PHRF Handicaps. The Red White and Blue Book is now a live report reflecting up to the minute base handicaps for the reporting fleets. Select the appropriate classes via the drop down and then "view report." The report is large and may take several minutes to load. Once the report is loaded you can download the report in your preferred format to ...
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Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) Who Owns It United States Sailing Association sanctions regional authorities to administer the national rule and develop regional by-laws. Why Did It Start Loosely based on the "Arbitrary Fleet" of the West Coast of the 1940's, PHRF emerged in the early 1980's as an empirically based handicapping system to give […]
PDF North American Portsmouth Yardstick Handbook
Some further assumptions are made in the assessment of handicaps for o ffshore classes. The D-PN and HC figures for offshore classes are representative of a "base boat " in that class reflecting a typical sail inventory, engine type, propeller installation, etc. A standard offshore class boat is considered to b e
Handicap Rating Rule Options for 2022
Big-boat handicap racing in North America is at a turning point once again. During my tenure at World Sailing , I was liaison to the Offshore and Oceanic Committee and the Offshore Racing Council.
Performance Handicap Racing Fleet
Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) is a handicapping system used for yacht racing in North America. It allows dissimilar classes of sailboats to be raced against each other. The aim is to cancel out the inherent advantages and disadvantages of each class of boats, so that results reflect crew skill rather than equipment superiority.
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Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) is a handicapping system used for yacht racing in North America. It allows dissimilar classes of sailboats to be raced against each other. The aim is to cancel out the inherent advantages and disadvantages of each class of boats, so that results reflect crew skill rather than equipment superiority.
IRC Rating
IRC is a rating rule to handicap different designs of keelboats allowing them to race together. Ratings are based on the physical measurements of the boat.
PHRFulator
PHRFulator, a PHRF Calculator, allows you to build a table of sail boats with different ratings and calculate the time between them at various distances from the start line. button on the bottom left to create a new sail boat. Enter the information for the sail boat. It must have a name and/or a sail number as well as numeric PHRF rating (can ...
Average PHRF Rating
PHRF stands for "Performance Handicap Racing Fleet," and its ratings are used to determine the relative speed potential of any given class of yacht. 200 to 300 High Above 300 Very High. An initial handicap rating for a new class design is assigned based on the boat's critical dimensions, its similarities to other rated yachts, the designer's ...
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Learn about the different ratings and handicap systems that measure the performance of sailing boats and crews in various events and conditions.
PDF UNITED STATES PERFORMANCE HANDICAP RACING FLEET
The following pages list low, high and average performance handicaps reported by USPHRF Fleets for over 4100 boat classes/types. Using Adobe Acrobat's 'FIND" feature, <CTRL-F>, information can be displayed for each boat class upon request. Class names conform to USPHRF designations. The source information for this listing also provides ...
The Rating Game: PHRF Explained
The methodologies of arriving at a boat's handicap should be the same in both PHRF fleets and there should be a common handicap database. Each organization continues to conduct handicapper's council meetings, but there should be at least one joint annual conference between the two to ensure they are serving together the interests of PHRF ...
PDF DEMYSTIFYING US HANDICAP RATING SYSTEMS
1. A system for speed prediction or a statistical prediction of speed potential based on race result data 2. A scoring system that tells how to apply the rating to determine a corrected time 3. A formal document with the rules, regulations & methodology (eg, actual VPP formula of method of empirical derivation of the system -if not "secret ...
Individual Performance Handicapping
Historically, sailboat handicapping has followed one of three traditions; a one design rule, a measurement rule, and a performance handicap. Of interest here is the most commonly used performance ...
PHRF New England
Boat Data Calculator. Coming in August! Photos by Marblehead Studios. Powered & Sponsored by Headway. PHRF New England is an independent handicapping authority whose handicaps are used by fleets sailing on Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts Bay, the Gulf of Maine, and Lake Winnipesauke.
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By Boat Class Type. By Race Category. If you use our 'contribution to the sport' or just agree with our attempts to promote 'fair play' then please use the PayPal Donate button/link. Sailboat portsmouth handicap / yardstick lists for yachts / keelboats / dayboats / cruisers, both monohull and multihull sailboats. Refer RYA site for dinghy PY.
PHRF of the Chesapeake, Inc.
PHRF is an association formed to provide the means for equitable racing among sailboats of differing designs. PHRF of the Chesapeake issues handicaps, keeps master records, sets rules for its own high point competition, and performs the other services and activities common to class associations. PHRF of the Chesapeake is a class association of ...
