RYA Tactics
The perfect Tactical xmas present for your helm or crew
Personally signed by the author
RYA Tactics by Mark Rushall sheds a new light on the complexities of sailboat racing. No other sport requires the combination of so many elements – preparation, strategy, speed, tuning and most importantly tactics. However, it’s good tactics which can so often be that elusive missing skill.
As one of the sports top tacticians and coaches, and 2006 RYA Squad Coach of the Year, Mark’s book will help you sail better and improve your results. With easy to follow and logical diagrams, this book breaks new ground in presenting this essential and complex element of our sport.
“Covering almost every conceivable tactical situation, the book is a real tour de force by Rushall….yet comprises one of the easiest to read tactical situation books we have come across.” The Daily Sail, 1 May 07
“This book has come about from years of sailing and coaching at the highest level by an extremely analytical person. Mark …. is one of those annoying people who learnt from every sailing / coaching experience and has built an extensive memory bank of tactical scenarios and understanding.”
Chips Howarth, Fireball World Champion 2005
Tactics is the most comprehensive and accessible guide to racing yet. Providing an awesome and unique insight of sailboat tactics, it breaks down the race to tell you exactly what to think about, how and when to do it, and most importantly, why you should be doing it! No matter what your level of racing experience, you’ll have something to learn from Mark Rushall….”
Georgie Corlett, Editor, Dinghy Sailing Magazine
Start your 2008 season ready prepared and don’t go afloat without having read RYA Tactics.
Order your personally signed copy from www.rushall.net or for UK delivery send a cheque for £16 including P&P to:
Mark Rushall Tactics
Watermark Offices, 8 Lumley Gardens, Lumley Road, Emsworth, Hants, PO10 8AG, UK
International orders – please email tactics@rushall.net and postage rates will be advised.
Also available from www.rya.org.uk and most leading chandleries and book stores.
ENDS
Yacht Types
Our Yachts - Your Home
A succesful yachting holiday depends, of course, on the quality of your yacht itself. We pride ourselves on a range of craft to suit everyone - from a couple of first-time sailors to a large group of friends.
Yacht sizes vary, as do ages and prices, but you can always be sure that our teams of engineers have lovingly prepared your yacht for your holiday. Each yacht is equipped with a standard inventory of vital equipment, while some of our newer yachts come with added features.
To help you decide on your ideal boat, you can easily compare yachts, showing up to three alternatives alongside each other.
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Dinghy Sailing Tuition
National Sailing Scheme
We work closely with the RYA in developing the National Sailing Scheme. This progressive approach to tuition provides a tried-and-tested way to learn to sail. Holidays shouldn’t feel like school, so we endeavour to make everything from your first taster to high performance race techniques, as much fun as possible!
Start Sailing - Level 1
Great for those new to learn to sail holidays, Level 1 provides a comprehensive introduction to dinghy sailing. It is designed to get you on the water using modern, single-handed dinghies and requires no previous experience.
The course covers a wide variety of skills to enable you to sail confidently such as; wind awareness, rigging basics, knots and sailing theory.
Start Sailing is available in all of our centres.
Basic Skills - Level 2
Level 2 aims to fine-tune the skills and boat handling manoeuvres learnt at Level 1. The course sets out the foundations of sailing with the aim of producing competent light wind sailors who are able to sail and make informed decisions in good conditions.
You can expect to learn more advanced techniques in a variety of craft including; rigging according to weather conditions, coming alongside a moored boat, capsize recovery and essential safety background.
Try Finikounda – Great for the progressing beginner. Holiday sailing at it’s best!
Seamanship Skills
Moving on from Basic Skills, the main focus of this course is fine-tuning skills already learnt and boat handling manoeuvres, whilst increasing your self-reliance and decision making skills.
Day Sailing
We are able to endorse most sections of this course, enabling competent sailors to confidently plan and execute a safe day cruise, aspects covered include pilotage, interpretation of charts and use of GPS.
Finikounda is the main place to go for day sailing.
Sailing with Spinnakers
Sailing with Spinnakers teaches you how to sail a dinghy rigged with an asymmetric or symmetric spinnaker and some trapezing.
Try Porto Heli for a fantastic destination for a sailing holiday with tuition.
Start Racing
You will learn to race a variety of craft from single handers to performance boats. The aim is to gain a good understanding of the rules and techniques of racing, including the course and starting sequence, boat preparation, tactics and racing rules.
Performance Sailing
This is an advanced course for experienced sailors using high performance craft and covers a range of sessions including rigging, tuning, teamwork, trapezing, hiking, tacking and downwind sailing.
Porto Heli is the ideal place for performance sailing.
Dinghy Sailing Equipment
Advances in design and technology have continued to make dinghy sailing easier and more enjoyable than ever before. We've selected tghe best craft from leading British manufacturers Laser and RS, equipping our clubs with a range of kit to suit local wind and conditions.
