ORC of the Chesapeake Championship awards will be made upon conclusion of the sailing season each year. There will be awards for each division including ORC Open and ORC Performance Cruiser.
EVENTS TO BE SCORED: The events to be scored for the ORC Chesapeake Championship will be determined annually and include only those indicated on our race schedule. View the race schedule through the link at the top of the page.
If any of the following occur, the event shall not be included in the scoring for this award:
- For ORC Open:
- Fewer than five (5) boats are ranked as starters by the Race Committee competing in the same class.
- There are no finishers in the same class.
- For ORC Performance Cruiser:
- Fewer than three (3) boats are ranked as starters by the Race Committee competing in the same class.
- There are no finishers in the same class.
SCORING: The scoring method below shall be used for each yacht racing in ORC Open and ORC Performance Cruiser. Each of the ORC divisions shall have independent scoring and awards.
The final low point class placing from each eligible event completed will be used. Any completed event will not generate a class score for this award greater than eight (8). When a boat has a final event score of OCS, DNF, or RET it shall produce a class score of nine(9) for the purposes of this award. .A DSQ will produce a score of ten (10) for this award. .
Each yacht will be assigned 64 points. For each event included in this scoring, eight (8) points will be deducted from that yacht's assigned points to a maximum of sixty-four (64) points deducted. Each yacht's best eight (8) final low point class scores from qualifying events will be totaled along with the remaining assigned points (if any) to create the championship low point score. Scores in addition to the best eight (8) class finishes will be removed from this scoring.
Should a tie exist between two or more boats, each boat's final scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favor of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used. If a tie remains between two or more boats the total number of boats defeated in the eight scored events will be determined for each boat. Scores of OCS, DNF, RET and DSQ will be included for determination of number of boats defeated. The tie will be broken in favor of the boat which defeated the greater number of competitors in its scored eight races. Should a tie still exist it will remain unbroken.
