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Sail Scoring is a web-based alternative to tools like Sailwave and HalSail — built for scorers who know the job but want software that works in a browser, on any device, without a Windows laptop and a steep learning curve.

This is an early preview, released to gather feedback from scorers before a wider launch. A later version will be fully web-hosted with data stored centrally. For now, data is stored locally in your browser and nothing is sent to a server.

The current version supports position-based (scratch) scoring for a single fleet across multiple races. Time-based and handicap scoring are on the roadmap.

A series is the top-level container for a set of races and the competitors sailing in them. It corresponds to a trophy, a league, or a championship — whatever collection of races you are scoring together.

From the home screen, click New series and give it a name. Venue and date are optional but useful for keeping things organised if you manage several series on the same device.

After saving, you land on the Competitors tab, ready for the next step.

On the Competitors tab, add every boat that may start a race in the series — even those you expect to DNS every race. This ensures result codes are available for them.

Each competitor requires a sail number and a name. Sail numbers must be unique within the series. Club, gender, and age group are optional.

Competitors are sorted by sail number. You can edit or delete a competitor at any time, though deleting one after races have been entered will also remove their finishes.

On the Races tab, create a race for each race sailed. A race number is assigned automatically; a date is optional. You can create all races upfront or add them one at a time as the series progresses.

Each race card shows how many finishes have been recorded. Click a race card to open the result entry screen for that race.

The result entry screen is where you record who finished where. Search for a competitor by sail number using the input at the top, then select them to add them to the finishing order. Repeat for each finisher in order.

You can drag finishers to reorder them, or edit the position number directly if you prefer.

For competitors who did not finish normally, use the result code dropdown next to their name:

• DNS — Did Not Start
• DNF — Did Not Finish
• OCS — On Course Side at start (premature starter)
• DNC — Did Not Compete (did not come to the start area)

Competitors with result codes other than DNC are scored as entries in the series + 1 points for that race, per RRS Appendix A. DNC scores the same. A competitor with no entry at all for a race is treated as DNC.

The Standings tab shows the series results at any point. Each row is a competitor; the columns show their points for each race and their series totals.

Sail Scoring uses Low Point scoring: 1st place scores 1 point, 2nd scores 2, and so on. Lower totals are better. The standings are ordered by total points, with tie-breaking applied per RRS Appendix A.

Result codes are shown in parentheses in the race columns, e.g. 7 (DNF).

Press ? anywhere in the app (outside a text input) to open the keyboard shortcuts reference.