2010 REVIEW 2011 PREVIEW - International Dragon Association

The NEW Ranking Lists ...Effective 2011, National DragonAssociations [NDAs] have theoption of adding their own NationalRanking List [NRL] to theInternational Ranking List [IRL].Even if National Associationsuse a pre-existing Ranking Listsystems, the new NRL will significantlybenefit their sailorsas the NRL is fully integratedinto the IRL, accessed throughit, and calculates results in anidentical manner. Further, eachNRL annual result has the significantbenefit of being treatedas a single Regatta Result with aMultiple of 2 and a RL factor of1.2 in the IRL.The goals and and purposes ofthe IRL are:• Rank all registered Dragonhelmsmen internationally correspondingto their relativeperformance within the last 12months.• Use the current ranking informationto fill up groups foran event with group starts.• Extend the current conceptof ‘International qualification’ toWorld and European championship:The best 25 helmsmenof the International Ranking Listof the previous year are qualifiedfor the World and EuropeanChampionships of the ongoingyear.• Build-up a database withthe results of all major Dragonevents which can be accessedvia the internet.The goals and purposes ofeach NRLs are:• Domestically rank all interestedhelmsmen correspondingto their relative performancewithin the last 12 months.• Use the annual ranking ofeach NRL to populate the IRL asa single Regatta entry.• Extend the current conceptof ‘National qualification’ to InternationalChampionships.• Build a strong database withthe results of all major Dragonevents which can be accessedvia the internet.Helmsmen and crew wishingto be included in the IRLmust be registered with ISAF.The ISAF Sailor ID shall be includedin all entry forms for IRLranking events.How we calculate the IDA-IRLresults?The IDA determines andthe AGM agrees on a list ofevents to be included in thecalculation from a list of Championship,Grade 1 and Grade 2events. The following events areincluded in the IDA-IRL:• The Gold Cup and the WorldChampionship with a rankinglistfactor (RLfactor) of 1.30 anda multiplier of 2.• The European Championshipwith an RL-factor of 1.25. and amultiplier of 2• The ‘Grade 1’ Dragon regattaswith an RL-factor of 1.20 and amultiplier of 2.• Each Domestic Ranking List*functioning from Rankinglist.org software (Grade 2) with aRL-factor of 1.20 and a multiplierof 2.• Each national championship(Grade 2) with a RL-factor of1.10 and a multiplier of 2.• In each country with a NationalDragon Association, onemore event (Grade 2) with anRL-factor of 1.00 and a multiplierof 1.Not more than 3 events inPage 28