English (UK) From: Pam Ryan
Sent: 20 October 2010 19:56
To: ISORA Fleet and friends
Subject: ISORA - Issues for consideration - Race Schedule & High Scoring System
Ladies and Gents,
As previously advised I am submitting two issues for your consideration at the AGM in the NYC on the 6th November.
The two issues are somewhat related. The first issue is a proposed race schedule for 2011. The proposed dates and courses are not fixed. It was prepared by trying to schedule races that could act as feeder races to large events. Due to the number of races and the large variation in the distance and complexity, I am proposing to identify some of the main races as those that qualify for the Overall ISORA Series - "The Wolf's Head Trophy". The other races will qualify for another lesser series that involves all races. Trophies and prizes will be awarded for all races irrespective of status.
The second issue is the proposed use of the High Score system and incorporating a difficulty coefficient to reflect the type of race involved. The use of the high scoring system will also be preferable when dealing with a series where many boats will not do most of the races and the variation in the fleet numbers can be significant. Stephen Tudor of PSC has been a huge help to me in preparation of the attached information. He has used the results from 2010 to illustrate the proposed system. Unfortunately (or fortunately) in the example the places of the top boats are generally unaltered but this is due to the fact that the top boats did most or all the races.
I have contacted RORC and they have agreed in principle to accept any ISORA race of over 75 miles and incorporating a night passage as a qualifier for the Fastnet Race. This can be worked into the schedule if required.
The main purpose of the exercise is to encourage boats to do as many of the races as possible but not the penalise them too much for races missed. It is also to reward those boats more that win in large fleets over a win in a smaller fleets. Day races will be used to encourage and entice more new entries to ISORA in 2011.
I would welcome any comments on the two issues, preferably before the AGM, so I can circulate the "feeling" of the members prior to the AGM.
The Race Schedule and Scoring System will be agreed at the AGM.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Peter Ryan
Attached:-
1 Race Schedule for Consideration, 2 Higfh Scoring System - Disscussion Document, 3 2010 results using Sailwave and proposed scoring system
Any comments, observations or suggestions etc to:
