[Rhodes22-list] R22 rating

Mon Feb 9 07:01:06 EST 2004

Andy,

Congratulations on your victory!  And thanks for upholding the racing honor
of all your fellow Rhodies.  Isn't racing fun?

US Sailing lists the Rhodes Continental with a Portsmouth handicap of 98.0
(D-PN). http://www.ussailing.org/portsmouth/tables03/tables03off-3.htm  The
various Beaufort Scale ranges for R22  are left blank in the table,
indicating that US Sailing has not collected enough data on the R22 racing
against known one-design classes (Thistle is the benchmark) to establish
good Portsmouth ratings for those wind ranges.

Comparing the R22 D-PN (98.0) to that of my Tanzer 16 (97.5) , and also
knowing that an R22 would quickly leave a Tanzer 16 going upwind in any
breeze above 8,  I think 98.0 is a conservative handicap the Rhodes.  For
R22 racers, that is "a good thing".

Is your club racing with Portsmouth or PHRF?  The R22 is of a medium size
that could be scored under both systems, but judging from the bigger boats
you mentioned (J33), it might be PHRF.
http://www.ussailing.org/phrf/what_is_phrf.htm

If it's PHRF, you would have to contact the local committee to learn how
they rated you.  Further, if you win often, they will likely consider your
rating "wrong" and lower it - giving others a better chance.  I seem to
recall PHRF ratings ranging from 258 to 275 for R22 - but it's entirely up
to the local committee.

My R22 "Phoenix" is a project boat on shoring supports waiting warmer
weather to begin renovations.  I race a Tanzer 16 from April to October and
frostbite a Starwind 19 keel/cb (see picture below).  Last Saturday we took
the Starwind club racing in Greensboro and had similar conditions to those
you describe (perfect winter sailing for those with the right clothing).
Unfortunately, the sailors voted against going out that day - too many
centerboard voters.

It sounds like you had a great day, though!

PT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Lessard" <lessard at fabulousfloors.com>
To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 7:41 PM
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Saturday at the races

> What handicap rating do you have on the Rhodes 22?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Wally Buck
> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 2:22 PM
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Saturday at the races
>
>
> Warning shameless bragging below ....
>
> We had our February races yesterday. After 3 races in January I was in
first
> place and I really wanted to do well. The forecast was calling for 20 plus
> with strong gusts. Temps were supposed to stay in the 30s with a 30%
chance
> of snow. Saturday morning looked okay so I headed out to the marina. We
only
> had 7 boats for the skipper's meeting but everyone voted to go out.
>
> We had 4 boats in the "A" Fleet (J33, Hunter 34, O'Day 28, and a  Seaward
> 23. The "B" Fleet included a C30 (crew of 3), Newport 28 (crew of 2), and
> me. The A fleet usually has crew of 3 or more and the B fleet is single
> handlers or boats with crew that don't want to fly spinnaker. We usually
> have a bunch more boats in each fleet but the weather kept the sane ones
> home.
>
> Heading out the weather was fine, a nice wind but nothing like the 20 plus
> forecasted. As the actual race count down approached the wind jumped from
10
> -15 to something like 15 - 25. Plenty of white caps now and of course it
> started to snow. I have good gear so I was dry and warm. I started out
with
> main lowered and furled and my 125 out all of the way. The boat was
balanced
> but twice gusts had me taking water over the rail. I furled the genny in a
> little more and was fine for the long beat upwind. The Catalina 30 soon
> pulled out of the race because they had way too much sail up and the guy's
> wife and crew were freaking out. You could hear yelling across the water!
So
> now we were down to 6 boats.
>
> I had a great start (first over) but the J33 flew by me. Like many J boats
> you sit on the deck. Waves were rolling down the side and they were
already
> soaked with crew scampering across the deck. I was nice and dry drinking
my
> cup of Joe with the CD-player on. After the Catalina 30 pulled out I only
> had to stay close to the Newport 28. Well the Newport was forced to put a
> reef in soon after the start so I was able to build a huge lead. The snow
> quit and the wind kept blowing. Our windward mark was a big island 3 miles
> down river for a race total of about 8 miles. For the run home I raised
the
> boom and let everything out. I hit 7.3 MPH on the GPS. The A fleet
finished
> well ahead of me but I finished over 30 minutes ahead of the Newport 28.
The
> C30 did not finish so I got First Place in my fleet.
>
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