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Race Circumstances

Circumstances are codes applied to race entries when a boat doesn't finish normally or receives a penalty. These follow World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) conventions.

Adding a Circumstance

  1. Go to the race detail page
  2. Find the entry
  3. Click details, then click edit 4Find the "Circumstance" section and select the appropriate code from the dropdown, and then add it

Each entry holds at most one of every code, with two exceptions: SCP and DPI may be added more than once, since a boat can pick up several independent scoring or discretionary penalties in the same race. Trying to add a code the entry already has (including a second ZFP or RDG, or any result code such as DNF or DSQ) is rejected with a message and nothing is added. To change the value of a non-repeatable code, for example a ZFP percentage, remove it first and add it again.

Removing a Circumstance

If a circumstance was applied in error, you can remove it from the entry.

Excluding Circumstances

These codes indicate a boat did not complete the race. The boat receives a penalty score (typically entries + 1).

Code Meaning
DNC Did Not Compete - entered in the series but did not start this race
DNS Did Not Start - was on the water but did not cross the start line
OCS On Course Side - started too early (over the line at the start)
UFD U Flag Disqualification - disqualification under rule 30.3
BFD Black Flag Disqualification - disqualified under black flag rule
NSC Not Sailed Course - did not sail the correct course
DNF Did Not Finish - started but did not cross the finish line
RET Retired - withdrew from the race after starting
DSQ Disqualified - disqualified after a protest or rule violation
DNE Disqualification Not Excludable - cannot be discarded from series total

Penalty Codes

These codes apply a scoring adjustment rather than replacing the finish:

Code Meaning
ZFP 20% Penalty - percentage added to score (Z flag penalty)
SCP Scoring Penalty - a specific penalty added to the score
DPI Discretionary Penalty Imposed - penalty at the discretion of the protest committee
RDG Redress Given - score adjusted to compensate for an incident

How Circumstances Affect Scoring

  • Excluding circumstances replace the boat's finish position with a penalty score
  • DNE scores cannot be discarded - they always count in the series total
  • Penalty codes are applied on top of the boat's finishing position
  • See How Scoring Works for details on score calculation

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