Not a specific reply to anybody.
Amazingly, there are literally thousands of clubs using Sailwave; that's why I thought about using the available data for a rating system. However, perhaps more importantly, I intend to make the data itself public. Obviously this won't be done w/o club's permission but, since it's personally anonymous data I don't foresee a problem. I intend to include facilities to easily record/report wind speeds, course, sea state, region and a very crude sailor ability(*), which I realise will all have to be optional. Essentially a centralised mass of data that can be mined by anybody... A simple click of a button is all it will take to send it to the Sailwave server (it has to be easy to get participation). There are some issues like consistent class names and configurations etc but they can be solved. Essentially I figured, why waste all that information when it's sat in a common piece of software in so many clubs - let's grab it and see what happens; it's irresitable given the numbers...
I get a lot of emails from clubs in Countries that do not have their own rating system asking what to do, which is another reason for the plan, which was in fact formed years ago on the SUG... I get the feeling these clubs would be more than happy to be involved in somehting like this... They may not have a MNA like USSA or RYA but they have broadband...
(*)Something like this:-
1. Occasional racer
2. Regular racer
3. Has participated in a weekend regatta
4. In top 3 at a weenend regatta
5. ...
6. ...
10. Has won an international event...
Crude but potentially useful data....
PS: there is a new version available that hides infrequently used stuff.
http://www.sailwave.com?page=downloadEdit yet again: Codblow: and something for weight bands... and for the MarkP-type sailors (including myself), something about beer intake during events... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
