Back in the late 70's or early 80's when PHRF was picking up speed in the PNW (IOR was the dominant rule at the time) it was referred to as Political Handicap Rating.
If you want to see how little PHRFNW has progressed in nearly 40 years check out the Sailing Anarchy discussion on PHRFNW's unilateral and substantial increase in <0 ratings. I do not have a bone in the fight as Calypso is nowhere close to being a sub zero rated boat, in fact I rarely ever consider the class ratings when we race the boat as it is not kept in competitive condition. We budget our sailing cost vs. fun ratio in a way that keeps us from buying new sails and polishing the bottom paint. Having said all that PHRF generally allows very different boats to sail against each other. I do find it funny to be rated similar to a Soveral 33 (+-6,000lbs) or owe time to a <10 year old planning hull design that runs laps around a C&C 43 in light air. I do get even with the sporty boats when in a low speed close crossing/mark rounding situation I inform the sporty boat that they will need a liferaft before a protest flag if they stick their bow into that closing space. Martin Calypso 1970 C&C 43 Seattle ________________________________ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 10:15 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Handicap review Sucks only if you're not in with the handicap committee. If you've got contacts on the rating committee and you own a boat that is one of a kind in your area, you're golden. That's why I call PHRF racing a "contact" sport. End of rant. Dennis C. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 8, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Colin Kilgour <charliekilo...@gmail.com<mailto:charliekilo...@gmail.com>> wrote: Man.... just skimming all this discussion makes it increasingly clear while sailboat racing is in decline. I've certainly got more than my share of racing trophies on the wall (both handicap and one-design) but this handicap stuff really sucks the soul out of the sport (IMO, of course) Cheers, Colin On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Bill Coleman <colt...@verizon.net<mailto:colt...@verizon.net>> wrote: C&C 39 99 2283 16.9 51.1 45.2 12.7 39.5 32 11.3 6.3 16000 C&C 39 CUS1 99 2277 16.9 51.1 45.2 12.7 39.3 32 11.1 6.3 16000 C&C 39 CUS2 99 2300 16.9 51 45.5 14.4 39.5 32 11.3 6.3 16000 C&C 39 CUS3 99 2303 16.9 52.1 46 14.1 39.5 31.7 11.5 6.3 0 99. These are our ratings up on the frozen north. I imagine at least 2 of these are not around anymore, all these 4 ratings have modifications, from keels to spars. I am probably the cus3, I got docked 6 seconds for adding a foot to my boom and a Roach Which, I might add was worth it. BTW, that 16000 should be 21000. Which would probably bring these ratings to 110. Bill Coleman
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