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Lapping Races

Lapping races are an alternative format where boats sail as many laps as possible in a fixed time period, rather than racing to a finish line.

Enabling Lapping Format

You can change a race to lapping format:

  1. Go to the race detail page
  2. Click the dropdown in the top menu and change from Standard to Lapping

Recording Lap Times

In a lapping race, you record each lap completion time instead of a single finish time:

  1. For each entry, click to record a lap time, current time is recorded as the lap completion time 2Repeat for each subsequent lap

You can change or clear individual lap times if mistakes are made. This is available when entry details are expanded.

Lapping Configuration

The series scoring configuration includes lapping-specific settings:

Display Mode

Mode Description
Single Lap Show elapsed time results based on a single lap time
Most Laps Show elapsed time results based on the biggest number of laps completed

Lap Correction

Controls how lap times are adjusted for handicap:

Option Description
None No correction applied
Same Rating Correct between boats with the same handicap rating using the standard RYA forumla
Same or Slower Rating Correct for boats with the same or slower rating following the standard RYA formula
Slower Can't Beat Faster Ensures slower-rated boats can't beat faster-rated ones on corrected time

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