Laser Funboats
Stable, safe and fun! Perfect for children. Available in all centres except Dahab
Laser Pico
A perfect beginners’ boat with easy-to-use controls. Available in all centres
Laser 1
The classic Olympic class single hander. Exciting sailing. Available in all centres except Vassiliki
Laser 2000
A popular boat for families and friends looking for a stable hull but no shortage of features.
Available in Halkidiki, Sivota, Ortakent, Finikounda and Porto Heli,
Laser 3000
A performance machine ideally suited to teenagers and lighter crews. Fast action with a spinnaker and trapeze. Available in Finikounda
Laser Bahia
A stable and spacious cockpit with space for up to 5 adults, together with a light hull and large gennaker makes a great day sail and cruising boat, with a performance edge.
Available in Lemnos and Lesvos
Laser 4000
Serious fun in the fast lane. A high performance skiff with adjustable racks and a large sail area. With tuition and practice, the 4000 flies. Available in Finikounda and Porto Heli
Laser Stratos
A good size family cruiser, the Stratos is ideal for day sailing, combining stability and performance features.Available in Lemnos, Lesvos, Halkidiki, Finikounda and Porto Heli
Laser Vago XD
Unmatched handling, versatility and exhilarating performance are harnessed by Laser in a unique modern design with high spec sails and trapeze. Available in Lemnos, Lesvos and Dahab
Dart 16
A popular catamaran equally at home pottering around on a day sail or on a trapezing joyride. The Dart 16 is a firm favourite in our centres. Available in all centres
Optimist
The definitive youth racer, the Optimist has traditionally been the first step on the road to success for competitive young sailors. Available in Porto Heli and Finikounda
RS Feva
A versatile dinghy, introducing several advanced features on a user friendly craft suited to younger sailors.Available in Finikounda, Porto Heli, Lemnos and Lesvos
RS 200
An easy to sail dinghy that brings the excitement of asymmetric sailing to everybody, including lighter sailors and youngsters. Available in Porto Heli
RS 400
LDC’s modern classic, a hiking asymmetric. The ultimate choice for the ambitious improver.
Available in Porto Heli
RS 500
Exciting performance with a simple user friendly layout and easy handling.Available in Porto Heli
RS 800
An exciting high performance skiff with twin trapeze that is remarkably easy for competent sailors to master.Available in Porto Heli and Finikounda
29er
A fast, exciting ride, the 29er is a high performance boat ideally suited to light weight sailors and youth racing.Available in Porto Heli
Flotilla Holidays
Flotilla Holidays - Another day. Another destination.
Explore hidden treasures every day; share your adventures in the evening with fellow sailors.
Life on flotilla is a holiday that just gets better every day.
Flotilla sailing holidays allow you to enjoy the independence of sailing your very own yacht from port to port during the day, but you also get to choose between pleasant evenings in the warm company of your fellow sailors, or spending them peacefully on your own deck.
On arrival
The Neilson Team will be there to greet you on arrival and show you to your yacht. Your lead crew will then join you on board to answer any questions you may have, show you where everything is and just check that everything is ship shape.
The remainder of the afternoon and evening is then yours to spend as you wish - enjoy a refreshing drink on deck, get to know some of your fellow sailors, explore the local area or stock up on any additional provisioning you require. You are then fully prepared for the start of your adventure the following day.
A day in the life…
As the morning sun peeps over your bow, your lead crew will join you for a chat about the day ahead, confirming the evening’s destination together with some great places to explore and idyllic lunch stops. Then as soon as everything’s ready, you’re free to slip your lines and set sail.
It’s entirely up to you and your crew how you reach your destination. You may want to race there before everybody else or meander there, anchoring for a lunch break and swim in a secluded bay. With the yacht to yourself, the day is yours to enjoy as you please. And if you wish to hook up with other parties on your flotilla they’re just a VHF radio call away - as is your lead crew, in case you need any help or advice.
As the afternoon drifts into evening and you glide into port, your lead crew will be waiting ashore to help you into your mooring, catch your lines and point out the location of shower facilities, bars and tavernas at your latest destination.
As the sun sets, you can settle in at one of the local tavernas, swapping stories with your fellow sailors over a bottle of wine and a hearty local meal. Of course, if all that sailing and sightseeing has taken it out of you, you can simply stay on your yacht and cook a meal in your own galley. That’s the beauty of flotilla holidays.
Your Yachting Experience
Our flotilla holidays in Greece and Croatia flotilla holidays require varying levels of confidence and experience due to the different routes and wind conditions in each area. It is important you select the right area for your party to ensure your safety and enjoyment.
The minimum experience we require on a flotilla holiday is that at least two people aboard each yacht are aged 18 years or over and must have had several day's active experience in charge of a yacht.