PDF North American Portsmouth Yardstick Table of Pre-Calculated Classes
The Performance Handicap Racing Fleet of Eastern Long Island (PHRF/ELI) is composed of the owners of monohull sailboats of varying performance characteristics that are handicap for local racing on the basis of observed performance rather than measured dimensions. PHRF/ELI is one of approximately 80 such performance handicap fleets across the ...
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The MC Sailing Association originally formed in Shreveport LA, 1971. Since then, the MC class has grown to be one of the top one-design sailboat racing classes in North America. The scow design maximizes speed yet provides unmatched stability. There are more than 113 active fleets nationwide. An original design by the Melges family in 1956, it ...
Katie M'lady has no problem with Illini Princess Handicap's move to dirt
Neither a surface switch nor a 127-pound impost could keep Katie M'lady from a popular win Sunday at Hawthorne in the $71,250 Illini Princess Handicap.
Tackling Moscow by Train and Boat
Tackling Moscow by Train and Boat Our first full day in Moscow started fairly late since we were still catching up on sleep. Around 1, we finally were able to get our act together and get out the door. We stopped by a cafe to get some breakfast and headed over to the Red Square. Since the festival is going on, we had to go through metal detectors.
PDF Golf Handicapping for PHRF
The way it works is to pick a reference boat, say the boat that corrected out 40 percent of the way down the fleet. Then figure out the seconds per mile that the other boats either beat or lost to this boat. Take a small fraction of this delta, say 10 percent, and lower the faster boat's handicaps by this amount and raise the slower boats.
10 notable players who missed the cut at 2024 Wyndham ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Joel Dahmen joked that he was finally playing on Saturday after missing his last three cuts. That was mostly due to Tropical Storm Debby postponing play on Thursday and pushing the completion of the first round and start of the second round to the weekend. But Dahmen came ...
Five things to know: Castle Pines Golf Club
For the amateurs, Castle Pines plays to a 79.1 rating and 155 slope, meaning even your scratch handicap would have trouble breaking 80 there in everyday conditions, let alone when the course is ...
Read the Final Report on the Lewiston, Maine, Mass Shootings
At 2:24 a.m., Card's vehicle was removed from the boat launch and secured at the State Police Crime Lab in Augusta pending the issuance of a search warrant. ... and handicap accessibility for such ...
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PHRF Handicaps. The Red White and Blue Book is now a live report reflecting up to the minute base handicaps for the reporting fleets. Select the appropriate classes via the drop down and then "view report." The report is large and may take several minutes to load. Once the report is loaded you can download the report in your preferred format to ...
Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) Who Owns It United States Sailing Association sanctions regional authorities to administer the national rule and develop regional by-laws. Why Did It Start Loosely based on the "Arbitrary Fleet" of the West Coast of the 1940's, PHRF emerged in the early 1980's as an empirically based handicapping system to give […]
Some further assumptions are made in the assessment of handicaps for o ffshore classes. The D-PN and HC figures for offshore classes are representative of a "base boat " in that class reflecting a typical sail inventory, engine type, propeller installation, etc. A standard offshore class boat is considered to b e
Big-boat handicap racing in North America is at a turning point once again. During my tenure at World Sailing , I was liaison to the Offshore and Oceanic Committee and the Offshore Racing Council.
Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) is a handicapping system used for yacht racing in North America. It allows dissimilar classes of sailboats to be raced against each other. The aim is to cancel out the inherent advantages and disadvantages of each class of boats, so that results reflect crew skill rather than equipment superiority.
Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) is a handicapping system used for yacht racing in North America. It allows dissimilar classes of sailboats to be raced against each other. The aim is to cancel out the inherent advantages and disadvantages of each class of boats, so that results reflect crew skill rather than equipment superiority.
IRC is a rating rule to handicap different designs of keelboats allowing them to race together. Ratings are based on the physical measurements of the boat.
PHRFulator, a PHRF Calculator, allows you to build a table of sail boats with different ratings and calculate the time between them at various distances from the start line. button on the bottom left to create a new sail boat. Enter the information for the sail boat. It must have a name and/or a sail number as well as numeric PHRF rating (can ...
PHRF stands for "Performance Handicap Racing Fleet," and its ratings are used to determine the relative speed potential of any given class of yacht. 200 to 300 High Above 300 Very High. An initial handicap rating for a new class design is assigned based on the boat's critical dimensions, its similarities to other rated yachts, the designer's ...
