The main features of HAL's Race Results are:
It is robust and simple to use, by race officers with minimal computer skills.
It can cope with all the races in a season of club sailing, regattas and championships.
It produces results for individual races or series, using the Low Points or Bonus
Point schemes from the Racing Rules of Sailing 2009-2012, with discards as desired.
It can be used for handicap races - using
Portsmouth Yardstick, IRC, IRM,
Small Cat,
SBR, CYCA, ECHO and IHS - as well as
non-handicap (level rating) events.
It will sort out the various classes taking part in an event. Boats can be entered
in the order they cross the finishing line, leaving the computer to place each boat
in its correct class.
It allows you to set up Tandem Series that derive their input from other series.
Use them to re-compute results using another set of handicaps, for instance.
It incorporates Portsmouth Yardstick data so that handicaps for PY classes default
to the published value, but can be changed if desired.
It can produce entry lists and round sheets for the race-management team, as well
as lists of winners and other statistics for the sailing secretary.
It protects access to boat lists, handicaps and race schedules with a password,
so that the sailing secretary can control important data while other people are
free to input new results and view old ones.
It has in-built help pages and a comprehensive
manual.
It runs on most personal computers. Click here to see
the technical requirements.