would accurate VPP information from the mfg. be of any help?
They would be biased to make their polars look as stellar as possible (preventing the sandbagging argument) to sell more boats.
It would provide data on point of sail and tws
Not sure how you'd crunch that into a particular platform's ideal speed/time around a course...
I have a feeling very few small catamarans have accurate VPP data. The system is so dynamic that it would be extremely difficult to develop an accurate model that covers the different sailing modes and the transitions between them.
I have sailed a fair amount under the texel system in Singapore and Thailand and it works very well. There really hasn't been a time where I felt a boat didn't deserve the place the received.
