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Events
Terminology
Introduction
An entire sailing Event typically exists of a competitive Regatta and often social and/or promotional Activities. A Regatta may be held for one or more Classes. Classes will sail one or more Days. Each day one or more Races will be sailed. A Race exists of one or more sailing legs between marks and lines.
Events may be hosted by a yacht club, sailing association, town or school.
In this respect we only focus on the Regatta part.
Regatta
A sailing Regatta is typically held for one or more single Classes and usually last one or more days.
Class
A Class may exist of a One Design sailing vessel (e.g. the Laser Class) as well as of vessels sailing under a formula (ORC, Moth, Finn, 5.5). For each Class or a cluster of Classes races will organized.
Race
A race is a separate competition for one or more Classes in a limited amount of time, beginning some minutes before a gun shot at the starting line, along different legs and marks and ending when the last boat crosses the finish line.
Leg
A race exists of one or more legs from start to finish line.
Mark or Buoy
Each leg has a Mark at the beginning and a Mark at the end.
Gate
A gates is a line in the race limited by two marks that sailors have to cross and can choose whickh mart to round
Start line
Finish line