i was sure that I had read about how they knock out the top% and bottom% from each class of finishers and work out the number based on the average for the mid fleet!
That part is correct!
Nico Boon makes these analyses every year, so that we have an indication if our formula is still correct.
Geert
Even if all F18s have to comply to the class rules (dimensions, sail area, etc.), why do they have to have the same Texel rating? I think we can agree upon that more recent models are faster than early ones - actually this has made the F18 field of Texel finishers as such faster. If F18s race among each other, no rating is used - but in a mixed regatta the new ratings penalise early F18s like old Tigers, Inter 18s, etc. a lot.
