Upcoming
Events
2010
2010
New Suffolk Series
Notice of Race
Sunset
Race
Friday, September 3, 6 PM
Post-race parties will be held for each race.
Committee News
Race Commitee
Among the cons, and this is a serious concern to the race
committee, is that this system can be perceived as punishing the most successful
boats. Those boats are also the ones which show up. We hope that those sailors
will have a broad enough view to look upon this system as a way to stimulate
participation in our race program and add to the enjoyment and competitiveness
of our sport locally. Their Corinthian spirit will go a long way to make this
racing successful. One race committee member quoted Hobie Alter about this
subject. “If the same boats win every race pretty soon they are the only boats
which show up.”
Among the pros for a system which will allow less prepared and less able sailors
a chance to win is that this style of scoring is meant to create racing in which
every racer is sailing against himself. If he has a good race relative to his
usual performance he will do well. If he sails poorly he will not. That’s the
heart of it. We believe that this will entice more players into the arena and
improve the sailing skills of those who choose to participate.
The USSA Website has a page regarding “Golf Handicaps”.
http://www.usssailing.org/phrf/golf.htm . (
Golf Handicaps) If you visit and read this you will note that
the system described there is different than the system we will be using. The
race committee discussed several ways to accomplish the goal of leveling the
playing field and decided on a system of applying penalties to the first, second
& third place yachts. We note that this is done by the Off Soundings Club with
generally successful results. The penalty system also has the advantage of
being easier to administer than the system described on the Website.
New Suffolk Series Scoring Rules
As indicated in the Notice of Race for the New Suffolk Series, the
race committee has decided to improve race competitiveness by using scoring
adjustments to time on time PHRF scoring. These
adjustments are a derivation of “Golf Handicapping” as described on the USSA
Website. There are several ways to
meet the goals of this scoring system but the race committee has chosen a 9-6-3
second time penalty. This will be
easier to administer then the others methods discussed.
Contestants should note that the race committee tested this system
against the results from last year and found that the order of finish did not
change. The margin of victory for
the winning boats was reduced. It is the intention of the race committee and this scoring
system to produce a race in which a boat has to sail a very good race to win;
but that any boat, optimized for racing or not, can win. We hope that this will bring more participation in PBSA
racing in the best tradition of Corinthian yacht racing.
The heart of the system is the 9-6-3-second penalty: First place winning yachts will receive a 9 second penalty
for the next PBSA race in which they compete.
Second place finishing yachts will receive a 6 second penalty and third
place finisher will receive a 3 second penalty. The penalty will be applied to the yachts PHRF time
correction. For example:
If yacht Red Rover has a PHRF rating 186 and wins the first PBSA race,
she will be scored with a PHRF rating of 177 for the second PBSA race.
If she wins the second PBSA race she will carry the PHRF penalty of 9
seconds into the third PBSA race. If
she does not place in the second race her PHRF rating would revert to 186 for
the next race.
The “Golf Handicaps” will apply to daily racing and prizes.
The New Suffolk Series will be scored in accordance with the RRS Low
Point Scoring as indicated in xxxxxxxxxxx based on the daily results.
The daily Low Point scores will be derived from the golf handicap
adjusted results.
If, on a particular day, the race committee holds more than one race each
will be scored separately towards the New Suffolk Series and Golf Handicaps will
be applied to each race. That means
the yacht which places in the first
race will have the time penalties applied in
the second. Yachts which place in
the second race will carry the penalty into the next PBSA race in which they
compete in the season. The
daily score for the daily trophies will employ the Golf Handicaps as described
for each race and will be derived from Low Point Scoring as per RRS Appendix
xxxxxxx.
All penalties expire at the end of the season. For One Design Classes, the fleet captain or representative can opt out of the 9-6-3 penalty system by indicating so to the race committee prior to the first PBSA race.
is now available, be sure to also download the Regulations as some changes have been made.
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