If this level of experience cannot be satisfied a Stay and Sail holiday, coupled with an Introduction to Yachting or Brush Up training course should be completed
Skippered Charter
If you want to regain your confidence afloat or just share the beginning of your flotilla with a like-minded sailor then you can pre book a member of the Neilson yacht team to join you on a skippered charter. They will spend the day with you, sailing from one place to another before retiring to the lead boat in the evening, allowing your party the privacy to enjoy some time alone. This option is available for one to three days for a supplement of £100 per yacht per day.
Please note, this option is not suitable for beginners who should complete an Introduction to Yachting course.
Bareboat Charter
Our Bareboat sailing holidays gives more experienced sailors the freedom to sail where, when and however they please. No itinerary, no set routes and no one to bother you. Bareboat holidays are the ultimate getaway.
Plot your own route around the many picturesque bays, lively little harbour towns and fishing villages scattered about the coastlines of our huge sailing areas. Spend as long as you like at any stop, return to your favourite places over and over, or keep on the move to discover something new around every point.
Of course, since you’re with Neilson you’ll still have the benefit of our expertise. Before you depart, our bareboat co-ordinator will go through the route you’ve planned, pointing out the highlights of your journey. And it’s always worth picking their brains, because they often have a nugget of advice that could really make your holiday. And naturally, they’ll also call or text you each morning to pass on weather conditions and check that everything on the yacht is as it should be.
All of our Bareboat holidays are provided with the following:
• Full tanks of diesel, water and gas
• Marine insurance
• Flights and transfers
• Comprehensive tools and spares
• A quick fix manual for everyday repair and maintenance
• Handheld GPS
• Additional charts and pilot book
• Mobile phone and charger
• Extra warps
• Starter pack
• No damage waiver or deposit to pay
Bareboat Holidays support Includes:
• A dedicated bareboat co-ordinator
• A full skipper and engineer’s briefing
• Details of all flotilla routes, staff and contact numbers
Experience Levels
When booking bareboat holidaywe ask that at least two people aboard are aged 18 years or over and have plenty of sailing knowledge and experience, having been in charge of a sailing vessel for several cruises, possibly on previous flotilla holidays. Both must be comfortable sailing in a range of conditions. If this level of experience cannot be satisfied, a flotilla holiday may be more appropriate.
Sail Training Courses
Yacht Training Courses
It’s not as hard as you might imagine to pick up the skills to navigate a yacht around the Mediterranean coastline. With our tried and tested courses and fantastic yacht trainers, you will be sailing with confidence in no time at all. We offer a number of courses to suit all ages and abilities.
Introduction to Yachting - four days
A course designed to be fun but informative, equipping complete beginners with the knowledge and skills necessary to skipper their own yacht on flotilla.
The syllabus we follow is based on the RYA Keelboat Level 2 certificate. After having completed the course, followed by a second week on flotilla, most new sailors will be awarded their RYA Level 2 certificate.
The skills needed can be learnt in four days with tuition from our Royal Yachting Association qualified instructors. Whilst covering the necessary manoeuvres you will be hopping from pontoon to quayside to bay to harbour. Occasionally stopping for picnics, taverna lunches or swimming, there will be time to digest all that you are learning at a relaxed but steady pace.
A maximum of five guests will train per yacht with an instructor.
At the end of your course you’ll feel confident and competent enough to skipper your own yacht within a flotilla environment. Your lead crew will be aware of your training and will be on hand to offer their full support during your week afloat.
Brush-Up Course - two days
Ideal for those with a basic or fading knowledge of sailing, or experienced dinghy sailors looking to make the step to big boat sailing. This course is tailored around your existing experience and looks to build your ability to sail confidently once more. You will spend two days with one of our RYA instructors who will assist you in practising and reviewing the skills you wish to improve.
The Brush-Up course can also be suitable for confident, advanced dinghy sailors who sail regularly at a high level. This course enables you to transfer your well-practised dinghy skills onto a larger class of boat. Beginner or intermediate dinghy sailors should book the Introduction to Yachting course.
Private Courses - Ideal for Families
Our Private Introduction to Yachting and Brush-Up courses are designed for groups or families who wish to learn together, on the same yacht, up to a maximum of five people. The course content is the same as detailed previously but you are guaranteed to be learning as one group without having to share your training yacht with another party.
The added advantage of a private course is that we can welcome 13 to 15 year olds aboard when accompanied by a parent. Younger sailors will relish the opportunity to learn with their family as a forerunner to the flotilla week of their holiday.
Private courses are priced per yacht at four times the cost of the individual course.
One Week Learn to Sail
If you can only get away on holiday for one week or spending two weeks learning to sail is not an option for you, then our One week Learn to Sail holiday is a perfect solution - half the week will be spent at one of our yacht bases living on your yacht whilst learning to sail on the Introduction to Yachting course. For the second part of the week, you will join your fellow sailors on flotilla.
