If SCHRS rates the boat, how does it account for the jib/self tacker vs no jib?
There is always room for improvement in any system which is imperfect. Unattainable perhaps, but desirable none the less.
The Jib is factored as it changes the sail area of the boat and is an additional sail.
As Eric states, the SCHRS group operate as a group. We discuss things and then form a consensus and then things change. We spend a massive amount of time on rule management and development. I had a couple of meetings this weekend regarding suggestions to improve the rating rule, I am now going to write a paper on it and submit it to the group for discussion. Once that discussion has taken place, if a consensus is reached we will then propose some amendments to the rule.
