Hi all,
Just setting up for our big dinghy event next week. We expect 250 competitors over 7 classes of boat - Opti (beginner and advanced), Laser (Standard, 4.7, Radial), C420 and Sailboards (Techno and RS:X). This is over two courses. These things tend to be a trophy generation machines, with awards for gender, age group, star sign (just kidding) and whatever else under the sun.
The question for those who have scored this sort of event before: Did you find it easier to just have all classes in the same Sailwave file, or did you break it up into more than one Sailwave file? My first inclination is to just dump them all into the same file, using Class, Division and Fleet (and Prize table) to sort things out later. Is this a mistake?
Andy
Hi Andy,
As always many things depend upon personal preference but some things to consider.
Splitting them into separate files allows different people to enter the results at the same time ( assuming you have some experienced volunteers). You can use Dropbox to effectively create a network without setting up a network and you also get backups which you can roll back if something goes wrong.
You want to keep all fleets in the same file if the are going to finish on the same course and may have the results mixed together so Sailwave will extract them for you. e.g. Laser Standards, 4.7 and Radials might all be finishing on the same finish line although they had their own starts - so you might receive them all mixed together on your results sheet.
Also you may want to keep the same fleets together if there is a prize which is across fleets
You might find the SWCList program useful if you are using 4 digit numbers for Lasers as it will not only sort or the last 4 digits but will also tell you if there are any duplicate numbers using these 4 digits.
Scoring Sail for Gold and Youth Nationals we tend to have separate files for most fleets except those that can finish on the same finish line. So if they are racing on different courses may be keep the files separate.
Jon
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On 11 April 2013 16:47, Andy andy@sailor.nu wrote:
Hi all,
Just setting up for our big dinghy event next week. We expect 250 competitors over 7 classes of boat - Opti (beginner and advanced), Laser (Standard, 4.7, Radial), C420 and Sailboards (Techno and RS:X). This is over two courses. These things tend to be a trophy generation machines, with awards for gender, age group, star sign (just kidding) and whatever else under the sun.
The question for those who have scored this sort of event before: Did you find it easier to just have all classes in the same Sailwave file, or did you break it up into more than one Sailwave file? My first inclination is to just dump them all into the same file, using Class, Division and Fleet (and Prize table) to sort things out later. Is this a mistake?
Andy