PHRF Big Boat Ratings Update...

In response to our recent letter the PHRF-NW board was kind enough to give us an audience to hear our grievences.  They were in a tough spot -- it was pretty clear that the Big Boat Council (BBC) was out of line by moving the entire fleet to a T-rating without notice or right to appeal, at the same time if the board overruled the sub-council there might be a walk-out among the handicappers who put in a lot of time & effort as volunteers.

In the end they denied our appeal to stay the rating changes but promised to hear a counter-proposal quickly and expeditiously.  In the meantime we have been working with several big boat owners to come up with a carefully reasoned analysis of the new ratings and a fair methodology which the BBC can use in the next round.

At the same time there is a growing push to move the big boat fleet over to IRC - at present this is something which we don't support as we hope that given sufficient time & analysis PHRF-NW will come around to some more reasonable ratings that are in-line with national averages.

In the meantime, if you are interested in the dramatic effects a 30-40 rating hit to a few boats has on the entire racing community, take a look at the following analysis which covers the 2010-2012 racing seasons.  The winners are not who you would suspect...

PHRF-NW RATING CHANGE ANALYSIS - 2010-2012

Stay tuned...