Nice post Wouter, I need to go off and have a think about this one, but here's
one for you "Under SCHRS/Texel Gavin Colby is racing himself in a F18 Tiger and
a Hobie 16 in a W/L race, if the measurement system was perfect then he should
have the same corrected finishing times for both boats, my money would be on
the Colby F18 correcting out the winner"
NO, other conditions play an important part as well.
BUT, if he did each of the following races in the following places:
1, W/L race
2, Triangle races
3, Squares
4, mixture of all the above
In the following wind conditions
A, F1
B, F3
C, F5
D, F6+
And in the following places
I, Small lake – so small courses, less chance to really fly the F18 kite.
II, Large lake – smoother water
III, Seaside – smooth water
IV, Open sea – lumpy when windy
So 4x4x4 = 64 races.
Then hopefully a measurement rule would, overall, score the boats the same.
All boats have sweet spots, the 16 might do better in the big conditions in big waves and will also fare better in the square courses as the F18 will have the kite up less.