Dinghy Sailing Equipment
When you go on a Neilson sailing holiday with tuition, every club is recognised as a RYA Training Centre. Each of our clubs is regularly inspected for standards of tuition, facilities and equipment and all must have qualified staff, suitable boats and adequate safety cover ensuring quality sailing tuition. Holidays with us will have you carving through the seas in no time!
We always include RYA tuition and courses in the cost of your holiday, whether you are a first timer aiming for your RYA Level 1 certificate, or an expert working on your performance sailing.
National Sailing Scheme
We work closely with the RYA in developing the National Sailing Scheme. This progressive approach to tuition provides a tried-and-tested way to learn to sail. Holidays shouldn’t feel like school, so we endeavour to make everything from your first taster to high performance race techniques, as much fun as possible!
Start Sailing - Level 1
Great for those new to learn to sail holidays, Level 1 provides a comprehensive introduction to dinghy sailing. It is designed to get you on the water using modern, single-handed dinghies and requires no previous experience.
The course covers a wide variety of skills to enable you to sail confidently such as; wind awareness, rigging basics, knots and sailing theory.
Start Sailing is available in all of our centres.
Basic Skills - Level 2
Level 2 aims to fine-tune the skills and boat handling manoeuvres learnt at Level 1. The course sets out the foundations of sailing with the aim of producing competent light wind sailors who are able to sail and make informed decisions in good conditions.
You can expect to learn more advanced techniques in a variety of craft including; rigging according to weather conditions, coming alongside a moored boat, capsize recovery and essential safety background.
Try Finikounda – Great for the progressing beginner. Holiday sailing at it’s best!
Seamanship Skills
Moving on from Basic Skills, the main focus of this course is fine-tuning skills already learnt and boat handling manoeuvres, whilst increasing your self-reliance and decision making skills.
Day Sailing
We are able to endorse most sections of this course, enabling competent sailors to confidently plan and execute a safe day cruise, aspects covered include pilotage, interpretation of charts and use of GPS.
Finikounda is the main place to go for day sailing.
Sailing with Spinnakers
Sailing with Spinnakers teaches you how to sail a dinghy rigged with an asymmetric or symmetric spinnaker and some trapezing.
Try Porto Heli for a fantastic destination for a sailing holiday with tuition.
Start Racing
You will learn to race a variety of craft from single handers to performance boats. The aim is to gain a good understanding of the rules and techniques of racing, including the course and starting sequence, boat preparation, tactics and racing rules.
Performance Sailing
This is an advanced course for experienced sailors using high performance craft and covers a range of sessions including rigging, tuning, teamwork, trapezing, hiking, tacking and downwind sailing.
Porto Heli is the ideal place for performance sailing.
Performance Profiling
Performance Profiling
Rob Andrews shows you how to focus your training to improve your racing results.
For additional information, read Your Best Year Ever in the April 2003 issue of SailRacer
The Performance Profiling approach provides a structure for assessing which areas are most important to your sailing, and your relative strengths in the high priority areas. The aim is to break down your sailing in to all the relevant component parts, based on the level that you compete at and the type of boat that you sail.
In an ideal world we would break these down into the following areas:
- Equipment
- Technique
- Strategy and Tactics
- General skills
- Target Areas
- Mental skills
- Others
So for instance the fitness demands on the club racing Laser sailor will be very different to the fitness demands on someone in the same class trying to do well at the National Championship. I personally feel that it is important for you to devise your own set of areas, as then it will fully reflect YOUR sailing. Even more important, if you sail in a team, is to include the entire crew in this process. This will ensure that you are all working towards common goals, and it will also throw up differences of opinion in the thoughts and perception of the crew. These need to be addressed and discussed as it is hard to work on boathandling skills if you do not have the commitment of the entire crew.
Once you have devised, and agreed, the content of each area, it is time to look at:
- The importance of each item, scored 1 -10 (where 10 is very important and 1 is low importance). Note this should be in relation to your goals.
- How your performance rates in each of the areas (scored on a 1-10 scale again)
During this process, you can again expect to have differences of opinion between crew members. It may appear time consuming, but I am afraid that this discussion is an imperative part of getting the most out of your Profile. The returns in crew cohesion and specific practice will give you a performance edge, and will be well worth the time initially spent on the Profile. Below is a sample profile for a dinghy, which will give you some idea of what to include in each area.
Now that you have a specific boat Profile, what information are we looking for? The areas that have been scored 7 -10 in importance are key to making fast improvements. Search for any of these areas where the boat performance score is seven or less. The lower the performance number, the bigger your potential gain on the race track.
Now that you have identified the specific elements that you need to work on, you just have to decide on the best way to deliver the improvement. Some of the gains will be boathandling related, some will need specific equipment, some may need extra studying or help and some may simply see you going down the gym as the fitness element may be holding you back.
