Boat Performance Index

This is what the class published back in September (with an update in Feb 2015):

I think initial consensus was 'best let the RYA issue an EN when they're good and ready'.  We made contact in the early stages to ensure we were 'on the radar', and I've also made my demo boat available when asked- but that was more to let a mate try it out for sh*ts and giggles- the added data into the system was a bonus.  

What used to happen was that a boat would get given a difficult trial number, and then because of the nature of things, clubs would simply return that number, so it would never change. It seems classes still get given difficult numbers when there is hardly any data, and that data possibly not as useful as it might be.
If the class never grows, then the danger is that it never gets past that "hump", you never get enough returns from a wide enough base and the number just hangs around. Is the number alone enough for it to become self fulfilling? I suspect you need a boat that was unlikely to go anywhere, too, and whinging on forums!

Originally posted by jeffers Originally posted by Null   So we DID NOT Hassle any member of the PYAG or the RYA.  We tried to be proactive as a class in supporting its members should the worse happen.  Luckily we were able to avoid this and the encouragement to clubs in getting their returns in worked and our members were rewarded with a EN for 2015.  Correct. The PYAG people asked for as much data as we could get them, ideally in a Sailwave format. We appealed to sailors and extra data came in and was combined with the stuff from the Sailjuice series. I think it was great work done by the class and has given a good starting point for most club. As will any EN (in fact any PY) it should be looked at and adjusted if it is felt to be wildly wrong.

Again - for the record - Since the 1960s there has been a long history of good boats getting stiffed by the imposition of a PY 'penalty'. Now in my posts there is NO reference to my suggesting that there is any agenda at work here - but at the same time, the numbers speak for themselves. It has happened before - has happened again and if nothing changes, will happen again in the future. I've been careful to avoid any finger pointing but, it does (as iGRF is wont to say) beg the questions of 'why' and 'how come'.
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