At 23:21 19 January 2017, wrote:
In sailing you are allowed to "drop" a bad race result. The impact of
this
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is that one bad result does not mean that the competition is over for
you.
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This could be a way of encouraging flying along as the cost of one
bad day
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is small compared to the possibility of being faster than the gaggle.


George Moffat, who was also a championship sailor, proposed that 40
years ago, but it was overcome by events, meaning devalued days.
Dropping a day only works fairly if every day has equal value for the
winner, ie 1000 points.

RO