Best Handicapped Boat?

The question was phrased to include performance over a variety of conditions and sized ponds etc.

BTW It was a bit windy at Northampton for the Steve Nicholson and Phantoms absolutely wiped the floor with the opposition in the singlehanders and Fireballs dominated the doublehanders (excepting a very well sailed 420).

All things certainly should be equal but they probably aren't. The data is incomplete and therefore flawed. For instance, many clubs don't send returns. In some classes the hot shots don't club race often enough to affect returns. Crew skill factor is used by some clubs but not others, and some big returns are, I hear disallowed because they deviate too far from what's expected for the Primary Classes (Hayling Island I believe).

Your point about development is also valid as the yardstick has indeed to 'catch up'. This obviously applies to development classes  -  most noticeably  I14s when they added T foils, 12s when they became self draining, Merlins when they figured out the carbon rigs at the same time as hitting an 'optimal' hull shape (at least for now), and dare I even mention the Cherub?  But this also applies to any 'one designs'  that also change significantly without a noticable (and immediate) effect on their Yardstick. Examples might be the the Blaze, V3000,  any class that suddenly allows carbon masts and there must be others.

All just just got plain quicker but the Yardstick doesn't move for at least a year and even then it moves slowly.  I've heard that the ratings committee don't like to make big adjustments on comparitively little data! This could be an old wives tale - does anyone know how they work out adjustments to Yardsticks?

Perhaps the question I should have asked is

"What boat should you avoid if you want to win handicap races?"

our handy cap has not changed yet but it needs to fast

no the vareo is almost pointless going handy cap racing in as you wont do well

but if the forcast for it gets better i may go in a 200

iv been reading all of theas and im suprised that no one has not said about the albercorn it has the best handy cap there is from what iv heard they can win at any place in any condishons

we should all get them for handy cap racing