BOAT OF THE
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Monday - Nautica Watches Day |
Alinghi - Farr 40 |
Ernesto Bertarelli, Geneva, SUI |
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Tuesday - City Of Key West Day |
Let's Roll - Melges 32 |
Claudio Recchi, Italy |
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Wednesday - Mount Gay Rum Day |
Pegasus 505 - Melges 24 |
Dave Ullman, Santa Ana, CA |
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Thursday - Industry Partner Day |
Southern Sun - Mumm 30 |
Bruce Eddington, Narre Warren, AUS |
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Friday - Acura Day |
El
Ocaso
- PHRF 2 - J/120 |
Rick Wesslund, San Francisco, CA |
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BOAT OF THE WEEK
- The Acura Trophy
The ultimate prize at Key West is the 'Boat of the Week'. This prestigious
award will be presented to the boat which triumphs in the class with the
closest most competitive racing.
Over
the years, lowest score evolved into a dual criteria, utilizing time and
distance sailed, and in subsequent years, factors and formulas were added and
refined. In 2003, qualitative assessment was included in the analysis, and it
was favorably received.
This year will again utilize the mix of quantitative and qualitative assessment
and comparisons.
The quantitative criteria takes the series score into account, subtracting the
points of the class winner from the 5th place boat. The fewer the points between
1st and 5th the better the result. For boats in handicap classes, we also review
corrected times and deltas among the top boats in handicap classes and use this
as part of the qualitative criteria. This assessment will also be a factor in
determining Boat of the Day.
The qualitative component considers the varying conditions and classes on each
of the 4 courses. Starts, finishes, mark roundings, protest decisions, class
size, boats that drop out and other situations not reflected in finish times are
all taken into consideration. The Race Chairman will call upon his 4 Principal
Race Officers and Spotters to report their observations before
determining the Boat of the Day and Boat of the Week winners. Each class is
eligible for only one Boat of the Day Award during race week.
No criteria is perfect - including ours. We'll continue to look at this issue
and strive to develop the very best method for ensuring that the Boat of the
Week Trophy is presented to the class winner which triumphs in the most
competitive, closely contested class during race week.
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