Don't get your pants in to much of a wad girls, the "handicap" results are done as a way to encouruage young and/or less well off sailors to still come and play. The event is still scored primarily on scratch. At their nationals the kiwis give out praises for A,B and C grade boats to do the same thing and for years the Aussies have been giving a prize to the first pre-flyer boat. The fact is you can buy a beautiful mkiv Buyer for about $4k but you're unlikely to beat s well sailed DNA or Nakita regardless of how you sail it. This result let's every boat have a shot of at least taking some sort of trophy home. But to be the National champion you have to best the rest boat for boat on the water.