In a series of 10 races, SI state that the two worst scores will be excluded. In one race, a boat is awarded redress as the average of all races as per RRS A9 (a). Does that average include all of the other 9 races including the scores otherwise excluded, or is it the average of the 7 scores that would be included in scoring?
You can also easily construct a series of races scores where it makes a difference. For example, consider races scores of 1,1,1,10,10,10,15,18,100 for races 1 through 9. Race 10 is one for which redress is given. If you do the discards first then the average score is 6.9 for a total of 54.9. If you don't do the discards first then the average is 18.4, the redressed score is one of the discards, and the total score is 66. This could easily change the final rankings and change tie breaking results.
I still feel bad about that result a decade ago.
In a long series I still think you should count all races, the only consideration I would have is if there were a minimum number to qualify.
The pc at the time has to consider this and weighting. It is initially up to the party asking for redress to say what they want. If they do not ask correctly they may not get what thet think.
The responsibility is not fully on the pc, the competitor directs.