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Comment: We are running a 6 hour race to support the RNLI
Can sailwave be used to score the race on a lap by lap basis to give a leader board through out the race

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I’m not sure if it will work, but you could consider treating every lap as a race and the results of the last lap (race) would define the winner. The individual race results would be the overall leader at that lap. For every boat, the finish time of the previous race would be the start time of the next race and this has to be entered manually.

Peter

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On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 12:45 PM, rcoates134@aol.com [sailwave] sailwave@yahoogroups.com wrote:

Comment: We are running a 6 hour race to support the RNLI
Can sailwave be used to score the race on a lap by lap basis to give a leader board through out the race

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Why don’t you simply rescore the race every [whatever] time interval with time through the line and number of completed laps? You could simply save as the file each time with a new name if you want to preserve the progress.

Jim C

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Hi,

  You have already had two suggestions and I will add a slight

variation. However, it would be helpful to have an indication of

  • the PN range for the boats taking part
  • the number of boats taking part
  • how many laps could be completed by the fastest boats
  • how the overall winner is to be decided
  • best overall corrected time
  • most completed laps
  • other
    All these could have an impact on the most usable solution.

So having managed 12-hour races in the past with

  • a wide range of PN [Hurricane 5.9 to Laser]

  • a relatively small number of boats [20 or so]

  • large course [Datchet Water SC]
    We did it manually on a large sheet of paper, as it was before
    Sailwave was available and spreadsheets. This allowed us:

  • to know for each lap the fastest elapsed time

  • to know for each lap the best corrected time

  • to know the fastest elapsed lap time overall

  • to know the best corrected time overall
    So to Sailwave. I think Sailwave can be used to provide you a set
    of results for each lap and an overall result but it will involve
    more data entry.

    I am not sure of the best way to set-up Sailwave. My initial

thought is to score each lap as a race; this will involve more
data entry, as for each boat for each lap a start & finish
time will have to be entered. I would have a final race which will
have the initial start time, the final finish time and the number
of laps completed for each boat entered to produce an overall
result.

Kind regards,

Huw

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On 23/06/2016 19:45, [sailwave] wrote:

rcoates134@aol.com

              Comment:

We are running a 6 hour race to support the RNLI

                              Can

sailwave be used to score the race on a lap by lap
basis to give a leader board through out the race


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Hi Thanks for all your assistances

the PN range would be Laser 4.7 1195 and Fireball 964

no of boats 15

laps about 20 depending on wind

Winner best overall

Richard Coates

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On 25/06/2016 08:10, Huw Pearce
[sailwave] wrote:

huw.pearce@bcs.org.uk

Hi,

          You have already had two suggestions and I will add a

slight variation. However, it would be helpful to have an
indication of

  • the PN range for the boats taking part
  • the number of boats taking part
  • how many laps could be completed by the fastest boats
  • how the overall winner is to be decided
  • best overall corrected time
  • most completed laps
  • other
    All these could have an impact on the most usable
    solution.

So having managed 12-hour races in the past with

  • a wide range of PN [Hurricane 5.9 to Laser]
  • a relatively small number of boats [20 or so]
  • large course [Datchet Water SC]
    We did it manually on a large sheet of paper, as it was
    before Sailwave was available and spreadsheets. This
    allowed us:
  • to know for each lap the fastest elapsed time
  • to know for each lap the best corrected time
  • to know the fastest elapsed lap time overall
  • to know the best corrected time overall
    So to Sailwave. I think Sailwave can be used to provide
    you a set of results for each lap and an overall result
    but it will involve more data entry.
          I am not sure of the best way to set-up Sailwave. My

initial thought is to score each lap as a race; this will
involve more data entry, as for each boat for each lap a
start & finish time will have to be entered. I would
have a final race which will have the initial start time,
the final finish time and the number of laps completed for
each boat entered to produce an overall result.

Kind regards,

Huw

          On 23/06/2016 19:45, [sailwave] wrote:

rcoates134@aol.com

                  Comment:

We are running a 6 hour race to support the RNLI

                                      Can

sailwave be used to score the race on a lap by lap
basis to give a leader board through out the race


Virus-free.
www.avast.com

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laps about 20

Just a quick thought. With that range of PY numbers, and assuming typical variations in performance, it would not be at all surprising for the fastest boat to do 50% more laps than the slowest boat. So you need to be ready for that. I expect I’m indulging in grandmother training, but thought it worth mentioning.

Jim C