All SAMM racing is under the British RYA Portsmouth Yardstick Handicap System
(click here to view RYA PN 2011).
Boats named in the RYA list race under the stated PN number. Boats not in the
published list are given Club Numbers as assessed by the Race Committee.
To check the accuracy of the handicaps for all boats, listed or not, the Race Committee have conducted two separate reviews of all Spring and Autumn Series 2011 race results. One review used the RYA YR2 method, the other the review facility provided within the Sailwave Results program. Both are designed to indicate the handicap number each boat
sailed to on average over the season. The results were very similar and showed that the PN numbers of those boats included in the official list were reasonably accurate for our water and conditions but suggested a change to the Club Numbers for all other boats except the catamaran “Hamoor”. There was no apparent difference in the results of boats that had changed handicaps depending on the number of crew, so this variation has been discontinued. The different handicap for the use of a spinnaker has been retained but adjusted to a 3% difference to the norm in line with RYA guidelines.
We have implemented these changes and the handicaps to be used for the Spring 2012 series are as listed below. Because many of the boats in our fleet are normally sailed by different crews with different abilities in each race, the handicaps will be reviewed after every forth race (as recommended by the RYA) to ensure no unfair advantage has been
introduced.
Shoestring Uno - 1200
Shoestring Dos - 1400
Shoestring Tres - 1112
with Spinnaker - 1080
Shoestring Quarto- 1300
Miracle - 1190
Weta - 1000
with Gennaker - 970
Sea Hopper - 1550
Laser Bahia - 1075
Varon (Uni boats) - TBA
Deltania - 1350
Catamaran - 1350
with Spinnaker - 1310
Balaton - 1450