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conservative, and even then he must place near the top of the fleet in 

 order to accumulate a substantial score. 



An indication of how the scoring works can be gained from the fol- 

 lowing two examples: 



I. In a 40-boat fleet II. In a 20-hoat fleet 



1703-First 1402-First 



1402-Second ^ 1101-Second 



1226-Third 925-Third 



1101 -Fourth 800-Fourth 



1004-Fifth 703-Fifth 



703-Tenth 402-Tenth 



527-Fifteenth 226-Fifteenth 



402-Twentieth 101-Twentieth 



305-Twenty-Fifth 

 226-Thirtieth 

 153-Thirty-Fifth 

 101-Fortieth 

 The scoring formula is: 101 plus 1,000 log "A" minus 1,000 log "N"; 

 where "A" equals the total number of yachts starting in the race, and 

 "N" equals the yacht's finishing position. Any yacht disqualified shall 

 receive no points. Yachts which retire and do not finish will each receive 

 the points for the last boat in the class, calculated on the basis of the 

 number of starters. In the event of a tie of points between two or more 

 yachts, the number of times each tied yacht has beaten the other tied 

 yacht shall decide. If still equal, the highest number of the highest placing 

 shall prevail. Should neither of these methods resolve the tie, then the 

 tied yachts shall sail a deciding race. 



Snipe-Scoring System. Some one-design class associations, such as the 

 International Snipe Class Racing Association, have their own scoring 

 methods. In the Snipe system— which allows competiton between owners 

 of different clubs even though these clubs don't actually race against one 

 another— points are awarded to the boats according to the order in which 

 they finish, irrespective of the number of boats in the race. But, for a 

 race to count in the scoring, there must be at least 5 boats taking part 

 and the course must be at least 2i/2 miles long. In order to encourage 

 skippers to race as often as possible, a bonus of 10 points per race up to 



