Working closely with the Technical Advisory Committee, Central Council actively works on improvements to our current handicapping system.
Changes to the handicap system are presented at the Annual Meeting and at Spring Training Seminars.
One of two projects that have been on the spotlight by Central Council is the Keels adjustments.
Adam Farkas (Assistant Chief Handicapper), in conjunction with, Garry Cooke (Technical Advisory Committee) took a deep look into the differing types of keels and the affect on speed potential.
NFS Ratings vs Standard SP Ratings.
A document presented to the Central Council of Handicappers
In an effort to address a request by members, a considerable amount of time has been spent on looking at and considering various options for establishing a Point to Point (PtoP) handicap for PHRF-LO certificate holders. This included looking at what other regions were doing, ORC handicaps and VPP’s.
A PDF of the “initial” study.
By Owen Schneider, TORE District Chief
Revised NFS Delta for 2020 will use the Jim Teeters Windward Leeward 8 Co-effecients.
In anticipation of allowing these sails for Point to Point racing, review has begun and talks within the Technical advisory committee have resulted in a few possible items of concern.
Over the past several years, Adam Farkas (Assistant Chief Handicapper) has been reviewing our current system for applying credits and penalties for sail sizes.
On November 11th, he presented his findings and suggestions to a sub-committee of the Central Council for review, comment and consideration at the Central Council meeting on November 17th.