Sample Performance Profile - modify to suit your goals and your class EQUIPMENT
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score Importance and Your Performance on a scale of 1-10 (10 is high/good)
Henri Lloyd Dinghy & Sportsboat Collection 2008
Henri Lloyd used their intensive marine clothing industry knowledge whilst working alongside the world’s best dinghy and inshore racing sailors to produce a new Dinghy & Sportsboat Range which was launched in 2007, known as the Stealth Dinghy Collection.
This exclusive collection ranging from Rash Vests and Buoyancy Aids to Dry suits, was developed and designed alongside our range ambassadors Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield and through Henri Lloyd’s association with Sportboats, including the Melges 24 and Laser SB3 classes. The knowledge gained through Henri Lloyd’s association with the America’s Cup has also been an invaluable contribution towards the technical development of this range.
Named Stealth, the products have been designed to give the wearer the extra edge needed while competing against other sailors in racing environments. Certain items within the range have been adapted with more technically advanced features to enhance the performance of the garment – creating the category Stealth Pro.
For 2008 the range has been extended to include a new Women’s Spray Top, Junior Dry Suit and a selection of Rash Vests.
The hero product within this range is the Women’s TP1 Stealth Smock. This product is a technical replica of the men’s version, but has been designed and tailored to fit the female figure. The smock is constructed from Henri Lloyd’s own technical TP1 fabric, which is 100% waterproof and windproof, it is also breathable and is also very lightweight, therefore easing movement around the boat. Additional features include Dartex cuffs and neck seal, fully adjustable neoprene waist band and a fast draining quick access front stow and sleeve pocket.
The Junior TP1 Stealth Dry Suit has exactly the same design, features and attention to detail as the adult’s version, but for 2008 both suits have been further developed and certain features have evolved. The neck and cuff seals have been upgraded to a 3mm neoprene to help with insulation and durability. The seals have been thermally bonded to the fabric therefore improving comfort and fit. The Dry Suit design also benefits from bat wing waist adjusters and internal braces for a more customised fit, whilst the seat and knee areas have been reinforced with 500D condura, reducing wear and increasing longevity.
Also new for 2008 are the Stealth Rash Vests. The contoured fit rash vests have been designed to give additional protection whilst on the water and have the benefit of being extremely quick drying. They can be worn with your hiking shorts or can help prevent chaffing and aid insulation when worn under a wetsuit. This 4 way super stretch top can also be worn over a buoyancy vest to close down loose straps and reduce friction. With a UPF factor of 30+ they will provide essential protection against the sun's harmful rays and are available in long, short sleeve, and women’s and junior sizes.
A collection of Henri Lloyd accessories required while dinghy sailing including gloves, balaclavas, hats and neck gaiters completes the range.
How do I upload results from SailWave
I am using SailWave to score our racing, and want to upload the results to SailRacer ?
Sail 100 to SailRacer
How do I get my Sail 100 results to SailRacer ?
What other results software can I use to SailRacer
I see there is direct support for SailWave and Sail 100, what other software can I use ?
CATAMARANS OUT OF OLYMPICS
Will be sad to see the speed and grace of the Tornado lost from the Olympics, let's hope the class flourishes outside
Dinghy Sailing in the Midlands
OK a bit cold this time of year
, but I am looking for ideaas for presents for my partner.
Yacht Charter
Although I love dinghy sailing, thought I would try some yachting. Some friends are looking at bareboat charter.
Catamaran Sailing
Well debate going on this at the moment, ISAF in their wisdom have just dropped Cats (Tornado Class) from the Olympics.
Sailing Holidays
There is now a new feature on SailRacer devoted to Sailing Holidays
www.sailracer.co.uk/sailing/holidays
Sailing Videos
We have now included videos of sailing action, these can be found at
GPS Logging Devices
With GPS receivers so cheap these days, anyone using them for logging their races ?
NEW Boats for Sale and Gear For Sale Section
SailRacer now has a new For Sale section, here you will find 000s of items For Sale
You can advertsie for FREE, now is the time of year to clear out your garage of all those unused sailing items. There are sections for Boats, Sails, Gear, Clothing, Trailers and TrolleysResults RSS Feed
Yes we can provide RSS results feeds for use on other sites. This gives you the lates results automatically on your site
Portsmouth Yardstick Scheme – what is it?
The PYS is set of guidelines and recommendations from the RYA to help clubs provide its members with fairer racing. It allows boats of difference types and performances to race together using some basic configuration denominators. Part of the recommendations published by the RYA include the Portsmouth Number list which gives allocates numbers to boats dependant on the amount of data received, which in turn gives clubs different levels of confidence when using those numbers. The scheme runs entirely on club data and without the club data the numbers published by the RYA become less meaningful.
Why have the RYA decided to launch a race results
In the past, the RYA have asked clubs to send in their data at the end of every year. The data captured is limited and often open to subjectivity and goes through little validation by the RYA before being used in the statistical number crunching. After a very detailed review of the PYS by the RYA, it was highlighted that the data been captured by the RYA was become less and less meaningful, which was being reflected in the declining amount of returns being received by the RYA.
