Steve,

I think David Parker said it best when he said his feelings about racing under Portsmouth is like a priest saying "Let us proclaim the mystery of Faith." I like our Portsmouth system but it does have it's share of problems and bad ratings inherent with the way we have always tallied the results.

I don't want to have to worry whether or not somebody's rating isn't right or that they did their modification factors right. If the boat is less than 14'3", the mast is less than 24'6", and the sail area less than 300sq ft, bring it on! I like this - there's no debate at the end of the day who earned the win (whether or not they did it at the drawing board or on the water) and we all had fun. Some will be fast upwind, some down, some will outrun everyone and some will not.