Available from the File menu, File+ImportSeriesSummary operates like the import competitor list facility, while also allowing you to import the series race results as positions, codes or elapsed times from a CSV file. This can be useful to get a whole series into Sailwave after copying from a web page or spreadsheet. Continue reading
This plugin allows you to send handicap race data back to the RYA. This replaces the older manual method of doing PY returns on paper. Continue reading
Usually you would create a series by opening an existing series and using the File+SaveAs menu to save it with a new name, or to use the File+NewSeriesUsingOneOfYourSeriesAsAProForma menu item that allow you to create a new series based on one of your existing series. Continue reading
In a start window you can tick the AccumulateElapsedTime check box to automatically set the elapsed times for competitors in that start to be the accumulation of their elapsed times from some of the other races. This is performed every time the series is scored. Continue reading
Sailwave allows a start to be marked as DiscardMeFirst. Using this capability, practice races can be included in the series because you can force them to be discarded before discarding real races. Continue reading
Note that the wind indexed options are not enabled by default in Sailwave because they are little used – use the User Interface window to enable them on a per series basis. Continue reading
Various operations require you to supply competitor field names in a textual form. For example when importing competitors via CSV files you need to tell Sailwave what is in each column by supplying the first non-blank line of the file as a comma separated list of field names. Continue reading
Sailwave can import data from and export data to CSV files. CSV stands for comma separated values. The form of a CSV file is a line of data field names followed by lines of data:- Continue reading
Dates are used in start times and finish times. The expected date format is defined in Setup+SeriesOptions and must take one of the forms:- Continue reading
A discard profile controls how discards are allocated to a series when scoring. Each scoring system can have its own discard profile. Continue reading