1 Total excluding her worst score (unless DNE)
i.e. one discard unless SIs say otherwise
How to split a series tie?
App A8.1 Most firsts, with no excluded scores
i.e. use counting results only – if still tied….
App A8.2 Rank on score in last race
i.e. not last race both sailed in, or best discard etc

12. Other scoring questions....
How many boats are needed for a race?

13. Other scoring questions....
Who gets the result:
Helm?
Crew?
Helm and crew?
Boat?

14. Other scoring questions....
Who gets the result– do you want it to be the boat?
During a regatta:
Different helm in the same dinghy?
Same helm in a different dinghy?
(e.g. Laser Standard and Radial)
Change of dinghy ‘crew’ or helm?
During a ‘long’ series:
Owner buys new boat (same one design)?
Boat sold during series - different owner?
….care needed writing Sailing Instructions!