Some notes on the C&C 30 rating history at PHRF Lake Ontario.

1985 FS:168 NFS:168


Record created in the current database


1996 FS:162 NFS:162


Handicap adjustment by Central Council based on performance history


2000 FS:162 NFS:180


+18 Disconnect of NFS-SP from FS-SP rating


2006 FS:168 NFS:186


PHRF-LO did a blanket +6 sec/mile adjustment to all classes, more inline
with other PHRF regions


2010 FS:174 NFS:186


Performance based review by Central Council


2012 FS:174 NFS:195


A VPP analysis of "NFS-Delta" using a formula from Jim Teeters
changed the delta from 12 sec/mile to 21 sec/mile. All classes
were reviewed ( that fly spinnaker )




Michael Brown

Windburn
C&C 30-1







 From:   Randy Stafford <randal.staff...@icloud.com> 
 To:   cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 
 Sent:   6/11/2019 3:13 PM 
 Subject:   Re: Stus-List 30 MK I PHRF Rating 



Thanks y’all for your interesting comments on this.


I got my new rating yesterday and it came back 180.  The handicapper wrote in 
the “notes and clarifications” section of my RSA’s PHRF certificate form the 
following: "There are no comparables listed in US Sailing for this model of 
boat in the Rocky Mountain Region. This is a compromise between lake sailing 
ratings of 174 at Lake Norman, Oklahoma and Texoma, TX; and the previous rating 
for this boat of 186/198. Mitigating factors are: 1. +10% above base weight, 
even when empty; 2. The lighter air pressure at altitude which makes it even 
more difficult to move a heavy boat.”


The 10% over base weight remark was from a discussion she and I had on 
“brochure weight” (8000 lbs for a 30 MK I as on sailboatdata.com) versus actual 
weight.  I’ve actually weighed my boat on a truck scale, and weighed all her 
gear.  I calculate she weighs about 8682 pounds with empty tanks and no gear 
aboard.  So with full fuel tank, anchor & rode, sails, etc., her as-raced 
weight is closer to 9000 pounds before crew weight.  According to the Schell 
regression formula, that 1000-pound difference in brochure versus actual weight 
translates to at least six seconds difference in rating, so the handicapper 
gave that to me.


In my RSA we don’t really have the local politics as badly as in some other 
areas apparently.  The handicapping committee is one volunteer, and the 
position turns over every few years.  I think most of our handicappers have 
tried to do a reasonably fair job with the information they have available.  
And none of them have been from the sailing industry.


That said, there are a couple boats in my fleet in my club that seem to have 
gift ratings.  There’s a Catalina 25 to which I give 43 sec/nm, and a Cal 22 to 
which I give 48 sec/nm.  In light air with everybody executing well, I might 
not beat them uncorrected, let alone corrected.  Both boats seem to be rated at 
least 12 seconds slower in my RSA than in most others RSAs in the US, and I’m 
sure their owners would strongly resist lowering their ratings, because they 
win a lot on corrected time.  I had a half-dozen races last year where I took 
line honors and they corrected over me.


My main competition is a pair of Catalina 27s and a Ranger 26, all well-sailed. 
 In heavy air the Ranger 26 can’t stay in control; he has to depower way before 
I do.  A couple times a season when the wind is really up, I’ll have the joy of 
beating the fleet by three minutes in a half-hour race.  But that’s the 
exception to the rule where I sail.  And unfortunately for me the Ranger 26’s 
rating didn’t change this year, whereas mine did - six seconds faster.


I accept that PHRF is an imperfect system.  At the end of the day, I’m out 
there on Wednesday nights to have fun.  That said, I like the competition, and 
I’d like it to be as fair as possible.


Cheers,
Randy
S/V Grenadine
C&C 30-1 #7
Ken Caryl, CO



On Jun 11, 2019, at 6:27 AM, Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 
wrote:

 
 

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 

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