Originally Posted by scooby_simon
Originally Posted by Mark Schneider
Scooby

The Nacra 17 is a regional class. IF CRAM does not turn in their comparative data against the other starts... the rating will never adjust. (I have no idea whether they do or don't)

The Nacra 5.5 uni had the same history. The boat started out slower then a hobie 17 (74.0) and raced for several years at 74.5 It was very popular in CRAM as a one design and they did not turn in data.

Eventually they did turn in data and the number dropped to 69.5 or so.



But do not N17's sail ate the Alter quals events?

This is the underlying problem with returns based systems, people can abuse/manipulate them if they so wish; RYA PY drops boats out of the list if they do not file returns. Does USPN do the same?


nothing ever gets "dumped" from the Portsmouth ratings but they get a "bracket" in the system indicating that not enough data was available to establish a sound number. If the number in the portsmouth table looks like this: [64.1] then it is a reference number. Boats with brackets on their numbers are not permitted to compete in the area qualifiers for the US Sailing Championship.

Jake Kohl