Finishing the Race
Give everyone a finish, except those noted as premature starters. (You should still record what would have been a finishing time in case of disagreement.)
When a lot of boats finish together, the Recorder should ask the other member of the team present to scribble down(not shout out) the boat numbers of finishers in order while operating the finishing signal on the computer (the times will stack up of the screen if a boats time hasn't been linked to a time by the system).
The Race Officer should be thinking about the course for the next race.
Has the wind changed?
Did the last course work?
Calculation of corrected times for handicap boats should be possible between races but if short of time leave it until after races have finished.
Reduced lap calculation:- the recorder should make sure that the results sheet reflects the number of laps actually sailed by a particular boat. In certain events the Lapped Boat rule applies and the calculation of corrected time must reflect this otherwise the results may look bizaar.
To keep to the schedule the course for the next race should, at the latest, be posted when the last boat has finished. Remember you need to give 15 minutes warning to the first start, late finishers are likely to be the slower handicap boats which have an additional 14 minutes before their start in class racing, the faster boats will probably have already been on shore for more than 15 minutes.
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