Race 2 is in the books...Finish order was:
Southern Yankee
Recovery
Alexis
Rebecca J
Hrunting
Today's race was a hull speed drag race which gave us an opportunity to
see
how close our handicaps are to something that is fair. I made a table
(below), that compares the suggested PHRF rating for each of the boats
competing today with the WSSC rating, which I assign as per the website
and
by observing the boats.
PHRF vs White Shoal Handicap - Boats that Raced today. You can see that
Southern Yankee has a major advantage over the other boats. The
difference
in minutes (6) over todays course being much higher than anyone else's.
Her
margin of victory today was about 5 minutes. My only excuse is that she
has not sailed enough for me to make the kind of observations I made
today,
but it is clear that a rating adjustment is in order. Giving her credit
for
all her cruising gear, it looks as if she should rate about 170 and start
with Alexis, so I have put her there.
This one is in the books, so let it stand, but I've changed it for
subsequent races. I hope no one is unduly miffed or inconvenienced, but I
hope you all appreciate how difficult it is to come to an equitable rating
for such widely diverse boats while still trying to keep it fun for
everyone.
Thanks.
John
PHRF WSSC Diff (secs) Diff (over today's
course in minutes).
Southern Yankee 162 220 58 6
Recovery 219 220 1 0
Alexis 168 170 2 0
Hrunting 234 240 6 1
Rebecca J 135 135 0 0
