Appendix A - Scoring

(See rule 88.3)

A1 General Scoring Rules

These rules apply regardless of the scoring system in effect.

  A1.1 FAILURE TO START OR FINISH
When the race committee scores a board as failing to start or to finish it need not protest it.

  A1.2 BOARD RETIRING OR DISQUALIFIED AFTER FINISHING
When a board retires or is disqualified after finishing, each board that finishes after it shall be moved up one place.

  A1.3 SCORES NOT EXCLUDABLE (DISCARDS)
When a scoring system provides that one or more race scores are to be excluded in calculating a board's series score, the score for disqualification under rule 2, Fair Sailing, shall not be excluded.

  A1.4 NUMBERING OF RACES
Races shall be numbered sequentially in the order of completion.

  A1.5 SCORES REMOVED FROM ALL OR PART OF A SERIES
When a board is penalized by having its scores removed from the results of some or all races of a series, no changes shall be made in the race scores of other boards.

A2 Scoring System - Course, Slalom and Long Distance

The following Low Point Scoring System will be used.

Finishins Place	Points
1	0.7
2	2
3	3
Each place thereafter	add 1 point

For single eliminations (Slalom, Wave & Speed) see eliminations ladders.

    (a) All competitors who do not start in a heat, who start and thereafter retire, who do not finish, who finish and thereafter retire or who are disqualified, score the points awarded to the last possible finishing position in that heat. In a race, long distance or speed round these same competitors score points equal to the number of registered competitors in their division plus one.
    (b) Discards:

  A2.1 PRINCIPLES OF SCORING
The Race Committee can chose from two basic principles.

    (a) IFCA System: All the races or elimination series in the disciplines Course, Slalom, Wave and freestyle are scored separately to produce a final discipline result. Then all the discipline results are added together to produce an overall event result, or

    (b) Racing System: All races and elimination series are scored evenly: one upwind race = one downwind race = one long distance race = one elimination series. In two discipline events, the weighting of disciplines is 40% for Wave Performance and 60% for Race.

In all systems, the board score in a discipline will be the total of its races and/or elimination series, excluding the discard(s).

A2.2 DISCIPLINE SCORING

The minimum number of races or elimination series to constitute a valid discipline scoring at an event is:

    (a) Course & slalom: one course race, or one slalom, which is considered valid when the field has been reduced to the last 8 competitors if more than 32 (40) participants and until a final is completed if 32 (40) or less participants.
    (b) Wave Performance: one single elimination series, which is considered valid when the field has been reduced to the last 16 competitors if more than 32 (40) participants and/or the last 4 competitors if 32 (40) or less participants.
    (c) Speed: one round, which is considered valid when, after the course has been opened and a board has been recorded 5 times at a speed of 25 knots or more on an 'on shore course' or 5 times the speed of 28 knots or more on an 'off shore course'.

A2.3 OVERALL RANKING AT AN EVENT

The overall ranking in a two-discipline event is calculated by awarding 0.7 points for the first in an individual discipline, 2 points for the second, etc. To calculate the overall score refer to rule A2.1. The lowest total score wins.

A2.4 DISCIPLINE TIES

When there is a tie in an individual discipline between two or more boards the tie will be broken in favour of.

    (a) the board who has beaten the other more times, if the tie remains,
    (b) the board with the most first places, or, if the tie remains, the most second places, or lower places if necessary.
    (c) when the tie remains, it will be broken in favor of the board with the best score in the last race in which the tied boards raced and scored differently,
    (d) if the tie remains, it shall stand as the final result.

A2.5 OVERALL TIES

When there is a tie in total points overall, the tie shall be broken in favour of.

    (a) the competitor who has beaten the other in more diciplines, if the tie remains,
    (b) in favour of the competitor with the greater number of discipline firsts, seconds, and so on. The results of races and heats shall be ignored, and if the tie remains, it shall stand as the final result.

A2.6 SCORING OF UNCOMPLETED HEATS

When the final can not be sailed, the finalists shall be scored as follows. The points for the unscored places shall all be added together and then divided by the number of places. The resulting number of points, rounded down to the nearest single decimal place, shall be awarded to each competitor.

A3 Abbreviations for scoring records
These abbreviations are recommended for recording the circumstances that determine a score.

*Scores determined only by protest committee decisions.

A4 Redress
If under rule 64.2 the protest committee decides to change a board's score, it should consider scoring it;

  (a) points equal to the average, to the nearest tenth of a point (0.05 to be rounded upward), of its points in all the races in the series except (its worst and) the race in question or
  (b) points equal to the average, to the nearest tenth of a point (0.05 to be rounded upward), of its points in all the races before the race in question, or
  (c) points based on the position of the board at the time of the incident that justified the redress.
  (d) or whatever equitable arrangement is appropriate


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