TackTracker's Club Regatta License offers a powerful suite of features designed for the Club or Association using TackTracker to showcase and replay races.  Features only available with a Club Regatta license include:

1. Unattended Replay features include the ability to select and play a selected set of races in a loop.
2. Handicap Races:  TackTracker calculates handicap placings and percent to win ranking throughout the course and gives both the scratch and handicap place.  You can create a competitor schedule containing boat details and handicap for each competitor.
3. Multiple Start Times.  TackTracker lets you track multiple classes at once, if they share the same course.
4. Publishing Tools

• Publish Regattas.    Your Club Regatta License gives you the option to publish Regattas on the TackTracker Cloud.  All races for the regatta are arranged together, and you can include a thumbnail and large picture to illustrate your event.
• Live Publish Tools.  You can postpone live races, change the start time, delay the start due to a general recall and other events.  

1. The Competitor Schedule (Windows only) makes it easier to manage large competitor lists.

Unattended Replay

TackTracker's Auto replay feature provides a compelling replay experience without any manual intervention required.   Auto replay tracks the leading boats in the fleet and slows down for mark roundings and the start and finish.

 

You can customize the Auto Replay speeds in the Settings Dialog:

With your Club Regatta license, you can also select multiple races for replay.  In the Library tab, use the right click menu to select "Add to Autoplay list" for each race you want to replay.

A red circular icon will appear against the event.  You can add as many events to the auto play list as you want. 

When done, start playing any event in Auto mode.  When the event is complete, the next event on the auto play list is loaded and will begin playing.  Over time, all events in the auto play list will be replayed in a continuous loop.

Handicap Races

TackTracker supports handicap racing by computing handicap adjusted times and places both during and at completion of a race. 

TackTracker supports four different handicap systems (as defined by the ORC http://www.orc.org/rules)

1.   Time Correction (TCC).  The corrected time is computed by multiplying the actual time by a handicap constant - the TCC (Time Correction Constant).  The IRC uses this system.

            Adjusted Time = Actual Time x TCC

2. Time on Distance (ToD).  The corrected time is computed by subtracting the expected time to cover the distance from the actual time.

            Adjusted Time = Actual Time - Course Length (NM) x ToD

In the Time on Distance system, the handicap value (also known as BSF) represents the time a given boat will take to travel 1 Nautical Mile (NM).

3. Performance Line.  The corrected time uses both a time correction and a distance correction coefficient:

            Adjusted Time = Actual Time x PLT - Course Length (NM) x PLD

4. Triple Number.  This system is Time Correction but offers three different TCC values for different wind speeds:

Low: Wind <= 9 Knots

Med: Wind > 9 Knots and < 14 Knots

High: Wind >= 14 Knots

You can choose the default handicap system TackTracker is to use in the Settings Dialog - Club Tools Tab.

You can also specify the specific Handicap Mode in use for a race in the Race Editor Options tab:

TackTracker stores separate handicap values for inshore and offshore races and uses the Course Type specified in the Options tab (Inshore or Offshore) to select the correct set of handicap data to use for this race.

The actual Handicap values may be entered in the Race Editor Tracks Tab:

The fields shown in the Handicap Data box will vary according to the Handicap Mode you have selected. 

If the competing boats are certified by the ORC, you can download handicap data directly from the ORC database.  Just type or paste in the ORC Reference number for the boat and click "Get Data".

Handicap data does not need to be entered into the Race Editor Tracks Tab each time - they can be saved into the competitor schedule and loaded from there.

Handicap Results

If any boats in the event have handicap data entered, the Select Tab will show a new Adjusted Place column showing the corrected time placing during the replay:

You can sort by scratch place or Adjusted place by clicking the desired column header.  Check the "Sort Place" check box to sort automatically as you replay - to create a Leader board effect. Click the column header to select which column you wish to automatically sort.

In addition, the Legs table will have a new Adjusted Time column showing the adjusted times for each boat in the leg

Handicap values are also used in several reports, including the "Handicap Leg Placings" report and "Legs Summary" report.  See Race Reports.

Multiple Start Times

You can define multiple start times for an event.  For example:

•     You have several classes competing the same course, but with staggered starts.  (If the classes sail different courses, you will need to define separate events.)

•     A Pursuit race, where boats start at different times as a handicap.

In the Start Time page of the Race Editor, check the "Multiple Starts for this race" checkbox:

Specify the number of start times you wish to define.

Above the Start Time, a new start selection control will appear:

Select the start for the time you wish to set and then use the TimeLine and Set button to set the start in the normal way.

Note that start times must be specified in increasing sequence.

TackTracker takes care of matching boats to the appropriate start, by analysing when each boat crosses the start line on the way to the first mark.