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+# Specifica for the Extreme Sailing Series
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+The Extreme Sailing Series is a hospitality event that aims to make invitees participate as close as possible at a sailing race. To achieve this goal the races take place in front of a tribune placed directly at the water (called Stadium Racing). Invitees can be assigned to a boat crew and that way be part of a race like it is not possible in any other series. 
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+Each race has a course that is set that way that spectators can see as much as possible regardless of the wind direction (upwind start not to be implied). The event is set to span a week, racing happens on 4 or 5 days. Every day up to 10 races take place depending on the wind conditions. Race course is defined such that a race lasts (under normal conditions) not longer than 20 minutes.
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+Usually not more than 8 competitors race against each other. One of the competitors is always an invitational team from the local spot that is allowed to race.
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+## Boats
+To achieve the goal of providing invitees an exciting event a new type of boats have been designed. Capable of reaching speeds usually reserved to motorboats even in medium wind conditions, the Extreme 40 has been designed by Olympic champions Yves Loday and Mitch Booth, with the aim to provide the international sailing arena with a visually stunning and 100% performance-focused multihull. Flying a hull in as little as 8 knots of breeze (15 kph), the 40-foot (12m) long carbon speed machine requires coordination, finesse but also sheer muscular power from the crews who battle it out.
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+## Scoring
+Each race is scored using a high point system where the winner gets 10 points, the second gets 9 and so on (going not further than 3 points). At the end of an event the last race points get doubled (20 for the winner). If there is a tie break between two competitors then the last race sets the winner (breaks tie break). Points from each race are accumulated and result in the overall score for an event. 
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+In addition to the overall leaderboard specific to an event a global leaderboard is being maintained that denotes positions for all events during a year. This scoring scheme used for the global leaderboard has the same rules as an event specific leaderboard. The winner of an event gets 10 points and so on.
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+Scoring can be altered by the race committee using standard rules like DNS (DidNotStart), DNF (DidNotFinish), DNC (DidNotCount) or RDG (RedressGiven). These rules (except the last one) usually lead to a score of 0 for the race.
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+## Event Setup
+The setup for such an event usually consists of the following departments:
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+* Race Committee
+  * Boat on the water
+  * On the beach
+* Commentator
+  * For online streaming and video (beach)
+  * Live (beach)
+* Video and Television
+  * Cameras (water)
+  * Camera (beach)
+  * Tech team (Controller, Cutter, Streamer)
+* Visualization
+  * Provider for GPS fixes, course layout and competitor names (TracTrac)
+  * 3D Visualization provider (BeTomorrow)
+  * Live and official result provider (SAP Sailing Analytics)