The Finish, post race tasks and evaluation

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The Finish, post race tasks and evaluation
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Finishing the Race

• The Race Officer has to
• set a finishing line
• (in most clubs this is frequently the same as the
  starting line)
• has the race team set up for the finish
• Gunner with sound signals
• Timekeeper ready to record finishing times
• Recorder ready to record sail numbers and times
• if operating from a Committee Boat
• display a blue flag

Almost always a finish line is between a mark and
the REDWHITE pole on the Race Control Centre
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Finishing- Hook or not

• Yachts must cross the finishing line in the
  direction of the course from the last mark
• COURSE 1 - 2 - 3 to PORT
• RED wrong
• GREEN correct

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Finishing at Delph
Standard Courses should not cause a
problem unless the marks have been moved!!! Take
care if designing your own courses, check with
Sailing Captain
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Finishing the Race -1

• Give everyone a finish, except those noted as
  premature starters. (You should still record what
  would have been a finishing time/position in case
  of disagreement.)
• When a lot of boats finish together, the Recorder
  should ask the other member of the team present
  to scribble down (not shout out) the boat numbers
  of finishers in order while operating the
  finishing signal on the computer (the times will
  stack up of the screen).
• The Race Officer should be thinking about the
  course for the next race.
• Has the wind changed?
• Did the last course work?

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Finishing the Race -2

• Calculation of corrected times for handicap boats
  should be possible between races but if short of
  time leave it until after races have finished. An
  alternative is to use the handicap calculator on
  the other PC in the RCC rather than the timing
  computer.
• Reduced lap calculation should be handled by
  the spreadsheet

• The recorder should complete all the information
  required on the result sheets. The same boat is
  often sailed by different helms in different
  races, even on the same day. This information
  should be available from the signing on sheet.

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Keeping to schedule

• To keep to the schedule the course for the next
  race should, at the latest, be posted when the
  last boat has finished.
• Unless the Recorder needs assistance the Race
  Officer should be planning the next race.
• Remember you need to give 15 minutes warning to
  the FIRST start, late finishers are likely to be
  the slower handicap boats which have an
  additional 14 minutes before their start in class
  racing, the faster boats will probably have
  already been on shore for more than 15 minutes.

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Keeping to schedule
Typical schedule (summer) (Race 1 1.00 pm) Race
2 (1) 2.00 pm Race 3 (2) 3.15 pm Race 4
(3) 4.30 pm
Typical schedule (Winter) Race 1 1.00 pm Race
2 2.30 pm

• Race Officers often make the mistake of making
  the 1st Race a long one.
• Dont.
• Make the 1st Race shorter to check your estimate
  of lap time. It all depends on how much water we
  have and the course set.
• Particular in strong wind a short 1st Race will
  help with safety, as those who were in doubt may
  retire or have been pulled out of the water.
• Race 2 and 3 can be longer for those who can cope.

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Results Issues

• The RMS Computer transfers its information to a
  spreadsheet for each race. This will need to be
  CHECKED after each race or after races are
  completed, before it can be issued.
• Issues
• Helms and boats
• Laps sailed
• Times not linked to boats
• Printout

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Helms and boats

• The RMS system allows you to create an entry list
  from a Registered Boat list. This gives class,
  number and who registered it.
• The Sign-On sheet is required in order to check
  who is actually sailing which boat.
• Crew names are required (later) for prize
  presentation.
• The Helm-Crew-Boat link will require checking for
  each race result sheet on the spreadsheet
  before printing.
• Although the SIs dont allow changing boats or
  crews, without informing the Race Officer,
  members often change (even during a racing day)
  but rarely do so.
• Whens a laser not a laser?
• When its a Laser Radial

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Standard Laser PY 1078 Member of Laser Fleet
Laser Radial PY 1101 Member of Fast Handicap
Fleet
Awaiting further instructions
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Laps sailed

