Hi Randy When comparing boats across different areas make sure you look at other boats in those areas as well. Pacific NW tends to rate most of their fleet 9 – 12 sec/mile slower than most other areas … not just the C&C 30.
Also look at the prevailing wind conditions in the areas. Northern California is known to be windy whereas LI Sound is known for fairly light winds. A C&C 30-1 would perform much better in the windier areas and should have a faster rating in Northern California than in LIS for example. Yes PHRF sucks. However all of the systems suck. Some suck worse than others. ORR, IMS, IRC, etc …require measurements of each boat. It is difficult to find a measurer and quite expensive to get a boat measured. However a measurement rule seems to be a lot fairer for point to point distance racing than a single number system. You can have a race like Marblehead to Halifax that is hundreds of miles of mostly reaching. In that sort of race a big long waterline boat that is horrible at W/L short leg races will tend to do very well as it would be on its best point of sail most of the race and therefore outsail its handicap under many systems. For a typical small club race PHRF has one very redeeming feature. It is simple to use and easy to find existing handicaps for most production boats that have been around for any length of time. The ORR-EZ system that has been discussed gives me a first impression that the Race Committee would have more work to do in implementing on a race by race basis and would need to be knowledgeable and could implement the incorrect number for a given race condition. Also on a race course at least with PHRF or any other single number system as a sailor I know how much time I owe any other boat at any given time during a race. Multi number systems this would be much more difficult The only thing that really works is OD racing. Of course that means that everyone has to go get the same boat and usually not the one they prefer. I really do not wish to spend all my time on a Farr 30 especially for a fun one off race on a Saturday …. OD tends to weaken the mixed fleet participation which is its cost. Then you have all these C&Cs and other boats sitting at the dock … Is PHRF perfect? No. Not at all. However in theory it is based on observed performance so is inexpensive to implement. It does assume that a boat is in race condition including folding/feathering prop, decent sails, spinnaker, etc … Happy Tuesday Mike Hoyt Persistence 1987 Frers 33 #16 Halifax, NS www.hoytsailing.com From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Randy Stafford via CnC-List Sent: Monday, June 10, 2019 5:26 PM To: cnc-list Cc: Randy Stafford Subject: Stus-List 30 MK I PHRF Rating Listers- Looking at US Sailing’s “History of US PHRF Affiliated Fleet Handicaps” (https://www.ussailing.org/competition/offshore/phrf/phrf-handicaps/), you can see that there is a range of ratings for the 30 MK I across different fleets, from 168 to 186 seconds per nautical mile. Note I believe that the “C&C 30” and “C&C 30 (1-506)” models are the same boat in that document’s tables. I’m trying to understand why that is. The mode, or most often occurring rating, is 174. That’s with spinnaker, and generally assumes a folding prop, from what I understand. But why would the Newfoundland fleet rate the boat at 168 sec/nm, for example, and the Northwest fleet rate it at 186? If we have any listers from those fleets / Regional Sailing Associations who can shed light on this question, I’d be very interested. When my boat was first rated by my RSA (https://rmsail.org, in US Sailing’s Area F) back in 2016, she was given a rating of 186, with a fixed two-blade prop. Her rating stayed at 186 after I got a folding prop for the 2017 season and beyond. Now my RSA is re-rating all boats in the region. I believe the handicapper is primarily looking at the above US Sailing document, and probably choosing the most-often occurring rating as the base. So I believe my boat’s rating will probably change to 174. Can anyone explain the range of ratings? Thank You, Randy Stafford S/V Grenadine C&C 30-1 #7 Ken Caryl, CO
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