By launching the RYA Race results website, in collaboration with Simon Lovesey and SailRacer, the RYA are starting to increase the accuracy and meaningfulness of the data being collected by going straight to the source; individual race results. By asking clubs to upload their race results, the RYA are getting raw race data. The raw race data is also being subjected to an analysis in accordance with the RYA guidelines, which again increases the accuracy of the data being returned.
In summary, the RYA hope to collect more data, which is more meaningful to clubs as well as nationally, and start to increase the sailing publics confidence in the system and the numbers published by the RYA.
Why does my club need to adjust numbers?
The PN list published by the RYA is a guidance list to clubs. The advice given by the RYA has always been such that if the Portsmouth Numbers as published do not work for your club, then that club SHOULD change those numbers to ensure fair racing. Any clubs should always be careful when changing numbers to make sure that they are not adjusting a single person (crew skill factor) rather than the performance of the boat. Also to make sure that any data that it bases that adjustment on is considered and fair. Ideally a club should not adjust numbers after only 2 races in similar conditions etc, as well as taking into account local factors such as tidal gates and depth issues.
IT is only by adjusting those numbers that a club will start to get more meaningful results from the website which can then in turn be put back into the club racing system.
Combining Classes
Ian,
How do I import the race data?
I have re-created some of our race data into Sailwave, but even on the data import screen I cannot find how to import the Sailwave file. Also, I have put 2 race results into one file. Is this OK?
Mods to Suggested Handicaps Page
This week I have re-written the way the 'Suggested Handicaps' page works, fixing a problem that Chris G highlighted with data from multiple races on the same day.
You will also see that we are showing the number of boats each suggested handicap has been calculated from. This should help you understand the quality of the suggested handicap
Finally, you can now easily link through to the actual results from several links, including be able to click on the actual graph. This should help in understanding spikes in your suggested handicaps
Problem with Race Dates
Using Sailwave, I've combined all the results from every series (some 40 races) and purged any duplicates, etc. and uploaded the file via Sailwave to the site.
When I try to import each race file I get the 'Enter Race Date' message. No matter what I try it gets rejected. The error messages shows any date either entered or chosen from the Calendar as 1/12/2010 for example 1-DEC-2009=1/12/2010.
I've tried to confuse the transformation by a date combination that might give me 12/1/2010 but with no success.
The dates of the races do not matter, but each race does need manual changes before benchmarking.
How do I get around this??
Barry McGibbon
Lyme Regis Sailing Club
Incorrect Data - GIGO ?
I was intending to import all the race results for our club. I loaded a few but it then occured to me that I may be doing something which is causing PYS to spit out odd handicap information. Our club sails in two fleets, slow and fast, but the results are held in a single Sailwave file. Sailwave formats out the results for the two fleets so that they appear nicely separated on our web site. The slow and fast fleets often sail different courses so there is no correlation between the times recorded for each fleet.
Does PYS treat all the boats in a race as sailing the same course or does it "notice" the fleet information and treat them, in our case, as two separate sets of results and calculate the corrected and on a fleet basis ?
Kerry Stares
Deleting Uploaded Results
I successfully uploaded all the results of our March series using Sailwave
- unfortunately I hadn't noticed there were 189 races registered in the Sailwave file!!!
I cannot see any way to remove the erroneous data - do I need to - will it be purged automatically in due course?Ian
{{About
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the manufacturer of passenger vehicles owned by Geely
Volvo Cars}} {{Infobox company
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name = AB Volvo
industry = Heavy equipment
type = Public company
Publicly traded Aktiebolag
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foundation = 1927 by SKF
location = Gothenburg, Sweden
area_served = Worldwide
products = Volvo Trucks
Trucks, Volvo Buses
buses, Volvo Construction Equipment
construction equipment, Volvo Penta
marine and industrial power systems, Volvo Aero
aerospace components, financial services
key_people = Carl-Henric Svanberg <small>(Chairman)</small>,<br /> Olof Persson (business man)
Olof Persson <small>(President and Chief executive officer
CEO)</small>
revenue = Swedish krona
SEK 310.4 billion <small>(2011)</small><ref name="AR2011">{{cite web
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operating_income = SEK 26.9 billion <small>(2011)</small><ref name="AR2011" />
num_employees = 98,162 <small>(end 2011)</small><ref name="AR2011" />
