Finishing dilema

The lead boats (six of ten Comets racing) embarked on (and ultimately completed) a third lap during which the wind died completely. The RO, incorrectly, decided that the following slower boats should not embark on a third lap and consequently gave them a finishing signal as each crossed the line.
The slower boats will expect to be scored on the two laps (when there was some wind), however this gives them an unfair advantage over the boats that completed the third and windless lap. What is the correct way to score the race? Is it to score all boats on the first two laps only, ignoring the third? Scoring thus would deprive a junior helm of a First position and shunt him into second place - could he protest?

Regards
Keith

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Hi Keith,

It depends on your SIs - the RRS don't cover it. At Mumbles we base the
corrected time on the number of laps completed by each boat - the RO
deciding a suitable finish lap. In dying wind the boats that did more laps
can be disadvantaged but on another race there may be a building wind... it
probably averages out over a series. At the end of the day it's handicap
racing and one huge compromise. Have a look at the RYA publication called
YR2 - it includes some recommendations about average lap racing (ALR). I
think it's on-line at the RYA site now - probably via one of their 'forms'
buttons in the technical->py section.

Regards,
Colin
www.sailwave.com

ยทยทยท

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Lomax [mailto:keithlomax@dsl.pipex.com]
Sent: 10 June 2003 00:11
To: Sailwave
Subject: [sailwave] Finishing dilema

The lead boats (six of ten Comets racing) embarked on (and ultimately
completed) a third lap during which the wind died completely. The RO,
incorrectly, decided that the following slower boats should not embark on a
third lap and consequently gave them a finishing signal as each crossed the
line.
The slower boats will expect to be scored on the two laps (when there was
some wind), however this gives them an unfair advantage over the boats that
completed the third and windless lap. What is the correct way to score the
race? Is it to score all boats on the first two laps only, ignoring the
third? Scoring thus would deprive a junior helm of a First position and
shunt him into second place - could he protest?

Regards
Keith

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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