This from a well known cat designer -
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<br>-You pulled my trigger when you asked "what boat or boats are not rated fairly by the Portsmouth handicap rating"? The most outstanding example of a misrated boat is the Tornado. Remember the selection trials for a new catamaran to replace the Tornado in the Olympics? The Tornado without spinnaker at a PN of 64 beat the tar out of all the new boats with PNs in the 59 to 60 range. How is it that a 64 PN boat can do this so easily and consistently to boats rated 4 to 5 points faster?
<br>Does this mean that all these new boats should be rated in the 65 to 66 range or does it mean that the Tornado should be rated in the 58 to 59 range? One or the other case must be true! We all know that a 1970 Tornado built with fiberglass mat and no core and 100 pounds overweight is not competitive with a 2000 Marstrom Tornado but they have the same Portsmouth number, 64. Why is this?
<br>Good Sailing,
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