Mary.. Great point.. Now if you could convince the US sailing Admin to talk to the Aussie, South Africian and European admins to come up with a universal system I would appreciate it!..

Unfortunately each area and almost each country has its own "rating sytem" some are Portsmouth based other formulae based..

What difference does it make? I guess it all depends on numbers.. If there are the numbers to race as a fleet then no difference.. However if one, like I do, has to race in a mixed fleet the rating system is important..