M-15 and S-15 and P-14/15 sailors 2018 WICR If we have 5 boats in the above noted fleet they will qualifiy for their own scoring/fleet and will not be TLE'd*. Scoring for the Overall WICR trophy will still be 'low score' for the event - both fleets combined and scored as one. ALL WrinkleBoats ! (but technically as two fleets) that would be merged for WICR. We would ask for same start time so you are still racing against everyone in the '<17' and '>17' fleets. *JerryM had an idea 🤔 and since he has so few of those nowadays - I think we ought to use this one! ;>) Jerry pointed out the 'Time Limit Expired' was an issue for the shorter boats in light air (he really is so thoughtful of you guys!) hence, we will try this - we need 5 or more boats in order to score the 15's as a separate fleet. That will all but eliminate the TLE's for the 15 fleet! * TLE - Time Limit Expired - Method of keeping the racing start sequence running in a timely manner - It consists of an arbitrary time limit set by the Race Committee (R/C) that cuts off finish time for an individual fleet based on the finish time of the first boat (typically). That first boats finish time starts a clock- added to the finish time is a specified time limit -(usually 20 minutes here in the past) ONLY boats that finish within the TL are scored on' time' (handicap) all others finishing after the TL are assigned a "TLE" score - SOOO if one were to finish 24 minutes after the first place boat you would be scored as a 'TLE' - I believe the same numeric score for all boats finishing after the time expired limit is given as the 'TLE' boats score (I will check - I am not a scoring guru and have been surprised by many a 'tie-breaking decision'!). THIS IS WHY we want to prevent this - it is confusing and not motivating or FUN for the sailors. 5 or more 15's and we have 'heads-up' racing and scoring applied to WICR ! EASY Don't worry - I have made it sound more confusing (I'm not a great communicator fo' shure!) we will have it all worked out so it is completely transparent and fact checked!! Have Fun - Go Sailing! Thank You GO Gary Oberbeck gilasailr@aol.com
