The PHRF Flaw
Capt. Rob wrote:
Since I've actually been in PHRF races ...
Oh? How many?
... and most of you only read about
them, here's a little test for you. The Wednesday night race consists
of the following boats:
...
Quite a range of boats and ratings....NOW...what is the biggest
inherent flaw in this race...and most races with a range of boats like
this? Spare me the answers with NO answers. If you can't understand
the basic flaw don't pretend that you can.
Well?
The possibility that the slower boats might not finish within the time
limit. Which is why a club might split the boats into groups (fast yacht,
slow yacht, white sails, etc).
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Capt Scumbalino
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