It's taken us a long hard slog to get the calculation and presentation of our series scoring together, so rather than other clubs trying to re-invent the wheel, I am happy to share what we use, our spread sheet follows the MYA best 5 out of 7/ 5 out of 9 events etc... and all the calculations are completed for you, the scores will also calculate to 2 decimal points, which breaks most ties, I can't take any credit for the workbook, this has been produced by the very clever Henry Farley, it will accommodate up to 18 events.

Along with Afleet for our bankside scoring this has been a game changer for my admin post racing, clearly I am very happy to share the work book, and if needed can do a very quick zoom tutorial (it wont take long its that easy) 

you can see our series scores on our web site https://hryc.co.uk/series-results-2024/ 

Hi Andrew, we have recently started our new (first time) winter series and use Afleet for bankside scoring and have been trying to get the results onto a home grown spreadsheet with very little success. I saw your post and thought it might be just what we need. We are running a 10 race DF95 series. Your advice would be appreciated

13 hours ago, Chris Rothwell said:

Hi Andrew, we have recently started our new (first time) winter series and use Afleet for bankside scoring and have been trying to get the results onto a home grown spreadsheet with very little success. I saw your post and thought it might be just what we need. We are running a 10 race DF95 series. Your advice would be appreciated

ping me an email to our club address hryc@btinternet.com

You can use Afleet for the series as well. Create a new "event" for the series and insert the individual overall results for each round of the series. Change your discards as you require....

Thank goodness for A fleet, face with paper today, and it was such a shock to go to a paper system

The use of A fleet has utterly transformed the weekly task of scores, tables and points. If you have not tried it then get somewhere that uses it, teaching others to use it as race officer is easy, and it is not harder than when a number is shouted out, dibbing it on the tablet as in bingo. If someone gets something wrong , it can easily be sorted. For the cost of a waterproof shockproof tablet!

Edited November 17, 2025Nov 17 by Stephen B

On 16/11/2025 at 20:40, Stephen B said:

Thank goodness for A fleet, face with paper today, and it was such a shock to go to a paper system

The use of A fleet has utterly transformed the weekly task of scores, tables and points. If you have not tried it then get somewhere that uses it, teaching others to use it as race officer is easy, and it is not harder than when a number is shouted out, dibbing it on the tablet as in bingo. If someone gets something wrong , it can easily be sorted. For the cost of a waterproof shockproof tablet!

For how much dosh have folk been able to acquire such a tablet?

Andy Start at Hunt RYC will reply, but I got the impression it was about £100 so not at all unaffordable to a club, and it transforms the way to record and display results!

I run Afleet on my android smart phone.

John

3 hours ago, Colin Helliwell said:

For how much dosh have folk been able to acquire such a tablet?

This is the one we use at HRYC, it’s everything proof, and it’s had a good test 😂. OUKITEL RT3 (2023) 8 Inch Tablet,... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BY9MK64K?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Works so well, the majority of club members, if not all can run and record finishes accurately….and takes the pressure off everyone else. You can see half time scores and up your game!

https://oukitel.uk/products/oukitel-rt3-tablet

On pre order but it is rugged and safe from drops and water.

My club use a Amazon Fire Tablet, which requires a little "breathing on" to accept Play Store Apps... It's become easy recently

On 20/11/2025 at 21:12, Stephen B said:

Works so well, the majority of club members, if not all can run and record finishes accurately….and takes the pressure off everyone else. You can see half time scores and up your game!

https://oukitel.uk/products/oukitel-rt3-tablet

On pre order but it is rugged and safe from drops and water.

That's not a bad price. Showerproof has to be a must, surely, otherwise a risk of occasional problems?

I am - as a software engineer by profession - no Luddite, but I am still reserved about A Fleet for my club. I've no doubt I could use it, but at the end of the day my feeling is still "everyone can use a pen and paper"...

It's interesting to hear the wider experiences tho.

Edited November 23, 2025Nov 23 by Colin Helliwell

2 hours ago, Colin Helliwell said:

That's not a bad price. Showerproof has to be a must, surely, otherwise a risk of occasional problems?

I am - as a software engineer by profession - no Luddite, but I am still reserved about A Fleet for my club. I've no doubt I could use it, but at the end of the day my feeling is still "everyone can use a pen and paper"...

It's interesting to hear the wider experiences tho.

At my club, there was a huge job after sailing which required Excel and the use of a laptop, and "interpretation" of the handwriting. We now find that any member can easily score the race, and that if they have an issue, it's very easy to reorder the finishing order when a mistake has been made or duplicate entries dealt with... It's a third of the job it was with HMS and Excel not to mention the club costs of laptop and Excel vs the £3.50 lifetime licence for A Fleet and the price of a tablet...

ALL ages in our club can run a finish, which is what you want, the older ones are better as they play more Bingo. DAB the number as. You hear it called out.

We would never go back to excel spreadsheet!

On 23/11/2025 at 17:22, Guzzilazz said:

At my club, there was a huge job after sailing which required Excel and the use of a laptop, and "interpretation" of the handwriting. We now find that any member can easily score the race, and that if they have an issue, it's very easy to reorder the finishing order when a mistake has been made or duplicate entries dealt with... It's a third of the job it was with HMS and Excel not to mention the club costs of laptop and Excel vs the £3.50 lifetime licence for A Fleet and the price of a tablet...

On 23/11/2025 at 22:42, Stephen B said:

ALL ages in our club can run a finish, which is what you want, the older ones are better as they play more Bingo. DAB the number as. You hear it called out.

We would never go back to excel spreadsheet!

All good points, but they still need a paper copy at the finish line as a paper and pen can write the results down quicker when there are a bunch of boats finishing together.

Watch my dinner at bingo !!, faster than a pen and paper.

try on and see….

Stephen

Being a realist, or pessimist - take your pic lol - I think to the things which can and do throw a spanner in the works sometimes. Plain 'finger trouble', a cluster of boats as Darin mentions, a boat fouling after cutting the line and subsequently refinishing. Of course A Fleet allows for corrections, but you gotta at least have pencil n paper handy to jot down what needs correcting?

Fortunately it's just sailing, not life n death, tho try telling that to three dozen 'enthusiastic' TT skippers if there's ever a hitch or delay.....😆

All personal/local/club preference of course - people, facilities, budget.

Edited November 28, 2025Nov 28 by Colin Helliwell

9 minutes ago, Stephen B said:

Watch my dinner at bingo !!, faster than a pen and paper.

try on and see….

Stephen

I hope A Fleet doesn't do auto-'correct' 😉

Finger!!

or you can use a dibber pen, and score. Fast if not faster than writing down numbers.

If you have not tried one then try it it changes your scoring processes completely

Stephen

Edited November 28, 2025Nov 28 by Stephen B