[C320-list] Fw: PHRF

[pat reynolds]

Dennis, be happy with that rating.  If you check US Sailing phrf you will see that that is the highest phrf given for the 320.  I believe SF has their own phrf organization.

--- On Thu, 1/21/10, CARY DENNIS LOWE <cdlowe1769 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: CARY DENNIS LOWE <cdlowe1769 at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Fw: PHRF
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 10:12 PM
> Hi Andrew:
> 
> My rating was 165.  I finished last all last year in
> our weekly beer can race.  I did install a feathering
> prop and that did help with the speed.  However for
> installing the prop you need to remove 5 seconds off your
> rating.  
> 
> If you are ever in the Redwood City on a Wednesday night
> stop by the Sequoia Yacht club and you can jump on my boat
> for a sail and a beer.  It's allot different sailing in
> the south bay.
> 
> Dennis
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Andrew Santangelo <andrew_santangelo at mac.com>
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Sent: Thu, January 21, 2010 7:22:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Fw: PHRF
> 
> Hello Dennis,
> 
> As I am looking at getting my PHRF rating in the bay area
> soon, and I was curious to see your PHRF Number there.
> 
> Now, while on Lake Michigan (Holland, Michigan) my PHRF
> rating was 156 first with a wing keel.  It then dropped
> I believe two seconds when I went to a fin keel, but then
> they bumped me back up to 156 with the fin and it held that
> number for good - and it was the same wing or fin! 
> That MAY have changed now.
> 
> I would have loved to have had a 159 rating in the
> past.  There were some long distance races I lost first
> by just seconds.
> 
> Either way some areas do not differentiate wing or fin, or
> only separate them by a couple of seconds.  HOWEVER,
> there is a huge advantage fin over wing.  Also, a
> folding prop vs. non-folding only has a slight difference in
> the handicap, but again the folding prop provides a huge
> advantage.  Lastly, PHRF assumes a full complement of
> sails, racing sails, racing sheets and halyards, back stay
> adjuster and the stock boat design.  Hence if you use
> Dacron sails with stock sheets and halyards, you will be at
> an immediate disadvantage in any race.  There is no
> allowance for non-racing gear.
> 
> Now if you are out for fun and not trying to win, then this
> does not matter really.
> 
> BTW - are you doing the "Fiasco" race?  I was hoping
> to this year, but my vessel is not in full racing form
> yet.  I hope to ramp up this spring.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Andrew
> C320 "Dawn Treader"
> #333
> Pier 39
> 
> On Jan 21, 2010, at 10:10 PM, CARY DENNIS LOWE wrote:
> 
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> > 
> > Hi Guys:
> > 
> > I would like to know the PHRF ratings for the Catalina
> 320 around the country.  I would also like to know if
> there is any compensation for a wing keel? I'm in the San
> Francisco bay area and my rating is 159.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Dennis Lowe
> > 
> > "Grace Kellie" sail #971
>