Yardstick - Inaccuracies?

http://www.rya.org.uk/KnowledgeBase/technical/pys.htm

Originally posted by Graemef Or am I missing something and just dont get it?

Yes. It's only handicap racing. Go class racing if you want the real thing.

You could try finding out if your club makes its annual PY returns to the RYA, which relatively few can be bothered to do. And if your club doesn't do it, you could volunteer to take on the job.

 

So, is there a list anywhere, where you collectively discuss obvious
inaccuracy.

How often does this yardstick thing get sorted.

Who decides it, and how do they come to that decision?

There's a clear cock up with this Laser 3000 v the RS200 for example had
it graphically demonstrated on thursday even allowing for competance v
incompetance, the one boat sits so much higher in the water (More
volume on the 200)so annihilates the 3000 once the winds gone, yet it
has a higher/slower rating, how did that happen?

Are there variations say for a boat like the 3000 that can be crewed or
single handed.

Do clubs mess around and use their own versions.

Are they (obviously) biassed toward windy conditions? If so, then its a bit
of an anathema, since its only light weather when the hull performance
rather than sailor skill counts surely?

Or am I missing something and just dont get it?

Edited by Graemef