Creating New Races

Create new races in TackTracker using the Create Races dialog.  Click the Create Races button to launch.

If you have a race or tracks currently loaded when invoking Create Races dialog, the race location and date will be derived automatically from the tracks.  Otherwise, you will be prompted to supply the race date and approximate location.  This may be supplied by any of the following methods:

• Using the Location Finder to lookup a place name on the internet.
• Selecting a nearby Landmark (that you have defined previously).
• Typing a Latitude and Longitude coordinate.

You are then presented with the Create Races dialog:

To use this dialog:

1. Specify the name of your race or race series.   If you have multiple races, TackTracker will automatically append the name with a race number.
2. Use the TimeLine control to specify

• The approximate start times
• The end time for the last race

To use the TimeLine, drag the round "bubble" markers to the approximate start time for each race.  The track will be split 5 minutes before the first start.   You can adjust the pre-start time if you wish.

Move the right hand triangular end marker to the point at which you want all tracks to finish.

In the example below, there are two races, with Race 1 starting at 10:30am and Race 2 starting at 12 noon.

1. You may set the precise start times by typing into the Start Time table.  If you are creating a race around a track, you may drag the track to the start position and click the "Set Start" button.
2. Click "Next" to create the new races

For users with a Logged Tracking or Club Regatta license: After following these steps, your new races will appear in the Library, and also in the Matching Races box in theTrack Loader, when you select any tracks that match these races.  To populate the races with tracks, select the desired tracks and click "Save To Races".

1. You will now be shown the Publish and Schedule dialog.  Use this to Publish your races to the TackTracker Cloud, and also to schedule live trackers for your live races.  If you don't wish to do either of these, you may close the dialog.

Next: Race Editor

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