Racing Friends,
It's definitely Tom. His cummulative score for both halves is one point lower than ours, and he did beat us in the last race on Sunday, which by the way was a great day of racing. So congratulations to Tom, who I think is an excellent sailor.
Also, I very much appreciated that Jan and Tom told us all about their downwind techniques. This is definitely an area that I hope to improve in next season.
Cheers,
Frank
Tackful
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:04:56 -0700
From: Michael.Andrews at portsamerica.com
To: tuna at myfleet.org
Subject: [Santana 22] Season Standings
Dear friends,
I am sorry I have been unable to race with you during the second half of our ODCA series. A commitment to sail aboard the Cal 40, Azure in the StFYC Big Boat Series, including a couple of HDA races as practices leading up to that event, that fall on the same days as our series races, has been my obstacle.
In any event, my recollection of what we agreed to at our pre-season meeting was that our plain sails season would be split into two halves, that prizes would be awarded to the winner of each half and that if two different individuals won the two halves, both would go to the Champion of Champions Regatta but, unlike last year, the overall ODCA winner of our Class would not be determined there but, would be determined by who's cumulative score for the half season they won, was lowest.
I am not certain about what we agreed to concerning the Season Closer. Though Saturday of it should consist of course races that could be sailed with just plain sails by our Fleet, if we chose to, doing so and counting the results would mess with the math concerning what boat won what half with the lowest points because it would result in more than five races being counted per half, given one throw out.
I suggest that the Season Closer not be counted in our plain sails series. We may have discussed doing it as part of our Spinnaker Series or having separate awards for it; either remain options. Jan has suggested bottles of wine be awarded to the top three or four boats competing in the Season Closer, as an example of how this might be handled.
What follows is my calculation for the two halves of our plain sails season, including one throughout per half:
1
Frank Lawler
Tackful
581
2
3
1
1
1
2
7
1
Tom Montoya
1
1
1
2
3
2
7
2
Tom Montoya
Meliki
5194
3
1
4
5
2
1
11
2
Frank Lawler
2
2
3
4
2
3
12
3
Giovaccini & Buckingham
Tchoupitoulas
5044
4
5
2
3
3
4
16
4
Jan Grygier
9
9
2
1
1
1
14
4
Michael Andrews
Bonito
811
1
2
3
2
10
10
18
3
Giovaccini & Buckingham
4
3
4
3
4
4
18
5
Shirley Bates
Inshallah
5100
6
7
8
7
4
3
27
7
Clyde Niesen
5
7
6
6
8
8
32
6
Jan Grygier
Carlos
5020
9
4
5
4
10
10
32
10
Bill Murphy
7
5
8
8
8
8
36
7
Leah Pepe
Kelly Shawn
38000
5
6
8
7
7
7
32
9
Megan Dwyer
6
6
9
9
8
8
37
8
Megan Dwyer
London Calling
5029
9
10
6
7
5
5
32
8
Leah Pepe
9
9
9
9
6
6
39
9
Clyde Niesen
Chopped Liver
5084
7
8
8
7
6
8
36
5
Shirley Bates
3
4
5
5
5
5
43
10
Bill Murphy
Usquebugh
5166
9
10
8
7
8
6
38
6
Michael Andrews
9
9
9
9
8
8
43
So, if you accept my logic, our plain sails season is over and wow, Frank and Tom both won a half, each ending the half they won with seven points! Now, a tie breaker is usually decided by who has the most lower scores but, the both have 3 bullets and two seconds after a throw out. Even considering the throw out, they both discarded thirds. Pretty amazing. My knowledge gets thin here; I have never had to look this far to determine a winner. Jan and I have spoken on the subject and he tells me that, in such cases, the individual to beat the other in the last race of the series, wins. If this is so, that makes Tom the winner as he, conveniently if this is correct, beat Frank in the last race of both the first and second halves.
Frank and Tom, given your interest in the issue, do you know of anything different from what Jan has told me? I have honestly not had an opportunity to research this but, should there be any disagreement or controversy over this, I will.
Warm regards,
Michael Andrews
811 Bonito
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