How are pursuit start times calculated
A brief summary of how SailSys calculates pursuit start times
SailSys Support
Last Update 2 years ago
Your pursuit start time is calculated by the system using;
- the handicap (TCF) allocated to your boat by the a club (which is often commensurate with your handicap across other series),
- the estimated or average course length,
- the start time of the slowest boat in your division, and
- a speed factor which is proprietary to SailSys.
Your start time will be relative to that of the slowest boat in your division, so if the course length or the handicap of the slowest boat changes, then so to will the start times of all the boats in that division.
At the end of the race your TCF handicap will be recalculated based on your elapsed time to sail the course and hence your performance relative to the boats in your division. It is this new TCF handicap that will be used to recalculate your start time for the next race.
Start times are rounded to whole minutes achieved by rounding up when the calculated time is greater than or equal to 30 seconds.