Last Spring, in a different life, also boring, I was keeping track of the Annual hi-point scores for sailors in GBCA events. Someone asked me for an update so here it is. First Ground rules:
1. Score is the percent of boats you beat in the race or regatta.
2. For series, it is the percent of boats who scored less than you, except that since there are ties, each get the same points. (They beat the same percent of the boats)
3. Last place always gets zero points, even in series, where they actually did beat some one.
4. Each class is scored separately.
5. Includes short handed events with the same rank as full regattas.
6. GBCA results only
To refresh the sceptics memories. The fifth place boat in a ten boat race gets 50 points. The third place boat in a four boat race gets 25 points. The winner in a three boat race gets 67 points. The winner in a 20 boat race gets 95 points.
Includes Icicle, Frostbite, Conundrum, TGIF, RTB, TRW, Single handed, Mixed Doubles, Bank
The winners are...
1 387 Stinger
2 368 Silver Bullet
3 367 Big D
4 363 French Connection
5 347 Sabani
6 325 Dolcetto
7 298 Solaris
8 293 Hot Ticket
9 286 Be Easy
10 218 Tenacity
11 216 Kicks
12 209 Tropical Agression
13 205 Sea Trial
14 199 Bad Girl
15 197 Gambler
16 143 Out Of Site
17 143 Otra Vez
18 141 Further
19 136 Shaken Not Stirred
20 131 footloose
Efficiency award (highest average position for 3 or more starts) goes to Sabani with 4 starts averaging 87.
Details available
John Butler
OK, So no one cares...
Congratulations Stinger, you old goat.
J
Hey John, I care but I couldn't think of a way of posting without boasting.... ;D
It pays to show up at every race.
John,
I actually think it is interesting.
Thanks for taking the time to put it together.
For grins, can you continue in 2010?
While it is only a few computer cycles and a little cutting and pasting into an Excel spreadsheet, it would be much more worthwhile to do if the club could find a sponsor and make it an official competition. And Bee is exactly right, victory in this race comes to those who just keep showing up (and oh btw sailing pretty darn good as well.) Millie won the competition in the LA basin two years in a row by doing just that. The dynamics are a bit different here, but it does have the potential to give people a reason to both show up themselves and to encourage others to come out and play.
Get a sponsor.
Write a deed of gift.
Get a trophy.
Make the presentation of the trophy a big deal at a big deal regatta.
Maybe.... adjust the basis to give points for each race in the TGIF and Rum series. Include specific races by other clubs.
Make it worthwhile.
John
I absolutely agree that this would be a good thing to help motivate people to come out and play a lot more. We do it just because I am always afraid I may not be able to do it much longer, but a trophy might be more help.
Make the trophy presentation at the Commode Doors' Ball. Trophy shouldn't cost all that much anyway. Couple hundred bucks.
thanks for the number crunching John... we know you have nothing better to do :-) I think there should be a sort of presentation at the Commodore's Ball... Might help get boats out more often...
Quote from: Bee on December 03, 2009, 04:43:11 PM
Trophy shouldn't cost all that much anyway. Couple hundred bucks.
I think a perpetual trophy already exists. See original "Season Champion Trophy..." discussion (in old forum) by Scott that started this.
http://gbca.org/interactive/discussion.php3?thid=1211
Well, I was just looking at the GBCA racing schedule and realized that we sponsor the Women's regatta as well. So I added those points in as well. Serves me right for showing the top 20. *indicates a boat that moved up.
1 387 Stinger
2 368 Silver Bullet
3 367 Big D
4 363 French Connection
5 347 Sabani
6 325 Dolcetto
7 298 Solaris
8 293 Hot Ticket
9 286 Be Easy
10 236 *Kicks
11 218 Tenacity
12 213 *Out Of Site
13 209 Tropical Agression
14 205 Sea Trial
15 200 *Painkiller Jane
16 199 Bad Girl
18 197 Gambler
19 193 Shaken Not Stirred
20 177 *DANELAW
The previous scores for the lazy who care.
1 387 Stinger
2 368 Silver Bullet
3 367 Big D
4 363 French Connection
5 347 Sabani
6 325 Dolcetto
7 298 Solaris
8 293 Hot Ticket
9 286 Be Easy
10 218 Tenacity
11 216 Kicks
12 209 Tropical Agression
13 205 Sea Trial
14 199 Bad Girl
15 197 Gambler
16 143 Out Of Site
17 143 Otra Vez
18 141 Further
19 136 Shaken Not Stirred
20 131 footloose
Does it mean anything???
Maybe, if you care
J
Indeed the "club champion" trophy does exist. It is alive and kicking (although needs some cleaning up) in the GBCA trophy case. No reason to buy a new one!