After every regatta, a results list goes online, for example on manage2sail. The video reads a sample list column by column. About three minutes, with everything to read below.
After the regatta, the results list goes online, for example on manage2sail. Lots of columns, brackets and codes. What does it all mean?
We read a sample list with made-up names. On the far left is the overall position. Then come the sail number, the name and the club.
After that, there is one column for each race. It shows the place in that race. The place is the score, so fewer points are better.
Some numbers are in brackets. That is the discard, the worst result. It does not count.
On the right are two totals. Total counts all races. Net counts everything except the discard. The list is sorted by net.
Look at Emma. She has 41 points in total, more than anyone else here. Without the discard, 10 are left. That makes her first.
Sometimes there is a code instead of a number. It says what happened. DNC: did not come to the start. DNS: did not start. OCS: over the line too early and did not return.
UFD and BFD: too early at the start while the U flag or the black flag was up. The boat is disqualified.
DNF: did not finish. RET: retired. DSQ: disqualified, usually after a protest.
These codes all cost the same: as many points as boats entered, plus one. With 30 boats, that is 31.
Two codes are different. SCP means scoring penalty. Penalty points are added to the place.
RDG means redress. Ida was hindered through no fault of her own. She gets the average of her other races: 4.5. That is where the decimals come from.
Mila and Finn both have 12 net points. Then you compare their single results, starting with the best. Mila has a first place, Finn's best is a second. So Mila is ahead.
If that is equal too, the last race decides. Here even the discard counts.
This list is where the ranking points come from. Two numbers count: the overall position on the far left, and how many boats started.
Remember: place equals points. Brackets mean discarded. The list is sorted by net.
All rules are in the Racing Rules of Sailing, Appendix A, and in the notice of race of each regatta.
The rules are in Appendix A: A2 discards, A4 place equals points, A5.2 points for codes, A8 ties, A9 redress, A10 the list of codes. The scoring penalty SCP is in rule 44.3. A notice of race can differ, for example in the number of discards. If the notice of race applies rule A5.3, a code scores the number of boats that came to the starting area, plus one. The sample list and all names and clubs are made up.
SailRanker works it out with your sail number: place by place, with your real average.