I am pretty sure that no review of ratings has been done at my club in at least 
10 years.  Dave

S/V Aries
1990 C&C 34+
New London, CT



> On Dec 12, 2019, at 5:36 PM, Randy Stafford via CnC-List 
> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> 
> Well Lee, since you bring up PHRF reviews, let me ask you listers, how often 
> do your clubs or RSAs conduct rating reviews and adjustments?  
> 
> The introduction in “the book” 
> (https://www.ussailing.org/competition/offshore/phrf/phrf-handicaps/ 
> <https://www.ussailing.org/competition/offshore/phrf/phrf-handicaps/>) says 
> under heading "Considerations when using this listing to determine a handicap 
> by averaging fleet data” that "After the initial handicap is chosen and the 
> boat is raced, an empirical analysis of performance may permit a more refined 
> estimate of its speed potential.”  And a review of 
> https://www.ussailing.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/USPHRF-Fleets-1.pdf 
> <https://www.ussailing.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/USPHRF-Fleets-1.pdf> 
> shows that most clubs derive handicaps from “the book,” then review and 
> adjust based on local experience. 
> 
> So, how many of y’all do that?
> 
> Cheers,
> Randy
> 
>> On Dec 12, 2019, at 11:20 AM, Lee Youngblood via CnC-List 
>> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Sir,
>> 
>> RE:  Randy Stafford  S/V Grenadin   C&C 30 MK I #79  LISTED as Hull #7
>> 
>> I have put in a request for an immediate PHRF review of your boat.  With 
>> over 70 shipyard refinements, it’s clear now, why your boat is so fast, and 
>> only right that your rating reflect the changes you failed to document.  I 
>> expect the board will want to question you very carefully about the 
>> additional changes to your boat over and above the documented 1972 norms.  I 
>> have suggested that the penalty not be limited to just changing a PHRF 
>> number, but the monetary fine should reflect the price of the current boat 
>> you have chosen to race.  Perhaps if you raced a newer more expensive boat, 
>> you would be disinclined to perpetrate this excessive winning streak, which 
>> is depressing both the local fleet and the attendance of future sailors to 
>> the sport.  You should hear from the PHRF board by the end of the month.
>> 
>> Regretfully, Lee   
>> Yea, cold and wet in Seattle 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Dec 12, 2019, at 2:31 09AM, Randy Stafford via CnC-List 
>>> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Listers-
>>> 
>>> When I was buying my 30 MK I (HIN 30007972) four years ago, I came to the 
>>> conclusion she was hull number 7 laid up in September 1972, I think based 
>>> on this old post: 
>>> http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/2012-April/044412.html 
>>> <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/2012-April/044412.html>.
>>> 
>>> Meanwhile a discussion arose recently in the Facebook C&C Owners Group 
>>> where a guy asked how to decode HIN 30002672.  I emailed Rob Ball hoping 
>>> for clarification, and Rob referred me to Rob MacLachlan of South Shore 
>>> Yachts.  Rob MacLachlan said definitively I have hull #79, not hull #7.  So 
>>> the HIN format C&C used before standardization on November 1st 1972 
>>> apparently didn’t include any digits indicating the month in which the hull 
>>> was laid up.
>>> 
>>> I’ll be damned, I said.  All this time I thought I had hull #7.
>>> 
>>> Rick Bushie on this list owns 30 MK I hull #1, and his HIN plate says 
>>> simply “30-1 1971N”.
>>> Brian Buttigieg in the Facebook group owns 30 MK I hull #5, he says, but 
>>> hasn’t posted his HIN yet.
>>> Jack Rousseau in the Facebook group owned 30 MK I hull #8 and said it was 
>>> made in 1971.
>>> Sean Dillon in the Facebook group owns 30 MK I hull #14 and says it’s a 
>>> 1971 boat.
>>> Ed Levert on this list owned hull #19 and thought it was a 1971 boat.
>>> The owners of HINs 30002672, 30005972, and 30009472 have also been heard 
>>> from here or in the Facebook group.
>>> Steve Guiney in the Facebook group owns hull #123 and his HIN is 
>>> CCY301231172 (CCY was later used by the Rhode Island factory but it didn’t 
>>> open until February 1976)
>>> 
>>> It seems clear that C&C changed 30 MK I HIN formats at least twice over the 
>>> production run.  And I shall change my email signature according to what 
>>> I’ve learnt.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Randy Stafford
>>> S/V Grenadine
>>> C&C 30 MK I #79
>>> Ken Caryl, CO
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