Hello Ron, We do the same thing here in Savannah. We have Class A for the spin boats and Class B for JAM. Your PHRF rating applies to your boat regardless of the class entered. Saves a lot of RC grief, but the usual "I lost because my rating sucks" still applies.
Best regards, Jack Fitzgerald HONEY (C&C 39TM) US12788 SAVANNAH, GA On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hi Ron, > > We have a pretty simple / easy way to deal with that: We have spin / > non-spin classes with the same phrf ranges.. > > This way you completely avoid all the complications as it's pretty tricky > to judge the spin's advantage: The effects will depend on the length of the > course, it's nature (Is it 'Reachy', triangle, windward / leeward, etc) and > the boats themselves. Some boats benefit more than others. > > I think just "adding XX" to Phrf will skew the results. Having separate > spin / non-spin classes is much simpler, fairer, and less open to > controversy. > > > My 2 cents , > > Good luck with it. > > -Francois Rivard > 1990 34+ "Take Five" > Lake Lanier, Georgia > > > > > > > Greetings folks,We have a problem with how to handicap boats that race > with jib and main only (JAM). ?The PHRF handicaps basically are for > spinnaker racing. ?I believe that there were some clubs, a few only, that > adjust numbers for JAM boats. ?We make adjustments to the numbers for our > lake conditions and style of boat (older displacement etc.), but not sure > how to fix JAM.Polars that I have seen for about 6 boats all show with > chute only. ?Does anyone know if there are polars for downwind sailing > without chutes? ?How can one arrive at those speeds?Could some of you whose > clubs adjust numbers let me know any info you can on how that is > accomplished at your club? ?And the rationale behind the adjustment.If it > gets too specific for the whole list, we can take it offline later to keep > traffic down.ThanksRonWild CheriC&C 30-1STL > Regards > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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