subsid = Mack Trucks, Renault Trucks, UD Trucks, Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Buses, Volvo Trucks, Volvo Aero, Volvo Penta
homepage = [http://www.volvogroup.com/ volvogroup.com]
intl = yes }} '''AB Volvo''' is a Sweden
Swedish multinational manufacturing company headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its principal activity is the production, distribution and sale of trucks, buses, and construction equipment. Volvo also supplies marine (ocean)
marine and industrial drive systems, and provides financial services. Although Volvo was established in 1915 as a subsidiary of AB SKF, a Swedish ball bearing manufacturer, the auto manufacturer considers itself officially founded on 14 April 1927, when the first car, the Volvo ÖV 4 series, affectionately known as "Jakob", rolled out of the factory in Hisingen, Gothenburg.<ref>{{cite web
url=http://www.volvo.com/group/global/en-gb/volvo+group/history/volvosfounders/volvo_founders.htm
title=Volvo's founders : Volvo Group – Global
publisher=Volvo.com
date=14 April 1927
accessdate=12 June 2009}}</ref> ''Volvo'' means "I roll" in Latin, conjugated from "volvere", in relation to ball bearing. The name ''Volvo'' was originally registered in May 1911 as a separate company within SKF AB and as a registered trademark with the intention to be used for a special series of ball bearing.{{Citation needed
date=April 2013}} This idea was only used for a short period of time and SKF decided to use "SKF" as the trademark for all its bearing products.{{Citation needed
date=April 2013}} In 1924, Assar Gabrielsson, a SKF Sales Manager, and Engineer Gustav Larson, the two founders, decided to start construction of a Swedish car. Their vision was to build cars that could withstand the rigors of Sweden's rough roads and cold temperatures.<ref name="volvo.com">{{cite web
url=http://www.volvogroup.com/GROUP/GLOBAL/EN-GB/VOLVO%20GROUP/HISTORY/OURHISTORY/PAGES/HISTORY_TIMELINE.ASPX
title=History time-line : Volvo Group – Global
publisher=Volvo.com
accessdate=12 June 2009}}</ref> The company AB Volvo had no activities until 10 August 1926.{{Citation needed
date=April 2013}} After one year of preparations involving the production of ten prototypes, was set up to carry out the car-manufacturing business within the SKF group. AB Volvo was introduced at the Stockholm stock exchange in 1935 and SKF then decided to sell its shares in the company. Volvo was delisted from NASDAQ in June 2007, but remains listed on the Stockholm exchange.<ref>{{cite web
url=http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/06/14/afx3820156.html
title=AB Volvo applies for delisting from Nasdaq
work=Forbes
date=14 June 2007
accessdate=6 November 2010}}</ref> In 1999, Volvo sold its car division Volvo Cars to Ford Motor Company for $6.45 billion. The Volvo trademark was shared between AB Volvo, where it is used on heavy vehicles, and the unit of Ford, where it was used on cars. Volvo stopped posting profits in 2005,{{vague
date=April 2013}} and in 2008, Ford decided to sell its interest in Volvo Cars. In August 2010, Ford completed its sale of Volvo to the parent of Chinese motor manufacturer Geely Automobile for $1.8 billion.<ref>{{cite news
url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/28/volvo-ford-geely-china-car
title=Ford set to offload Volvo to Chinese carmaker Zhejiang Geely | Business | guardian.co.uk
work=Guardian
location=UK
date= 28 October 2009
accessdate=4 December 2009
first=Andrew
last=Clark}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
last=Wire
first=News
url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-08-03/news/27071480_1_china-s-geely-swedish-car-tata-motors
title="Ford sells Volvo to Chinese carmaker Geely for $1.5 billion"; NYDailyNews
publisher=Articles.nydailynews.com
date=3 August 2010
accessdate=22 April 2011}}</ref> ==History== File:Volvo ÖV4 1927.jpg
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The first Volvo car that left the assembly line on April 14, 1927. The Volvo Group has its origin in 1927 when Volvo ÖV 4
the first Volvo car rolled off the production line at the factory in Gothenburg.<ref>{{cite web
author=Volvo Group Global
url=http://www.volvo.com/group/global/en-gb/Volvo+Group/history/history.htm
title=Volvo 80 years
publisher=Volvo.com
accessdate=6 November 2010}}</ref> Only 280 cars were built that year.<ref name=georgano>Georgano, G. N. ''Cars: Early and Vintage, 1886–1930''. (London: Grange-Universal, 1985) ISBN 9781590844915</ref> The first truck, the "Series 1", debuted in January 1928, as an immediate success and attracted attention outside the country.<ref>{{cite web
url=http://www.volvo.com/group/global/en-gb/volvo+group/history/volvo_80years/volvo_80-years.htm
title=Volvo 80 years : Volvo Group – Global
publisher=Volvo.com
accessdate=12 June 2009}}</ref> In 1930, Volvo sold 639 cars,<ref name=georgano/> and the export of trucks to Europe started soon after; the cars did not become well-known outside Sweden until after World War II.<ref name=georgano/> Marine engines have been part of the Group almost as long as trucks. Pentaverken, founded in 1907, was acquired in 1935. As early as 1929, however, the U-21 outboard engine was introduced. Manufacturing continued until 1962. The first bus, named B1, was launched in 1934, and aircraft engines were added to the growing range of products at the beginning of the 1940s. In 1963, Volvo opened the Volvo Halifax Assembly plant, the first assembly plant in the company's history outside of Sweden in City of Halifax
