No, this is not a rating for all Santana's. I order to get a rating you
first need to go to your local board and tell them you intend to race with
one and you get a local rating. But the first thing they are going to do is
see what happened in other areas and that could become your rating also. Now
if my rating is good then it helps you. But you are right once you accept
the rating you have it for all races even the ones that you never pull out
of the bag. So even though my efforts are strictly for my boat it impacts
all the fleet members who might want to use the sail in a phrf random leg
race.
Mike Guccione
818-502-2600
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-santana3030@sailpix.com [mailto:owner-santana3030@sailpix.com]On
Behalf Of Michael Kirk
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 5:06 PM
To: Mike Guccione
Cc: Santana 30-30 Mailserver
Subject: Re: A-sail rating.
I wouldn't want to take a hit across the board for all the 30/30s assuming that we will all have A-sails for PHRF. I was assuming the A-sail rating would be only if you had one, similar to an oversized pole, etc., for each boat. Unfortunately, you can't have it both ways once your boat is rated that way.
This is a hot button for PHRF since the fixed -6 seconds was just removed last year. Might want to give it a year and let somebody else do the initial battle. Based on my observations in San Diego, PHRF tends to hit you hard for anything like this without race data and you can't get race data without the rating- Catch 22. Like someone said, even if you don't get hit and do well, then you will be reviewed. Not sure you can win here without fighting it for a few years.
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Mike Guccione wrote:
> The results are in from the PHRF meeting last night. 3 second knock on
buoy
> rating; 3 second knock on random leg, and 6 seconds for OTW races. These
are
> local ratings. What that will do to the regional rating is up in the air.
>
> What I am doing will most likely have an affect on the entire class. You
> need to tell me what you think I should do here.
> Here are my three options. One is just accept the judgment as it is and
make
> it official. The second is to tell them not to do a thing about the rating
> and just forget I was there (which they agreed to do in advance). The
third
> is to appeal to regional which they suggested. Now option number two will
> delay this rating being established and later in the year we could get
> someone else to apply. They might have more experience by then. This can
> work both ways of course.
> Option three is regional. This answers all the questions but they could be
> tougher. The other side of the coin is the chief handicapper said he saw
no
> reason to drop it at all. The local board told me he has been overruled
> three time on these matters and they think regional will give us a 6
seconds
> knock.
>
> I think the ratings are fair except for the buoy rating. I don't want to
> take the knock all the time for a sail that I will only use occasionally.
> PHRF has created an arms war with this new sail.
>
> I took the tack that said if we all have them (a-sails) then we are all
even
> and nobody should take a knock unless the pole is larger than the J. You
can
> see the points I made at phrf at www.yrrc.com
>
> Mike Guccione
> 818-502-2600
>
Received on Thu Jan 25 20:06:55 2001