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How do I ensure that a boat that does not receive a place in a race gets the correct number of points?
Appendix A of the Racing Rules of Sailing sets out ten situations in which a boat is given points other than for achieving a place in a race. They are listed below.
DNC Did not start; did not come to the starting area.
DNS Did not start (other than DNC and OCS).
OCS Did not start; on course side of the starting line at her starting signal and failed to start.
BFD Disqualification under Rule 30.3 (Black Flag)
DNF Did not finish.
RAF Retired after finishing.
DSQ Disqualification.
DNE Disqulaification (other than DGM) not excludable under Rule 89.3.
DGM Disqualification under Rule 69.1(b)(2); not excludable.
RDG Redress given.
The actual number of points a boat receives for each of the status codes shown above, apart from RDG, depends on how the series was set up in the Race Schedule part of HAL's Race Results.
The points for each of the codes is set in relation to either the number of starters, or the number of finishers, or the number in the class (i.e. the number entered), or the number in the series (i.e. the number that took part in at least one race in the series). Thus you might set the score for DNF to be the number of starters plus 2.
You can also set an absolute number of points by making the score relative to a base of zero. Thus the points for DNC might be Zero plus 50 (i.e. 50 points no matter how many boats entered or took part).
The default for all codes is the number of boats in the class (i.e. entered) plus 1. However race organisers frequently alter the allocation. They might give more points for DSQ than for DNF or RAF, for instance, in order to encourage the resolution of disputes before they reach the protest room.
In a club situation, there may be many more boats in a class than are likely to take part in a particular series. A club might have 50 Wayfarers on its books, for instance, but might know that it was very unlikely the more than 20 would take part in the Wednesday evening series. In that case it makes more sense to set points relative to either the number of starters ( which is likely to vary from race to race within the series) or to the number of boats in the series (i.e. boats with at least one non-DNC score in the series).