1 January 2021
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Reinstated the welcome page when a user logs into an account with no data in it.
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Add WhatsApp to the email and Twitter options when sending results from a phone.
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Allow users to specify a tie between boats in a level race on a phone (as they can already on a laptop or desktop).
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Invoices can be sent as pdf documents
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New result status abbreviation NSC (did not sail the course) added, as per Racing Rules of Sailing 2021-2024
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High-points scoring added to complement the standard low-points system set out in Racing Rules of Sailing Appendix A.
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Countdown page added to phone app showing time remaining to next flag raising or lowering event.
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31 January 2021
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Changed the routine to send results to the archive (ex CRS) to direct access to the database, not using CRSIF.
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Improved the way your results are sent to the Hal archive server.
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New video of how to spring clean your HalSail account ready for a new season.
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10 February 2021
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Cured bug that meant that series ties with HP or RORC scoring had wrong rank
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ROs can tally boats out and assign guest helms and/or crews on a full-size screen, not just phones.
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16 February 2021
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Cured bug that meant that caused an exception if class flag was null when showing countdown page.
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Selector explanations shown as tooltips on result pages and at the bottom of the page
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24 February 2021
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Allow race officers to import results from a spreadsheet.
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Add a new series switch to show boat notes on result pages.
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New page to list competitors assigned as guest helms and crews for a race
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Race notes to show in header page of public results. Main use is to add a reason for cancelled races, such as "Gale force winds"
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12 March 2021
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Scrolling on BigScreen displays
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Cured bug that caused exception when showing results of a sery where the ScoreBase table was incomplete.
Still don't know why it is not always set up when sery is created, but is now completed the first time results are comuted.
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23 March 2021
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Result status TLE (Time limit expired) added
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BigScreen display for an event.
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Start delay in staggered starts can now be input to the nearest second, not just whole minutes.
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6 April 2021
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Series with embargo status set to Hidden_AlwaysEmbargo are completely hidden from public view.
They do not appear in drop-downs to choose results on the public pages.
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When loading participants in a race that have tallied out in SailEvent,
match boat type as well as sail number.
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Export pursuit race start times to an Excel spreadsheet.
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Cured bug in count-down page on phones that showed the wrong time once summer time came into force.
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The ShowError page modified so as not to send long parameter strings and cause further errors.
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7 May 2021
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Allow race officers to add missing boats provisionally on their phones, if permitted by their account's settings.
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Cured bug when updating the score bases for old series that were missing some entries.
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13 May 2021
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Restored top left and right logos on public result pages and on event pages
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Dictionary of log items
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7 June 2021
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Set limit of 200 results in an introductory account before payment.
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Add class flag to round sheets.
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Improved way to show results, or any other web pages, on a large screen.
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Added popup to enter results page reminding users which races have been selected.
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Cured bug when users entered BowText over 10 characters. Ditto for SailText (20 chars) and RacingClass flags (10 chars).
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29 June 2021
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Optional parameter 'HideOverall' added to public results (eg, https://www.HalSail.com/Result/Public/1234?HideOverall) to hide the overall results of a series.
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Round sheets (spotter sheets) can be produced with and without columns for each round.
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Changed the contact phone number to the Vodafone mobile (07880 520672).
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Acknowledge previous payments on emails sending invoices, or emphasise that it is an introductory account.
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Cured bug that lost guest helm or crew when updating result status on a phone.
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Caching duration for public results extended to 2 minutes.
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11 August 2021
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Racing class and series names added to printouts of individual race results.
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When importing boats from a spreadsheet, boat notes are concatenated with the old notes on update.
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Cured bug in results with time penalties (PTA or PTP codes).
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18 August 2021
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Race officers and other people that are logged in can see embargoed results.
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23 November 2021
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Result printouts for individual races, all races on a particular day and overall series rankings downloaded as pdf files, rather than being printed directly from the web pages.
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IRC ratings downloaded daily from the RORC database and used as standard handicaps in IRC classes.
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Improvements to the way standard handicaps from RYA PY, NHC, Small Catamaran Scheme and Australian Sailing Yardsticks are displayed and used.
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