All,
I’m on the hook to score a couple of ORR events in the next few months. While I’ve done many class and PHRF events, I’ve never scored an ORR event!
Can anyone give me pointers on how it’s done, and any tips and tricks you might have?
Andy
Hi Andy,
Can you give me a bit more context about the event and perhaps
link to NoR & SI’s, please?
I have helped set up a couple of multi-day and multi stage big
boats races but without a bit more info not sure if what I did
would be relevant.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Huw
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On 28/12/2017 15:17, [sailwave] wrote:
andy@sailor.nu
All,
I'm on the hook to score a couple of ORR events inthe next few months. While I’ve done many class and PHRF
events, I’ve never scored an ORR event!
Can anyone give me pointers on how it's done, andany tips and tricks you might have?
Andy
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I don't think there is any special about ORR ratings. They have several
formats but the most standard is simple time on time TCF (time
correction factor) ones.
C = E * R
C = corrected; E = elapsed; R = rating
There is an implied wind rating format that I don't think Sailwave can
do natively, you'd have to use a custom formula. But, I think that is
seldom used these days (it is a combination of Time-on-Distance and
Time-on-Time and we used to use it locally but it is no longer used in
favor of the simpler Time-on-Time ratings).
The biggest challenge you might face will be if the event is using
wind-indexed ratings, which I'm not sure whether they are standard for
ORR but are highly encouraged and all the ORR events in our area use them.
Sailwave accommodates wind-indexed ratings and you just need to set it
up and put in the multiple ratings for each boat. First you need to
invoke wind-indexed ratings - under the "Rating system" tab under "Edit
scoring system" you need to check the box for "Use wind indexed rating
values" and define your range names, separated by commas. Locally, we've
used three values: for example, "Light,Medium,Heavy" [don't input the
quotes]. Then, for each boat you need to assign 3 ratings, separated by
commas. These are input on the same page where you edit the boat
information (toward the bottom). [For readability by the competitors, we
always add a beginning zero before the decimal point for ratings less
than 1.0 and specify the same number of decimal places for every rating,
adding zeros at the end if necessary.] Finally, when inputting the
parameters for each race you need to specify the wind range from the
drop-down menu on the "Edit start" page under "Edit Race."
TIPS:
There is no reason why you couldn't replace "Light,Medium,Heavy" with
"0-6,7-13,14+" if you wanted to specify the exact windspeed ranges. Six
of one versus half-dozen of the other.
Because the ratings can change from race to race based on the wind
strength during that race, we show the ratings for race scoring but not
for series scoring (we print them on separate pages but if you printed
them on the same page I don't think you'd have that option).
There is discussion in the User Group about ratings files. We never use
them, partly because of the numerous discussions in the Group about
getting them to work properly. If you have 20 or fewer boats I'd just do
like we do and put in ratings individually. Also, ORR allows changes in
ratings during the course of the year (but only one valid rating is
allowed at any one time). So, you'll probably want to check ratings just
before each event as boats can change configuration (and ratings)
between events.
Art
PS - I have a Sailwave file for a local event that is set up for ORR
wind-indexed ratings but this is so simple (once you experiment a bit)
that I doubt you'll need it.
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On 12/28/2017 7:17 AM, andy@sailor.nu [sailwave] wrote:
All,
I'm on the hook to score a couple of ORR events in the next few months.
While I've done many class and PHRF events, I've never scored an ORR event!Can anyone give me pointers on how it's done, and any tips and tricks
you might have?Andy