I'm not saying to end the debate cold-turkey. I'm saying to actually do the work to get agreement to at least accept one system or another (with all its weaknesses) and move on.

I'd be very interested to see what could actually help distance races (in terms of fairness), if anything. If a distance race is one-way, with a prevailing wind on your back the whole way, how do the numbers get affected when the wind is on the beam, or it becomes an upwind race?

I'd be shocked if any of the ratings systems differed by much on buoy courses, because they at least tend to be windward/leeward (although race management may theoretically affect the results by adding or removing reaching legs).

Mike