• When using the RMS to set up a race your are
  asked for number of laps set with course.
• This will be transferred to the spreadsheet.
• BUT
• You may have shortened course, hence fewer laps
  for ALL which may not be correct on the
  spreadsheet.
• Reduced laps sailed may not be correct.
• If lapped boat rule applies boat may have sailed
  more than 1 lap less than the leading boat. Check
  on RMS lap record or better have some paper
  record of laps sailed and a notepad.
• If for a particular boat the number in the laps
  sailed column on the spreadsheet is changed, the
  sheet will be recalculated

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Times not linked to boats
With the Recorder using the RMS system to finish
and record lap times. When it get busy it is
probable that when all boats have finished there
will be some boats without linked times and times
without linked boat. BEFORE pressing RMS Finish
and process result, write these on the notepad
otherwise it can be lost. Then correct on the
spreadsheet
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Printout

• On the spreadsheet there are two results columns.
• Results for ALL boats as handicap
• Results for boats in classes
• Before printing out, use Preview to check that
  the results column
• required for the day is going to printout.

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Finally

• Tidy up
• Give out and receive protest forms, noting
  relevant times
• Present the results in the agreed manner required
  by the results secretary
• Prepare, if required, a brief report on the race
  for the Press Officer
• Report any defects in the equipment to the Bosun
• Ensure that all equipment is securely locked away
• GO TO THE BAR AND RECEIVE PRAISE FOR A GOOD JOB
  WELL DONE!!!

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Finishing the Race -3

• After Racing Has Finished
• Issue protest forms if requested, noting time of
  issue. Notify Sailing Captain about possibility
  of protest.
• Post the results on the notice board, together
  with the sign on sheet, for collection by the
  Results Secretary. If there are series class
  results sheet enter the results and if necessary
  add any additional entrants to the lists.
• Before putting the powerboats back on their
  moorings check the fuel and oil levels.
• Tidy up any rope work into the storage bins on
  board.
• When mooring up remember to collect the First Aid
  kits and keys.
• Tidy up the RCC
• Note any defects on the Notice Board and if
  possible inform Bosun and/or PRO.
• The Sailing Captain should secure the RCC.
• Take down the Club Flag.

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Finally - 1
Retire to the CLUB HOUSE for a drink and to be
thanked profusely by the sailors for their days
racing!!! But you might not yet be finished for
the day!! PROTESTS
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Protest 1
What to do with the forms? Getting together a
Protest Committee
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Protest 2
Protest Committee procedures Adjusting the
results
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Protest 1Rule 61

• Who can protest Who ?
• A boat can obviously protest another boat
• Can a 3rd party who observes an incident protest
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• YES assuming she conforms to rule 61.1a
  (informing the protestee)
• c. Can a race committee protest a boat/s
• YES assuming she conforms to rule 61.1b
  (informing the boat as soon as reasonably
  possible after the race within the time limit)
• d. Can a Protest committee protest a boat
• YES if during a valid protest it learns that
  another boat may have broken a rule

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Protest 2
e. Can the OD or race team disqualify a boat for
not sailing the correct course? NO it must
protest the boat f. Can a boat Protest the OD and
race team for breaking a rule NO however she
may request redress, and is entitled to it if her
position is affected through no fault of her own
by an error by the race team The protest form is
delivered to the RCC after the time limit do
you accept the form or tell them they are to
late? Accept the form and arrange the protest as
normal 61.3 The protest committee shall extend
the time limit if there is good reason
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The Protest

• The protest panel 3 people
• Stage 1 - Is it valid?
• Did the protestor hail Protest or words to that
  effect
• Was it within the time limit - if not was there
  a GOOD reason
• The Protest Follow Appendix M in the rule book
• The protest form does not necessarily have to
  have the right rule written down
• Base your decision on FACTS FOUND
• If a rule has been broken the boat would normally
  be disqualified and the results changed
  accordingly

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Now youve finished