[Rhodes22-list] Portsmouth rating for Peter and attached political cartoon (not for Alan)

[Charles Henthorn]

Peter:
      At the end of last season (2006) they tell me my times were reported to Portsmouth but then I was still learning how to handle the 175 on a narrow lake and trying to close reach competively having only had the boat since May 06.  My reaching still needs a lot of improvement but that 175 on the runs blows everyone else away.
  Rex  

Peter Thorn <pthorn at nc.rr.com> wrote:
  Rex,

Raven is an 88 too. At the landfill scales, she weighed exactly 2900 --
pretty fit and trim for an old gal, wouldn't you say?

Does your club race officer submit the racing results to US Sailing? That
could be the start of establishing a fair D-PN for R22. 

I just signed up to race Raven in the NYRA PHRF winter series on the Neuse
River, Blackbeard Sailing Club, New Bern. The PHRF racing won't count to
adjust D-PN, because Portsmouth is for racing one-designs in a handicap
fleet and largely smaller boats. 

I have some friends with Alerion 20s they race at Smith Mountain Lake, VA.
They claim they are always on the line and moving fast at the start, while
the other boats in their handicap class don't make much of an effort to
start competitively and hang way back. Because they are winning a lot with
the Alerions, the other sailors started lobbying to adjust their rating.
Sounds like that might happen to you too. It's an old story.

Sorry I can't help you with your rating.

PT



-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Charles Henthorn
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 3:23 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Portsmouth rating for Peter and attached
political cartoon (not for Alan)

Peter
You are right. I'm in a club that uses Portsmouth and the rating on my
1988recycle has become a bit controversial. Last year they arbitrarily
assigned it a Portsmouth rating of 99 and now others are saying it should be
lower. Quite frankly, my guess is the 99 was probably more fair to the
others than to me but I've had some luck watching the wind and others are
now questioning it.
I thought some others might have had similar experiences that I might
share with my club.
Rex

Peter Thorn 
wrote:
Ed,

Those are PHRF numbers, not Portsmouth Yardstick numbers. I would guess if
there were racing enough data sent to USSA to establish a Portsmouth number
for R22 that it would be in the 95 to 105 range. 

The Portsmouth Yardstick compares boats to the baseline Thistle (D-PN 80, I
think) and USSA assigns the number for the entire country and adjusts every
year based upon racing data submitted.

PHRF ratings are set by local committees and vary regionally.

PT



-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Tootle
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:23 PM
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Portsmouth rating for Peter and attached political
cartoon (not for Alan)


Peter:

Look here: http://www.ussailing.org/phrf/Tool_%20HI_LO_AVG%20Report.pdf

RHODES 22 CONTINENTAL 258 276 261

This reference came from the archives...

See Polical cartoon attached:
http://www.nabble.com/file/p13279352/congress%2Boctober%2B2007.bmp
congress+october+2007.bmp 

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
-- 
View this message in context:
http://www.nabble.com/Portsmouth-rating-tf4648261.html#a13279352
Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

__________________________________________________
Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list

__________ NOD32 2602 (20071018) Information __________

This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system.
http://www.eset.com


__________________________________________________
Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list

__________________________________________________
Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list

__________ NOD32 2602 (20071018) Information __________

This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system.
http://www.eset.com


__________________________________________________
Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list