Event guide
- Short course
championship - a windward / leeward style event, sailed as part of
a NSW clubs normal series
- Frank Bethwaite
Memorial Trophy - Memorial trophy assigned to an event in the TANSW
calendar at the discretion of the race committee
Winter TT
- 1 event to
constitute a championship
- The NSW state
title are classified as the first heat of the Winter TT
series.
- While there are
no set number of Winter TT's the race secretary will endeavour to
run three events including a states and a short course
championship
Summer
TT
- 1 event to
constitute a championship
- While there are
no set number of Summer TT's the race secretary will endeavour to
run five events. The Frank Bethwaite Memorial Trophy will
either be incorporated into one of these events or run as a
separate race
Scoring
TT events may consist of one or more races. Where an entire
event is given TT status, discards will apply as per the standard
sailing instructions for that event. A boats final place, after
applicable discards, will be taken as their score for that TT.
Boats that did not enter the TT, or in the case of the State
Championships, boats that are not part of TANSW, but sailed the
event, will be excluded from final scoring.
Series scores (for Winter, Summer and overall recombined TT) are
the sum of place scores:
- Winter TT:
places achieved by a boat in each eligible TT event, summed
together, with no discarded events. Boats that did not compete in
an event will be given the score of the maximum number of boats in
the TT series + 1.
- Summer TT: places achieved by a boat in each eligible TT event,
summed together. As a new initiative for 2015/16, 1 discard will be
provided if 5 events are run.. Boats that did not compete in an
event will be given the score of the maximum number of boats in the
TT series + 1
- Combined TT: Places achieved by a boat in the Winter TT overall
and the Summer TT overall
Handicap
- Scratch and
handicap scoring is in place for all events. Handicaps are
reset at the annual NSW State Championship