Hi Mary

The info on boat builder, and sail maker, weight etc. etc is not available because it is difficult to collect.

If you register with paper and pencil... NO body will fill out all of that info... AND furthermore No Race Committe wants to type that into a scoring program either.

With online registration which uses a database of sailors who fill out this info on their boat just once! You can easily collect and put this information into scoring programs. Now you may publish the information in many different ways that different consumers would like to see.

Horay for sailregattas.com and sailwave.com!!


However, the data are essential but the real value comes from a knowledgable sailor who is able to interpret the data and sumarize what it means. For example Bob Hodges summarized the A cat midwinters with respect to all of these factors and his judgment about what matters on the race course was priceless.

Mark