Rule A10: SCORING ABBREVIATIONS

A10

SCORING ABBREVIATIONS

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

Abbreviation	Meaning
DNC	Did not start; did not come to the starting area
DNS	Did not start (other than DNC and OCS)
OCS	Did not start; on the course side of the starting line at her starting signal and failed to start, or broke rule 30.1
ZFP	20% penalty under rule 30.2
UFD	Disqualification under rule 30.3
BFD	Disqualification under rule 30.4
SCP	Scoring Penalty imposed
NSC	Did not sail the course (other than DNC, DNS, OCS and DNF)
DNF	Did not finish
RET	Retired
DSQ	Disqualification
DNE	Disqualification that is not excludable
RDG	Redress given
DPI	Discretionary penalty imposed

Definitions in Context

Finish

A boat finishes when, after her starting signal, any part of her hull crosses the finishing line from the course side. However, she has not finished if after crossing the finishing line she

(a) takes a penalty under rule 44.2,
(b) corrects an error in sailing the course made at the line, or
(c) continues to sail the course.

After finishing she need not cross the finishing line completely. The sailing instructions may change the direction in which boats are required to cross the finishing line to finish.

Rule

(a) The rules in this book, including the Definitions, Race Signals, Introduction, preambles and the rules of relevant appendices, but not the Basic Principles or titles;
(b) World Sailing Regulations that have been designated by World Sailing as having the status of a rule and are published on the World Sailing website;
(c) the prescriptions of the national authority, unless they are changed by the notice of race or sailing instructions in compliance with the national authority’s prescription, if any, to rule 88.2;
(d) the class rules (for a boat racing under a handicap or rating system, the rules of that system are ‘class rules’);
(e) the notice of race;
(f) the sailing instructions; and
(g) any other documents that govern the event.

Sail the Course

A boat sails the course when

(a) she starts;
(b) a string representing her track until she finishes, when drawn taut,
- (1) passes each mark of the course for the race on the required side and in the correct order (including the starting marks),
- (2) touches each mark designated in the sailing instructions to be a rounding mark, and
- (3) passes between the marks of a gate from the direction of the course from the previous mark; and then
(c) she finishes.

A mark that does not begin, bound or end the leg the boat is sailing does not have a required side.

Start

A boat starts when, her hull having been entirely on the pre-start side of the starting line at or after her starting signal, and having complied with rule 30.1 if it applies, any part of her hull crosses the starting line from the pre-start side to the course side.

Abbreviation

Meaning

DNC

Did not start; did not come to the starting area

DNS

Did not start (other than DNC and OCS)

OCS

Did not start; on the course side of the starting line at her starting signal and failed to start, or broke rule 30.1

ZFP

20% penalty under rule 30.2

UFD

Disqualification under rule 30.3

BFD

Disqualification under rule 30.4

SCP

Scoring Penalty imposed

NSC

Did not sail the course (other than DNC, DNS, OCS and DNF)

DNF

Did not finish

RET

Retired

DSQ

Disqualification

DNE

Disqualification that is not excludable

RDG

Redress given

DPI

Discretionary penalty imposed

Section A — Scoring

SCORING ABBREVIATIONS

Section A — Scoring

SCORING ABBREVIATIONS