PY Inflation?

All I will say on the matter is 20 years ago I owned a Laser radial and it was impossible for a club sailor to sail anywhere near its then py against other similar sized boats.

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Edited by A2Z - 03 Sep 22 at 9:43pm

The other variable is how well the boats are sailed at the clubs that make returns. 

My father who used to be a racing officer at our club reckon that in most of the classes i sailed in rs 300,rs vareo that i could be anything up to 50 points below what the actual handicap was which is quite bemusing as for the rs vareo handicap when i was sailing it was 1035 nowdays its 1090 i think not that i looked anymore .But i think alot has to do with which group of sailors are sailing those boats which are below the handicap hence some dropping of some raising of others .Our club at the time always sent in returns at the end of year.

>>> slow boats have seen their PY rise whilst fast boats have seen theirs drop<<<

If (big if) more coastal clubs are now sending in returns then this is exactly what will happen.

Sailing in any tide penalises boats proportionate to their speed. Done the maths, compared tidal v's non tidal results years ago. The difference it makes is quite drastic. It's the elephant in the room for coastal clubs...........sssshhh, don't talk about it out loud.
 

Edited by Sussex Lad - 23 Aug 22 at 9:15pm