Two examples that will illustrate the issue. TBCS ran their hangover regatta Jan 1/ 05 . 26 or so boats. 10 boats with Spins in the same start and run the same course. They score 2 fleets of 5 spin boats??? They do not calculate overall 1 through 10 on handicap.
Mark,
Look more closely at the TBCS Hangover results. What you will see is 39 boats of 22 different designs, in four "classes" with 3 starts. The “spin fleet” was 11 boats…I20, F18, and a Tornado. They seemed happy when the 5th boat of each fleet registered late to allow separate 18 and 20 foot classes. The Portsmouth results calculated as a single spin fleet are given below.
What you may not have noticed is that there were 3 other spin boats in Open classes (a Taipan 4.9 sloop 2-up, a Mystere 5.0 solo, and a Mystere 4.9 2-up). Dunedin has seen a lot of older boats being fitted with spinnakers. What do you do now with spin boats of DPN 68-78? We have a love/hate relationship with Portsmouth. Thank God for Sailwave software.
1 NI20 Casey, John Novak, Jim 59.2 4:48:17
2 HF18 Lindsay, Jennifer Gray, Kelly 62.5 4:50:34
3 NF18 Ingram, David Ingram, Kathy 62.5 4:52:14
4 Torn Dubuc, Alain L'Abbe, Eve-Marie 59.0 4:53:27
5 NI20 Daniel, Robbie Herendeen, Mark 59.2 4:53:28
6 HF18 Korz, Sue Thomas, Greg 62.5 4:58:08
7 NI20 Roth, Jay Roth, Mike 59.2 5:13:05
8 NI20 Leobold, Tom Cheever, Richard 59.2 5:18:31
9 HF18 Jason, Olli Jason, Kelly 62.5 5:43:58
10 HF18 Keysor, Clark Pastoor, Tina 62.5 5:50:43
11 NI20 Smith, Greg single handed 59.2 6:43:55
