If you are looking for a good Sail Regatta Scoring-program have a look at ZW. We use it for our local regatta's big and small. One of the features I like is that the competitor -entry list can be set up in almost any program (we use Excel) and then imported into ZW. No need for painstaking type work. This is what the programmer himself says on the ZW homepage:The Sail Regatta Scoring program ZW is used for the administration and scoring of regattas. ZW can handle results upto 60 races per series. There are no limits for the number of competitors, the number of classes or the number of fleets. ZW supports the following languages: English, Spanish, Italian, German and Dutch. Support for other languages is possible.
The following scoring systems are supported:
- Bonus-Point System (formerly known as Olympic)
- Austrian scoring (starters)
- Austrian scoring (registration for series)
- Low-Point System
- Low-Point System with .75 score for place 1
The program is based on the regulations of ISAF, as described in the Racing Rules of Sailing. The program can calculate with discards. The number of discards is completely user defined. Results can be calculated with the following handicap formulas: IMS; ORC-CLUB; SW-factor; Texel Rating; ISAF SCHRS; Portsmouth; PHRF; IRC; IRM
Much attention has been given to the entry of finishing sequences. Finish lists need not be separated per fleet. ZW will match the fleet for each entered boat. In most cases the entry of just the sail number will be sufficient. Only if a sail number is duplicated in the regatta, the program will ask for the complete sail number (incl. Class and Country). After decisions of a Jury, you will be able to quickly present revised Results. Competitor listings by fleet or by sail no, finish lists and results can be printed. In addition, lists of not yet paying competitors (black list), lists of duplicating sail no's and address labels can be printed. ZW can prepare HTML pages with results for immediate publication onto the Internet.
You will have to register to download it, but it's free and because the Dutch National Authority supports it, it will be maintained and updated. There's even a forum (although not very active) for questions, tips and tricks.
Through this e-mail I would like to inform you that an updated version 5.01 of ZW-Scoring was just released.
ReplyDeleteZW 5 was completely rebuilt from the original but very outdated Visual Basic 6 software of Leo Eggink. Due to Leo Eggink’s age he is no longer involved.
ZW 5 is still a work in progress, but it is suitable for most regattas.
Regarding your entry on the following page, there are some changes I would like to bring to your attention
Version: 5.01 (build 0, at the moment)
Author: Gerhard Bouma
The same handicap systems are supported, but ORC support will be completed in a later version. If necessary, the old version 4.24 is still available for this.
Download size, approx. 3.3 Mb
Supports RSS 2021-2024
The program is heavily used in the Netherlands as well as in Italy.
Supported languages at the moment are Dutch, Frisian, English and Italian.
Since your last publication the Dutch National Authority has decided to no longer support one specific scoring system.
Sail numbers may now contain letters in a prefix and suffix manner. Scoring is still done by entering the numeric part only.
The program is still and will remain free, except for some new features that are added, like a results upload function with the e-Captain system.
A free registration of the software is required during installation.
It can be downloaded from https://www.zw-scoring.nl
I would like to kindly request you to re-evaluate the software and update your page according to your findings.
Any feedback would also be very much appreciated.
Best regards,
Gerhard Bouma
ZW-Scoring