Originally Posted by David Ingram
As everyone keeps saying a handicap system is an approximation at best.


That's what I had begun to think reading the posts... So I would think that basing a measurement system solely on design calculations may not take into account "real world" sailing performance (like faster in chop/swell), which could appear as "a sweet rated boat", right?

So Tad's "cheater" boat which can sail in "fourth mode" would obviously have a "sweet" rating if only the design were used to come up with a number...?

Last edited by waterbug_wpb; 09/10/10 01:06 PM.
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