Learn about the different ratings and handicap systems that measure the performance of sailing boats and crews in various events and conditions.
The following pages list low, high and average performance handicaps reported by USPHRF Fleets for over 4100 boat classes/types. Using Adobe Acrobat's 'FIND" feature, <CTRL-F>, information can be displayed for each boat class upon request. Class names conform to USPHRF designations. The source information for this listing also provides ...
The methodologies of arriving at a boat's handicap should be the same in both PHRF fleets and there should be a common handicap database. Each organization continues to conduct handicapper's council meetings, but there should be at least one joint annual conference between the two to ensure they are serving together the interests of PHRF ...
1. A system for speed prediction or a statistical prediction of speed potential based on race result data 2. A scoring system that tells how to apply the rating to determine a corrected time 3. A formal document with the rules, regulations & methodology (eg, actual VPP formula of method of empirical derivation of the system -if not "secret ...
Historically, sailboat handicapping has followed one of three traditions; a one design rule, a measurement rule, and a performance handicap. Of interest here is the most commonly used performance ...
Boat Data Calculator. Coming in August! Photos by Marblehead Studios. Powered & Sponsored by Headway. PHRF New England is an independent handicapping authority whose handicaps are used by fleets sailing on Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts Bay, the Gulf of Maine, and Lake Winnipesauke.
By Boat Class Type. By Race Category. If you use our 'contribution to the sport' or just agree with our attempts to promote 'fair play' then please use the PayPal Donate button/link. Sailboat portsmouth handicap / yardstick lists for yachts / keelboats / dayboats / cruisers, both monohull and multihull sailboats. Refer RYA site for dinghy PY.
PHRF is an association formed to provide the means for equitable racing among sailboats of differing designs. PHRF of the Chesapeake issues handicaps, keeps master records, sets rules for its own high point competition, and performs the other services and activities common to class associations. PHRF of the Chesapeake is a class association of ...
Boat Class Code DPN DPN1 DPN2 DPN3 DPN4. PRECALCULATED D-PN HANDICAPS CENTERBOARD CLASSES Cape Dory 14 Centerboard CD-14 (125.40) [124.2] Caprice. Centerboard. CPR. 102.40 [103.1] ... PRECALCULATED D-PN HANDICAPS CENTERBOARD CLASSES FJ (Int.) Centerboard FJ 97.90 100.90 99.30 98.20 (95.80)
The Performance Handicap Racing Fleet of Eastern Long Island (PHRF/ELI) is composed of the owners of monohull sailboats of varying performance characteristics that are handicap for local racing on the basis of observed performance rather than measured dimensions. PHRF/ELI is one of approximately 80 such performance handicap fleets across the ...
The MC Sailing Association originally formed in Shreveport LA, 1971. Since then, the MC class has grown to be one of the top one-design sailboat racing classes in North America. The scow design maximizes speed yet provides unmatched stability. There are more than 113 active fleets nationwide. An original design by the Melges family in 1956, it ...
Neither a surface switch nor a 127-pound impost could keep Katie M'lady from a popular win Sunday at Hawthorne in the $71,250 Illini Princess Handicap.
Tackling Moscow by Train and Boat Our first full day in Moscow started fairly late since we were still catching up on sleep. Around 1, we finally were able to get our act together and get out the door. We stopped by a cafe to get some breakfast and headed over to the Red Square. Since the festival is going on, we had to go through metal detectors.
The way it works is to pick a reference boat, say the boat that corrected out 40 percent of the way down the fleet. Then figure out the seconds per mile that the other boats either beat or lost to this boat. Take a small fraction of this delta, say 10 percent, and lower the faster boat's handicaps by this amount and raise the slower boats.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Joel Dahmen joked that he was finally playing on Saturday after missing his last three cuts. That was mostly due to Tropical Storm Debby postponing play on Thursday and pushing the completion of the first round and start of the second round to the weekend. But Dahmen came ...
For the amateurs, Castle Pines plays to a 79.1 rating and 155 slope, meaning even your scratch handicap would have trouble breaking 80 there in everyday conditions, let alone when the course is ...
At 2:24 a.m., Card's vehicle was removed from the boat launch and secured at the State Police Crime Lab in Augusta pending the issuance of a search warrant. ... and handicap accessibility for such ...