Portsmouth ratings do not stink! I am not making that argument. I state the rating system is more or less fair.

The complaint is... The system is falling apart. For example a late season PN correction was petitioned for and granted to ensure a more or less fair table of ratings.

Why did that happen? The Portsmouth process is slow and requires a lot of data which cannot be obtained in 2009 and onwards. The reason to change is to consider LOOKING FORWARD WHAT IS THE BEST SOLUTION for the US Sailing scene.

Take the portsmouth races which should feature the top sailors racing a number of different classes.... the Area Qualifiers. These results are expected to have sailors who could race their boat to it's rating.

The participation and winners are not posted this year. Memory has
New England.... 2 particpants.
Mid Atlantic 4 participants
I suspect the average turnout would be around 5 to 7 boats.

Tradewinds 2009 approxx 5 boats in open class.

The biggest event was Area D South with 15 or so (memory serves).

My point is that the PN system cannot work with such a small amount of quality data.