The ISAF SCHRS ratings for F16 and F16 cat rigged are 1.02 and 0.98; I thought the idea was that they were the same(*) and presumably this is what you find in 'real life' (same-ish)...?
The idea is indeed to have both modes having very comparable performance, however not all rating system are very accurate in rating this. SCHRS is one of the bigger examples in this.
It is my personal experience that both the 1-up and 2-up versions are very equal in perfromance and also very comparable to the doublehanded F18's. I've raced both setups keep often against F18's. I think ISAF/schrs is just off the scale. Of course when we had to choose between equality under some rating system or equality in real life then we decided that real life equality was the more important one. And so we went with that.
If so, which is the more realistic when racing single-handed against other boats; 1.02 or 0.98...
Actually, we have also slightly increased our sailarea this spring time and that has put of just over the threshold of rounding off to 1.01. I've tried to contact the SCHRS officials but none of the e-mails are working and it is impossible to contact them. So to be really fair, the correct rating for both F16's based on real life experience and more accurate physical models is equal to F18. Often the rating between F18 and Tornado's is pretty fair as well so....
So to answer your question, 1.02 will be fine.
I also believe that SCHRS rates the A-cat unfairly. Pretty much that boat should race of a handicap very close to F18 as well.
wouter
