APPENDIX A - SCORING

The time of a boat’s starting signal shall be her starting time, and the order in which boats finish a race shall determine their finishing places. However, when a handicap or rating system is used a boat’s corrected time shall determine her finishing place.

This Low Point System will apply unless the notice of race or sailing instructions specify another system; see rule 90.3(a).
Each boat finishing and not thereafter retiring, being penalized or given redress shall be scored points as follows:

If boats are tied at the finishing line or if a handicap or rating system is used and boats have equal corrected times, the points for the place for which the boats have tied and for the place(s) immediately below shall be added together and divided equally. Boats tied for a race prize shall share it or be given equal prizes.

If the protest committee decides to give redress by adjusting a boat’s score for a race, it is advised to consider scoring her

• (a) points equal to the average, to the nearest tenth of a point (0.05 to be rounded upward), of her points in all the races in the series except the race in question;
• (b) points equal to the average, to the nearest tenth of a point (0.05 to be rounded upward), of her points in all the races before the race in question; or
• (c) points based on the position of the boat in the race at the time of the incident that justified redress.

These scoring abbreviations shall be used for recording the circumstances described: