Hi Carl,

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Would like to see it similarly adopted here or at least tested and tried at some events ,-few would know the difference I,d bet.


It would be interesting to score a seasons results on USSA PN, RYA PN, ISAF and Texel to see if much changed. My guess is that they are all 'good enough' and that on average not much place changing would happen; skillful crews winning out over a period of time in all but exceptional circumstances. Why do we have all these systems; I dunno; perhaps I've got it all wrong... At least your PN scheme is easy for clubs to operate; i.e. just email the results to Darline; our (UK RYA) PN scheme is a nightmare - "simple" example - when it comes to making returns... One thing many clubs do is use a high point logarithmic system (e.g. Rinderle or Austrian) which takes the number of competitors in a race into account; i.e. getting a second in a 3 boat race is not as good points-wise as getting a 2nd in a 10 boat race.

We did have a 'situation' with our club racing once; in the last race of a series, an Inter20 would win if a particular Dart didn't come first (or something like that); so the Inter just sailed the Dart down the pan... Not particularly sporting (or is that just me?); but they took so much stick for it that I doubt it would happen again...

Regards,
Colin
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