Sailing Handicap Calculator vs arcSail

The best and most popular sailing handicap calculator app on on the market. It is commonly used by sailors and race committees all around the world. It supports all the major worldwide sailing race handicap systems. The app calculates the handicapped corrected times for a race and shows the results in order. The elapsed times can be entered manually or automatically by using the built in timer feature. This works by pressing the finish button for each boat as they go over the line to automatically record their elapsed times. The race start time can be started using a timer count down or by entering a start time. This app is compatible with ORC (Time on Distance and Time on Time), IRC, PHRF (Time on Distance and Time on Time), Portsmouth UK and Portsmouth US handicap. Simply select the handicap option you want to use. Use the ORC Download feature (In App Purchase) to automatically populate any of the ORC handicap values for any boat with a valid ORC certificate. While scrolling through the ORC boats you can view the sail number, boat length, boat class/design, build year, builder, weight, draft, beam, sail area for each sail, wetted surface area and more. The results can be emailed as a table in the body of the email and also attached as a CSV file (Excel Compatible spreadsheet file). Very simple and easy to use.

Advanced real-time race scoring software for your sailing club. arcSail can be quickly setup to score a single or multi-day regatta while powerful enough to score several season-long series simultaneously. With its easy to use, familiar, touch interface for iPhone and iPad including many hand-crafted elements, arcSail makes scoring simple and intuitive. Custom time, number and calendar controls make setup easy and in app tips help get you started quickly. Sailors, Boats, Events and Fleets can be pre-configured or imported from Registration data, so that getting up and running on the water is a snap. Scorers order and tap boats from one or more fleets to finish. Once the races are run, handicapping and penalty calculations are applied instantly and results can be immediately emailed to shore (with in-app purchase on a data-capable device). Wide range of scoring features, including: • Short and long series calculations are supported using Low Point, Bonus Point, High Point Percentage, Low Point Average or Chips3 systems. • Uncorrected (one-design) fleets and/or handicapped (mixed) fleets using Portsmouth Yardstick (PY), wind-strength corrected North American Portsmouth Yardstick (NAPY), Small Catamaran Handicap Rating System (SCHRS), PHRF Time-on-Time and Time-on-Distance can be easily scored. • Custom handicap systems can be defined. • Multiple simultaneous fleet starts and finishes tracking. • Calculations follow the RRS & Appendix A guidelines. With in-app purchase: * Results can be emailed or Air Printed in HTML format for easy display on the club website or bulletin board. * Data can be backed up to Apple Files and/or swapped between devices using email. Visit our website https://www.arcsail.com for additional details and tutorials. Finally, you will know who is buying the drinks before you reach the shore!