Hello All,
This isn’t a specific question about the operation of Sailwave, but I suspect this group will have good opinions on this matter.
What is a good number of discards for a season-long race series? This is for a one-design fleet that assembles sporadically through the season, so I don’t exactly know how many active race days we’ll get. Maybe 10? We try to get three short races in per active day, so if someone misses a day they’ll miss three races…
I’d like to encourage enthusiasm, so I’m inclined to be generous with discards, so that missing a day or two won’t completely destroy one’s chances.
Are there any general recommendations out there? Discard 1/3? 1/4?
cheers,
Doug
Hi Doug,
Our club runs 2 races on Saturday and 4 races on Sunday. We count 66% of the races by using the “s/3” discard profile.
Peter
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On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 5:45 PM, douglasmcknight@yahoo.com [sailwave] sailwave@yahoogroups.com wrote:
Hello All,
This isn’t a specific question about the operation of Sailwave, but I suspect this group will have good opinions on this matter.
What is a good number of discards for a season-long race series? This is for a one-design fleet that assembles sporadically through the season, so I don’t exactly know how many active race days we’ll get. Maybe 10? We try to get three short races in per active day, so if someone misses a day they’ll miss three races…
I’d like to encourage enthusiasm, so I’m inclined to be generous with discards, so that missing a day or two won’t completely destroy one’s chances.
Are there any general recommendations out there? Discard 1/3? 1/4?
cheers,
Doug
We use 1 out of 5, 2 in 10, 3 in 15, etc.
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regards,
Malcolm Osborne
Rondevlei South Africa
On 2016-06-03 01:45,
[sailwave] wrote:
Hello All,
This isn't a specific question about the operation
of Sailwave, but I suspect this group will have good
opinions on this matter.
What is a good number of discards for a season-long
race series? This is for a one-design fleet that
assembles sporadically through the season, so I don’t
exactly know how many active race days we’ll get. Maybe
10? We try to get three short races in per active day,
so if someone misses a day they’ll miss three races…
I'd like to encourage enthusiasm, so I'm inclined
to be generous with discards, so that missing a day or
two won’t completely destroy one’s chances.
Are there any general recommendations out there? Discard
1/3? 1/4?
cheers,
Doug
Virus-free. www.avast.comdouglasmcknight@yahoo.com
Hello Peter,
The the result of s/3 round down or round up?
Thanks, Evert
—In sailwave@yahoogroups.com, <pvanmuyden@…> wrote :
Hi Doug,
Our club runs 2 races on Saturday and 4 races on Sunday. We count 66% of the races by using the “s/3” discard profile.
Peter
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On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 5:45 PM, douglasmcknight@… [sailwave] sailwave@yahoogroups.com wrote:
Hello All,
This isn’t a specific question about the operation of Sailwave, but I suspect this group will have good opinions on this matter.
What is a good number of discards for a season-long race series? This is for a one-design fleet that assembles sporadically through the season, so I don’t exactly know how many active race days we’ll get. Maybe 10? We try to get three short races in per active day, so if someone misses a day they’ll miss three races…
I’d like to encourage enthusiasm, so I’m inclined to be generous with discards, so that missing a day or two won’t completely destroy one’s chances.
Are there any general recommendations out there? Discard 1/3? 1/4?
cheers,
Doug
Hi Evert,
I think that it uses proper rounding, 0.5 and greater rounds to 1 and anything less than 0.5 rounds to 0.
Peter
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On Jul 16, 2016 11:24 PM, “csi@ebspars.com [sailwave]” sailwave@yahoogroups.com wrote:
Hello Peter,
The the result of s/3 round down or round up?
Thanks, Evert
—In sailwave@yahoogroups.com, <pvanmuyden@…> wrote :
Hi Doug,
Our club runs 2 races on Saturday and 4 races on Sunday. We count 66% of the races by using the “s/3” discard profile.
Peter
On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 5:45 PM, douglasmcknight@… [sailwave] sailwave@yahoogroups.com wrote:
Hello All,
This isn’t a specific question about the operation of Sailwave, but I suspect this group will have good opinions on this matter.
What is a good number of discards for a season-long race series? This is for a one-design fleet that assembles sporadically through the season, so I don’t exactly know how many active race days we’ll get. Maybe 10? We try to get three short races in per active day, so if someone misses a day they’ll miss three races…
I’d like to encourage enthusiasm, so I’m inclined to be generous with discards, so that missing a day or two won’t completely destroy one’s chances.
Are there any general recommendations out there? Discard 1/3? 1/4?
cheers,
Doug