Joe,

As you know, in the Low-Point System your total score is the sum of your finishing places in all of the races in the series. The problems with this approach are 1) if you don't show up for a race you get severely penalized (increasing the allowed number of throwouts helps), and 2) if you compete in a race with a small turnout you can get a decent score even though you did poorly relative to the boats that raced (i.e., coming in 2nd out of 2 boats is still a good score).

In the current e27 system, your score is the percentage of boats that you have beaten in all of the races that you have entered over the season. In other words, you add up the total number of boats that you have beaten in all of the races you have entered and divide that by the total number of boats entered in those races excluding your boat. The highest percentage at the end of the season wins. This system has the following advantages 1) if you miss a race it doesn't affect your score at all, 2) if you do well in a heavily attended race it helps you season win percentage more than doing well in a sparsely attended race, and 3) the more races you do, the more throwouts you get (to promote participation).

I think this summarizes it. If not I'm sure somebody will correct me.

Dan

:: I almost finished the survey until I came across the
:: scoring system. Despite reading the Appendix A in RRS
:: and the alternative systems, I don't think I understand
:: it enough (they do that intentionally I swear).
:: http://www.ussailing.org/racemgt/documents/AppA-Long_Series_Scori...
::
:: I've read our system but would appreciate a clarifying
:: comparison with the Low Point System?
::
::
:: Joe B.
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