I though you raced in the Harvest Moon regatta... isn't that under
PHRF?

Joe wrote:
Yeah, but I dont remember what my PHRF was and could care less.



Wotsamatta Joe, don't you want to tell us what your PHRF rating is?
Afraid to admit that it's actually higher than Boobsprit's?

Honest Doug Id tell you if I knew.


Not to important, we placed in the top 3 in our class of similar
boats.


Uh huh. And since the results are determined by handicap, ie your PHRF
rating, without knowing what the relative numbers are, this tells
nothing.



I was more into shaking down redcloud than any other
objective...besides skunking my Neighbors Ketch every year.


Why? What did he do to you?


Nothing. He had a fine well built expensive blue water Ketch named the
Lone Star Love. Same size as RedCloud. He was quite proffesional had a
well honed and trained crew. I like racing against a boat that I
consider a challenge.

We won the race's, he caught the biggest King.

How do you figure PHRF and what is it?


There are several formulas to approximate your PHRF rating given the
boat's specs, but the rating itself is assigned by other sailors... and

adjusted to fit your boat's actual performance... that's why it's
"PHRF"
or "P"erformance "H"andicap "R"ated "F"leet. If you win a lot because
your boat is much faster than they figured, they bump it a little bit
to
give the others a chance, or vice versa.

If you ever had a PHRF rating, then you had to be given a rating
certificate. Getting a rating for a custom boat is a little more
involved than for a standard production boat, if you ever got one you'd

probably remember it.

I dont remember, the race is for fun... all the money goes to
charity... and the party was sponsered by barcarddi.


Since Im not planing to race anymore it don't really matter. I may
cruise down for the party.. but racing is not as enjoyable as cruising.
50 miles off Port Aransas has some of the bluest clearest fish filled
water in the world, and to race thru is just un-natural IMO.

If I race the harvest moon again it will be as crew on a 60 foot cat
out of baytown. Or bum a ride on a corsair

Something fast.

Joe

Fresh Breezes- Doug King