Halifax, Canada. On 28 January 1999, Volvo sold its car division Volvo Cars to Ford Motor Company for $6.45 billion. In August 2010, Ford completed its sale of Volvo to the parent of Chinese motor manufacturer Geely Automobile for $1.8 billion.[5][6] On 2 January 2001, ''Renault Véhicules Industriels'' (which included Mack Trucks, but not Renault's stake in Irisbus) was sold to Volvo, which renamed it Renault Trucks in 2002. As a result, former mother company Renault became AB Volvo's biggest shareholder with a 20% stake (in shares and voting rights).{{Citation needed
date=April 2013}} In 2006, AB Volvo acquired from Nissan Motor Co Ltd (part of the Renault-Nissan Alliance), 13% of the shares in the Japanese truck manufacturer UD Trucks former Nissan Diesel, and became a major shareholder. In 2007, the Volvo Group took complete ownership of Nissan Diesel to extend its presence in the Asian Pacific market.<ref name="volvo.com"/><ref>{{cite web
url=http://www3.volvo.com/investors/finrep/eng/index.html
title=Volvo Annual Report 1999
publisher=.volvo.com
accessdate=12 June 2009}}</ref> In the last ten years, the company has undergone rapid growth in the service area with, for example, financial solutions supporting the sales of the manufacturing business units.{{vague
date=April 2013}} In 2010, Renault sold a 14.9% stake in AB Volvo.{{Citation needed
date=April 2013}} As of this transaction, "The Swedish holding company" which also has stakes in other Swedish companies has 18.7% of the voting rights and 6.2% of the share capital.{{Citation needed
date=April 2013}} The Swedish holding company is now the AB Volvo largest shareholder. In December 2012, Renault has sold the last of its ownership shares (62.5%).{{Citation needed
date=April 2013}} ==Business== File:Mtc volvo.jpg
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The Volvo B7RLE in Chennai. Many of these buses are extensively used in Public Transportation
public transportation systems. Volvo Group's operations include: *Volvo Trucks (midsize-duty trucks for regional transportation and heavy-duty trucks for long distance transportation, as well as heavy-duty trucks for the construction work segment) *Mack Trucks (light-duty trucks for close distribution and heavy-duty trucks for long distance transportation) *Renault Trucks (heavy-duty trucks for regional transportations and heavy-duty trucks for the construction work segment) *UD Trucks (midsize-duty trucks) *VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd (VECV), a 50:50 joint venture between the Volvo Group and Eicher Motors
Eicher Motors Limited *Volvo Construction Equipment (construction machines) (previously Volvo BM, see also AB Bolinder-Munktell) * SDLG (Shandong Lingong Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., China) *Volvo Buses (complete buses and bus chassis for city traffic, line traffic and tourist traffic) *Volvo Penta (marine engine systems for leisure boats and commercial shipping, diesel engines and drive systems for industrial applications) *Volvo Financial Services (customer financing, inter-group banking, as real estate administration) *Volvo Rents (construction equipment rental) ==Trademark== File:T2005 1664 450px.jpg
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Volvo trademark Volvo Trademark Holding AB is equally owned by AB Volvo and Volvo Car Corporation.<ref>{{cite web
url=http://www3.volvo.com/investors/finrep/eng/html/thevolvobrandname/ingress.html
title=Volvo Annual Report 1999
publisher=.volvo.com
accessdate=6 November 2010}}</ref> The main activity of the company is to own, maintain, protect and preserve the Volvo trademarks (including ''Volvo'', the Volvo device marks (grille slash & iron mark) ''Volvo Aero'' and ''Volvo Penta'') on behalf of its owners and to license these rights to its owners. The day-to-day work is focused upon maintaining the global portfolio of trademark registrations and to extend sufficiently the scope of the registered protection for the Volvo trademarks. The main business is also to act against unauthorised registration and use (including counterfeiting) of trademarks identical or similar to the Volvo trademarks on a global basis.<ref>{{cite web
url=http://www3.volvo.com/investors/finrep/eng/index.html
title=The Volvo Brand Name, Volvo Annual Report 1999
publisher=.volvo.com
accessdate=6 November 2010}}</ref> ==Brands== * Volvo Trucks * Volvo Buses * Volvo Construction Equipment * Volvo Aero * Volvo Finance Service * Renault Trucks * UD Trucks * Prevost Car
Prevost * Mack Trucks * Eicher (50:50 joint venture with Eicher Motors, India) * Volvo Penta * Nova Bus * SDLG (Shandong Lingong, China) * Volvo Rents ==See also== * Port of Gothenburg ==References== {{Reflist
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http://www.volvogroup.com}} *[http://www.volvo.com volvo.com]—official site for Volvo-branded companies {{OMX Stockholm 30 companies}} Category:Volvo
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