having to travel so much just to address a PHRF rating seems daft when it could be done mostly by technology..
The FTP that you were working on (Jake) seems easy enough but not if the US Sailing webhosts aren't motivated... What a wonderful reason to pay my renewal subscription, though...
How math-heavy is the PHRF calculation once the data hits the US Sailing servers?
And how does one justify that the PHRF number is significantly out of whack? Just cause I suck at sailing doesn't mean the DPN should change...
PHRF is a parameter (ideally) and politically (by and large) set system. It is also setup, and can wildly vary, by geographical region as well. You can lobby for a higher or lower number and it tends to get very political. I would say there are probably fewer people happy with it than DPN (except those that accept handicap racing for what it is).
In my opinion, PHRF would not be an improvement. SCHRS (
http://www.schrs.com/) is the strongest alternative to be considered next to DPN because it was developed for small catamarans.
edit; oh, and Texel should be considered as well.
