PHRF of the Chesapeake assumes you have a prepared boat. That means good to excellent sails, a crack crew, clean bottom, folding or feathering prop, and so forth. They used to assume a 155% genoa, but I have seen some adjustments for smaller or larger (class boats). They are also coming up with a double handed fleet, cruising classes, and so forth – some of which fall outside of PHRF. Any way to get boats out of their slips.
Gary From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> On Behalf Of CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List Sent: Monday, December 16, 2019 9:20 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: CHARLES SCHEAFFER <cscheaf...@comcast.net>; Michael Brown <m...@tkg.ca> Subject: Re: Stus-List PHRF Reviews and Adjustments My two cents; With hundreds of boats to rate, I wouldn't expect the rating committees to make any rating adjustment unless there was a serious complaint or an appeal to get their attention, and some good solid race results to make a judgement. Someone I know asked for an appeal to raise his rating and was denied. He had to answer a list of questions that revealed he had older sails, inexperienced crew, and never scrubbed the bottom of his boat during the racing season. The rating assumes you have properly prepared the boat to race, have decent sails, and knowledgeable crew and clean bottom. Does anyone race in a fleet where they give a handicap for solo sailors? I heard San Francisco gives 13 seconds. Chuck, Resolute 1989 C&C 34R On December 16, 2019 at 12:08 AM Randy Stafford via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: Thank you all for the responses on this subject. I got information I was looking for: * The Gulf Yachting Association PHRF Committee conducts an annual review. The minutes of the most recent annual review show +3/-3 adjustments based on performance. * The Narragansett Bay PHRF Committee reviews boat performance regularly. Its principles state that handicaps are adjusted on the basis of the boat's performance. * At Shawn Wright's club (somewhere in British Columbia), the club handicapper provides a rating and it is reviewed after each series of races based on results. * In PHRF Lake Ontario, classes that consistently perform differently from their rating get reviewed by PHRF-LO Central Council every year.
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