The 2010 RC Laser sailing season wrapped up on Sunday with the races in the seventh and final week of the Fall Series.
Jonathan Gorbold crossed the line in first place four times out of the five races and Gary Schmidt picked up the remaining first in the other race.
Overall, for the Fall Series, based on Low Points scoring, Bill Blevins finished in first place with 15 points after 25 races over the seven week series.
Jonathan Gorbold finished in second place with 23 points and Gary Schmidt finished third with 37 points for the full series.
Jack Bennett and Nelson Habecker both tied in Nett points after all of the throw-outs were accounted for but the tiebreaker went to Jack who finished in 4th place because he had fewer total points before throw-outs.
George Walter finished in 6th place and the newest member of the fleet, Neil Atkins finished in 7th, but he just joined the fleet during the last week of the series and only race in 5 of the 25 races.
The 2010 series was also scored using a modification of high point scoring where competitors were measured only against boats they raced against. There was a participation requirement that mandated participating in 60% of the races in order for a boat to be qualified to be placed.
Bill Blevins finished in first using the high point scoring by obtaining 105 out of 130 possible points. Jonathan Gorbold finished in second place and Gary Schmidt finished in third. The full results are listed below:
81% Bill Blevins
77% Jonathan Gorbold
66% Gary Schmidt
49% George Walter
43% Nelson Habecker
40% Jack Bennett
The calculation and full details of the results that we are calling the “batting average” scoring can be found in the results section of this site.
For 2011, the same high points “batting average” method will be used to score the whole year of sailing for each competitor. The only requirement to qualify is that one sails in 60% of the starts.
Awards for each series will be handed out throughout the year but the overall high point awards will roll up all year long and be awarded at Sailor’s Night in October of 2011.
