Let me fire this across the bow...
What about the SX guys that changed out the rig to race against the H18s. I know of several SX boats being raced without wings and with standard rigs, what does that make them? Does this come down to production date of the vessel and equipment listed on sale invoice?
Not enough data to support it
Ugh... the modification factors themselves are not carefully measured values backed by lots of data either.
The purpose is to get everyone on the race course and not give the sailor with the non class legal boat a gift rating.
You would be better off using SCHRS or Texel calculator to get a one off boat rating.
A sx with no wings and a standard rig would be a TheMightyHobie18. There were several sx's with wings that were simply magnums. No tall mast or different sails. As far as I know, all hulls, foils, etc are the same. It was the tall mast with mylar sails and spin that made the boat different. The extra wt and comptip did not make the boat competitive. I think the sails were european designed and were never tailored to fit the comptip. It was actually a factory frankenboat to begin with that did not work well. To gain any credibility, you will have to start with the proven TheMightyHobie18 number and go from there, at least in my opinion, Rick (hope to see you out this fall, whatever the number)
Ugh... the modification factors themselves are not carefully measured values backed by lots of data either.
The purpose is to get everyone on the race course and not give the sailor with the non class legal boat a gift rating.
You would be better off using SCHRS or Texel calculator to get a one off boat rating.
Sounds like a good idea to me.
In the time it's taken to type all the replies on this thread; you could have got someone to measure ALL the TheMightyHobie18 variants and had suitible handicaps for all......
I have no idea how to do this. Is there a website that guides you thru the inputs to get a number? TheMightyHobie18 variants?
It appears that the 66.8 number I ran last year is the closest it will get. I'm ok with that, just need to pay attention and sail faster!
It still seems that my boat is closer to being an SX than anything else, but whatever, its not like there is money to be won.
Rick, I will be at Ya Gotta in 2 weeks and hope to make Hatteras and Catfest this fall. Sure I'll see you at one of those events.