Saturday, 1 January 2011

SailRacer Online Protest System at 420 World Championships, Argentina

SailRacer is pleased to be supporting the International 420 Class Association with its Online Protest System

The SailRacer Online Protest System (SOPS) has evolved during 2010,  and already has been successfully used at several sailing World Championships including 470s and Lasers.  Also Olympic Classes regattas such as Skandia Sail for Gold and the massive Topper National Championships.

Event Site
http://www.420worlds2011.org.ar/

Overview of SOPS
http://www.sailracer.org/contentview.asp?id=214

SOPS helps with administration and communication activities associated with protests at sailing events :
  • Recording and communicating protest times
  • Recording and communicating protest details and their outcomes
  • Direct look up from competitor list
  • Direct look up from RRS
  • Records and communicates R42
  • Outputs to event website, RSS feeds, email and SMS alerts, paper hard copy
  • Analysis of sailors and rule adherence 
  • Changes to Sailing Instructions (SIs) and other official notices
  • Links to scoring updates
  • Different levels of admin access

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