• The 2023 racing season begins Sunday, May 28 and ends Sunday, October 1.
• A minimum of 3 boats racing is required for a race to be valid for scoring purposes.
  
  
• Points are awarded to boats finishing a race based upon the following table:

  Finish Posn	Number of boats starting race
  	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
  1	100	105	110	115	120	125	130	135	140	145	150	155	160	165	170
  2		50	72	85	95	103	111	118	124	130	136	142	147	153	158
  3			33	55	70	82	91	100	108	115	122	128	135	141	147
  4				25	45	60	72	83	92	100	108	115	122	129	135
  5					20	38	53	65	76	85	94	102	109	116	123
  6						17	34	48	59	70	80	88	97	104	112
  7							14	30	43	55	65	75	84	92	100
  8								13	27	40	51	62	71	80	88
  9									11	25	37	48	58	68	77
  10										10	23	35	46	56	65
  11											9	22	33	44	53
  12												8	20	31	42
  13													8	19	30
  14														7	18
  15															7

  The values in the table are derived from the following formula:

  X = 100 + 5 (N - 1) - (100 + 5N) (P - 1) / N

  Where:

  N = Number of boats starting the race
  P = Boat's finishing position in race
  X = Points awarded for that finish in that race

  DNS, DNF, DSQ and OCS are all awarded 0 points.
  
  
• A Lightning skipper must sail in at least 40% (N * 0.4, where N is the total number of races conducted) of all races conducted to qualify for a LSC season series award. If 40% of the total number of races conducted produces a real number result, the fractional portion of the result is discarded (e.g., 40% of 29 races = 0.4 * 29 = 11.6 = 11 races required to qualify).
  
  
• Each skipper's best races, up to a maximum of 40% of the total number of races conducted during the season, will be counted for season scoring purposes.

  Example:

  Thirty seven races are sailed during the season. Fourteen (N * 0.4 (40%), or 37 * 0.4, or 14.8 races, yielding 14 races), races are required to qualify for participation in the series. Skipper Smith sailed in 23 races, which qualifies him, and his best 14 races out of the 23 races he sailed in are used to compute his series final standing.