B&G Deckman - Manual (Page 151)

Chapter 10: Competitors
10.2
First, you must specify your own rating. Select Add and then enter the
Boat name and Rating by clicking on the appropriate boxes. To set this
boat as your own, check the Us box. Click on OK to confirm. Note that
if you select the line containing your boat and then hit Edit the Us box
does not appear as ticked, but Deckman will still be referencing this boat
unless you specify another boat as Us.
To enter your competitors' ratings, click Add and then enter the Boat
name and Rating by clicking on the appropriate boxes. Make sure that
the Us box is not checked and confirm with OK.
The time of the Start should be picked up automatically by Deckman if
you are using the Start display. If this is incorrect, however, you can set
the start time/date by clicking on the box. Format for the time is hhmmss
for time and yymmdd for date.
Once you have a start time and some competitors entered, you will see
numbers in the time owed column. Deckman will recalculate these
every 10 seconds, as long as the Update box is checked. Positive values
here indicate that you owe the boat time (i.e. you are faster), negative
values mean that boat owes you time (you are slower). You can sort the
rows (alphabetically or by rating) by clicking on the title of the
appropriate column. Note that the time in the row which refers to your
boat should always show as 00:00:00.
To see how much time you owe/are owed at a particular time (for
example, your estimated finishing time), click in the time box below
Update and enter the required time. This will hold the times in the table.
To calculate time owed to slower opponents after you have finished,
enter your finish time here (or, if you remember, clear the Update box
as you cross the finish line). To switch to using 'live' times again, simply
check the Update box.
Note. The time is picked up from the clock on your computer so make
sure the time you specify relates to the time on your computer.
Note. If you are in a long race crossing time zones and changing the
time on your computer to the current time zone the start time will appear