Laps are a novel concept in the US for buoy racing.

While I think it makes a lot of sense... It takes the handicap one design debate to an entirely new level!

What do people who do this think of a race of a Hobie 16 doing two laps and getting a finsih time while the Nacra 20 completes three laps and gets a finish time?

The computer figures out how well you sailed.