I read on the main board some time back that there is only one winner and that is first place; second place is just the first looser.
I disagree. Since I read that post, I've been trying to think of a way to make racing more interesting for those of us who do not finish first, or win any trophy at all. Of the ideas I've considered, I like the idea of rating the sailor best.
What I have in mind is not a handicapping system to win a trophy but a grading system to measure improvement and to quantify that improvement.
Anyone else interested in such a system?
Pete,
What were you thinking?
We used to have a system in our local fleet where time differences were kept between all the boats and averaged to give a handicap rating. We then had reverse starts based on this at local events.
I suppose you could combine results comparing various fleets around the country by the relative results of the few who travel between different fleets, kind of like the college sports rankings.
All this would take is someone taking and compiling times at every race.
M
