RE Ratings--There are already 3 variations and 3 DPNs officially posted:
A-cat (DPN 64.5), A-cat category 2 (200 pounds, DPN 70.5), Catnip (wooden DPN 74.5)
so...to clarify, if a new, category 2, boat were built, in order to measure in, it would need to meet all other existing A class rules, except Rule 9? and insert 90.1kg there, in lieu of 75kg?
Except that rule 9 is a miminum...so technically, at 90.1kg ,it's still an a-cat.
The 200lb weight figure is in the portsmouth ratings put there as an accommodation to older generation a-cats that traditionally weighed around 200lbs (mostly of wood construction). It is not a special a-cat class...technically all those 200lb boats are still a-cats and can be raced at any a-cat event.
These are two different issues:
1) What is an A-cat?
2) how to handle the handicap rating for open class portsmouth ratings.
