Hello Matt,
Nobody is saying that an injustice has been done purposfully.

We just have a ratings issue that in the interest of fairness to the tiger competitors must be resolved in portsmouth racing.

One solution would be declare that all tigers must comply with F18 rules for portsmouth. Since that might prevent someone from racing. I think we must go further and let them race they way they want... just compute a handicap. We should err on the harsh side with all of these exceptions.

Do you have a proposal?

How about the current F18 rating x the L2 handicap and published as the tiger OD rating for portsmouth racing. (one hit for weight and on hit for the large sail

With respect to collecting data... that's fine however it is difficult for the scorekeeper to keep track of what boat is sailing in what configuration. I suspect that the data are scrambled at that point and it will be a long time before we have an estimate on what the big sails and light weight mean at 4 different windspeeds. Till then we need to set some guidelines for scorekeepers so that the ratings have the apperarance of being fair to all.