Pointless PY Pondering

I wonder what would happen if the PY were based on the top 'sq. root of the number of entries' in each race (or top 3 if less than 9 entries). Yes, there would be less data to work with (itself an issue) but would it not skew the results more towards boat performance, as it might be assumed that the top finishers are nearer to being the 'ideal sailor' than the average.

Originally posted by 423zero How do you think your new boat should be treated? PY committee have to have something to work on? You must know by now who some of the committee are.

Nope, I haven't a clue, I do know Dougalldog did try for a serious journalistic approach but they f**ked him off.

The fact they don't rotate.. or maybe they do, I honestly don't know, but they should, whoever they are they aint doing it right, but since when did anything managed by a committee succeed...

My new boat? I'm past caring what they do, and I haven't had time to even bung it through my spreadsheet, which I can't find anyway it was that long ago I was messing with it, it will probably get the Icon treatment since I don't have the clout RS do, but it wont matter if the boat is fun to sail, like the Farr, that hasn't got a yardstick either. It's their probem not mine, it's they who are not representing the sport they are supposed to be governing.

Edited by iGRF - 19 Nov 20 at 12:20am

Did the Aero escape, or just get enough returns quickly enough for the yardstick to be not too far out?

Yes, the system is driven by results. Yes, that can cause issues. No, the Laser hasn't got slower. It used to have a sh*t yardstick from when very few changes were made, though I know you don't think so.

The Europe has a harsh handicap for light winds inland, but I think makes up for it in a blow on the sea. The one I don't understand is the British Moth. Which club handicap races BMs and never has any wind on a Sunday? Otherwise, why is it so punitive?

So, and I'm not denying the presence of tinfoil (it also wards of Covid19), what exactly do you dispute in that little, I thought quite gentle admonishment of the PYsystem.?

Is the group transparent? No.
Do they demolish new classes? Yes
Has the RS Aero escaped that demolition? Most defnitely.
Do we even know who they are? Some people do, some people don't.

40 years of nearly Marine Industry experience I'm afraid has taught me to be extremely cynical when it comes to the 'old boy' and 'not so old boy' networks that orbit the RYA.

So I'll stick with the Tinfoil for now..

Edited by iGRF - 18 Nov 20 at 10:52pm

Sailing is an amazing sport - so many variables, the PY system has a hard job to do. I'm a bit rubbish and sail a 80's Europe with a tin mast, I suspect it's a bit slower than more recent examples with carbon rigs.